This year’s in-person Falcon 50 will be opened up to all DoD ID Cardholders but is subject to change should a base closure occur.

Welcome to the annual Falcon 50 Race Series. This event has 5 race distances/options: the Half-Marathon, Military Half-Heavy, Marathon, Military Heavy, and 50 Miler. Join us and help continue the legacy while discovering how far you are able to push yourself. The Falcon 50 Race Series, founded in 2011, takes place on the Air Force Academy Reservation and in the surrounding mountains. It is a scenic and challenging route that will take its participants through some of the most beautiful and challenging terrain the Academy has to offer. The ultra-marathon is the great equalizer of races. Young, old, seasoned racer, or fresh to the starting blocks… in the end, it will be your determination above all else that gets you to the finish line. The 50 miles of the Falcon 50 Ultra course ensure that this event will be one of the toughest athletic challenges you can undertake on the Academy grounds. If it wasn’t tough, then it probably wasn’t worth doing.

RACE DISTANCES

50-Miler
Marathon & Marathon Heavy
Half Marathon & Half Marathon Heavy

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The route itself is primarily on dirt trails, but also includes sections where runners have the choice to run on a sectioned off portion of paved roads or on the dirt road shoulders.

DIRECTIONS TO THE RACE

Enter the Academy through N. Gate Blvd (Opens at 0530). Make a left at Parade Loop until you reach Cadet Dr. Take a right here and there will be the cadet parking lot on the left. The race itself will be held on Stillman Field, which can be accessed by taking a left on Rd 239 but there is very limited parking here.

PARKING

We ask that participants please refrain from parking in the Stillman Field Lot (as it has been overcrowded in the past while the race is in progress) and please find a parking spot in the athletic fields. To access the fields, instead of taking a left at Parade Loop, continue straight on Academy Dr and take a left at the bottom of the overlook into the lots near the track.

AWARD CATEGORIES

50 Race Series Belt Buckles:
50 Mile
Male – finishers under 9 hrs
Female – finishers under 11 hrs

RACE DAY SCHEDULE

50 Miler – 0600
Military Heavy – 0630
Marathon – 0700
Military Half-Heavy – 0730
Half Marathon – 0800