2021 - Cap Trail Summer Challenge
2021 distances
Running
Conquer the Capital Trail: 51.7 miles
Mirroring 2020's Quarantine Challenge, participants will stroll, powerwalk, jog, run, skate, ride, skip, hop, or moonwalk to complete each of the 51.7 miles of the Virginia Capital Trail. Once you have submitted your completion of every one of the miles on the Trail, we will send you a Summer Challenge T-Shirt and sunglasses. You earned it!
There and Back Again: 103.4 miles
Triple digit summer! Move for 103.4 miles, the length of a round-trip on the Capital Trail (including all 51.7 miles of the Trail) and when you've finished we will send you your Summer Challenge t-shirt and sunglasses!
Birthday Challenge: 310.2 miles
Spend your summer completing 310.2 miles (including all 51.7 miles of the Capital Trail), and when you're done we will send you the Summer Challenge t-shirt and sunglasses.
Race-day weather
Conditions on June 2, 2021 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 5:49 AM and sets at 8:26 PM local time (EDT) in Richmond on June 2, 2021 — 14h 36m of daylight.
Course
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2021 results — Cap Trail Summer Challenge
226 finishers across 3 distances · leading places in the Conquer the Capital Trail: 51.7 miles
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles John | — | — |
| 2 | George Homewood | — | — |
| 3 | Elizabeth Martin | — | — |
| 4 | Linda Hallion | — | — |
| 5 | Brian Agor | — | — |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- 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, 80 Richmond events
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