2024 - Svr Winter Series
2024 distances
Running
SVR Winter Series #4 - Mystery Distance @ LRCC Middletown
For this event we are keeping the race distance a mystery. We will tell you at the finish line the actual distance but you can expect it to be between 2 and 5 miles. Will you leave the start line too fast, too slow or just right? This will be a closed course on the Laurel Ridge Community College campus in Middletown. Expect some parking lots to be closed during the race so arrive early enough to navigate parking and, possibly, a short walk to the start line. A course map can be viewed at this link https://tinyurl.com/4ukt29xr Laurel Ridge Community College 173 Skirmisher Ln Middletown, VA 22645 Tag your photos with #SVRuns Special thanks to Race Director Megan McCormick for organizing this event! SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.
SVR Winter Series #3- Pizza or Resolutions 5K @ Skyline High School
SVR is serving up hills for breakfast while Fox's Pizza Den in Front Royal will be serving pizza for dessert. https://www.foxspizza.com/store/virginia/front-royal-va/ Will you fulfill a New Year health and fitness resolution by crushing the 5K and leaving satisfied or will you embrace the cheese and pepperoni? This is a loop course that travels on paved streets and mixed surface pedestrian walkways. We will have course marshals at major intersections but streets will remain open to vehicular traffic. A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/86903886 https://www.strava.com/routes/3161818998061801176 The start and finish line will be immediately in front of the High School with plenty of parking in the two lots on the north side of the school. Skyline High School 151 Skyline Vista Dr Front Royal, VA 22630 Tag your photos with #SVRuns Special thanks to Race Director Jason Wisecarver for organizing this event! SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.
SVR Winter Series #5 - Ram Run 5K @ Strasburg High School
This is a mixed surface loop course that takes you along the river, through downtown Strasburg and around the high school. A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/205259562 https://www.strava.com/routes/3161820007015966886 Strasburg High School 250 Ram Dr Strasburg, VA 22657 Tag your photos with #SVRuns There will be plenty of parking near the start line on Ram Drive. Special thanks to Race Director Marisa Varley for organizing this event! SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.
SVR Winter Series #6 - Heart & Soles 5K @ Middletown
Virginia is for lovers and Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Come get your heart racing with a 5K through Middletown. Bring your best and worst running soles. Best to race in and worst to donate. SVR will be collecting used running shoes which will be used to raise funds for the Blue Ridge Hospice. This is a loop road course starting at the Middletown Town Hall and continuing on rolling country roads before finishing back at the Town Hall. This is an open road course so please pay attention and run safe. Middletown Town Hall 7875 Church St Middletown, VA 22645 Tag your photos with #SVRuns Parking is available at Middletown Fire & Rescue 7855 Main St, Middletown, VA 22645 A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/91164014 https://www.strava.com/routes/3161820369743091878 Special thanks to Race Director Nick Doumont for organizing this event! SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.
SVR Winter Series #7 - Museum of the Shenandoah Valley 4 Miler
The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley has hosted many SVR races over the years. It's always been a fun place to run but with the opening, and continued expansion, of The Trails at MSV it's become one of the best place to run in Winchester. SVR, using money raised from your support of events like the Winter Series, is proud to have donated $10,000 toward the building of The Trails at MSV. Running is good for you and your community! https://www.themsv.org/trails/ Tag your photos with #SVRuns and #TheMSV This is a 4 mile course offering a mix of pavement and crushed stone trails with some short climbs and descents. A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/92205731 https://www.strava.com/routes/3161820716871632922 Special thanks to Race Directors Tonya and Chris Stotler for organizing this event! SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.
SVR Winter Series #8 - Gambler 5K @ 3rd Winchester Battlefield
The Winter Series is scored on your 6 best finishes in the 8 race series. At this point in the series you are probably recognizing your competition and thinking about how the final series scoring might look. With this race we will try and shake up the series results a bit. The main racecourse will be a 5K on the dirt and gravel trails through the battlefield. During the race runners will encounter three opportunities to take a detour. Each detour will add approximately 0.15 mile to the overall race distance but will provide runners the opportunity to collect a raffle ticket from a course marshal on the detour. At the end of the race SVR will raffle off several prizes including a gift certificate for a new pair of shoes from Runners’ Retreat. Will you take the fast route and stay on course to protect your overall Winter Series score or will you gamble by taking a detour to get a raffle ticket and risk getting passed by the competition? A course map and elevation profile of the main 5k route (detours not shown) is available at the following links: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/207588256 https://www.strava.com/routes/3161821074290211544 Parking is available in the main student lot at Millbrook High School. 251 First Woods Dr Winchester, VA 22603 Special thanks to Race Director Selena Smart for organizing this event! Tag your photos with #SVRuns The Third Winchester Battlefield Park is composed of more than 600 acres of preserved land. The Third Battle of Winchester, fought on September 19, 1864, was the largest and costliest battle ever fought in the Shenandoah Valley. More than 54,000 men fought and over 8,600 became casualties in a ferocious see-saw struggle that saw the Confederates gradually forced back until a final decisive attack by Federal infantry and cavalry struck the Confederate left flank, breaching the defenders’ lines, and sending the Confederates “whirling through Winchester”. Special thanks to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation for preserving this land and hosting the race.
SVR Winter Series (All races)
Please read the full description and details of the Winter Series by clicking on the "race info" tab on the left side of your screen. Dec 08, 2024, Event #1 - South Berkeley Christmas 5K Dec 14, 2024, Event #2 - Jingle Bell 5K @ Blandy Farm Jan 04, 2025, Event #3 - Pizza or Resolutions 5K @ Skyline High School Jan 11, 2025, Event #4 - 60 Minutes @ Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Jan 25, 2025, Event #5 - 4 miles @ Summit Point Feb 8, 2025, Event #6 - Heart & Soles 5K @ Middletown Feb 22, 2025, Event #7 - Gambler 5K @ 3rd Winchester Battlefield Mar 08, 2025, Event #8 - Ram Run 5K @ Strasburg High School SVR reserves the right to alter the event schedule at any point. Use #SVRuns when posting your photos.
SVR Winter Series #1 - South Berkeley Christmas 5K
Your registration into the full Winter Series includes registration for the South Berkeley Christmas 5K. Although this race is not directly organized by SVR we are thrilled to team up with the Race Directors and incorporate it again into the Winter Series. SVR will be at the event expo on Sunday to complete Winter Series registration and distribute swag items. This race starts at 2pm but please arrive no later than 1pm to navigate road closures, parking, registration and tour the expo. Registration closes at 1:45pm so our volunteers can transition to the race course. This 5K race starts before the South Berkeley Christmas Parade and all proceeds benefit The Berkeley County Humane Society. The course follows along the parade route so there will be plenty of cheering spectators. This course is flat and fast making it a good race to try and set a new PR! This is a Christmas 5K and the Race Directors encourage runners to dress for the occasion. Let's see those ugly sweaters, Santa suits and reindeer antlers! Since this race benefits the Berkeley County Humane Society the Race Directors also invite well behaved dogs to run the race! Pets are not allowed in Winter Series races 2 through 8 so take advantage of this unique opportunity! Because SVR is able to register Winter Series runners in the Berkeley 5K at a significantly reduced rate, a Berkeley 5K shirt is not included with your Winter Series registration. Don't worry though, shirts can still be purchased through the link below. https://runsignup.com/Race/Store/WV/Inwood/SouthBerkeleyChristmas5K A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/198836273 https://www.strava.com/routes/3161823243240920090 Musselman High School Randy Smith Center Inwood, WV US 25428
SVR Winter Series #2 - Jingle Bell 5K @ Blandy Experimental Farm
Join us for what is often the biggest race of the Winter Series. Come dressed in your finest holiday sweater. We will supply bells to tie on your shoes and you'll make them ring as you circle the grounds of the Virginia State Arboretum. This is a loop course on wide gravel roads with just enough rolling hills to make it exciting. Blandy Experimental Farm 400 Blandy Farm Ln Boyce, VA 22620 Tag your photos with #SVRuns A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links. Although most of the course is within Blandy Farm and on low-speed gravel roads, it is not a closed course. Please be alert for vehicles on the course. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/84737039 https://www.strava.com/routes/3161818571582691494 Participants and spectators should enter Blandy Farm from John Mosby Hwy (Route 50) and park in the open field across the street from the main flag pole. Special thanks to Race Director Joe Mullen for organizing this event! SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.
Race-day weather
Conditions on January 13, 2024 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 7:31 AM and sets at 5:11 PM local time (EST) in Winchester on January 13, 2024 — 9h 40m of daylight.
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2024 results — Svr Winter Series
3,507 finishers across 7 distances · leading places in the SVR Winter Series #4 - Mystery Distance @ LRCC Middletown
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Black | 21:18 | 5:20 /mi |
| 2 | Scott Davis | 21:22 | 5:21 /mi |
| 3 | Conner Brown | 21:52 | 5:28 /mi |
| 4 | Mike Cahak | 22:05 | 5:31 /mi |
| 5 | Landon Horton | 22:08 | 5:32 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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