Wilderness Road Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K Stanford, KY   Sep 20, 2026

Please join us for the Wilderness Road Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K. These races are a one-of-a-kind event along the Historic Wilderness Road and this year we are celebrating the 250th Anniversary of our country, as well as, honoring the United States Marine Corps. These races will take you back in time to the establishment of Fort Logan and the nation’s expansion west of the Alleghany Mountains. Runners will follow in the footsteps of Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky and William Whitley, the owner of the first brick house west of the Alleghany Mountains. William Whitley shook the world when he ran all of the horse races on his property counter clockwise. This was in the direct opposition the British custom of racing horses clockwise. Now in North America all Nascar, track and field and horse racing, etc. run their races counter clockwise. We are honoring the United States Marine Corps this year as Lincoln County was the home of Anthony Gale, the 4th Commandant of the USMC. Proceeds from the event will benefit the William Whitley House Endowment. The out-and-back course will start and finish in downtown Stanford, KY. Join us in celebrating our county’s 250th Anniversary while we honor the brave men and women of the USMC. The event will be capped at 250 participants total.