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  • Half Marathon
  • 20.9 km
  • Alexandria
  • Event weekend starts
  • Past event

Wild Azalea Trail Challenge Half Marathon

This race edition

Race date
Date not confirmed for this distance
Race timezone
Timezone not confirmed
Edition status
Status not confirmed

Entry options

2026 edition

Entry options are not yet confirmed for this edition. Check the organiser before making plans.

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Decision summary

Wild Azalea Trail Challenge Half Marathon at a glance

Typical conditions
75/100

Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast

Evidence depth
29 verified facts

Source facts available

Route details

Known course facts at a glance

Methodology →

Wild Azalea Trail Challenge Half Marathon has known course details for its half marathon race. The summary below keeps the focus on what is confirmed for the course.

Official distance
20.9 km
Terrain
Trail
Scenery
Countryside, Forest, Lakeside, Riverside

Quick answers

What runners ask first

Where does the Wild Azalea Trail Challenge Half Marathon route go?

The Wild Azalea Trail Challenge Half Marathon route starts at Wild Azalea Trail, Woodworth trailhead end (50-mile and bike start/finish at the main start area); registration/packet base at 2006 MacArthur Drive, Alexandria, LA 71301 and finishes at Valentine Lake / Valentine Lake Campground area, Kisatchie National Forest. Underfoot, expect singletrack forest trail (well-maintained and mapped, with half-mile markers). It passes Valentine Lake, Wild Azalea Trail, Woodworth trailhead, Kisatchie National Forest and Evangeline Ranger District. Deliberately old-school, no-frills trail event run each January.

What should runners know on race day for the Wild Azalea Trail Challenge Half Marathon?

Self-service aid boxes placed along the Wild Azalea Trail approximately every 4 miles, stocked with water, Gatorade and snacks.

Race character

Scenery

  • Countryside
  • Forest
  • Lakeside
  • Riverside

Atmosphere

  • Wilderness
  • Scenic Tour

Terrain

  • Trail

Entry, logistics and records

Records and field

Field size
Mass-start trail event with separate staggered starts per distance (50-mile 6:00am, ultra/bike 8:00am, 13-mile/10K 9:00am); no published field cap.

Entry requirements

Entry status
Past event: The listed edition date has passed.

Race day logistics

Bag drop
Self-service aid boxes placed along the Wild Azalea Trail approximately every 4 miles, stocked with water, Gatorade and snacks.
Medal
All finishers receive a WAT race medal.
Finisher tee
All finishers receive a finisher's t-shirt; 50-mile finishers also receive a logo coffee mug.

Access and course status

Start
Wild Azalea Trail, Woodworth trailhead end (50-mile and bike start/finish at the main start area); registration/packet base at 2006 MacArthur Drive, Alexandria, LA 71301.
Finish
Valentine Lake / Valentine Lake Campground area, Kisatchie National Forest.

Course facts

Course type
Point To Point
Surface
Singletrack forest trail (well Maintained and mapped, with half Mile markers).
Landmarks
Valentine Lake, Wild Azalea Trail, Woodworth trailhead, Kisatchie National Forest, Evangeline Ranger District, Castor Creek
Notable features
  • Deliberately old-school, no-frills trail event run each January
  • aid boxes (self-service) rather than full aid stations
  • Lower sections run through hardwoods and lazy creeks
  • higher sections become hillier among the Longleaf Pines that grace the path to the finish

What are typical race-day conditions?

  • 14°CTypical temperature
  • 23 kphTypical wind
  • 2 mmTypical rainfall
  • 75Favourability /100
Typical conditions for the race date and locality, warmer than the endurance-optimal window. These are climatological norms, not a forecast, and are shared across every distance at this event.

How we calculated this

Published facts and derived model outputs on this page are tied to stored sources or a published, version-locked methodology. We show the provenance so runners, coaches and organisers can check it. Data on this page is current as of .

Derived numbers use scoring-methodology-v1.0.

Sources used on this page (2)

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