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Ultras · US · TX

Big Texas Ultra

50K
Registration open
Registration is open.
Race dateNovember 7, 2026
Start8:00am
Whenin 14 days

Who's going to Big Texas Ultra?

I'm running itPlan your weeks and your aid station times I'm crewingWhen to leave, where to park, at every stop I'm pacing or cheeringAsk your runner for their Out Here link

Free. You can start with nothing.

Official website Entry Aid stations Crew access Notify me if this race changes
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Distance The race
50K
Climb The race
2,200 ft
Descent
not checked yet
High point
not checked yet
Time limit
not checked yet
Aid stations
9
Started
not checked yet
Finished
not checked yet
Finish rate
not checked yet
The course

Where it goes loop · 9 aid stations · rust marks a stop your crew can reach

Course line from the race's own GPX. Source file. Recorded 2026.

One 50K loop from Flat Creek Crossing Ranch, starting at 8:00 AM on Saturday. Finishers get the Big Texas Ultra 50K finisher medal, a Texas Ultra Series collectible.

Dirty and rocky single and wide track trails.

The race

What this one is

Two days of trail running at Flat Creek Crossing Ranch in the hills of Central Texas, near Johnson City. Friday has a 15K. Saturday has a 15K, a 15K ruck, a 50K loop and a 100K, plus a Championship 100K for qualifiers with prize money. It is the November race of the Texas Ultra Series, and every finisher medal is a piece of the Lone Star of Texas.

Getting in

Getting in Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.

Lottery
not checked yet
Lottery opens
not checked yet
Lottery draw
not checked yet
Field cap
not checked yet
Registration
UltraSignup texasoutlawrunning.com
Qualifying
not checked yet
Minimum age
not checked yet
Transfers
not checked yet
Deferrals
not checked yet
Crew access, pacers and drop bags

The rules that shape your day Anything marked "not checked yet" is a gap in what we hold, never a no from the race.

Crew allowed
not checked yet
Vehicles per runner
not checked yet
Pacers
not checked yet
Muling
not checked yet
Drop bags
not checked yet
Cupless
Yes ultrasignup.com
Course marking
Fully Marked ultrasignup.com
Night running
not checked yet
Dogs
not checked yet
Headphones
not checked yet
Crew rules
not checked yet
Pacer rules
not checked yet
Drop bag rules
not checked yet
Cutoff philosophy
Walking is fine, and the race is lenient on cutoff times. texasoutlawrunning.com
Aid stations

Every stop, and what you get there ● yes   ○ no   ? nobody has checked   – does not apply to this race

Mile Station Cutoff Crew access Bag Pacer Med To next
0.00 Main Aid Station
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ? ? ? 3.10
3.10 Overlook Aid Station
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ○ ? ? 3.00
6.10 Main Aid Station
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ? ? ? 3.00
9.10 Overlook Aid Station
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ○ ? ? 1.60
10.70 Main Aid Station
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ? ? ? 6.10
16.80 Lone Star Aid Station
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ● ? ? 4.60
21.40 Country Club Water Station
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ○ ? ? 3.60
25.00 Lone Star Aid Station
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ● ? ? 6.00
31.00 Main Aid Station
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Driving your crew

Getting your people there 5 stops with directions the race published.

Overlook Aid Station mile 3.10

Parking. Parking available.

Overlook Aid Station mile 9.10

Parking. Parking available.

Lone Star Aid Station mile 16.80

Parking. Parking available.

Country Club Water Station mile 21.40

Parking. Parking not available.

Lone Star Aid Station mile 25.00

Parking. Parking available.

Same race, other lines

Other distances and other years

What it looks like out there

Somebody has been out there with a camera the tables say the climb is long. these say what long feels like.

3 people have been out there with a camera or a microphone.

Social account

Texas Outlaw Running Company

Social account
Social account

texasoutlawrunning

Social account
Official channel

Texas Outlaw Running Company

Official channel
All (3) Official channel (1) Social account (2)

These are other people's work and we link straight to them. Watching costs nothing and needs no account. More of them: every race we hold, on film.

Add to this page

What you know every one of these is read by a person before it changes anything

Ran this race? Tell the next runner what you know.

Nobody sees it until we have read it. No account, no sign-in.

Leave blank if it applies to the whole race.

Leave blank if it is not about one particular stop.

Optional. Something like “Cal Street, mile 62 to 78”.

Write it the way you would say it to someone at the start line.

Optional, and it decides nothing. It only tells the next runner where this is coming from.

Optional.

Optional, and never shown on the page. Only so we can ask you a question about this note.

Leave this field blank.

See something wrong or out of date? Suggest an edit.

This changes nothing on the page on its own. Somebody checks it against the race first.

Optional. Filled in for you when you start from a specific line on the page.

Copy it as it appears, so we can find it.

The corrected value.

Required. Where it came from: the race email, the runner manual, what you saw on the day.

Optional.

Optional. A screenshot or a photo of the sign works.

Optional, and it decides nothing.

Optional.

Optional, only so we can come back to you about this correction.

Leave blank if it is about the whole race.

Leave blank if it is not about one particular stop.

Leave this field blank.

Were you out there? Say which stops a text got out from.

Nobody sees it until we have read it. No account, no sign-in.

Optional, and it decides nothing.

Which stops did a text get out from?

Leave a stop blank if you did not try, or do not remember.

15K Friday

  • Main Aid Station mile 0.0
  • Overlook Aid Station mile 3.1
  • Overlook Aid Station mile 6.2
  • Main Aid Station mile 9.4

100K

  • Main Aid Station mile 0.0
  • Overlook Aid Station mile 3.1
  • Main Aid Station mile 6.1
  • Overlook Aid Station mile 9.1
  • Main Aid Station mile 10.7
  • Lone Star Aid Station mile 16.8
  • Country Club Water Station mile 21.4
  • Lone Star Aid Station mile 25.0
  • Main Aid Station mile 31.0
  • Overlook Aid Station mile 34.2
  • Main Aid Station mile 37.1
  • Overlook Aid Station mile 40.2
  • Main Aid Station mile 41.7
  • Lone Star Aid Station mile 47.8
  • Country Club Water Station mile 52.4
  • Lone Star Aid Station mile 56.0
  • Main Aid Station mile 62.0

50K

  • Main Aid Station mile 0.0
  • Overlook Aid Station mile 3.1
  • Main Aid Station mile 6.1
  • Overlook Aid Station mile 9.1
  • Main Aid Station mile 10.7
  • Lone Star Aid Station mile 16.8
  • Country Club Water Station mile 21.4
  • Lone Star Aid Station mile 25.0
  • Main Aid Station mile 31.0

15K Saturday

  • Main Aid Station mile 0.0
  • Overlook Aid Station mile 3.1
  • Overlook Aid Station mile 6.2
  • Main Aid Station mile 9.4

15K RUCK Saturday

  • Main Aid Station mile 0.0
  • Overlook Aid Station mile 3.1
  • Overlook Aid Station mile 6.2
  • Main Aid Station mile 9.4
Optional. Never shown.
Seen a course preview or a film of this one? Send it over.

Somebody watches it before it goes anywhere near this page. What we are after is footage of this course, on the ground. If it would be just as true of any other race, it is not this.

Required. A line is plenty. Where the climbs are, what the footing does, what the last twenty miles look like.

Optional, and it decides nothing.

Optional.

Optional, and never shown on the page. Only so we can ask you a question about this one.

A YouTube link, a race report, a photo gallery, whatever it is.

Optional, and we credit them on the page.

Leave this field blank.

Have the GPX? Send us the link.

We want the address of the file the race publishes, not the file. We download it from there so the page can say where the line came from.

The page or file on the race's own site.

Optional, and only so we can ask you a question about it.

Are you the race director? Get in touch and we'll make it right.

We read every one of these and we write back. Every fact here carries the source it came from, and the way a wrong one gets fixed is a person checking it against what you tell us.

Required, because this is a conversation and we write back.

Tell us what is wrong, out of date, or missing on this page. We read every one of these and we will get back to you.

Optional.

So we know who we are writing back to.

Optional. Director, assistant, comms, whoever you are.

Leave this field blank.

Where this came from. Every fact on this page records its source and when we last checked it: 102 sources for this race. Hover a source link to read the sentence it came from.
29% of what we track for a course is filled in. The rest says "not checked yet" rather than guessing.
See something wrong or out of date? Suggest an edit
Ran this race? Tell the next runner what you know
Were you out there? Say which stops a text got out from
Got footage of this course? Send us the link
Are you the race director? Get in touch and we'll make it right.
Anything else: [email protected]

Ultras change. We will tell you when this one does.

Cutoffs move, races get postponed, lotteries open and close. We read the race's own sources and record where every fact came from. Put your email in and we will send you what changed, and where we read it.

No account, and nothing to cancel.

What happens to your email. Nothing else. I do not sell it, and I will not send you anything except this race changing. One click gets you out.

I keep this catalog because the information is scattered and hard to trust. Telling you when it moves is the same job.

Ultras change. We will tell you when this one does.

Cutoffs move, races get postponed, lotteries open and close. We read the race's own sources and record where every fact came from. Put your email in and we will send you what changed, and where we read it.

No account, and nothing to cancel.

What happens to your email. Nothing else. I do not sell it, and I will not send you anything except this race changing. One click gets you out.

I keep this catalog because the information is scattered and hard to trust. Telling you when it moves is the same job.