Merrills Mile 12 Hour Run

Race completed

not publishedn/a Distance

not publishedn/a Climbing

not publishedn/a Grit

We hold no course length for this race — a timed or backyard event is measured by the clock, not the kilometre — so there is no Grit score to give you.

34.5326° N, 83.9849° W © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles Data from OpenStreetMap

What the course asks

Field size ~24 Small. Long stretches with nobody in sight.

DUV results for the 2026 edition (12h) — ranked runners only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

Typical conditions, July

Daytime high 32°C

Night low 20°C

Rainfall Showers likely

Daylight 14 h 21 m of light

Regional 2001-2020 average for July — NASA POWER, grid elevation 430 m. Not a forecast.

Results history

Year	Race	Finishers	Men's winner	Women's winner
2026	12h	24	Austin Brumby · 88.080 km	Yumeko Yoshida · 99.290 km
2025	12h	34	Jim Ellis · 104.094 km	Emily Sanders · 89.681 km
2024	12h	31	Mason Newberry · 105.696 km	Emily Labutta · 97.688 km
2023	12h	38	Didier Justel · 86.052 km	Debbie Boyett · 90.833 km
2022	12h	26	Drew McKenzie · 92.427 km	April Romeo · 82.865 km
2021	12h	30	Austin Elder · 101.988 km	Colette Alesi · 97.207 km
2020	12h	23	Scott Horton · 108.362 km	Sarah Huebner · 81.272 km
2019	12h	23	Wyatt Massey · 124.298 km	Maria Borowik · 94.020 km
2018	12h	21	Byron Backer · 95.614 km	Ginny Crumley · 65.336 km
2017	12h	19	Jay Soffian · 106.769 km	Carissa Liebowitz · 113.143 km

The field shrank 29% between 2025 (34) and 2026 (24). 29% of the 2026 field were women.

DUV results for the 2026 edition (12h) — ranked runners only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.