Long Hunter Trail Runs
1/2 Marathon · 13.46 miles
Ran · this year's race is done.
Race dateOctober 10, 2026
Start7:30am
When14 days ago
Who's going to Long Hunter Trail Runs?
Free. You can start with nothing.
Free, and always will be. NavRun makes money from race-day planning for runners who want it, never from this.
Ultras change constantly, sometimes the morning of. Always confirm with the race director and the official website before you rely on anything here.
High point
not checked yet
Time limit
The race
8:00:00
Finish rate
not checked yet
The course
Where it goes
· 1 aid station
Circles Couchville Lake, goes out and back on the Bryant Grove trail, runs the cliff trail loop and adds the Inland Trail.
Flat and only mildly technical. The 2-mile loop around Couchville Lake is a paved greenway, and the only other non-dirt sections are the roads that connect the trails. Road shoes can work if it has not rained right before the race.
The race
What this one is
Three distances, the half marathon, the marathon and the 50K, all inside Long Hunter State Park a few miles outside Nashville. Every distance circles Couchville Lake, goes out and back on the Bryant Grove trail and runs the cliff trail loop. The start and finish are in a wide-open field where deer and turkeys often walk through. The course is flat and only mildly technical, a mix of dirt trail and paved greenway, and finishers get handmade clay arrowheads.
Getting in
Getting in
Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.
- Lottery
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- Lottery opens
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- Lottery draw
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- Field cap
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- Registration
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- Qualifying
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- Minimum age
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- Transfers
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- Deferrals
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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
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Yes
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- Vehicles per runner
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not checked yet
- Pacers
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No
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- Muling
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not checked yet
- Drop bags
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not checked yet
- Cupless
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Yes
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- Course marking
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Fully Marked
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- Night running
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not checked yet
- Dogs
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not checked yet
- Headphones
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not checked yet
- Crew rules
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Crews and friends can help a runner only at the Couchville and Bryant Grove aid stations. Help anywhere else gets the runner disqualified. Spectators can go to the Jones Mill and Inland parking areas to cheer.
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- Pacer rules
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No pacers are allowed.
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- Drop bag rules
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not checked yet
- Cutoff philosophy
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The course is not swept and nobody is pulled for being behind the cutoff. The directors want everyone to enjoy the park even if they don't have their best day. A finish after the cutoff is recorded as an unofficial finish.
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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 |
| 6.70 |
Mile 6.7 aid station
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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.
Nobody has been out there with a camera or a microphone yet. A gap means nobody has found it, not that it is not out there. Seen a course preview or a film of this one? Send us the link.
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What you know
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Where this came from.
Every fact on this page records its source and when we last checked it: 40 sources for this race. Hover a source link to read the sentence it came from.
28% of what we track for a course is filled in. The rest says "not checked yet" rather than guessing.
Ultras change. We will tell you when this one does.
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