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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

Martinsville, Virginia, United States

calendar_today 28 Feb, 2026

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sell $35.00 – $40.00

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

terrain

Type — Running

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09:00

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$40.00

Nail the Rail Virtual

Feb 28, 2026

straighten

Distance — 9 Miles

terrain

Type — Running

timer

09:00

sell

$40.00

Weather History

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

thermostat Temperature

2.3° / 12.8°

wb_sunny Feels like

-1.9° / 9.1°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

7h 36m

water_drop Avg rainfall

2.8 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

0.1 cm

air Avg wind speed

11.2 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

Low

terrain Course conditions

Firm and slightly soft

sunny Max UV Index

Moderate (3.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

64.7%

wb_twilight Sunrise

08:06

nightlight Sunset

18:58

About Martinsville

Learn more about the host city, 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.