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New River Trail Races

Name: New River Trail Races
Start: 2026-04-11
End: 2026-04-11
Location: Fries, Virginia

location_city Fries

location_on Virginia

flag United States

calendar_today 11 Apr, 2026

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About the Event

The New River Trail Races are 100% dirt, flat, and entirely along the New River and Chestnut Creek in the New River Trail State Park. Each distance is an out and back course.

The schedule for the race:
4:00 am 100k Start (8:00 pm cutoff)
8:00 am 50k Start (5:00 pm cutoff)
8:30 am 10k Start (5:00 pm cutoff)
9:00 am 25k Start (5:00 pm cutoff)

Start Line Address: 321 Firehouse Road Fries VA

An early start at 7:30 am will be offered for 25k and 50k runners who feel that they will need more time to complete the race.

100k Finishers receive a buckle!

If you register after April 1, you won't get a race shirt. Sorry for any inconvenience, but we need to make sure our local vendor has enough time to get the shirts ready for race day.

Races Offered

Other

Apr 11, 2026

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Distance — Other

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Type — Road running

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10K

Apr 11, 2026

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Distance — 10K

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Type — Road running

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Marathon

Apr 11, 2026

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Distance — Marathon

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Type — Road running

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101 days remaining

Ultra

Apr 11, 2026

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Distance — Ultra

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Type — Road running

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101 days remaining

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for April in Fries.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 7.3° / 18.9°

wb_sunny 3.7° / 15.5°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 13.2 /

water_drop 65.3%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 7.3° / 18.9°

wb_sunny 3.7° / 15.5°

air 13.2 km/h

water_drop 65.3%

About Fries

Fries is an incorporated town located on the New River in Grayson County, Virginia, United States, 15.5 miles northeast of the county seat of Independence — in Virginia's Blue Ridge Highlands and on Virginia's musical heritage trail, The Crooked Road.