Bluebonnet Trail Run 50 Miler • 50K • Marathon • Half Marathon & Ruck • 10K • 5K

Bluebonnet Trail Run: The Million Bluebonnets Run

Benefits: HKRS Cedar Park's Fall and Spring Youth Running Programs

Race Details:

Choose your adventure:

• 50M, 50K, 26.2M, 13.1M & 10K Trail Run - Challenge yourself on diverse terrain featuring lake views, wooded paths, and breathtaking bluebonnet meadows. Camping sites are available which you can reserve here
• 5K Trail Run - Enjoy a moderately challenging route perfect for recreational runners of all levels

Course Records:

• 50 Miles: Segundo de los Heros Monereo (M) 10:34:52 and Beatriz de los Heros de Uriarte (F) 10:34:52
• 50K: Kate Taylor (F) 4:49:50 and Diego Romero (M) 5:51:39
• Marathon: Anthony Peguero (M) 4:38:12 and Nat Taylor 5:18:12
• Half- Marathon: Tim Parr1:38:41 (M) and Felicia Lombardi (F) 2:10:37
  
  

Why Participate?

• Stunning Scenery: Experience bluebonnet season in one of Texas Hill Country's most beautiful natural settings
• Community Spirit: Connect with fellow nature and running enthusiasts
• Support Local Youth: Your optional donations directly benefit the HKRS Cedar Park's youth running programs
• Beautiful Course: All routes are designed to showcase the natural beauty of Turkey Bend
• Custom Medal: All participants receive a unique finisher's medal 

Note: Due to the seasonal nature of bluebonnets, this event is scheduled during peak bloom time. Trail conditions are weather-dependent, and routes may be adjusted to protect natural areas.

The Bluebonnet Trail Run is managed and organized by Fit Foundation volunteers in aid of Healthy Kids Running Series Cedar Park youth programs. 

Register today and secure your spot for this unique Texas Hill Country experience!

Rucking is covering ground with a loaded pack. Same course as the half marathon, same start, same finish line, same cutoff. The only difference is what you are carrying and who you are racing.

Ruckers are scored as their own division with their own results and their own awards. You are not competing against the runners and they are not competing against you.

• Weigh in before the start. Bring your pack to the start area at least 30 minutes before your wave. We weigh it, we tag it, you go.
• Water does not count. Your hydration, food, phone and layers are on top of the minimum. The weight is dry weight.
• Any weight is fine. Ruck plates, bricks, sand, books, dumbbells. It has to be secure and it has to stay in the pack for the whole course.
• You finish with what you started with. Weight is checked again at the finish. Anything under the minimum moves you out of the ruck division.
• Carry it yourself. No handing your pack off, no dragging, no wheels.
• Run, walk, or anything between. There is no rule about how you move, only about what you carry.
• Rucking counts toward your Run the River mileage exactly the same as running. Thirteen point one miles is thirteen point one miles.

A loaded pack on a trail is harder than the same distance on your feet, and most people go out too quick. A few things that help:

• Train with the weight before race day. Even two or three loaded walks makes a difference to your shoulders.
• Get the load high and tight against your back. Weight that sits low and swings will wreck you by mile six.
• Wear the socks and shoes you have already tested. Rucking changes how your feet hit the ground.
• Pack the weight so it cannot shift. Movement inside the pack is the most common reason people stop.

The hill country is at its kindest.
The Gauntlet isn't.

By the time The Gauntlet reaches Marble Falls, the bluebonnets are out and the hill country is doing the one week of the year it puts on a show for. The course is not interested. Same rules as every stop on the circuit: 4 miles at 15:00 pace to open, then the ground shifts under you every eight hours until The Wall locks at 7 miles and 8:34 pace, on the hour, for as long as you can answer the bell.

Spring gives back the daylight the opener took, and charges for it. Warm afternoons, cold nights, and enough wind moving through the hills to make the same loop feel like two different courses depending on when you run it. The scenery is the best on the circuit. It stops mattering somewhere around hour 20.

This is the stop where the field sorts itself out. Runners who found their limit at Canyon of the Eagles come back knowing exactly what The Wall costs and how much of themselves it takes just to reach it. Everyone else finds out here, in the dark, with a loop that got longer three times since they felt fresh.

Same bell every hour. Different race underneath it.

Hours Loop Pace Running total 1 to 8 4.0 mi 15:00 /mi 32 mi 9 to 16 5.0 mi 12:00 /mi 72 mi 17 to 24 6.0 mi 10:00 /mi 120 mi 25 to 32 7.0 mi 8:34 /mi 176 mi 33+ 7.0 mi 8:34 /mi +7 every hour

Three stops left after this one, and the board only remembers who was last to stop.

Enter The Gauntlet →