McNaughton Park Trail Runs

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Trail Runners competing in the 2005 race (copyrighted)

The McNaughton Park Trail Runs, over distances of 50, 100 and 150 miles, is an annual ultramarathon running event held in Pekin, Illinois each spring on a rugged, ten-mile loop course. All three races are run concurrently. The 100 mile ultra is the only one held in Illinois. 2007 will be the first year a 150 mile trail race will be held anywhere in the United States.

The loop course is mostly a single lane footpath, through forests and meadows alive with spring flowers and wildlife, traversing a number of hills with beautiful valleys in between.

The next edition will take place April 14-15, 2007. A thirty mile run, part of the event through 2006, will be replaced by a 150-mile option beginning in 2007. The new distance will have a 48 hour time limit (start 6 p.m. Friday - end 6 p.m. Sunday).

The 100 mile course record is held by Eric Clifton, who clocked 18:38:07 in 2005, while Tracy Thomas is the distaff record holder, having posted a time of 23:27:26 in 2006

[edit] Race Director

The current race director of the McNaughton Park Trail Runs is Andy Weinberg. Contact information can be found at the race web site, listed in the external link section of this entry.