2023 - Fall Creek Falls 50K, Marathon and Half Marathon Trail Runs
2023 distances
Running
50K Age Group
Courses will follow the UPPER LOOP trail. Three aid stations will be stocked with water, Sports Drinks, pretzels, fruit and some kind of salty snacks! Start will be in the parking lot just up the road from registration / finish area. Runners follow WHITE BLAZE markings of Paw Paw Trail and Upper Loop trail approx. 50k will run Clockwise around the trails. You will complete 1 loop and back to the Finish area but stay on 284 and then get back onto the Paw Paw trail. 2nd loop will continue through Aid stations 1 and 2, then turn around at Aid Station 3 at the Fire Tower Rd and head back to Aid Station 2. Turn around and head back to the Finish Line to complete the 50k. Each loop has three small (ankle deep) stream crossings - rain will determine how high water gets! Time Cut offs – We had not posted time cut-offs but do feel we need to have some limit to ensure safety and not over-burden Park officials and volunteers. We are going to “loosely” hold 50K runners to a 20 minute-per-mile limit – This means 4 hours at first passing of aid station #3 at 12.25 miles & 8 hours at same point next loop. If you have not reached aid station #3 by these times, you will be asked to head back or receive a ride back to finish area. Final 50K runners completed entire course in just over 8 hours in the past.
Half Marathon Age Group
Half Marathon course is one loop of the route outlined. Start will be in the parking lot of Betty Dunn Nature Center and then onto the Paw Paw trial. This will connect to the Upper Loop which you will follow Clockwise to the Finish at Betty Dunn Nature Center pavillion. There is no time limit.
Race-day weather
Conditions on April 22, 2023 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 5:59 AM and sets at 7:20 PM local time (CDT) in Spencer on April 22, 2023 — 13h 20m of daylight.
Course
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2023 results — Fall Creek Falls 50K, Marathon and Half Marathon Trail Runs
116 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 50K Age Group
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Murrell | 5:24:19 | 10:28 /mi |
| 2 | Jewly Hight | 5:32:35 | 10:44 /mi |
| 3 | Daniel Turner | 5:32:37 | 10:44 /mi |
| 4 | Michael Walker | 5:40:36 | 10:59 /mi |
| 5 | Garrett Sides | 5:45:07 | 11:08 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 4 Spencer events
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