Laurel, MS, United States · Saturday, March 6, 2027

Fixed Distance 50 mi

Carl Touchstone Memorial Mississippi Trail 50 Mile

157 days away

80 km Distance

not publishedn/a Climbing

4.0 est Grit · Challenging

Calculated from 80 km alone — the organiser has not published an elevation profile. Read 4.0 as a floor, not a verdict.

31.6941° N, 89.1306° W © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles Data from OpenStreetMap

What the course asks

Time limit 12 hours 9:00 min/km average. Comfortable. Room to walk the climbs and stop at aid. Climbing is unpublished, so this pace is a ceiling on the effort, not a measure of it. Among the tightest 50 mi cut-offs we track. Measured against 471 races of the same distance. Cut-off calculator →

Field size ~29 Small. Long stretches with nobody in sight.

DUV results for the 2026 edition (50mi) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

Typical conditions, March

Daytime high 21°C

Night low 8°C

Rainfall Showers likely

Daylight 11 h 38 m of light

Regional 2001-2020 average for March — NASA POWER, grid elevation 91 m. Not a forecast.

Results history

Year	Race	Finishers	Men's winner	Women's winner
2026	50mi	29	Brent Herring · 07:15:00	Mallory Yeatman · 10:15:33
2025	50mi	25	Joshua Moore · 05:50:23	Greta Conlon · 09:31:28
2024	50mi	23	David Slowik · 06:59:52	Rebecca Scott · 09:20:01
2023	50mi	32	Robert Cassidy · 07:07:48	Katie Scheibner · 08:13:50
2022	50mi	29	Arrmon Abedikichi · 07:11:09	Yekaterina Petrova · 09:23:28
2021	50mi	44	Cordis Hall · 05:53:24	Rhea Loney · 07:43:47
2020	50mi	43	Walker Higgins · 06:49:51	Melissa Auld · 10:27:26
2019	50mi	52	Arrmon Abedikichi · 07:45:20	Rhea Loney · 07:32:13
2018	50mi	30	Samuel Clarot · 07:26:24	Lucy Scholz · 08:49:13
2017	50mi	32	Jay McCurdy · 07:22:21	Mandy Nolan · 08:47:39

The field grew 16% between 2025 (25) and 2026 (29). 10% of the 2026 field were women.

DUV results for the 2026 edition (50mi) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

The Aid Station

Course-specific beta from the community

👟 gear

With trail terrain, choose a shoe with moderate cushioning for optimal performance.

By UltraHub Expert

Gear for this race

Chosen for 80 km of trail.

Trail Running Shoes 80 km of trail — cushioning that is still there in the last quarter.
Race Nutrition 80 km of self-supported fuelling between aid stations.
Hydration Vests Flask capacity for 80 km, without the bounce.
Headlamps A 12 h limit puts you out there after dark.
GPS Watches Battery life first — a 80 km day outlasts most full-GPS modes.

Salomon

Aero Glide 4 Grvl

$159.95 ★★★★★ 4.5

Salomon

Ultra Glide 4

$159.95 ★★★★★ 4.6

Maurten

Gel 100

Hydrogel technology for 25g carbs per gel with minimal GI distress.

$3.5 ★★★★★ 4.7

Nathan

VaporKrar 12L

12L race vest co-designed with ultra champion Rob Krar, with insulated bladder pocket.

$170 ★★★★★ 4.6

Petzl

NAO RL

1500-lumen reactive lighting headlamp with 15-hour runtime. Automatic brightness adjustment.

$150 ★★★★★ 4.7

Suunto

Vertical

Titanium GPS watch with solar charging, offline maps, and 140-hour GPS battery.

$630 ★★★★★ 4.5

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Overview

The Carl Touchstone Memorial Mississippi Trail 50 Mile is a 50-mile trail race held in Laurel, MS, with 10 editions run since 2017. Its time limit of 12 hours means a cut-off tighter than 85% of 50-mile races, requiring a consistent pace.

With 29 finishers in its latest edition, this race has a smaller field than 32% of 50-mile races. The course is described as soft dirt trails, pine needle paths, and fire roads, running on 12.5-mile and 6.1-mile loops through piney woods.

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