Date
Sat, 17 Oct 2026
Start
08:15
Venue
Group Camp at Yellowwood Lake, Yellowwood State Forest, Nashville, Indiana
Nashville, Brown County
Countdown
October
A trail marathon, point to point, for runners who want 26.2 miles on dirt instead of road. Ten and a half hours is a generous window to get from one end to the other.
Key facts
01Course cutoff is 6:30 PM
02Point to point, so you finish away from the start
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The course
The route
Nashville
Distance42km
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate38.9 km
Weather
Mid-October, Nashville
20°CTypical high
7°CTypical low
-3°CColdest in 20 years
28%Days with rain
Highs around 20°C and lows around 7°C, but it has dropped to -3°C. Rain on 28% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2026 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Mindy Jaramillo04:16:519.8 km/h
02Amanda George04:51:418.7 km/h
03Lily Rieman04:57:078.5 km/h
18
Women finishers
6:05:17
Median time
6.9 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Tecumseh Trail Challenge 42 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 Tecumseh Trail Challenge 42 km plan targets
Typical sessions
42 km
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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