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Wilmington, NC's Ultra Marathon Festival with a variety of events for everyone! 100 mile, 50 mile, 50K, 50 mile relay

The Southern Tour Ultra is a running festival held on private land in Scotts Hill North Carolina, just outside of Wilmington. This 1700 acre property borders the atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and is uninhabited. There is a trail system on this land that will be the race route. A 250 yard field that is in the center of the property will be the home base start/finish area for the event. The festival has multiple race opportunities all starting with a Last Man Standing on Friday followed by a 50 mile individual, 50K individual and 50 mile age graded team relay. The history of the name Souther Tour: President George Washington passed through this exact area back in 1791, on his way from New Bern to Wilmington. This passing was part of his famous “Southern Tour.” By local tradition, he and his party paused for lunch under a large oak tree. In 1925, the DAR placed a marker at a likely candidate for the famous oak; an expansion of U.S. 17 was re-routed in 1997 to save it. “The Washington Oak” now stands on the west side of U.S. 17 between the Washington Acres and Deerfield subdivisions.

16/08/2026

Base-building season. 📈 Whether you're aiming at 50, 50K, or the full 100, the work you put in now is what carries you in January. Trust it. Tag your training partner.

04/08/2026

Classic rock + cold beer + a finish line = the Southern Tour vibe. 🎸🍺 The race is hard; the party is easy. Jan 15–16, Wilmington. www.southerntourultra.com

01/08/2026

COMPANY TEAM BUILDING!!!! Bring your team to the Southern Tour relay — 10 people, 50 miles, a bonfire, and a story they'll tell all year. Best team-building on the calendar.

30/07/2026

The 50K is the perfect ultra entry point — three laps of the 10-mile loop, same epic atmosphere. 🏅 A goal that's big but reachable. Make January your breakthrough.

25/07/2026

Winning the relay is not simply about having the fastest, youngest, or oldest runners. The Southern Tour Ultra uses an age- and gender-graded handicap system, which means the team with the best overall strategy could come out on top.

How the Handicap System Works

Each runner receives an age-based handicap percentage, and women receive an additional 10% gender handicap. The percentages from the entire roster are then combined to adjust the team’s final race time.

A lower adjusted time gives your team a better chance to win, making the relay a strategic combination of speed, age, gender, and smart roster building.

A runner’s handicap only contributes 10% toward the team’s overall handicap percentage, even if that runner completes more than one leg or the team has fewer than 10 runners.

It is not necessarily the fastest team, the youngest team, or the oldest team that wins. It is the team that creates the best combination of runners and executes the smartest race-day strategy.

Relay Prize Money

The winning age- and gender-graded relay team receives one team trophy and $800.
The fastest overall team based on gross finish time receives $200.

22/07/2026

Training for an ultra? A few things that matter more than mileage: sleep, fueling practice, and time on your feet. 🧠 We'll be sharing tips all the way to January. Drop your training questions or your own tips below. 👇

18/07/2026

There's a reason people camp for this one. 🔥 Friday the 100-milers launch then run under the stars, the fire's roaring, and the music's going. Saturday morning, the rest of the races start. The Southern Tour weekend hits different.

Info & registration: southerntourultra.com

10/07/2026

Run clubs: your January adventure is the Southern Tour relay. 🏃 10 runners split 50 miles, age-graded so it's anyone's race. Start recruiting now and make it your club's winter thing! 👉. Register: southerntourultra.com

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