Land Between the Lakes 60K

All four distances start together at 6:30 a.m. on the Kentucky Lake shoreline at Lighthouse Landing, run about two miles of road to the trailhead, and finish back in Grand Rivers on pavement. In between, the 60K runs laps of the Canal Loop, about 11.3 miles of mostly packed single track with rolling hills on the Barkley side and bigger ones on the Kentucky Lake side.

Every race has a 12-hour limit. 60K runners must start their final loop by 2:15 p.m., or they are sent back to Grand Rivers and credited with the distance they finished.

The Land Between the Lakes trail runs have been going for more than 20 years out of Grand Rivers, with a 23K, marathon, 60K and 50 mile all starting together. Rooster Running directs the race, and 60K finishers get a belt buckle.

Grand Rivers turns out with post-race food, and runners who also run Louisville Lovin' the Hills can earn an extra double medal.