Blue Heron Hundreds

Join Labor Day weekend for North Alabama’s first 100 mile, 100K, and marathon at the lovely Wheeler Wildlife Refuge. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1938 as a wintering area for ducks, geese, and other migratory birds. The refuge attracts thousands of wintering waterfowl and cranes each year and is home to the endangered whooping crane who first arrived in 2004. The great blue heron is a regular at the refuge, and you will most likely see at least one during your run. A donation from the race will be made to Wheeler Wildlife Refuge Association (WWRA). We are honored to be able to help expand their conservation mission.

Cut off for all events is 32 hours.

Courses will be run on soft crushed gravel and dirt roads in Wheeler Refuge.
100 mi—The course will begin with a 3.4 mile loop, then participants will run 5 of the 19.4 loops.
100km- The course will begin with a 3.4 mile loop, then participants will run 3 of the 19.4 mile loops, with a short .7 mile add on at the end before finishing.

Aid: There will be water for runners after the 3.4 mile loop. Then the distances between aid stations will be 4.8, 4.6, 5.4 and 4.5 for each 19.4 mile loop.