Lake Macbride Trail Races

Lake Macbride Trail Races

Carrying on the tradition of wonderful races run around Lake Macbride, this is a moderately challenging, one or two looped course event focused on some of the best trails at beautiful Lake Macbride State Park, the largest State Park in Iowa.

The event starts and finishes at the Macbride Spillway parking area. Runners will start by running the North Loop, which is mainly crushed limestone trails adjacent to the Lake. These early miles will lead to an out and back on the North Shore trail where the first aid station is located. Then things start to get technical on the North Snowmobile trails. This will lead back to the start/finish aid station, before crossing the dam for the first Spillway crossing and the South Loop. The South loop will provide runners with a variety of terrain, as there is single track, prairie, and some fun hills to keep things interesting. The final aid station will be at the Anglers Point lot, before the return trip back to cross the Spillway a second time, and finish the loop! 50k runners will then go back to have some more fun on a second loop!

The planned LMTR route is nearly all on trails and avoids running on any major sections of road/highway.

Race Day Schedule

• Packet Pickup: 6:00 - 7:30 AM
• 50K Start Time: 7:00 AM
• 25K Start Time: 7:45 AM
• Race Cutoff Time: 4:00 PM (9 hours)
• Post Race Party: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Packet Pickup

Packet pickup takes place Friday night before the race at Big Grove Brewery in Iowa City. This will take place on Friday, July 17th from 5:00pm-7:00pm. If you are not able to make it to packet pickup on Friday night, race day packet pickup will be at the Spillway parking area, and will start at 6:00am, and go until 7:30am.

Awards

Top (1) Female/Male finishers in each distance will receive awards. In addition, the top three (3) Female/Male finishers in the following age groups will receive awards: 29 & under, 30-45, 46+.

Aid Stations

There will be 4 aid stations per each loop, including the stop past the start finish area after finishing the North loop prior to heading out over the dam and Spillway to start the South loop. These aid stations will be stocked with the best hydration and nutrition you should expect to find while running an Ultra on the trails!

Registration

The race will be capped at 175 combined runners between both distances in year one. Registration opens at 5:00PM on Valentines Day every year.