Trail Running calendar near Bristol 2026-2027

A looped endurance event on a flat, paved 2.05 mile course in Williamson WV offering 47 hour and 35 hour formats, solo and team entries, a 25 lb ruck division, on site food and camping, and ankle bracelet timing.

Warbird 100 in Hyden, KY on March 19-20, 2027 includes a 100-mile race plus a 50k and a half marathon; the shorter races share parts of the 100-mile course, with the 50k covering the final 20 miles alongside it.

A series of ultramarathon events in the private Leatherwood Mountains near Ferguson, NC on April 3, 2027 featuring distances from 25K to 100 Miles, marked trails, stocked aid stations, and handmade pottery medals for finishers.

A Marathon in Black Mountain, NC with an optional 40-mile Challenge to the Mount Mitchell summit for up to 250 runners who reach the Parkway turnaround within the cutoff; mixed pavement and trail course with multiple aid stations.

A trail event in New River Trail State Park offering 100K, 50K, 25K, 10K and a free untimed 5K on a flat, dirt out and back course with stocked aid stations, a cupless policy, and finish medals or a buckle for longer distances.

Trail races at Grayson Highlands State Park on May 1 to 2, 2027 feature multiple distances, mountain views, significant elevation gain, and wild ponies along the course.

The Bear Crawl OCR is a locally operated obstacle course event in Morganton, North Carolina, held at a motocross training facility. It offers one- to six-mile courses with rolling terrain, a dirt bike track, creek and pond crossings, and se..

Coalfields Backyard Ultra is a Lazarus Lake sanctioned Last Runner Standing event in Williamson, West Virginia. Runners repeat a measured 4.1667 mile out and back loop each hour on a flat asphalt course near the college and river path.