Frisco Railroad 50 Mile Run

Race completed

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.

37.3051° N, 93.4285° 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 Climbing is unpublished, so this pace is a ceiling on the effort, not a measure of it.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 470 races of the same distance. Cut-off calculator →

Field size ~36 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, April

Daytime high 19°C

Night low 7°C

Rainfall Showers likely

Daylight 13 h 29 m of light

Regional 2001-2020 average for April — NASA POWER, grid elevation 362 m. Not a forecast.

Results history

Year	Race	Finishers	Men's winner	Women's winner
2026	50mi	36	Mark Weghorst · 06:00:33	Dana Coale · 08:34:17
2025	50mi	47	James Bird · 05:51:00	Rachel Guerra · 08:16:50
2024	50mi	31	Daniel Schubert · 08:25:51	April Komplin · 09:07:41
2023	50mi	34	Matt Burton · 07:34:20	Caitlin Jones · 07:26:18
2022	50mi	20	Gryphon Ketterling · 06:20:17	Joyce Payne · 08:07:21
2021	50mi	28	Nathan Sicher · 06:26:34	Jenna Henry · 07:18:29
2019	50mi	18	Jonathan Koscinski · 06:40:04	Diana Casanova · 07:47:26
2018	50mi	36	Hans van Zanten · 07:26:31	Ann Marie Chappell · 06:56:33
2016	50mi	37	Andrew Wasson · 06:30:29	Kelly Himmelberg · 08:58:53
2015	50mi	28	Doug Assenmacher · 07:08:03	Meghan McCarrick · 08:37:29

The field shrank 23% between 2025 (47) and 2026 (36). 14% 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 road terrain, choose a shoe with moderate cushioning for optimal performance.

By UltraHub Expert

Gear for this race

Chosen for 80 km of road.

Trail Running Shoes 80 km of road — 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

Hoka

Tecton X 3

RunRepeat found the Hoka Tecton X 3 to be a true supershoe for trails with ultra-grippy and durable Vibram outsole and fantastic energy return from PEBA foam. i…

$275 ★★★★☆ 4.2

Maurten