Charlottesville Summer Trail Running Series
About this race
Come join us for the 2026 Charlottesville Summer Trail Running Series! This is a fun, relaxed, low-cost summer trail running series with 4 trail races from 5K to 5-miles in distance, all in the Charlottesville/Crozet area. In addition to individual race prizes, there will be overall and top age group finisher prizes for the series, based upon cumulative time from all 4 races.
Runners who complete all 4 races in the series will receive a Summer Series Finisher technical running shirt at the last race, and runners completing 3 out of 4 races will receive a cotton finishers shirt. Runners must register for the series in advance to be eligible for the Series Finisher Shirt. Additionally, all runners will receive a t-shirt for the first race. There will also be age group awards for both men and women in the top three in the following age groups for each race as well as for the entire series: Kids 12-U, 13-17, 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+. The series races sell out every year and we continue to expect high demand this year, so register now!
**Sorry, no dogs in any of the races**
**No refunds after May 1st**
Races and Dates:
- Mint Springs Trail 5k++ - Saturday May 9rd, 8:00am, Mint Springs Valley Park, Crozet
- O-Hilly Trail 5k - Tuesday June 9th, 7:00pm, O-Hill, Charlottesville
- Boar's Head Turn and Burn (5 miles) - Saturday July 11th, 7:30am, Boar's Head Resort, Charlottesville
- Late Summer Meltdown 4-Miler - Tuesday August 11th, 7:00pm, Pen Park, Charlottesville
The cost for the entire 4-race series is just $75, or $65 for paid CATs members. Kids 12 and under are $35. You will receive a series finisher shirt, a t-shirt for the Mint Springs Trail 5k, the Summer Series BBQ/Cookout at the last race, as well as other finisher awards and top finisher awards throughout the series! For the CATS member discount, go to https://runsignup.com/Club/VA/Charlottesville/CharlottesvilleAreaTrailRunners to see if you're a current paid CATS member - if so, login using your Runsignup login information and your discount will be applied automatically at checkout. If you're not a member, we would love to have you signup to support the club!
Register now and guarantee your entry into the series!!
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Trail running
Charlottesville Summer Trail Running Series
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Charlottesville, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:08 AM and sets at 8:12 PM local time (EDT) in Charlottesville on May 9, 2026 — 14h 03m of daylight.
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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, 38 Charlottesville events
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