Texas Switchback
About this race
Join us at one of Texas’s most popular runs, voted best trail race in Austin by Austin Fit Magazine! Texas Switchback is now the 3rd and final race of the Rogue Trail Series. Enjoy the beautiful yet challenging single track course, friendly volunteers, live bluegrass music, a local Austin food truck, and of course, a cool dip in Flat Creek after your race. It will be a race experience you wont forget!
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Typical race-day weather
Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Johnson City, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:49 AM and sets at 8:12 PM local time (CDT) in Johnson City on May 2, 2026 — 13h 23m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Texas Switchback
246 finishers across 4 distances · leading places in the 5k
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Tedford | 27:46 | 8:57 /mi |
| 2 | Sally Phillips | 28:28 | 9:11 /mi |
| 3 | Maria Santos | 28:33 | 9:13 /mi |
| 4 | Christopher Catalfamo | 30:26 | 9:49 /mi |
| 5 | F. Barroso | 33:01 | 10:39 /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, 6 Johnson City events
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