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Wisconsin · Belleville
Badger
Aug 1, 2026
Inaugurated in 2019 by Ten Junk Miles Racing, Badger runs an out-back-and-out-again course entirely on the Badger State Trail and Jane Addams Trail between Orangeville, Illinois and Belleville, Wisconsin — 99% rail trail, less than 1% asphalt, flat and largely featureless. Aid stations appear every 4 to 8 miles and the 36-hour cutoff leaves room for slow consistent movement. The 100-mile distance is an official Badwater 135 qualifier; finishers receive a custom belt buckle.
The numbers
Race statistics
- Distance
- 100 mi
- Vertical gain
- 2,000 ft
- Course
- Out & back
- Unique miles
- 35 mi
- Entry fee
- $350
- Lottery
- No
- Sub-24 hr
- 9%
- Avg finishers
- 111
20 ft / mi
of finishers
per year
◈ From the runners