10th and Final Cow Pie Trail Run

Half Marathon
5K
Kids Fun Run

Saturday, October 12, 2019
at Adams' Farm, 10 miles west of Loup City, Nebraska on Hwy 92
79023 463A Ave
Litchfield, NE 68852

If the cows can do it, so can you!!


Over the past ten years, the Cow Pie Trail Run has been a labor of love - a deep, never-ending love for the person in whose memory we do it, and also for the hills and draws and cow paths and dirt roads we run over. But the rigors of putting on this event are many and time is precious. So we've decided that this year's race will be the last Cow Pie Trail Run. 

The best part, by far, of putting on this race is welcoming so many runners and walkers to the beautiful, Nebraska countryside. If you've done it before, please come back for one last loop through the prairie. And if you've never done it, this is your last chance for a true trail run that will challenge what you think you know about Nebraska!

The 10th Annual Cow Pie Trail Run route is a loop course traveling over gravel/dirt roads, cow paths, and the pastures of beautiful central Nebraska. The half marathon route goes through an old tree claim, beside a settler's cemetery, along an old wagon road, by windmills, and abandoned homesteads. This is the wide-open prairie of the pioneers! It is a tough course with holes, ruts, stickers, cow pies, and lots and lots of hills. But if the cows can do it, so can you!

Finishers receive a Cow Pie Finisher Cowboy Hat and participants who register at least two weeks in advance receive a fun, long sleeve cotton Cow Pie tee!

Registration opens 1/2 hour prior to each event.

Yummy pork roast BBQ sandwiches, baked beans, chips, and homemade desserts will be served after the race followed by hayrack rides. A perfect way to celebrate Autumn!

(While we run on dirt, you don't have to drive on dirt to get here!)

Half Marathon begins at 9:30 am - $45 until 10/5; $50 from 10/6 thru race day
5K begins at 10:30 am - $25 until 10/5; $30 from 10/6 thru race day
Kids Fun Run begins at 10:00 am - $10

Course closes at 1:30 pm.
We are excited to announce that we are now a registered event in the Nebraska LiveWell Challenge!

Thanks to our 2019 Sponsors:

Platinum Level:
Philip Carkoski Construction & Trench
Joe's Market
Peters Funeral Home
Sherman County Times
Petska Plumbing and Backhoe
Cook and Beals
Loop Agency/Loop Realty
Mr. B's Tees
Bar C Bar Ranch
Blue Monkey/Greg Wrenn
PJ Storage Paul & Norma Janulewicz
Trotter Grain and Fertilizer
Loup City RX Shoppe
White Way Garage - Jeff & Clara Stobbe (in memory of Earle & Catherine Baillie & Margaret Erdmann)

Gold Level:
Citizens Community Bank
Kuszak Hardware and Variety

Silver Level:
Mid States Irrigation & Repair of Kearney Inc.
Scientific Crop Agronomy Inc.
Loup City Dental
Loup City Lumber
BL Shoppe