Date
Sun, 25 Oct 2026
Start
08:30
Venue
Human Powered Trails, 709 County Rd FA, La Crosse, Wisconsin
La Crosse, La Crosse County
Countdown
October
A proper trail day in one big loop. About 1,200 m of climbing over 27 km is steady, honest hill work, so expect to be on your feet for hours.
Key facts
014:00 PM cut-off
02One loop, so there are no laps to bail out on
Create a free training plan for the Hixon 50 27 km
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The course
The route
La Crosse
Distance27km
Total climb1,219m
StartElevation
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 27 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 27 km plan targets
Typical sessions
27 km with 1,219 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
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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