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2012 EVENT Calendar

January || February || March || April || May || June || July || August || September || October || November || December 
2011 Events
(Last Updated February 3, 2012)


JANUARY 2012

Sat. 28th - Arctic 5k Trail Race. "Ice, Sweat, & Tears". Snowflex, Liberty Mtn.. presented by Liberty University Student Activities. 9:00am Start. Information/Registration.


February 2012


Sat. 4th - 2nd Annual Boys & Girls Club Resolution Run - 2 Mile Run/Walk. Proceeds benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lynchburg. 3:00pm Start. Downtown Lynchburg, 1101 Madison St. (Boys & Girls Club). RACE INFORMATION & APPLICATION

Sat. 25th ~ Liberty Mtn. 5K Trail Race
presented by Liberty University Student Activities. Information/Registration.


March 2012

Sat. 3rd - New Prospect Baptist Church 5k Run/Walk. 8:30am. English Park, Altavista, VA. Paper Application ||  Online Reg

Sat. 10th - 5th Annual WATER FOR LIFE 5K RUN & 3 CHILDREN'S FUN RUNS. 9:00am 5K,10:00am children's fun runs.  Lynchburg College Track. This race benefits the efforts of local non-profit Sports Outreach. Participants are asked to donate new or used sports equipment to be sent to the people of GULU.  www.sportsoutreach.net ||   Online Reg


Sat. 24th - Martinsville Half Marathon & 5k
. Presented by Memorial Hospital. All proceeds benefit the Invest In Youth Fund at the Martinsville-Henry County Family YMCA. Martinsville, VA.  www.MartinsvilleHalfMarathon.com
 
Sat. 31st - Charlottesville Ten Miler. 7:15am Charlottesville, VA. www.cvilletenmiler.com

April 2012

Sat. 7th - 5th Annual Point of Honor 5K. Proceeds to benefit www.lifenet.org ||  Online Registration ||  Paper Application

Sat. 14th - 1st Annual Autism Awareness Run.  5k & 1 Mile events. Start/Finish at Jefferson Forest High School.  Application & Info Coming Soon.

Sat. 21st - Issy's Race 4 Life (formally Godparent Home 5K). 9:00am Start. NEW COURSE & LOCATION. Blackwater Creek Trail (behind Amazement Square). 4 Mile distance. Lynchburg VA.  Appication Info Coming Soon.

Sat. 21st~ Angels Race EXPO, (Amazement Square Warehouse) Lynchburg. 12-5pm. FREE / Open to the public. Participants will have an opportunity to pick-up their race packets for the race and get some great deals on triathlon gear.  

Sun. 22nd- 10th Annual Angels Race Triathlon. 8:00am. Swim/Bike/Run. Downtown YMCA Lynchburg, VA. Entry Limit of 400. www.angelsrace.com

Sat. 28th - Bald Mtn. 10K. Liberty Mtn. Trail Series Race. LMTS Information

Sat. 28th - 3rd Annual Riverfront Challenge. Runners, walkers, cyclists & motorcyclists welcome.. Riverfront Park Downtown Lynchburg, VA,  9 AM start -  Youth distances (1 mile & 100 yd dash) and discounts! steve@wheelpower.org or register at www.riverfrontchallenge.com

May 2012

Sat. 5th New Balance Girls on the Run 5K, featuring Girls on the Run of Greater Lynchburg. 8:00am. For more information on this non-competitive, family oriented event. www.girlsontherungreaterlynchburg.org

Sat. 19th - 5th Annual Calvery Baptist Church Road Trip 5K & Youth Mile. 8:00am (5K) 9:00am (Youth Mile). Calvery Baptist Church,  20957 Timberlake Rd., Lynchburg, VA.  Race Director:  Louis Beckwith, 434-941-1506.

Sat. 26th - 15th Annual Central Virginia Kidney Association (CVKA) Memorial Day 10K. (NEW RACE DATE - SATURDAY)  8:00am Start. Holiday Inn Select Parking Lot, 601 Main St., Lynchburg. 


June 2012


Sat. 2nd - National Trails Day 5k Run. 8:00am. Start/Finish Main St.  Farmville, VA. out & back course on High Bridge State Park Trail. Capped at 200 runners.

Tue. 5th
- Lynchburg Road Runners Summer Track Series. 6:30pm. Lynchburg College Track, 1501 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, VA  24501

Sat. 9th - Uncle Billy's Day 2-Miler. 9:00am. Alta Vista High School. Alta Vista, VA. Sponsored by the Alta Vista YMCA.

Tue. 12th - Lynchburg Road Runners Summer Track Series. 6:30pm. Lynchburg College Track, 1501 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, VA  24501

Tue. 19th 
- Lynchburg Road Runners Summer Track Series. 6:30pm. Lynchburg College Track, 1501 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, VA  24501

Sat. 16th - Annual Presbyterian Homes & Family Services and Family Alliance 5K and Youth Run, 8:00am Start, 150 Linden Ave. Lynchburg, VA 24503 RACE INFORMATION

Tue. 26th
-Lynchburg Road Runners Summer Track Series. 6:30pm. Lynchburg College Track, 1501 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, VA  24501


July 2012

Wed. 4th - 6th Annual Downtown Academy Mile. Out & Back on Commerce St., downtown Lynchburg.  Flat and FAST! 

Sat. 21st - Annual Percival's Island 5-Miler Start / Finish Blackwater Creek Natural Area, Concord Turnpike, downtown Lynchburg. Out & Back on Blackwater Creek bikeway...Flat and very fast. ONLINE REGISTRATION ||  PAPER APPLICATION


August 2012

Sat. 11th - Lynchburg Half Marathon & 5KStart Half Marathon (7:30am) / 5K (8:00am) 5k / Youth Run (9:00am). 

Sat. 25th - YMCA 5k and Youth Run. 8:00am Start. 

September 2012

Sat. 15th - FCA Game Changer 5K. 8:00am Start. Liberty University. Start and Finish on Main Campus of Liberty University.

Fri. 28th - Downtown Family Festival
. Amazing Mile Children's Run & Packet Pickup for the Virginia 10 Miler. virginia10miler.com.

Sat. 29th - 39th Annual Virginia 10 Miler, 4 Miler. 8:00am Start. EC Glass HS. For more information visit the official site for the Virginia Ten Miler...virginia10miler.com.

October 2012

Sat. 6th - 22nd Annual John A. Stephenson Memorial Youth Run. 9:00am, Riverside Park, Lynchburg VA. Race Distance varies with age. 

Sat. 13th - 2nd Annual Poplar Forest 5k. Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, Forest, VA.

Sat. (TBD) Deep Hollow Trail Half Marathon & Trail 5k. Liberty Mtn. Trail Race Series. LMTS Information

Sat. 27th - 6th Annual I Am Woman 5K. Lynchburg's only WOMEN'S ONLY EVENT.  Lynchburg, VA

November 2012

Sat. 3rd - Apple Valley 5K, Start 10:00am, Rolling 3.1 mile cross country course runs through scenic Gross' Orchard, grass gravel and dirt roads. Tour of Course at 8:30am. For more info contact Theresa Boyes 540.297.2709 or e173boyes@aol.com

Sat. 10th - Valley View 5 Mile Trail Race. 9:00am Start. Snowflex Ski Center, Liberty Mtn. Lynchburg, VA.

Sat. 17th - Amherst County/Elon Elementary Turkey Trot 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run. 8:30am (Fun Run), 9:00am (5k). Elon, VA  Application

Sat. 17th New Balance Girls on the Run 5K, featuring Girls on the Run of Greater Lynchburg. Sweet Briar College, Amherst, VA  www.girlsontherungreaterlynchburg.org

Thur. 22nd - Presbyterian Homes & Family Alliance Turkey Trot 5k & Youth Mile; Lynchburg, VA; 9:00 AM

Thur. 22nd - Altavista Giblet Jog 5K, 8:30am Start, English Park, Alta Vista, VA. Visit www.AltaVistaOnTrack.com for more info

December 2012

Sat. 1st - Peaks of Otter Christmas Classic 5k. 8:30am Start. Bedford VA

Sat. 22nd - Jingle Bell Fun Run, 8:30am at Riverside Runners. 2301 Rivermont Ave. Open to all. Come share in the holiday fun! Prizes given to those with the most holiday spirit (like costumes). Cookies and hot cider served afterward. Run up to 5 miles. No need to register. For more info call 846-7449


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