Bruce Barnes Mile
About this race
NEW! We will have chip timing this year and all runners will start together. The registration fee is $12 per person until race day when it will be $17/person.
Featuring the fastest & most scenic mile course in Virginia! This unique one mile road race is all downhill, with its steepest descent over the last quarter mile. The race finishes within view of Lady Astor's famous mansion, "Mirador." The runners are treated to gorgeous panoramic mountain views on their cool down back to the Greenwood Community Center after the race.
Parking: Greenwood Community Center, 865 Greenwood Road, Crozet, VA 22932
Directions from Charlottesville: Take 64 West to Crozet. Exit 107 250 West. Take a right onto Rt. 690. Take a right Rt. 691 Jarmans Gap Road. Greenwood Community Center is on the right.
Volunteer Race Directors: Lindy Bain and Mark Lorenzoni, both close friends of Barnes, have directed the event since 1992.
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Bruce Barnes Mile
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Based on 9 years of historical conditions on this event's race dates in Crozet.
Course
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Other races near Crozet
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
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Fall Foliage 10K & 5K Run
Special Olympics Pepsi 10k run / 2 mile walk
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- Crozet Running Calendar 2026 2 races
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- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 3 Crozet events
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