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The 50K Midstate Massive starts at Howe State Park in Spencer, MA and joins the Midstate Trail route shared with the 100 Mile and 50 Mile fields for its final miles through Douglas State Forest to the finish on the shore of Lake Wallum. It is a mass-start race with no pacers.
Trail / Dirt road: ~18 miles. Paved Road: ~12 miles. Begins with 1.5 miles of trail and climbing out of Howe State Park before joining the shared course; the final ~14 miles are mostly technical, rocky terrain through Douglas State Forest to the finish.
The Midstate Massive Ultra Trail is a point to point ultramarathon that follows the Massachusetts Midstate Trail during the peak of New England's autumn foliage, crossing from New Hampshire down through central Massachusetts to the Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island tri-state corner. The race offers 100 mile, 50 mile and 50K distances, all finishing together at Douglas State Forest.
New England Race Events launched the Midstate Massive Ultra Trail in 2019. The idea was introduced to race director Rich Mazzola by TMIRCE co-founder Andy Marx, based on the Fastest Known Time set on a self-supported traverse of the Midstate Trail by Greg Soutiea, Jake Dissinger and Chad Hornbaker in 2015 (23 hours, 43 minutes). The 2026 running is the race's 8th edition.
| Mile | Station | Cutoff | Crew access | Bag | Pacer | Med | To next |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.00 |
Howe State Park
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? | ○ | ○ | ○ | ? | 3.60 |
| 3.60 |
Four Chimneys WMA
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8:30am | ○ | ○ | ○ | ? | 3.10 |
| 6.70 |
Fay Mountain Farm
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9:30am | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | 7.60 |
| 14.30 |
Chase Corporation
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12:00pm | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | 5.80 |
| 20.10 |
Whittier Farms
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1:30pm | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | 5.20 |
| 25.30 |
RT16 @ Webster St / Douglas Rd
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3:00pm | ○ | ○ | ○ | ? | 3.70 |
| 29.00 |
Trunkline Trail
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4:00pm | ○ | ○ | ○ | ? | 3.60 |
| 32.60 |
Douglas State Forest (Lake Wallum)
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5:00pm | ○ | ● | ○ | ? | ? |
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