Date
Sun, 25 Oct 2026
Start
07:32
Venue
Human Powered Trails, 709 County Rd FA, La Crosse, Wisconsin
La Crosse, La Crosse County
Countdown
October
The 25K loop run twice, with around 2,400 m of climbing in total. This is a full ultra day, and the second lap is where it gets real.
Key facts
015:00 PM cut-off
02Two laps of the 25K course
Create a free training plan for the Hixon 50 53 km
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The course
One lap, on repeat
La Crosse · one lap
Distance53km
Total climb2,438m
Start · finishOne lap · elevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate24.4 km
Weather
Late-October, La Crosse
12°CTypical high
1°CTypical low
-6°CColdest in 20 years
23%Days with rain
Highs around 12°C and lows around 1°C, but it has dropped to -6°C. Rain on 23% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
OrganiserRiver City Running Club
Websitehixon50.com
Instagram@river_city_running_club
Running since2015
Training
Training for the Hixon 50 53 km
We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.
Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.
Intervals.icuWhat a Hixon 50 53 km plan targets
Typical sessions
53 km with 2,438 m of climbing
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Hill reps and vert to prepare the climbs and descents
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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