Trail Running calendar near Danville 2025-2026

The Back in the Day 5K is a nostalgic running event held at East Davidson High School in Thomasville, North Carolina. The race features a relatively flat, two-loop cross country course starting and ending at the East Davidson Football Stadium, with 80% paved surfaces and the remainder on grass and c..

The Friday Night Lights - Elon Opener is a cross country running event held in Elon, North Carolina, serving as the season opener for Elon's cross country team. The race features a men's 6k and a women's 4k, with women running four laps and men six laps of a 1000-meter course. This evening race offe..

Camp Bethel PEP! 5K Run is the 9th annual fundraiser held at Camp Bethel in Fincastle, Virginia. The 5K course winds through Camp Bethel’s 470 acres, crossing trails, fields, and forest terrain, with a walk option available. Online registration is open through August 28.Participant fees include a ra..

The Small Team Challenge is a running event held in McLeansville, North Carolina, at Keeley Park. It features multiple races catering to different age groups and skill levels, including an Elementary Mixed 2K, Middle School Girls and Boys 3K, and High School/Open Girls and Boys 5K races. The event e..

Carpe Diem – Carpe Noctem Half Marathon and 10K, staged by Trivium Racing, brings Michigan’s favorite format to Hagan-Stone Park in Pleasant Garden, North Carolina. The event offers a Half Marathon and 10K in both daytime and nighttime editions, with a Double option that pairs day and night races on..

The Sugg Farm Ultra, held in Holly Springs, North Carolina, is the town's first ultramarathon event, featuring 20, 40, and 50-mile trail races. Scheduled for September 13, 2025, the race takes place on a scenic 5-mile out-and-back course composed of mulch, gravel, and singletrack trails with some hi..

The Cane Creek Mountain Trail Run, held in Snow Camp, NC, offers a challenging and scenic trail running experience with 10K and half marathon distances. Set in the 1,000-acre Cane Creek Mountain Natural Area, the courses feature stellar single-track trails, steep climbs including a 300-foot ascent t..

Run the Rock | Mount Airy is an exciting 5K trail race held at the active Luck Stone quarry in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Scheduled for September 20, 2025, this unique event offers runners an adrenaline-pumping experience through a gravel course within a working rock quarry. Open to all ages up to..

Pilot Mountain to Hanging Rock Ultra is a scenic, challenging trail ultrarun in North Carolina. The race runs from Pilot Mountain State Park to Hanging Rock State Park, offering options of a 50-mile, a 50K, a 50-mile relay, plus virtual versions. It’s touted as one of the Southeast’s most beautiful..

Central Children's Home Cross Country Run takes place in Oxford, North Carolina at the Central Children’s Home grounds (211 W Antioch Dr). This festival-style event comprises 14 races, including the women's 6,000-meter and men's 8,000-meter cross-country runs, plus youth divisions and the Granville..

The Salem Lake Trail Run in Winston Salem, NC, offers three race distances: 30K (18.6 miles), 7 miles, and 5K (3.1 miles). Set on a beautiful, mostly shaded, wooded trail around Salem Lake, the course is recognized as one of America's best running trails. This well-organized event serves as an excel..

The Deep Hollow Half Marathon & 5K Trail Race is a premier trail running event held at the Hydaway Outdoor Center in Lynchburg, Virginia. The race features two distances: a 13.1-mile half marathon primarily on single-track trails with some forest roads, and a 3.1-mile 5K on an out-and-back forest ro..

The Rootrock Trail Run is an annual trail running event held at Briar Chapel in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, featuring 5K, 10K, and Half Marathon distances. Set within a 900-acre green community, the race courses traverse over 20 miles of single-track trails characterized by roots, rocks, and hills,..

The Into the Darkness Night Trail Run is a unique 4-mile night race held in Roanoke Valley's Explore Park. The course features a mix of twisty, rolling single-track trails and grassy, gravel roads, primarily on IMBA-designed trails. Runners navigate the route marked with reflective arrows and glow s..

Triple Lakes Trail Race is a fall trail running event in Greensboro, North Carolina, centered around Lake Brandt, Lake Townsend, and Lake Jeanette at Bur-Mil Park. Athletes describe a friendly, supportive atmosphere on scenic watershed trails. It offers half marathon, marathon, and 40-mile ultra dis..

Held in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Schenck Forest Trail Race is staged at the Carl Alwin Schenck Memorial Forest near NC State on Reedy Creek Road. The 6.2-mile trail course winds mostly on single-track through creeks and rolling hills adjacent to Umstead Park, crossing streams, bridges, and the s..

The Eno River Run is an annual trail running event held at Eno River State Park in Durham, North Carolina. Celebrating its 14th year, the race offers two distance options: 6 miles and 11 miles. The course features challenging single-track trails, a river crossing on foot, and a brief bouldering sect..

The Tough as Trails Race Series, presented by Bull City Running Co., is a challenging off-road trail running series held in North Carolina across multiple scenic locations including Eno River State Park, Uwharrie National Forest, and the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. The 2025-2026 series features three ra..

The Valley View Mike Donahue Memorial 5 Miler will take place in Lynchburg from Friday 7 November 2025 to Sunday 9 November 2025. You can run 5 miles.

The Hybrid 8K is a unique running event held in Danville, Virginia, that combines both trail and road running for an exciting race experience. Participants can run solo or as part of a four-person team. The course begins at Anglers Park, where runners start in the parking lot before entering the woo..