General Description
Nashville’s First Trail 50K
MUSIC CITY TRAIL ULTRA
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Saturday, March 6, 2027
Pegram, Tennessee · HardWin Family Farm
50K · 25K · 12K · 12K HardRuck
Registration closes Friday, March 5 at 11:59 PM CT · No race day registration
Race Details
WhenSaturday, March 6, 2027
Where2150 Sams Creek Road, Pegram, TN 37143, on the HardWin family farm
Start times50K 8:00 AM · 25K 9:00 AM · 12K 10:00 AM · 12K HardRuck 10:00 AM, weigh in 30 minutes before the start
Packet pickupRace morning from 6:00 to 7:30 AM at the race location, or any hour before your race start time. Earlier pickup options will be announced.
Entry includesFinisher cup, for finishers only, hence the name. Snacks around the start line and aid stations, water and Gatorade, a pint of fine Jackalope brew, and awards. Pizza and beer at the finish.
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Course Description
The Course
ROUGH CUT HARDWIN TRAIL
The Music City Trail Ultra is a hard course, especially the 50K. We are not saying that to impress you. Read the reviews from past runners under the News link. If you are willing to take the challenge and stay humble, we welcome you. All 50K runners should be capable of finishing in 9 hours.
The course starts on our family farm in Pegram and crosses into the Cheatham Wildlife Management Area, roughly 20,810 acres of upland hardwood forest with beautiful steep trails and stunning ridge line views. Technical singletrack, rugged jeep roads, and gravel. Creek crossings. Leaf covered rocks and roots. The 50K runs about half trail and half road, the 25K about 65 percent trail, and the 12K about 75 percent trail.
Around mile two you meet the climb everyone remembers. Runners call it FTS Hill. Ask a finisher what it stands for. The people ahead of you look like ants, and it is quicker if you fall down it.
Fair warning: you will come back with cut legs. There are tons of briars.
Aid and Cutoffs
Aid & Cutoffs
THE TIME STANDARD
Aid stations sit roughly every 5 to 6 miles with water, Gatorade, and snacks. Cutoffs are hard and enforced. If you arrive after the listed time you will be asked to drop, and we ask that you be respectful of race officials, no discussion. You will get transportation back to the start and finish.
10 mile aid station: cutoff 3 hours 20 minutes
20 mile aid station: cutoff 6.5 hours
Finish: 9 hour overall limit
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12K HardRuck
12K HardRuck · 10:00 AM startRucking is walking or hiking with a weighted pack. Over 150 lb body weight carries 20 lb dry, under 150 lb carries 10 lb dry. Weigh in 30 minutes before the start. Weight must be a steel ruck plate, weight vest blocks, bumper plates, or other items with the weight clearly stamped. Removing plates or reducing weight during the event is not authorized. Honor system applies. Do the right thing.
Awards
The Finish
ENJOY. DON’T WORRY. EVERYONE ELSE IS IN PAIN TOO.
Back at the farm there is a finisher cup waiting, for finishers only, hence the name. Pizza and beer, including a pint of fine Jackalope brew.
Awards: top three men and women in every distance, and every finisher gets an award.
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March 6, 2027 · Pegram, Tennessee · See you at the farm
Event's current local time: 4:36 PM CT
