Louisville's Lovin' the Hills
This wonderful challenging race started in 2004 by Eric Grossman. In the beginning there was just the 50k which remains today as one of the hardest 50k's in this part of the country. It is a single track trail through the forest, which is divided into 3 parts. The Red/Orange Trail,(that is the 6 miler today)add the Blue, Yost, and Purple Heart (the 15 miler), add Siltstone and Scott's Gap and you have the 50k.
I love these trails and this race! The first 4 years of the race I ran it and it became my New Year's focus each year. It gave me a goal for early in the year and put me in great shape for any other races I wanted to run later. This was my A race and as the race director I am still in love with these hills. Once you run them you will fall in love too! Please come join us this year.
After the race we gather in the Horine Center. It is located at the start/finish area. Because it sometimes snows it is nice to be warm. Hot homemade soup, and some for all, meat and vegan and whatever else. .The prizes are donated by Quest Outdoors . I love this store and am so pleased they are part of this race. Each person receives a wooden medal. There is always extra swag, like hoorags to the first 200 that sign up for the 50k or 15 miler. This is worth the sign up. The people and homemade soup are a great way to finish a run! I love to hear each adventure!
Additional Distances
This event also has the following sub ultra distances
Results
50 KM
| Date | Finishers | Top Result (F) | Top Result (M) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23/26 | 50 | 6:53:12 | 5:28:27 |
| 02/08/25 | 63 | 5:46:08 | 4:49:50 |
| 02/03/24 | 73 | 6:08:24 | 5:34:23 |
| 02/04/23 | 76 | 5:55:12 | 4:47:13 |
| 02/19/22 | 65 | 6:31:45 | 5:34:16 |
| 02/08/20 | 107 | 5:56:10 | 4:34:09 |
| 02/09/19 | 97 | 5:50:17 | 4:23:21 |
| 02/10/18 | 97 | 6:27:04 | 4:50:09 |
| 02/04/17 | 95 | 5:27:38 | 4:14:37 |
| 02/06/16 | 68 | 6:53:13 | 4:53:37 |
| 02/07/15 | 83 | 5:46:17 | 4:41:02 |
| 02/08/14 | 56 | 6:56:13 | 5:13:26 |
| 02/09/13 | 96 | 6:11:37 | 4:07:38 |
| 02/11/12 | 76 | 6:23:58 | 4:46:07 |
| 02/12/11 | 84 | 6:52:44 | 5:09:53 |
| 02/06/10 | 48 | 6:45:28 | 5:02:39 |
| 02/14/09 | 63 | 5:58:37 | 5:01:15 |
| 02/16/08 | 68 | 5:18:05 | 5:06:13 |
| 02/10/07 | 90 | 5:51:10 | 4:39:35 |
| 02/11/06 | 81 | 5:29:52 | 4:49:42 |
| 02/19/05 | 52 | 5:44:00 | 4:57:00 |
| 02/14/04 | 19 | 5:49:00 | 5:13:00 |