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21st Annual Run to Read Half Marathon

Name: 21st Annual Run to Read Half Marathon
Start: 2026-01-17
End: 2026-01-17
Location: Fairmont, West Virginia

location_city Fairmont

location_on West Virginia

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calendar_today 17 Jan, 2026

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About the Event

Double out and back on 2 rail trails. The first section is about 5 miles long, is paved & goes through the historic & restored Meredith Tunnel. The second trail is on crushed limestone & has a scenic view of the Monongahela River. Long sleeve tech shirts if registered by Dec 16th 2025. A very limited number of shirts may be available for same-day registration, so please pre-register online or via mail. All finishers will get a nice custom finisher memento!

Hour long videos from the 2009 race & the 2013 race are on You Tube. Race news is posted on Facebook. Awards presented as runners finish. Lots of post-race food. Convenient 1pm start time. First race in MAGP race series. Chip timing by Miles of Smiles Timing Services. Results will be posted on smileymiles.com.

Event benefits Literacy Volunteers of Marion County (LVMC), a United Way agency & a 501(c)(3) tax exempt entity. LVMC facilitates free one on one tutoring in a friendly, confidential setting. Tutoring is provided for both adults and children in reading, math & English as a second language (ESL).

Same-day registration and packet pickup begin at 11:30am on race day! Pre-race meeting 12:50pm at the starting line directly below the church on the hill.

Races Offered

Run to Read Half Marathon

Jan 17, 2026

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Distance — 13.1 Miles

terrain

Type — Road running

timer

13:00

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for January in Fairmont.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat -3.1° / 5.4°

wb_sunny -7.7° / 1.5°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 11.0 /

water_drop 75.3%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat -3.1° / 5.4°

wb_sunny -7.7° / 1.5°

air 11.0 km/h

water_drop 75.3%

About Fairmont

Fairmont, nicknamed the "Friendly City", is a city of 18,313 people in West Virginia, and the county seat of Marion County. It was established in 1820 as Middletown, and changed in 1843 to Fairmont, short for "Fair Mountain". The city is located on the Monongahela River at its origin at the confluence of the Tygart Valley River flowing northwest from Grafton, and the West Fork River flowing north from Clarksburg. Fairmont claims to be the origin of the Pepperoni Roll, West Virginia's official state food. Mary Lou Retton — a gold-medalist gymnast in the 1984 Olympics, who was highly popular around the country and particularly in West Virginia — came from Fairmont.