Wilderness Road Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K Celebrating USA 250 & USMC
About this race
Please join us for the Wilderness Road Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K. These races are a one of a kind event along the Historic Wilderness Road and this year we are celebrating the 250th Anniversary of our country, as well as, honoring the United States Marine Corp. These races will take you back in time to the establishment of Fort Logan and the nation's expansion west of the Alleghany Mountains. Runners will follow in the footsteps of Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky and William Whitley, the owner of the first brick house west of the Alleghany Mountains. William Whitley shook the world when he ran all of the horse races on his property counter clockwise. This was in the direct opposition the British custom of racing horses clockwise. Now in North America all Nascar, track and field and horse racing, etc. run their races counter clockwise. We are honoring the United States Marine Corp this year as Lincoln County was the home of Anthony Gale, the 4th Commandant of the USMC. Proceeds from the event will benefit the William Whitley House Endowment. The out and back course will start and finish in downtown Stanford, KY. Join us in celebrating our county's 250th Anniversary while we honor the brave men and women of the USMC. The event will be capped at 250 participants total.
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Running
Wilderness Road Marathon
Wilderness Road Half Marathon
Wilderness Road 10K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 4 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Stanford, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:24 AM and sets at 7:38 PM local time (EDT) in Stanford on September 20, 2026 — 12h 13m of daylight.
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2026 results — Wilderness Road Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K Celebrating USA 250 & USMC
63 finishers across 3 distances · leading places in the Wilderness Road Marathon
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Tashima | 3:49:08 | 8:45 /mi |
| 2 | Skyler Gilbert | 3:57:38 | 9:04 /mi |
| 3 | Jason Androff | 4:10:09 | 9:33 /mi |
| 4 | Lauren Mains | 4:10:47 | 9:34 /mi |
| 5 | Laura Goode | 4:36:06 | 10:32 /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, 3 Stanford events
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