Standing Boy Trail Festival

Standing Boy Trail Festival takes place in Columbus, Alabama, on September 18–20, 2026, and is organized by Revolution Running. The weekend spreads three trail formats across three days: a Friday Night Vertical 5K starting on September 18 at 8:00 p.m., a 10-mile on Saturday, September 19 at 7:30 a.m., and a 50K (31 miles) on Sunday, September 20 at 7:30 a.m. Standing Boy refers to the creek and trail area of the same name.

The festival format lets you combine races or focus on one. The Friday night 5K is short, but the word vertical means climbing, so treat it as a hard hill effort in the dark rather than a jog. The 10-mile is a good midseason trail target, and the 50K works as a first ultra if you have run a trail half or a marathon. Runners planning to do more than one event should practice running on tired legs on consecutive days, and everyone should expect late-summer heat in Alabama, even at 7:30 a.m.