Nail the Rail 9 Miler/5 Miler

Name: Nail the Rail 9 Miler/5 Miler
Start: 2026-02-28
End: 2026-02-28
Location: Martinsville, Virginia

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Martinsville, Virginia, United States

calendar_today 28 Feb, 2026

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sell $35 – $40

About the Event

Nail the Rail 9 Miler and 5 Miler

Location: Dick & Willie Passage’s Virginia Avenue Trailhead

1094 Virginia Ave.

Martinsville, VA 24112

Schedule: 7:30-8:45 am Race Day Registration & Packet Pick Up

9:00 am Race Start

The popular Nail the Rail 5 & 9 Miler - event is back for 2026. Runners attempt to NAIL the RAIL by running the 9 mile course in 60 minutes or less. A simple concept. Start at milepost -0- at the Dick & Willie Passage’s Virginia Avenue Trailhead. Run to trail Milepost 4.5. Turn around and run back to milepost -0-Runners of all abilities welcome. Whether you run 50 minutes or an hour and 50 minutes, you accomplish something that a majority of folks cannot. You run 9 miles! The 5 Mile race will be run simultaneously with turnaround at trail milepost 2.5.

Races Offered

Nail the Rail 5 Miler

Feb 28, 2026

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Distance — 5 Miles

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Type — Running

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09:00

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$35.00

Nail the Rail 9 Miler

Feb 28, 2026

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Distance — 9 Miles

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Type — Running

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09:00

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$40.00

Nail the Rail Virtual

Feb 28, 2026

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Distance — 9 Miles

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Type — Running

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09:00

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$40.00

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for February in Martinsville.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 2.7° / 13.0°

wb_sunny -1.4° / 9.3°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 11.2 /

water_drop 64.9%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 2.7° / 13.0°

wb_sunny -1.4° / 9.3°

air 11.2 km/h

water_drop 64.9%

About Martinsville

Martinsville is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,485. A community of both Southside and Southwest Virginia, it is the county seat of Henry County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Martinsville with Henry County for statistical purposes.