SVR Winter Series

Please read the full description and details of the Winter Series by clicking on the "race info" tab on the left side of your screen.

Dec 08, 2024, Event #1 - South Berkeley Christmas 5K
Dec 14, 2024, Event #2 - Jingle Bell 5K @ Blandy Farm
Jan 04, 2025, Event #3 - Pizza or Resolutions 5K @ Skyline High School
Jan 11, 2025, Event #4 - 60 Minutes @ Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
Jan 25, 2025, Event #5 - 4 miles @ Summit Point
Feb 8, 2025, Event #6 - Heart & Soles 5K @ Middletown
Feb 22, 2025, Event #7 - Gambler 5K @ 3rd Winchester Battlefield
Mar 08, 2025, Event #8 - Ram Run 5K @ Strasburg High School

SVR reserves the right to alter the event schedule at any point. 

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SVR is serving up hills for breakfast while Fox's Pizza Den in Front Royal will be serving pizza for dessert.
https://www.foxspizza.com/store/virginia/front-royal-va/

Will you fulfill a New Year health and fitness resolution by crushing the 5K and leaving satisfied or will you embrace the cheese and pepperoni?

This is a loop course that travels on paved streets and mixed surface pedestrian walkways. We will have course marshals at major intersections but streets will remain open to vehicular traffic.

A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/86903886

https://www.strava.com/routes/3161818998061801176

The start and finish line will be immediately in front of the High School with plenty of parking in the two lots on the north side of the school.

Skyline High School
151 Skyline Vista Dr
Front Royal, VA 22630

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Special thanks to Race Director Jason Wisecarver for organizing this event!

SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.

How far can you go in 60 minutes?

We’ve mapped out a 1-mile loop on the trails at MSV. You have 60 minutes to complete as many laps as possible. Only completed laps will count. For Winter Series scoring the runner who does the most laps is the winner. If there is a tie in laps, the runner who completed the most laps, in the least amount of time, is the winner.

This is a loop course that travels on paved streets and compacted gravel pedestrian walkways. We will have course marshals at major intersections but streets will remain open to vehicular traffic.

A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/307972931

The Trails at MSV are one of the best place to run in Winchester. See a full trail map at https://www.themsv.org/trails/

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Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
901 Amherst St
Winchester, VA 22601

Special thanks to Race Directors Tonya and Chris Stotler for organizing this event!

SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.

This race will take us to Summit Point Motorsports Park for race on a literal race track! The race will include a full lap of both the Summit Point Circuit and Jefferson Circuit. Who will get the checkered flag and the win?

This will be a flat and fast course. See the link below for the route and elevation profile.

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/319172584

https://summitpointmp.com/track-information/

Summit Point Motorsports Park
201 Motorsports Park Circle
Summit Point, WV 25446

SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.

Virginia is for lovers and Valentine's Day is just around the corner.
Come get your heart racing with a 5K through Middletown and donate some soles.

SVR will be collecting used running shoes to raise funds for the Blue Ridge Hospice and new athletic shoes for local children served by Froggy's Closet.

https://brhospice.org
https://www.frog-kids.org

This is a loop road course starting at the Middletown Town Hall and continuing on rolling country roads before finishing back at the Town Hall. We will have course marshals at major intersections but roads will remain open to vehicles. For 2025 we will run this course in the reverse direction.

Middletown Town Hall
7875 Church St
Middletown, VA 22645

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Parking is available at Middletown Fire & Rescue and on town streets.
7855 Main St, Middletown, VA 22645

A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/320021080

https://www.strava.com/routes/3161820369743091878

Special thanks to Race Director Nick Doumont for organizing this event!

SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.

The Winter Series is scored on your 6 best finishes in the 8 race series. At this point in the series you are probably recognizing your competition and thinking about how the final series scoring might look. With this race we will try and shake up the series results a bit.

The main racecourse will be a 5K on the dirt and gravel trails through the battlefield. During the race runners will encounter three opportunities to take a detour. Each detour will add approximately 0.15 mile to the overall race distance but will provide runners the opportunity to collect a raffle ticket from a course marshal on the detour. At the end of the race SVR will raffle off several prizes including a gift certificate for a new pair of shoes from Runners’ Retreat.

Will you take the fast route and stay on course to protect your overall Winter Series score or will you gamble by taking a detour to get a raffle ticket and risk getting passed by the competition?

A course map and elevation profile of the main 5k route (detours not shown) is available at the following links:
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/207588256

https://www.strava.com/routes/3161821074290211544

Parking is available in the main student lot at Millbrook High School.

251 First Woods Dr
Winchester, VA 22603

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The Third Winchester Battlefield Park is composed of more than 600 acres of preserved land. The Third Battle of Winchester, fought on September 19, 1864, was the largest and costliest battle ever fought in the Shenandoah Valley. More than 54,000 men fought and over 8,600 became casualties in a ferocious see-saw struggle that saw the Confederates gradually forced back until a final decisive attack by Federal infantry and cavalry struck the Confederate left flank, breaching the defenders’ lines, and sending the Confederates “whirling through Winchester”.

Special thanks to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation for preserving this land and hosting the race.

The final race in the Winter Series!
This is a mixed surface loop course that takes you along the river, through downtown Strasburg and around the high school. We will have course marshals at major intersections but streets will remain open to vehicles.

A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/205259562

https://www.strava.com/routes/3161820007015966886

Strasburg High School
250 Ram Dr
Strasburg, VA 22657

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There will be plenty of parking near the start line on Ram Drive.

Special thanks to Race Director Marisa Varley for organizing this event!

SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.