Don't Be a Fool And Miss It! Are You Fool Enough To Run It?

The beautiful and challenging 50 mile course follows 3 repeat loops on the Croom Hiking Trail through central Florida’s long leaf pines and scrub oak covered hills, past creek bottoms and cypress ponds. There will be a 6:00pm cut off. The 50K race will follow the same course with 2 repeat loops and the 15 Mile Race is one loop. This is a wonderful course at a great time of the year for running - you don't want to miss this race.

29 Years and Still Going Strong

This will be the 29th Annual Croom Fools Runs. Full-Color Tech T-shirts have been added this year as have top-finisher awards for each of the races. The race field will be limited to 250 so make sure you register soon.

The Fools Run Races

There are 3 races that are part of the Fools Run Races - 50 Mile Fools Run, 50K I'm Not A Fool Run, and John Holmes 16 Mile Run. The main running trail is a 16 Mile loop. The 50 Mile race does 3 loops, the 50K does 2 loops, and the 16 Mile does 1 loop.

Water Stops / Aid Stations

There will be 3 water stops / aid stations along the loop and 16 Mile runners will have 3 water stops. 50 Mile runners with 3 loops will have 12 water stops / aid stations and. 50K runners with 2 loops will have 8 water stops / aid stations. Since this is a loop course, runners of the 50M/50K will have a chance to go through the main staging area during the race and can access drop bags. The aid stations will have water, sports drink, gels, and some food, but understand that this is a trail run and there will not be stops every mile. The locations of the aid stations can be seen on this map.

Pre-Race

Race packets can be picked up from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm on Friday night before the race. The packet pickup will be at the same location as the start/finish of race which is only a short distance from the race hotel. You will also be able to pick up the race packets the morning of the race if you are unable to make it Friday night. The race has a total limit of 250 runners and a limit of 125 16M runners.

Awards & Shirts

Full-Color T-Shirts
All pre-registered runners will receive a full-color short-sleeved TECH t-shirt. Don't wait to register because registration stops at 250.

Top Finisher Awards
Top finisher awards will be given to all the finishers of the 50M/50K races. The top 25% (approximately) of the males and females for the 16M will receive an award. The award for this year's race will be a heavy duty campfire mug. These mugs have a great feel and weight and it will quickly become the one grab with your cup of joe. Each award will be customized for the Croom Fools Run.

Great Food
The feast includes burgers, hot dogs, sausage, veggie burgers, rice/beans, pasta salad, munchies, fruit, eclairs and cookies.


For directions, detailed course information, and lodging, please visit our website.

Event's current local time: 8:38 PM ET