East Peoria, IL, United States · Saturday, October 10, 2026

Fixed Distance 50 mi

Farmdale Trail Run 50 Mile

10 days to go

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.

40.6662° N, 89.5801° W © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles Data from OpenStreetMap

What the course asks

Time limit 13 hours 9:45 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 Climbing is unpublished, so this pace is a ceiling on the effort, not a measure of it. Tighter than 79% of 50 mi races. Measured against 471 races of the same distance. Cut-off calculator →

Field size ~41 Small. Long stretches with nobody in sight.

DUV results for the 2025 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, October

Daytime high 18°C

Night low 6°C

Rainfall Mostly dry

Daylight 11 h 25 m of light

Regional 2001-2020 average for October — NASA POWER, grid elevation 205 m. Not a forecast.

Results history

Year	Race	Finishers	Men's winner	Women's winner
2025	50mi	41	Christopher Wood · 09:46:18	Alexandra Lugar · 10:43:05
2024	50mi	49	Mike Dossett · 10:38:24	Alex Lugar · 11:09:13
2023	50mi	36	Matthew Hajny · 08:43:58	Charity Orza · 10:55:41
2022	50mi	35	Andrew Hocking · 09:02:04	Shannan Chehade · 09:28:45
2021	50mi	48	Aron McDonald · 10:38:23	Alison Ball · 11:15:14
2019	50mi	30	Paul Gavin · 08:54:51	Emily Perreault · 11:06:22
2018	50mi	23	Nick Maas · 10:14:42	Sarka Petrickova · 09:19:47
2017	50mi	28	Jake Taylor · 09:47:54	Meghan Wallace · 12:23:02
2016	50mi	32	Brent Fiegel · 09:11:39	Abby Bokus · 10:43:29
2015	50mi	28	Andrew Bloom · 07:56:44	Marie Walker · 11:36:01

The field shrank 16% between 2024 (49) and 2025 (41). 27% of the 2025 field were women.

DUV results for the 2025 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.

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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 13 h limit puts you out there after dark.
GPS Watches Battery life first — a 80 km day outlasts most full-GPS modes.

La Sportiva

Prodigio Pro

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Salomon