Suffer Better 9th Annual Fall Trail Runs
- Date Sat 11th October 2025
- Time 7:30AM MDT
- Location Pine, Colorado
- Price $27.50 - $117.60
- Races 4 races
- Distances Ultra, 5km
Event summary
Get ready for an exhilarating day of trail running at the 9th Annual Fall Trail Runs, taking place on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at the stunning Staunton State Park in Pine, Jefferson, Colorado. This year’s event promises to be both challenging and fun, featuring a range of race distances to suit every runner's ability. Choose from the thrilling 50K, the adventurous 25K—including the unique Fishslappers edition that involves catching a fish!—or the new 5K run. Each race will showcase some of Colorado’s finest trails, complete with beautiful single track paths and rewarding elevation gains.
Runners will kick off their adventures at different times, with the 50K starting at 7:30 AM, the 25K at 8:30 AM, and the 5K at 10:00 AM. This event not only offers a fantastic opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors but also supports vital conservation efforts for public lands and waters. With an emphasis on sustainability, participants are encouraged to bring their own bottles and take advantage of water and hydration stations along the way. Whether you’re racing for a personal best or simply enjoying the camaraderie of fellow runners, the Fall Trail Runs is
Runners will kick off their adventures at different times, with the 50K starting at 7:30 AM, the 25K at 8:30 AM, and the 5K at 10:00 AM. This event not only offers a fantastic opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors but also supports vital conservation efforts for public lands and waters. With an emphasis on sustainability, participants are encouraged to bring their own bottles and take advantage of water and hydration stations along the way. Whether you’re racing for a personal best or simply enjoying the camaraderie of fellow runners, the Fall Trail Runs is
Organiser's Description
We are stoked to once again invite you all to come run with us at Staunton State Park, off of Highway 285 near Conifer, CO, on October 11, 2025. We are even more stoked to again offer our special 25K Fishslappers edition (yes, it involves catching a fish!) and a new 5K run to our 50 and 25K race day offerings. Whichever distance you choose, rest assured you will be running on some of CO's best trails - lovely, flowing, and runnable single track - with some decent vert thrown in to keep you at least a little honest. And you will be helping raise real money to protect and preserve our exceedingly precious public lands and waters. As always, our Fall runs are a celebration of our public lands and waters, and a fundraiser for the good work of Conservation CO and Running Rivers to protect and preserve them.
Race Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025
Start Time: Racers in the 50K will start at 7:30 am, with the 25K runners taking off at 8:30 am and the 5K runners blasting off at 10:00 am. We will be starting and finishing at the Lazy Parking lot, about 1.5 miles into the Park. There is limited parking available, and the park will be busy on a Fall day. So, please do your best to carpool (see below for the link to the carpool sheet) or, as the Park staff encourage stop by the Mountain View Park n Ride, just 6 miles from the start, and see if you can snag a few other runners for the ride into the Park.
We are a bottle-free event, so please bring your own bottles. We'll have both water and gNarly hydration drink at our aid stations, so you can fill up along the way.
Volunteers at the aid station can assist you as needed on the hydration front, and ensure you get the other food you need.
There are course maps, including gpx files for each distance on this website, along with a written description of the course, so do check them out. You can also download the Staunton Trail Map here: https://cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/parks/Staunton/Documents/StauntonTrailsMap.pdf
Aid Stations. We'll have 4, all of which you'll hit 2X in the 50K: One on at the intersection of Bugling Elk and Staunton Ranch Trails (mile 4.6), one at the Old Mill (mile 7), one at the intersection of Dines Meadow and Staunton Ranch Trail (mile 10.6) and one at the Davis Ponds (mile 13.4).
Race Entry: 25K (both the regular run and the new Fishslappers division): 25K and 25K Fishslappers: $75; 50K: $110; and, 5K, just $25.
Like last year, this year's events are both crazy fun and challenging trail races, and a major part of our effort to raise awareness and funds to preserve and protect our precious public lands and waters. We value these special outdoor places and believe strongly that as outdoor athletes we have an obligation to ensure their protection. We ask/encourage/beg each of our runners to become fundraisers themselves and we have a special award for the runner who has raised the most $ by race day. With our new Fishslappers Division, we are also raising money for Running Rivers [https://www.runningrivers.org/], so check them out too. Runners also have the ability to enlist their friends and colleagues to help raise funds for Conservation CO and Running Rivers. The more we all raise, the more good we do.
CUTOFF TIMES:
50K: 9 and a half hours: You must reach the Aid Station, at Old Mill by 3:30 pm on race day (8 hours in) in order to finish by 5:30. If you reach this aid station after 3:30, our volunteers will not let you continue up the trail but have you simply go down the Old Mill trail to the finish. Please, listen to them and do as asked.
A note about distances: We are using the distances laid out by the park, but you should know that we've done each of these routes multiple times, using a variety of standard measuring tools and apps (Suunto, Apple, Strava) and we have yet to record the same distance twice! So, for the record, the stated distances are effectively 5K-ish, 25K-ish and 50K-ish.
25K: 8 and a half hours or no later than 5:30 pm.
Race Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025
Start Time: Racers in the 50K will start at 7:30 am, with the 25K runners taking off at 8:30 am and the 5K runners blasting off at 10:00 am. We will be starting and finishing at the Lazy Parking lot, about 1.5 miles into the Park. There is limited parking available, and the park will be busy on a Fall day. So, please do your best to carpool (see below for the link to the carpool sheet) or, as the Park staff encourage stop by the Mountain View Park n Ride, just 6 miles from the start, and see if you can snag a few other runners for the ride into the Park.
We are a bottle-free event, so please bring your own bottles. We'll have both water and gNarly hydration drink at our aid stations, so you can fill up along the way.
Volunteers at the aid station can assist you as needed on the hydration front, and ensure you get the other food you need.
There are course maps, including gpx files for each distance on this website, along with a written description of the course, so do check them out. You can also download the Staunton Trail Map here: https://cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/parks/Staunton/Documents/StauntonTrailsMap.pdf
Aid Stations. We'll have 4, all of which you'll hit 2X in the 50K: One on at the intersection of Bugling Elk and Staunton Ranch Trails (mile 4.6), one at the Old Mill (mile 7), one at the intersection of Dines Meadow and Staunton Ranch Trail (mile 10.6) and one at the Davis Ponds (mile 13.4).
Race Entry: 25K (both the regular run and the new Fishslappers division): 25K and 25K Fishslappers: $75; 50K: $110; and, 5K, just $25.
Like last year, this year's events are both crazy fun and challenging trail races, and a major part of our effort to raise awareness and funds to preserve and protect our precious public lands and waters. We value these special outdoor places and believe strongly that as outdoor athletes we have an obligation to ensure their protection. We ask/encourage/beg each of our runners to become fundraisers themselves and we have a special award for the runner who has raised the most $ by race day. With our new Fishslappers Division, we are also raising money for Running Rivers [https://www.runningrivers.org/], so check them out too. Runners also have the ability to enlist their friends and colleagues to help raise funds for Conservation CO and Running Rivers. The more we all raise, the more good we do.
CUTOFF TIMES:
50K: 9 and a half hours: You must reach the Aid Station, at Old Mill by 3:30 pm on race day (8 hours in) in order to finish by 5:30. If you reach this aid station after 3:30, our volunteers will not let you continue up the trail but have you simply go down the Old Mill trail to the finish. Please, listen to them and do as asked.
A note about distances: We are using the distances laid out by the park, but you should know that we've done each of these routes multiple times, using a variety of standard measuring tools and apps (Suunto, Apple, Strava) and we have yet to record the same distance twice! So, for the record, the stated distances are effectively 5K-ish, 25K-ish and 50K-ish.
25K: 8 and a half hours or no later than 5:30 pm.
Races
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Suffer Better 50K
Incl. $7.60 Fee & Suffer Better Hat
Sat 11th October 2025 (7:30AM MDT)
$117.60
CLOSEDWe are back with our Suffer Better ultra - a 50k-ish (31 miles) on the gorgeous, runnable singletrack trails at Staunton State Park. The race starts at 7:30 am and ends at 5 pm, meaning you have 9 and a half hours to finish. -
Suffer Better 25K
Incl. $5.50 Fee & Suffer Better Hat
Sat 11th October 2025 (8:30AM MDT)
$80.50
CLOSEDOne 25K-ish loop on the gorgeous trails at Staunton State Park. Note the race starts at 8:30 am and finishes at 4 pm, that just means you have a whopping 7.5 hours to finish. Doable for sure. -
Suffer Better 25K - FishSlappers Division
Incl. $5.50 Fee & Suffer Better Hat
Sat 11th October 2025 (8:30AM MDT)
$80.50
CLOSEDThis is the same race as the regular 25K, on the same course, the only difference being that you must catch a trout at the Elk Falls Pond. Note the race starts at 8:30 am and finishes at 4 pm, that just means you have a whopping 7.5 hours to finish. Doable for sure. -
Suffer Better 5K
Incl. $2.50 Fee & Suffer Better Hat
Sat 11th October 2025 (10:00AM MDT)
$27.50
CLOSEDA quick run on lovely trails, intended for those just wanting to dip a toe in the trail running world.
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Location
Staunton State Park, 12102 S Elk Creek Rd, Pine, 80470, CO, United States
Suffer Better 9th Annual Fall Trail Runs
