Calendar of Events
This is a list of trail and ultra events that may be of interest to VHTRC members. VHTRC sponsored events have the Furbutt logo.
We do not list all events here. But VHTRC members may suggest events. To do so, choose the "Create Content" link at the lower left. (You must be logged in to do that.)
If an event is on the old events list and you know of a new, upcoming date for the event, do not create an event. In this circumstance, please e-mail Quatro Hubbard.
Events must either be on dirt trails, or be ultras, or otherwise be of particular interest to VHTRC members. This is not a place to list road races.
(If you are looking for local road races, go to Washington Running Report or Race Packet. For national ultras try Ultrarunning Magazine. For national trail runs, try Trail Runner Magazine. )
Events that have occurred are on the calendar of past events.
Quatro Hubbard has overall responsibility for this calendar.
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September 3 (Friday) Wasatch 100 miles Kaysville, UT Web site |
At one time, before Hardrock, Wasatch was thought to the be hardest 100 miler. The last event in the Grand Slam is challenging and beautiful.
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September 4 (Saturday) The Ring 71 miles Massanutten Mountains, VA Web site |
 If you want to run the Reverse Ring in February, you have to get this run done first! Mike Bur and Quatro Hubbard are the Lords of The Ring. Entry into the 2010 event is now closed.
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September 4 (Saturday) Iron Mountain 50 miles Damascus, VA Web site |
16 mile and 30 mile options as well as the traditional Iron Mountain 50 miler. These races in a beautiful section of southwest Virginia are now under the direction of Kevin Townsend.
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September 5 (Sunday) Labor Pain 12 hours Reading, PA Web site |
New event in 2010. 4-5 mile loops on generally flat trails.
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September 10 (Friday) Superior Sawtooth 100 miles Lutsen, MN Web site |
Three races at this tough event now: the Moose Mountain Marathon, Superior Trail 50 Mile, and Superior Sawtooth 100 Mile. This is the race formerly known as the Superior Trail 100.
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September 11 (Saturday) Women's Half Marathon 13.1 miles Clifton, VA Web site |
The third big event of the VHTRC year. A run for women only on the southern sections of the beautiful Bull Run Trail. Entry opens in late June.
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September 11 (Saturday) Groundhog Fall 50 km Punxsutawney, PA Web site |
Punxsutawney is a beautiful place to run in September.
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September 11 (Saturday) Susquehanna Super Hike & Ultra Trail Run 28.4 miles Pequea, PA Web site |
The course for the SSH & UTR follows the Mason Dixon and Conestoga Trails in York and Lancaster counties.
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September 11 (Saturday) Dam Scramble Trail Challenge 30 km Bloomington, PA Web site |
Two loop course on primarily single track trails in the Curwensville Lake Recreation Area and state park near State College in north central Pennsylvania. 15 km single loop option also available.
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September 12 (Sunday) Stumpy's Marathon 26 miles Newark, DE Web site |
Another presentation of the Trail Dawgs. The course is described as: "spanning 3 parks and 2 states, including gently undulating hills, at least one creek crossing, educational historic markers, single track trail, dirt/gravel roads, and expansive level stretches..."
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September 18 (Saturday) 12 Hour Trail Run 12 hours Prince William Forest, VA Web site |
A 12 hour run on trails in Prince William Forest National Park.
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September 18 (Saturday) Youngstown Ultra Trail Classic 50 km Youngstown, OH Web site |
YUTC is a popular trail race put on by the North East Ohio Trail Club. Ring Master Bob Combs is the RD. There is a 25 km option in addition to the 50 km.
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September 18 (Saturday) Delaware 100 miles Newark, DE Web site |
A true fat ass event, hosted by Carl Camp. The course is about 40% trails and 60% roads, and is limited to about 25 runners. “un vrai gros cul événement”
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September 18 (Saturday) Trails for Tails 40 miles Hanover, PA Web site |
5 laps of 8 miles each along the trails and some roads in the Codorus State Park in south-central Pennsylvania.
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September 18 (Saturday) Odyssey Trail Running Rampage 40 miles Clifton Forge, VA Web site |
Four trail races at Douthat State Park west of Lexington, with distances of 40 miles, marathon, half marathon, and 5 miles to choose from.
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September 18 (Saturday) Mountwood 10 miles Parkersburg, WV Web site |
This trail race is held in Mountwood Park near Parkersburg. There is also a 5k race.
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September 25 (Saturday) Big Schloss 50 km + Wardensville, WV Web site |
A challenging, low-key race that is closer to 34 miles. A no fee, no frills, no whiners event. Refreshments and brats provided at the popular post-race feast. Put on by Amy and Steve Platt.
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September 25 (Saturday) Noble Canyon 50 km Pine Valley, CA Web site |
This event is put on by former BRR RD, Scott Mills, and his San Diego cohorts. This run is in the mountains around San Diego.
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September 25 (Saturday) Great Eastern Endurance Run 100 km Afton, VA Web site |
A run in the Blue Ridge Mountains south of the Shenandoah National Park. There is also a 50 km.
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September 25 (Saturday) Hinson Lake 24 hours Rockingham, NC Web site |
1.5 mile loops on a flat dirt path, with numerous wooden bridges, around Hinson Lake. Low key and low cost - $1 per hour.
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September 25 (Saturday) Virgil Crest 100 miles Finger Lakes, NY Web site |
The former Iroquois Trail 100 miler is now the Virgil Crest Ultras, with a 50 miler and 100 mile relay option in addition to the 100 mile race.
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September 25 (Saturday) James River Loop 8 miles Richmond, VA Web site |
A loop course, primarily on trails, in the James River Park in the heart of Richmond. Held in conjunction with a series of cross country races at Maymont Park.
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October 1 (Friday) Grindstone 100 miles Swoope, VA Web site |
A challenging 100 miler that is held in the same general location as TWOT. Part of the Beast Series. Note 6 p.m. Friday starting time.
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October 2 (Saturday) Bald Eagle Megatransect 25 miles Lock Haven, PA Web site |
This run bills itself as a "challenging 25 mile endurance hike/trail run in central Pennsylvania. The course will take the entrants up and over Bald Eagle Mountain - a number of times for a total elevation gain of 5000 feet."
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October 2 (Saturday) Valley Falls 10 miles Fairmont, WV Web site |
10 and 6 mile runs in Valley Falls State Park on single track trails and old service roads.
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October 3 (Sunday) Blues Cruise 50 km Reading, PA Web site |
Race management says of the run: "This Ultra was created to give newcomers to the world of ultra running a relatively easy race to get started." The trail was once described by a VHTRC runner as "benign."
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October 8 (Friday) West Virginia Trilogy 50 km/50 miles/13.1 miles Seneca Rocks, WV Web site |
"A triptych of runs on the Eastern Continential Divide" - day one is 50 km, day 2 is 50 miles and day 3 is a half marathon. New event in West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest, with the option to sign up for one race, two races or all three.
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October 9 (Saturday) Andiamo 45.5 miles Purcellville, VA Web site |
The Andiamo is now an annual event under the leadership of Carolyn Gernand and Joe Malinowski. This is not a trail run but is traditionally sponsored by the VHTRC. It is a run of the entire W&OD bike path.
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October 9 (Saturday) The Wild Oak Trail 100 miles Stokesville, VA Web site |
A run on the Wild Oak Recreational Trail held on the second Saturday in October. Tough and very low key. "Semi-Invitational." This is the "Hot TWOT" since it is held during what should be the warmer fall weather.
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October 9 (Saturday) New River Trail 50 km Fries, VA Web site |
Race put on by Annette Bednosky on flat and beautiful rails-to-trails course in southwest Virginia.
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October 16 (Saturday) SMUT Run 50 miles Luray, VA Web site |
The Southern Massanutten Ultra Trail (SMUT) Run in 2009 was a low-key, difficult 50-miler fatass race. Details on what SMUT will mean in 2010 will come out in the spring - stay tuned!
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October 16 (Saturday) Tussey Mountainback 50 miles State College, PA Web site |
Dirt road and pavement but previous participants speak highly of its beauty.
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October 16 (Saturday) Cumberland Trail 50 km Caryville, TN Web site |
This challenging event on the rugged New River section of the Cumberland Trail in the Cove Lake State Park in Tennessee is brought to you by Susan Donnelly.
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October 16 (Saturday) Mountain Madness 50 km Ringwood, NJ Web site |
Trail race in Shepherd Lake Recreation Area in New Jersey's Ringwood State Park. 7.77 mile "fun run" option is also available.
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October 16 (Saturday) Medoc Trail Races 26 miles Hollister, NC Web site |
Fairly flat and fast marathon and 10 mile races in Medoc Mountain State Park near Raleigh.
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October 16 (Saturday) Oil Creek 100 miles Titusville, PA Web site |
This event has four distances and a relay; registration will open sometime during March for the 2010 event.
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October 23 (Saturday) Quad State Quad Buster 46 miles Pen Mar, PA Web site |
This annual favorite returns. You run in four states in one day. It's a long run and the days are shorter so you will have to move with dispatch to finish in daylight. RSVP is required - updated information will be posted on the website in the fall, and entry will open on September 15th.
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October 23 (Saturday) Run Around The Gorge 37 miles Fayettville, WV Web site |
Two-day stage race in the New River gorge in West Virginia.
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November 6 (Saturday) Mountain Masochist 50 miles Lynchburg, VA Web site |
Virginia's premier fall ultrarunning event is still going strong, even with David no longer in charge. A tough, "long" course in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.
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November 6 (Saturday) Feronia Funrunium Marathon Elkton, MD Web site |
Trail run by the Delaware Trail Dawgs that will run a little less than marathon distance in the Fair Hill Natural Management Area on the Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware border area.
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November 6 (Saturday) Pinhoti 100 miles Heflin, AL Web site |
80% trail, 15% fire road, on a point-to-point course on the "unmolested" Pinhoti Trail through the Talladega National Forest.
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November 7 (Sunday) Potomac Heritage Trail Run 50 km Washington, DC Web site |
The event that proves that there are beautiful trails inside the Beltway. The post-run party is not to be missed! Online entry through VHTRC website opens after September 20th for the 2010 event.
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November 13 (Saturday) Potomac Overlook Trail Runs 4 km, 8 km Arlington, VA Web site |
These popular, short trail runs are back. Run either of two distances. It's inexpensive, close, and the small entry fee goes to local parks.
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November 13 (Saturday) Rosaryville 50K 50 km Upper Marlboro, MD Web site |
New 50K, run on the trails of Rosaryville State Park.
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November 20 (Saturday) JFK 50 miles Boonesboro, MD Web site |
The oldest and largest U.S. ultramarathon.
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November 20 (Saturday) Stone Mill 50 miles Poolesville, MD Web site |
New event starting and ending in and around the Seneca Greenway Trails. Registration has re-opened after permit was increased to allow 200 runners.
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December 11 (Saturday) Magnus Gluteus Maximus 50 km Clifton, VA Web site |
The VHTRC's first event. A lot of fun, and no fee. Come ring in the holidays with Furbutt and the VHTRC! This year's will be the 19th running of this event. Be sure to fill out the online RSVP to enter.
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December 11 (Saturday) Hellgate 100 km Natural Bridge, VA Web site |
David Horton's 100k starts at midnight, is tough, cold, and icy. You will love it!
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January 1 (Saturday) Redeye 50 km Triangle, VA Web site |
Start out the new year with some cold miles at Prince William Forest Park.
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January 8 (Saturday) Frozen Sasquatch Trail 50 km Charleston, WV Web site |
Two loops on a 15.8 mile course in the Kanawha State Park outside of Charleston. One loop 25km option is also available.
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January 8 (Saturday) Salem Lake Shore Frosty Fifty 50 km Winston-Salem, NC Web site |
Double out-and-back around Salem Lake, primarily on dirt double-track. Flat and fast.
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January 15 (Saturday) MLK Training Weekend 29.4 and 26.7 miles Massanutten Mountains, VA Web site |
Doubling up on this holiday weekend has become a VHTRC tradition, and the start of the winter's Massanutten Training Academy. Tom Corris is in charge of Saturday's MMT training run #1 from Elizabeth Furnace to Camp Roosevelt (29.4 miles). Quatro Hubbard and Mike Bur will organize Sunday's run, which will be the "Gap to Gap" portion of the MMT course (26.7 miles). Entry will be through the VHTRC site in early January 2011.
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February 5 (Saturday) Rocky Raccoon 100 miles Huntsville, TX Web site |
Five 20 mile loops on a flat park trail. 50 mile option is also available.
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February 12 (Saturday) The Wild Oak Trail 100 100 miles Bridgewater, VA Web site |
A run on the Wild Oak Recreational Trail. Tough and very low key. "Semi-Invitational." This is the "Real TWOT" since it is held on the traditional winter date - the 2nd Saturday in February.
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February 26 (Saturday) Hashawha Hills 50 km Westminster, MD Web site |
In 2011, this will be a real "event." In 2008-2009, it was a very low key fat ass run put on by Alan and Pam Gowen; in 2010, it was canceled due to Snowmaggedon. Alan's description of the course is, "The trails are single track, old woods road, and open fields. The course is very fast. There are no mountains, no rocks, and no roots, but there are a few small stream crossings and constant small hills with a couple of bigger ones thrown in just for fun."
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February 26 (Saturday) Reverse Ring 71 miles Front Royal, VA Web site |
Why anyone who has completed The Ring would want to do this is anyone's guess, and the Snowmaggedon version of this event in 2010 confirmed how crazy this mid-winter run in the Massanuttens is. Entry is open only to those in the Fellowship, so the rest of you can breathe a sigh of relief and run Hashawha. Mike Bur and Quatro Hubbard are the "organizers." Registration will open up on the VHTRC website on January 24, 2011.
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March 12 (Saturday) Elizabeth Furnace 50 km Fort Valley, VA Web site |
A low-key 50 km in the Elizabeth Furnace area of the Massanutten Mountains, utilizing the old Dogwood Half Hundred course. Mike Bur and Quatro Hubbard are in charge - entry to the 2011 running of the EFA 50 will open in early February.
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March 18 (Friday) Coyote Two Moons 100 miles Ojai, CA Web site |
A very tough run in the mountains behind Ojai, in Ventura County, California. Expect the unexpected! 100 km option; staggered start for the 100 miler.
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March 19 (Saturday) Hinte Anderson Trail Run - HAT 50 km Susquehanna State Park, MD Web site |
A late winter tradition. A beautiful trail loop that you do twice. A great first ultra. Registration for the 2011 race will begin in late September.
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March 26 (Saturday) Bel Monte Endurance Run 50 miles Sherando Lake, VA Web site |
This event is put on by the folks who bring you the Great Eastern 100km and it looks to be in the same general area. Races also includes a 50k and 25k.
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April 9 (Saturday) Bull Run Run 50 miles Clifton, VA Web site |
The VHTRC's premier event. A beautiful, challenging run amongst the bluebells along the Bull Run Trail in Northern Virginia. Entry will open in late January, 2011.
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April 30 (Saturday) MMT Trail Work Party Not a run Massanutten Mountains, VA Web site |
Come work on the trails in the Massanutten Mountains to prepare for the upcoming MMT 100 miler. Have fun and do your part to maintain the trails we all love to run at the same time.
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May 14 (Saturday) Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 miles Luray, VA Web site |
The 16th running of the VHTRC's rugged, demanding 100 mile race on the rocky trails in the Massanutten Mountains around Fort Valley. Lottery for 2011 event opens in December 2010.
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June 4 (Saturday) Old Dominion 100 miles Woodstock, VA Web site |
The Old Dominion is the second oldest 100 miler. The course is a mix of road and trail in and around the Massanutten Mountains and Fort Valley.
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June 17 (Friday) Bighorn Trail 100 miles Dayton, WY Web site |
Highly recommended run. Also a 50 miler, 50K and 30K. A large VHTRC contingent makes its presence felt at this beautiful and well-organized event every summer.
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June 18 (Saturday) Mohican 100 miles Loudonville, OH Web site |
Traditional trail run in Ohio. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2010.
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June 25 (Saturday) Western States 100 miles Squaw Valley, CA Web site |
The first trail 100 miler has a beautiful course, great aid stations, and a field selected by lot rather than merit.
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June 25 (Saturday) Anstr's Run und Fest Not a run Arlington, VA Web site |
Anstr Davidson's birthday party and annual attempt to upstage We$tern $tate$. There is a trail run in the morning, but the main event is the party. RSVP via email to Anstr.
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July 31 (Sunday) Escarpment 30 km Haines Falls, NY Web site |
Highly recommended and challenging race in the Northern Catskill Mountains, for experienced endurance runners only.
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August 13 (Saturday) Martha Moats Baker Memorial 50 km + Stokesville, VA Web site |
A low-key run to explore the other trails around Wild Oak in the Jefferson National Forest. A creation of the legend, Dennis Herr.
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