Star of Texas 50 Miler • 50K • Marathon • Half Marathon • 10K • 5K • Speedyard (Fastest Person Standing) 2026 — Spicewood, TX

Star of Texas 50 Miler, 50K Boston Qualifying Marathon, Half-Marathon, 10K & 5K and The Speedyard December 13th at 9:30 AM | Pace Bend Park 50M, 50K, MARATHON HALF MARATHON 10K 5K THE SPEEDYARD • NEW A winter running celebration with stunning lake views and Boston Marathon qualification potential! 🏆 BQ ALERT BOSTON QUALIFIER ALERT! This is a USATF-certified marathon course: Certification code: TX25015LAB. Course specifically designed with Boston qualification in mind! Our 1.64-mile loop format allows runners to master the course with each lap, creating the perfect opportunity to strategically pace your way to a BQ time. COURSE HIGHLIGHTS 🔄 Strategic Loop Design 1.64 miles per loop (16 loops for full marathon, 8 for half) 🛣 100% Paved Surface Smooth, consistent running conditions for optimal performance ⏱ Perfect Pacing Opportunity Learn the course quickly and optimize your speed on every section 🔥 Or Race the Clock Itself The Speedyard turns the same loop into a seven round elimination on a shrinking clock, decided by one final loop at 2:30 PM 🥤 Personal Aid Station Set up your nutrition exactly how you want it and access it every 1.64 miles Rio Colorado Ultra Slam Every Fit Foundation finish counts toward the Rio Colorado 250. Complete 250 km across our 2026 races and the buckle is yours, in addition to your individual race awards. COURSE DETAILS The paved course features moderate climbs and gentle descents. This balanced profile prevents the quad fatigue of excessive downhill courses while providing enough variety to engage different muscle groups. Holiday Victory Ultra (50M & 50K), Star of Texas Marathon and Half Marathon Holiday Victory 10K Holiday Victory 5K The Speedyard BOSTON QUALIFICATION ADVANTAGE Our unique loop course format offers strategic benefits for Boston hopefuls! The marathon course is USATF-certified (certification code: TX25015LAB) and a Boston Marathon qualifier, carefully designed to help runners achieve qualifying times. The loop format lets you become intimately familiar with every turn and elevation change. By your third lap, you'll know exactly where to push and where to conserve energy , a strategic advantage for hitting your Boston Marathon qualification attempt! Course Records Star of Texas 50K : Benjamin Przybocki (M)– 4:20:56; Jabsy Diaz (F)– 7:27:40 The Star of Texas Marathon - Gabriel Karp (M)– 2:50:19 USATF Half Marathon: Edwin Pagan (M)– 1:14:40 Holiday Victory Half Marathon (Non-USATF) - Morgan Mengini (F)– 1:27:31 🔥 NEW FORMAT THE SPEEDYARD Seven Rounds to Earn the Final Loop 10:30 AM start • A shrinking clock on the certified 1.64 mile paved loop Every round is two loops of the Pace Bend course (3.28 miles), and every round starts on the horn. Finish inside the window and you are in the next round. Miss it by a second and your day is done. Whatever time you have left over is the only rest you get, so speed buys recovery and going out hard buys nothing. Then the clock starts shrinking. Round 1 asks for 12:12 per mile. Round 7 asks for 7:37. Clear all seven and you have earned a spot on the line at 2:30 PM for one final loop, flat out, fastest time takes the title. THE CLOCK Round Horn every Pace to survive Clock time 1 and 2 40:00 12:12 / mile 10:30 to 11:50 3 and 4 35:00 10:40 / mile 11:50 to 1:00 5 and 6 30:00 9:09 / mile 1:00 to 2:00 7 25:00 7:37 / mile 2:00 to 2:25 FINAL LOOP One loop, all out Fastest wins 2:30 PM start Fifteen loops. 24.6 miles. Nobody is expected to get there, and most of the field will not. ⏱ Starts Wide Open Round 1 asks for 12:12 per mile. If you can run a 10K, you can start this race. 🧠 Speed Buys Rest Run the round in 30 minutes on a 40 minute clock and you bank 10. Run it in 39 and you get one. 🏁 Stop When You Choose Every round you complete is scored and recorded. Step off after Round 4 and you still ran 13.1 miles. 🏆 Settled on the Line Survive Round 7 and you start the final loop even with everyone else. One loop decides it. HOW IT ACTUALLY WORKS Corral start. Every round begins from the start corral on the horn. You must be in the corral when it sounds, whether you finished the last round with ten minutes to spare or ten seconds. Two loops per round. Chip timing records every loop. Cross the line after the window closes and your race is over. No appeals, no partial credit. Milestone recognition. Finishers are recognized at Round 2 (6.56 mi), Round 4 (13.1 mi), and Round 7 (22.96 mi). Pick your target and race to it. The final loop. Everyone who completes Round 7 lines up at 2:30 PM for one loop, scratch start, fastest time wins. Whether you cleared Round 7 with six minutes to spare or six seconds, you start even. Margin banked in the earlier rounds buys you recovery, not a head start. Title and Assist. The fastest final loop is the Speedyard Champion. Second across the line takes the Assist, the runner who made the champion earn it. If nobody clears Round 7. Round 7 is a hard ask by design, and there may be no final loop at all. In that