BADLANDS RACE SERIES

Event Details

The Badlands 50K and 100K take place entirely within the scenic Island Lake Recreation Area, winding through its extensive trail network. All three races start and finish at the same hub, with the 100K runners taking on two full loops of the 50K course for the ultimate challenge. Badlands is primarily a night race with the 50K and 100K participants starting at 10pm and running to dawn and into the day. An additional 50K taking place during the daytime will start at dawn.

Participant and Race Details
We will host up to 450 total participants, distributed evenly across three race divisions, each capped at 150 runners:

• Race 1 – Overnight 50K: Starts at 10:00 PM on Saturday, May 16th, 2026 (9 Hours)

• Race 2 – Overnight 100K: Starts at 10:00 PM on Saturday, May 16th, 2026 (18 Hours)

• Race 3 – Daytime 50K: Starts at 7 AM on Sunday, May 17th, 2026 (9 Hours)

Prize Purse

There will be two competitive categories, Female and Open. For qualification standards, please see the Runner’s Guide or contact us with questions. All other runners will automatically qualify for the Open category. 

• $2,250 for Night 50K (Open & Women's)

  • $750 First Place in Each Category (Total $1,500)

  • $250 Second Place in Each Category - (Total $500)

  • $125 Third Place in Each Category - (Total $250)

• $4,500 for Night 100k (Open & Women's)

  • $1,500 First Place in Each Category  (Total $3,000)

  • $500 Second Place in Each Category (Total $1,000)

  • $350 Third Place in Each Category  (Total $500)

• In each of the above race, Blackwood will offer an additional $500 prize to first place if they beat the previous Course Record time. This will be the first running of this race and the winners of each of the two races will automatically qualify for this additional prize.

  *The daytime 50K will have more relaxed cutoffs and will not have a prize purse

  ** Blackwood reserves the right to adjust prize amounts at any time for any reason