Suffer Better 9th Annual Fall Trail Runs

🏞️ Event Overview

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.

• Location: Staunton State Park, Pine, CO
• Trail Quality: Lovely, flowing, and runnable single track with decent vert
• Fundraiser: Supports Conservation CO and Running Rivers
• Links: Race Registration

📅 Race Details

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. All races start from the Mason Creek parking lot.

• 50K Start: 7:30 AM
• 25K Start: 8:30 AM
• 5K Start: 10:00 AM
• Starting Location: Mason Creek parking lot

💧 Hydration Information

We are a bottle-free event, so please bring your own bottles. We'll have both water and gNarly hydration drink at our several aid stations, so you can fill up along the way.

• Assistance: Volunteers at the aid station can assist you as needed on the hydration front
• Food: Aid stations will provide food options
• Aid Stations: Locations will be well marked
• Map Details: Check for course maps on the race website

🗺️ Course Maps

There are course maps 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: Staunton Trail Map

• Distance Maps: Available for all race distances
• Written Descriptions: Detailed course descriptions provided
• Download: Access the Staunton Trail Map
• Check Location: Maps are located on this website

💰 Race Entry

Race Entry: 25K (both the regular run and the new Fishslappers division): $75: 50K: $110 (there is also early bird pricing, $60 and $90 respectively, so sign up early and save some green!): and, 5K, just $25.

• 25K Entry: $75 (Fishslappers division included)
• 50K Entry: $110 (Early bird: $90)
• 5K Entry: $25
• Fundraiser Challenge: Special award for top fundraiser

🌍 Conservation Commitment

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.

• Fundraiser Tips: Runners can enlist friends and family
• More Info: Visit Running Rivers for more details
• Community Impact: Funds raised support environmental initiatives
• Engagement: Encouraging runners to actively participate

📏 Distance Notes

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.