What is the Trail of Fears?

The oldest, continuous running Last Runner Standing event in the world.

The Trail of Fears is a race that starts at 7am. Runners will have 1 hour to complete the 4.3 mile trail loop. If you don’t finish the loop in less than 1 hour then you are eliminated. Pretty easy, huh!?!? Well, the race resumes at 8am with those that haven’t been eliminated. If a runner doesn’t answer the bell at the top of the hour when the race resumes then he or she will be eliminated as well. The race will continue every hour until one runner remains. The race will start in the early light and likely finish under the moon with a crowd of coyotes and exhausted, eliminated runners around. (If a runner finishes the loop in 40 min then he/she has 20 min to sit around, rest, refuel until race starts back at the top of the next hour. If another runner comes in at 59 minutes then that runner has less than a minute before it restarts.

List of Past Winners

Trail of Fears Winners
2023 - John Sterrett (Denver, CO) - 94.6 miles
2022 - Joshua Holmes (Los Angeles, CA) - 86.0 miles
2021 - Lindsay Phenix (Los Angeles, CA) - 77.4 miles
2020 - Dustin Mitchell (Louisville, KY) - 77.4 miles
2019 - Mark Beggs (Montgomery, AL) - 111.8 miles
2018 - Joshua Holmes (Los Angeles, CA) - 94.6 miles
2017 - Whit Guthrie (Cleveland, TN) - 77.4 miles
2016 - Marylou Corino (Toronto, Canada) - 64.5 miles
2015 - David Dye (Smyrna, TN) - 60.2 miles
2014 - Joshua Holmes (Los Angeles, CA) - 55.9 miles
2013 - Travis Redden (Troy, IL) - 51.6 miles
2012 - Jonathan Harrison (Henderson, TN) - 68.6 miles

Event's current local time: 8:54 AM CT