New River Trail 50k & 25k

Events

New River Trail 50k Run : Off Road
Running : Ultra Distance - Trail Run 31 Miles
New River Trail 25k Run : Off Road
Running : Trail Run 15.5 Miles
  • Race Date: Saturday, October 17, 2015
  • Start Time: 8:00 am
  • City/State/Zip:Fries, Virginia 24330
  • Country: USA


New River Trail 50k is a USATF measured and certified 50km
course and marathon course (VA12047RT and VA12048RT.) This means all 50k runners will receive both a 50km
time and a certified marathon split time! (Time can be used as a Boston Qualifier, etc...)

New for 2015 there will also be a 25k race utilizing the same trails as the 50k. The New River Trail 50k and 25k are 100% dirt, flat, and entirely along the New River and Chestnut Creek in the New River Trail State Park. 8 am start time for the 50k and 9 am start time for the 25k with a 3:00 pm cutoff. Proceeds go to the New River Conservancy. Homemade lunch for all runners.

Course Information:


Runners leave the Fries trailhead and go north along the New River Trail for 5.5 miles until Fries Junction. Runners turn left and run to turn around point.  Runners then return back through fries junction, cross the large trestle and continue towards Galax on New River Trail until the turn around at Cliffview. Runners reverse direction to run back to fries junction and turn left to return to the finish at Fries trailhead.

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