Carl Touchstone Mississippi Trail 50

Location:	Laurel, Mississippi, USA
Date:	Saturday, March 12, 2005   Update This Event
Type:	Marathon, Half Marathon, Ultra Marathon
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Event Website at:	www.ms50.com

50 Mile, 50 K, and 20 K endurance Runs

The Carl Touchstone Mississippi Trail 50 is held the first Saturday (2005 will be a one time exception) in March each year on the Longleaf Horse Trail in the De Soto National Forest just south of Laurel, MS. The race was started in 1996 by Carl Touchstone, a local dentist and popular ultra runner. The 2005 race on March 12, 2005 will be the 10th anniversary of the race in Laurel, and the fifth that commemorates Carl's untimely death due to cancer.

The course features soft dirt trails, pine needle paths, and fire roads on 12.5 and 6.1 mile loops through the piney woods. (See more about the trail). The 20K runners do the long loop and are finished. The 50 K runners do the long loop twice and finish on the short loop, while the 50 Milers run the long loop 4 times (note that the 1.5 mile access road section was eliminated in 2002).

This is a relatively easy course and a good first 20K/50K/50M.

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