⏵ State guide · 16 races
Trail Races in Tennessee: The 16 Races Worth Training For
Tennessee racing runs through the Cumberland Plateau and the Appalachian foothills around Chattanooga, with gorge-cut singletrack, rock outcrops, and enough vert to punish anyone pacing off flat-ground fitness. The state also carries some of the sport's most eccentric formats, from backyard ultras to a 314 mile road race across it.
Every Tennessee race guide
- Music City Trail UltraPegram · Mar 202650K / 25K / 12K
- A Race for the AgesManchester · Sep 2026Timed, age-in-hours format (41+ get 1 hr/year of age; 40 & under share the final 40 hrs)
- Long Hunter Trail RunsNashville · Oct 202650K / Marathon / Half Marathon
- Big's Backyard UltraBell Buckle · Oct 20264.167mi/hr last-person-standing (winners run 100M+ to 450M+)
- StumpJump 50KChattanooga · Oct 202650K / 10M
- No Business 100Jamestown · Oct 2026100M (single ~102mi loop)
- Norris Ultra Dam Hard Trail RaceRocky Top · Nov 202650K / 25K
- Upchuck 50KChattanooga · Nov 202650K point-to-point
- Mamba 100Memphis · Nov 2026100M / 100K / 50K / 25K
- Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey MarathonNashville · Nov 2026Marathon (+ Half Monkey half marathon)
- Lookout Mountain 50 MileChattanooga · Dec 202650M / 18M / 10K
- Barkley MarathonsWartburg · Mar 2027100M (5x ~20mi loops) / 60M Fun Run
- The Pistol UltraAlcoa · Mar 2027100M / 110K / 100K / 50M / 55K / 50K
- Rock 'n' Roll Nashville Marathon & HalfNashville · Apr 2027Marathon / Half / 5K
- Strolling Jim 40 MilerWartrace · May 202740M (point loop)
- Last Annual Vol State Road Race 500KHickman to Castle Rock · Jul 2027314M / 500K point-to-point road race
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