See the 2025 event

Location

Caloosahatchee Regional Park
19130 N River Road
Alva, FL 33920

Course Map

Full Loop:

Half Loop:

Caloosa Fest Schedule of Events

Shoe demos from Fleet Feet, 7:00am-12:00pm
50K trail race 7:30am start time (5:00pm cutoff)
25K trail race 8:00am start time
5K trail race 8:30am start time

Information

The 9th Annual Caloosa Fest Ultra, 50k and Keith Carlton Memorial 25k is here.
The ultra races will be ran on an exciting 11.1 mile loop on varying terrain with beautiful views, rolling hills and some tough technical stretches in Caloosahatchee Regional Park. The course will run the perimeter of the North side along Green, Black and Blue trails. Tailwind Nutrition will be providing the electrolyte drink for all runners. There will be two aid stations in this race. There will be a mini Aid Station out at the entrance to Far East with water to help get you back to the main Aid Station. Park has a no alcohol/no dogs policy, please abide by the park rules so that we can continue to have events like this at Lee County facilities.

Awards

Awards will be giving to the top three female and male finishers for each race.

Course Description

Race starts in Parking Lot #3 and heads East along Sunburn Meadow, Light Bulb, and Wrots O Ruts to the Tree of Life-AS#1. Course then leaves AS#1 and heads out Three Bridges and South Lollipop Lane into Far East. Traverse along Far East counterclockwise then along North Lollipop Lane and Tractor Lane returning to Tree of Life A/S#1. Lastly, leave Tree of Life A/S#1 headed North along Calcutta Ridge returning to S/F Parking Lot #3.

25K-2nd Lap will run half a lap along Sunburn Meadow and Wrots O Ruts to Tree of Life A/S#1 and then return to Finish along Calcutta Ridge.

Start Times

50k-7:30am
25k-8am

Race cutoff-5:00pm

Pre Race Info

General Information (All events):

Friday Night Packet Pickup:
Friday December 5th 2025
4:30-6:30pm

Fleet Feet Fort Myers
13499 S Cleveland Ave
Ste 209
Fort Myers, FL 33907



Race Day Packet Pickup:
Opens at 6:45am, packets must be picked up 15 minutes prior to start of your race.
Caloosahatchee Region Park



Race Location:
Caloosahatchee Regional Park (Mountain Bike Park)
18251 N River Rd
Alva, FL US 33920
--The Park will open at 6:30am to participants



5K Participants:
Race Day Schedule:
Saturday December 6th 2025
5K Trail Race Start: 8:30am

5K Route:
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2819810?units=km




25K and 50K Race Participants:
Race Day Schedule:
Saturday December 6th 2025

25k:
8:00am start
7:30pm cut off (Must be off course by 5:00pm)

50K:
7:30am start
5:00pm cutoff (Must be off course by 5:00pm)

25K and 50K Course:
Please see link for course map below.
25K is one full loop and one half loop
50K is three full loops

25K and 50K Full Loop:
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2814175

25K Half Loop
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2814177


25K and 50K Aid Stations:
Main aid station will be stocked with the essentials: (water, tailwind, fruit, snacks, sunscreen, etc). This will be a cupless race and we will provide all participants with a flexible/folding race day cup.
Mini aid station will have water, electrolyte tabs and a very limited amount of snacks and nutrition.
We will have a dedicated space for people to set up canopy tents for crewing out of near the start and finish line. Vehicles will be park away from the start and finish line.


Mandatory Gear:
-All 25K and 50K participants must carry a hydration system of some kind.


If you plan to have a tent or canopy on site to crew out of there will be a dedicated space for this near the start line.

Event's current local time: 12:02 PM ET