Welcome to the Hyner Trail Challenge. For those of you who have taken on the Challenge in the past….Welcome Back!!! For those “newbies” out there….get ready for the ride of your life. The course is set up to challenge each individual both mentally and physically. There are three major climbs and three major descents over the 25K course filled with vistas, stream crossings, and single track paths. Zach Miller, one of the top runners in the world, called Hyner “one of the funnest courses in the country” after setting a new course record in 2018. The 50K has 5 major climbs with about 6500 feet of vertical with some great new course changes launched in 2019. The HVTC is also part of the newly formed Rocksylvania Trail Series.
The 25K is open to the first 1,000 runners and the 50K is open to the first 400 runners.
Before you sign up. This is a free will event. If you don’t like how we do things, then please don’t sign up. We’re not the Rock and Roll Series, the Boston Marathon, or the Ironman Group. If you’re looking to be pampered or celebrated, we are not the race for you. We are simply trail runners putting on a trail race for ourselves and other trail runners. Our main goal is to provide a challenging and scenic course through the remote forest in the Pa Wilds. Everything else if just “fluff”. And we give very little attention to this “fluff”. We like to keep our events simple – sign up, show up, line up, hurry up, finish up, eat and drink up, and then re-up the next year. If you’re the “needy” type with high expectations, please reconsider our event. There are plenty of other events out there in which to run. If we offend you by our rhetoric, then you obviously don’t know us and therefore, should reconsider signing up. But if you’re into chewing up some dirt alongside 1000 of your best friends, then sign up and join the party!!!
Be aware that we have cut-offs for this event. All 25K runners/hikers MUST reach the View (mile 4) by 11:30am and the mile 8.5 aid station by 1:30pm or you’ll be pulled. These are hard cut-offs. No exceptions. These cut-offs ensure a 9 hour finish.
50K Cut-offs– Mile 7.5 by 10:30am or you’ll be directed onto the 25K course to finish. Mile 17 by 1pm and mile 25 by 3:15pm. All are hard cut-offs with no wiggle room to ensure a 10 hour finish.
50K Qualifying Standards
This is not a beginner 50K and we expect ALL runners to finish in under 10 hours. Road races do not count as qualifiers as they have no relevance to this sport. Please put down a race and your time that shows you are capable of completing 31 miles in under 10 hours. During the race, runners not getting to the 25/50K intersection by 10:30am (mile 7.5) will automatically be directed onto the 25K course to finish. Mile 17 aid station at Dry Run Rd cut-off is 1pm. And Hyner Run SP aid station on the way back at mile 25 is 3:15pm.
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must do trail event in central PA!
Steep climbs, beautiful views, well stocked aid stations and great volunteers! The food and beer at the end is the cherry on top of this event! MORE
Steep climbs, beautiful views, well stocked aid stations and great volunteers! The food and beer at the end is the cherry on top of this event!