Running Events in Virginia

Come join us as we celebrate the Womens Distance Festival!

The 10th Annual Ellicott City 5K/10K is a community race located in Ellicott City, Maryland. The course is appropriate for all levels of experience including first-timers. This race includes a relay and kids fun run option. This race will start and finish at Banneker Historical Park. The address of the park is 300 Oella Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21228.

Join us for this wine fuelled event and choose between the 5K and 10K distance!

Grab your family, friends, co-workers and fellow park enthusiasts to enjoy one of our runners and walkers alike will enjoy the fresh air, community engagement, fitness, and fun. ALL proceeds from the $5 5K series benefit park programming.

Help support the Colonial Beach Fraternal Order of Eagles #4315 race to cure cancer! The FOE 5K for a Cure is part of the month long cancer research fundraising hosted by the Fraternal Order of Eagles #4315 in Colonial Beach.

Online registration page is for the MCRRC Piece of Cake 10K & 5K and is for NON-MCRRC members only! Registration is race-day ONLY for MCRRC Members. Piece of Cake is more than twenty years old (March 24, 1996), and we would like you to join us in celebrating MCRRCs birthday with a run through the scenic Seneca Creek State Park. Youll encounter rolling hills on the parks quiet roads expect a few deer sightings along the way!!!

The club's original race series, All-Comers Summer Track Meets, established in the summer of 1975, continues its long term streak of providing an opportunity for folks of all ages and abilities to race distances from 100 meters to 5K. Run as many events as you like!

The unique out-and-back course runs through one of the area's first environmentally-protected zones, an undeveloped meadowland where the deer and the antelope play

The 5K course starts and finishes on the beautiful USCG Training Center located on the banks of the York River in Yorktown, VA. After leaving the base, the course winds its way through the scenic National Park Battlefield tour roads, famous for their views of the encampment areas, siege lines and redoubts which were the site of the Revoluntionalry War's final decisive battle.

Ready for a great race for a great charity? It is one of the best race courses around. The entire run is around the peninsula, overlooking Monroe Bay and the Potomac River. The race begins on the boardwalk near Boundary Street.

Dam Mill 5k Run is part of the SS SERIES EVENT. Delaware's Oldest 5k Race.

This race is for a great cause through a scenic park. What isnt to love? Run through the hills of Prince William Forest Park while benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project. Enjoy the paved roads of the park for the half-marathon or try the trails for the 5k/10k through the woods.

The Fort Meade Chief Petty Officer Association's (CPOA) mission is to the develop the Navy's future enlisted leaders and to promote ideals which embody all competencies, values, and characteristics of a Chief Petty Officer, by working together for the good of the Fort Meade area commands and community.

The Fort Meade Chief Petty Officer Association is a non-federal entity. It is not a part of the Department of Defense or any of its components and it has no governmental status. Moreover, there is no Department of Defense or governmental agency endorsement of this event.

The Fort Meade Chief Petty Officer Association's (CPOA) mission is to the develop the Navy's future enlisted leaders and to promote ideals which embody all competencies, values, and characteristics of a Chief Petty Officer, by working together for the good of the Fort Meade area commands and community.

Come run the infamous Rileys Rumble Half Marathon or 8k for a challenging and rewarding race experience.

Please join us for family fun during July with our Summer Series at the Norfolk Botanical Garden. Have a great run with old friends and meet new ones....then enjoy food and beverage on us at this extremely popular annual event.

Join us and Mettle Events at the 4th annual Scares That Care 5K and Kids Fun Run, where youll hang out with friends, fans, and maybe a celebrity or two! Pose with fun scary costumed creatures roaming the post-race party for photo ops!

Saturday, August 3, 9 a.m., Rain or Shine. Healthy Kids Run (kids 8 & under) starts at 8:55 a.m.

Register for the Casey Cares Annual 5K Run/Walk and you will support a great cause in Casey Cares! Proceeds from the race will support programs for families with critically ill children. The chip-timed 3.1-mile run/walk includes post-race refreshments.

Come out and enjoy this scenic, 10-miler, 10k, 5k, & 1M in the heart of Georgetown near the Nations Capital. All of the events run on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal path.

Join us on Sunday August 4th for the Maggiano's/Make a Wish 5K and Fun Walk! Your support helps the Make a Wish Foundation, which grants the wish of a child diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition in the United States and its territories, on average, every 38 minutes. But wishes don't just happen on their own... Make a Wish is only able to create these life-changing wish experiences with help from donors and supporters like you!

Join us for the American Cancer Society's Outrun Cancer 5K and 1 Mile Family Fun Walk. At the Outrun Cancer 5K and 1 Mile Family Fun Walk your energy and generosity make a real difference for people fighting cancer by supporting the local American Cancer Society programs in our community that benefit from the events success. With your sponsorship, and the fund-raising efforts of our participants, we are making a difference in the fight against cancer.

Runners and walkers are welcome to join the beatnik crowd for a fab race that also celebrates the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. Can you dig it?

Come and Run with your Bowie State University Football Team! All proceeds will go towards Bowie State Football Endowed Scholarship Fund. The funds will assist student athletes in the football program with their academic endeavors as they matriculate through Bowie State to achieve their dream of earning a college degree.

Challenging run at JEB Little Creek/Ft. Story winding through sand dunes and coastal terrains. Obstacles include a low crawl, beach barricades, trails & mud pit. Designed by Navy SeaBees, this course is full of sand, mud and lots of fun! Beach party after race!

The Night Nation Run is the Worlds 1st Running Music Festival an ultimate blend of a Music Festival and a Fun Run. Experience a music filled course with Live DJs, Light Shows, Bubble Zones, Neon and Black Lights. Cross the finish line into an Epic Main Stage After Party featuring Top Headliner DJs.

Start and Finish at TOWN POINT PARK! Run along the Waterfront District with epic views of the bay and downtown skyline!

To date over 1 million people across the World have become a member of the Night Nation! Celebrate Life. Celebrate friends and family. Celebrate Music. Run with the Night Nation!

Angel Park a new all-inclusive playground and amphitheater facility in Perry Hall, MD has a very real and personal meaning to members of our community. The name was purposely chosen to represent a vision of an ideal setting for happiness and reflection.

Saturday, August 17, 9 a.m. Rain or Shine. FREE Healthy Kids Run (10 & under) starts at 8:50 a.m.

What a better way to spend a Saturday morning running thru the hills of Druid Hill Park. This isn't your grandfathers 10K - expect a challenging course that will test your love of racing, in addition to hill repeats thrown in the middle.

A 25k or 50k all-trail running and hiking challenge and after party in Patapsco Park outside of Baltimore, MD. H.E.A.T.: High Endurance Adventure Test

Ben trained hundreds of runners to successfully complete their first marathon. Those of us who benefited from Ben's inspiration and guidance want you to join us in a memorial run in his honor, on some of the same routes Ben led us on for 20 years. We want to see Moore's Marines "Graduates" wear their shirts to be eligible for special awards. Proceeds from the race will go to the Anne Arundel County Auxiliary Police who Ben was a part of for many years, Chesapeake Hospice House who provided compassion and support for Ben and his wife, Betty; the and Rude Ranch Animal Rescue. New beneficiaries this year will be Special Warfare Operations Foundation to support retruning Special Forces personnel. The KENT ISLAND RUNNING CLUB, the ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY STRIDERS and BLUEPOINT RACE MANAGEMENT is proud to sponsor the BEN MOORE MEMORIAL HALF MARATHON ,10K and NEW THIS YEAR 5K.

Tidal Basin Runs are free training runs for fun and fitness on the third Wednesday of each month. Please join us!

Starting on the service road adjacent to the start of the Virginia Capital Trail, the course takes a quick left onto the Colonial Parkway towards Jamestown Island, crossing over the causeway. Runners will enjoy views of the James River on their right and Powhatan Creek on their left. Just past the Historic Jamestowne Visitor Center, the race route takes a right onto the short loop of the Jamestown Island tour roads, with an out-and-back section of the long loop to make the exact 10K distance. The course returns the same route to a finish in front of Billsburg Brewery at the James City County Marina. The course is fast and totally flat, and outside of the causeway, is a wooded, shaded scenic route with wetlands crossings on wooden bridges, unsurpassed in historical beauty. The course will be certified an exact 10K to USATF measurement standards.

Come enjoy the fast and flat courses at Carderock Recreation Area. They are perfect for PRs! Walkers and strollers are welcome to attend this event.

Spartan Trail is a no-obstacles foot race through rugged wilderness, overseen by legendary race directors from the world of trail running. With a 10k (6.2 mile) race at all events and a Half Marathon (13.1 mile) at select locations, theres a Spartan Trail for everyone

The Annapolis Ten Mile Run is a 10-mile foot race organized by the Annapolis Striders, Inc., a 1400 member, all volunteer, non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization, established in 1978, in Annapolis Maryland that promotes physical fitness and mental well-being through distance running. The race is conducted according to the road racing guidelines of the Road Runners Club of America.

The race has been listed as one of the top ten 10-mile races in the country by Runners World Magazine. It is a beautiful run through historic Annapolis and over the Severn River.

Run 12 glorious miles down Baltimore's historic street!

Take part in a tradition this Labor Day Weekend! Some hills for the strong, some straight-aways for the swift make these courses both fun and a challenge.

Join us for this awesome marathon in memory of Abebe Bikila who won the 1960 Olympic Marathon barefoot!

Perfect for experienced runners, charity trainees, and first-timers. Open to anyone who can finish within 6 hours.

Please join us for the Annual Victims' Fund Run 5K Run/Walk/1 Mile Walk. Your participation will help maintain the emergency fund that is available to crime victims who are in need of immediate assistance covering the cost of victimization. Funds will cover expenses such as broken windows and locks, replacement of identification cards and medical prescriptions for those victims who meet the criteria.

Walk for Wells is a 5k (3.1miles) walk and run that will be leaving from Jesus House Baltimore; 7710 Windsor Mill Road, Baltimore, MD 21244. We will also end at Jesus House Baltimore.

The Freedom Run is held in memory of those who lost their lives in the events of September 11, 2011. We also honor our members of the United States Military and Public Safety who made the ultimate sacrifice that day, as well as those who have served or are currently serving in the military and public safety professions.

Dont Touch Me! Is proud to announce that we are having our 5th Annual Dont Touch Me! 5k Fun Run/Walk!

The Achievement 5K Run/Walk is a fundraising and awareness event to support the HNN (VA) Alumni Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi Achievement Foundations vision, a prolific mentoring program dedicated to achieving scholastic and professional goals while bring exposure to the importance of maintaining good health.

Come out and enjoy this scenic, flat half-marathon and 5k in the heart of Georgetown near the Nations Capital. Both events run on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal path. Walkers and strollers are welcome to attend this event.