Race Description
ENDURANCE RACE
💪🏼Unleash your INNER BEAST at the Team Gage Beast Endurance Race!!!
Event Details: Four hours. One trail. Endless endurance. Run solo or in teams of four and see how many miles you can conquer. There will also be optional challenges for individuals or teams to earn bonus miles awarded. The harder the challenge, the more bonus miles awarded. Test your limits, push your pace, and dominate the challenges---this is the race for those who dare to go further! No limits. No excuses. Only beast mode! You're running for those who can't...🏃♂️
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The race will be held on the Hannibal Regional Hospital Healthy Way Trail; a fully paved 1 mile route. The race registration packet pickup and start of race will be held in the rear parking lot of the Hannibal Regional Hospital Foundation building and the front of the Mark Twain Behavioral Health building.
Date/Time/Location
🗓️Date: June 6, 2026
📍Location: Hannibal, Missouri...America's Hometown!
Hannibal Regional Hospital Healthy Way Trail
🕘Time: Check-in and Packet Pick starts at 8:00 AM
Race starts at 9:00 AM
Race finishes at 1:00 PM
🍽️Lunch provided immediately after for all athletes...pulled pork sandwiches, mac and cheese, baked beans, and cole slaw by the award-winning Rebel Pig Smokehouse &Grill (donated for the 4th year in a row!)
More Race Details
Challenge yourself for 4 hours on a 1 mile paved course with gentle rolling hills...child's play for the ultra-runners and trail lovers.
📝💵Registration:
Register by 5/29/26---$30 per person. After 5/29/26 up to June 6th (race day) $40. A late entry is still an entry! It's better than staying home!
Prizes & Awards:
Top Male
Top Female
Top Team of 4
"Grit Award" Grit, positivity, enthusiasm, heart, encouragement of others, commitment...enough said
Swag:
Runners who register by May 29th are guaranteed a Beast Endurance tshirt, finishers medal, and car decal to show others theyr'e a BEAST!
Can't run...walk.
Can't walk...crawl.
Can't crawl...just don't quit!
You get 4 hours to give it your all.
No refunds...commit to the challenge no matter the weather.
As David Goggins says, "Don't stop when you're tired...stop when you're done! Stay hard!"
The "why' behind the race
This race was born from the unbreakable spirit of a boy who never spoke, never walked, never ran—yet inspired others to do all three with purpose.
Gage Leftwich, son of Greg and Jennifer Leftwich, lived with the ultra-rare degenerative disorder NGLY1, a condition that impacted his liver, muscles, and brain. Though his challenges were immense, Gage’s life was anything but small. At Mississippi Valley State School for the Handicapped, he was surrounded by educators and caregivers who poured relentless love and determination into helping him become his very best.
Gage’s journey intersected with a group of local ultra runners who believed in something bigger than miles and medals. Through Ainsley's Angels, they didn’t just run with Gage—they ran with him and for him, carrying his spirit and building a bond.
When Gage passed away in 2022 at just 22 years old, his story didn’t end—it ignited something greater.
This race is that legacy.
It’s a call to bring your BEAST—to dig deep, push limits, and run not just for yourself, but for those who can’t. Every step you take honors Gage and others like him, transforming endurance into impact.
Run with purpose. Run with heart. Make every mile matter—far beyond the finish line.
The Team Gage Bease Endurance Race/Gage Leftwich Memorial Race is a registered 501c3.
Proceeds
All money goes to the Mississippi Valley State School for the Handicapped in Hannibal, Missouri, enriching the lives of children with special needs and ensuring their stories continue to inspire, as well as the Grace Science Foundation, leaders in the research on NGLY 1.
Nobody cares what you did yesterday...what have you done today to better yourself or others?
Every step is for those who can't run so run for those who can't!
MSE Racing
Professional timing services provided by MSE Racing
Event's current local time: 1:53 PM CT
