Long Creek 60K

Long Creek 60k : Virginia Beach, VA

The Long Creek 60k takes place at First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach, VA. The event offers two distances:

• 60K - two loops of the course
• 30K - one loop of the course

All finishers who complete their distance within the event time limit receive a custom finisher award. The time limit for both events is 10 hours.

Course and aid stations

The route uses all nine trails of First Landing State Park, including Long Creek, White Hill Lake, Cape Henry, Kingfisher, Osmanthus, Bald Cypress, High Dune, Fox Run and Osprey Trails. The course passes through maritime forest, cypress swamp, salt marsh and bay shoreline, and in some spots runs along the beach of Broad Bay.

There are three aid stations located at Long Creek/64th, Cape Henry/King Fisher, and Cape Henry near the trail center. Aid stations provide Tailwind, water, soda, gels, pickle juice, and various foods. This is a cupless race; cups are not provided at aid stations. Each entrant receives a 200 ml collapsible SpeedCup at packet pickup.

Packet pickup and locations

Packet pickup is available at Running Etc., 1940 Laskin Rd. #302, Virginia Beach, VA 23454, on the day before the event. Race day packet pickup is at First Landing State Park, 64th St. boat ramp (race start/finish area). Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.