Sugar Badger 50/50 and half, by Ten Junk Miles Racing

Sugar Badger 50/50 and half is held on May 29, 2027, in Belleville, Wisconsin. The 50-miler (80.5 km) starts at 6:00 a.m., the 50K (31.1 mi) at 7:00 a.m. and the half marathon (13.1 mi) at 8:00 a.m. No elevation gain is listed.

Having all three distances on one course makes this a good event to enter as a group with different ambitions, and a natural place to step up a year at a time: half marathon, then 50K, then the fifty. If you are making that jump, the single most useful change is to practise eating while moving — beyond about four hours, what you can absorb matters more than what you can run.