Zen Squirrel Trail Run
About this race
The 7th Annual Zen Squirrel Trail Run is where it all started for Roadless Races in 2019, and it's BACK! Offering 2 mile, 5 mile, and 10 mile distance options, this race brings together trail runners for fun, challenge, and healthy competition. Runners will be treated to some awesome courses that include a mixture of smooth and flowing dirt trails, rock and root strewn single-track, and challenging hill climbs. After finishing the race, enjoy post-race food, great music, a free kids race, and an awards ceremony with fun contests and lots of giveaways.
Sprawling over 900 acres and located on the south side of Chapel Hill, NC, Briar Chapel is a green community that boasts a vast network of forested hiking and mountain biking trails. In addition to 20+ miles of fantastic trails at Briar Chapel, centrally located Great Meadow Park, with its beautiful lawn, stage, and pavilion, offers a perfect setting area to start and finish a race.
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Trail running
2 Mile
5 Mile
10 Mile
Typical race-day weather
Based on 12 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Chapel Hill, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:09 AM and sets at 8:15 PM local time (EDT) in Chapel Hill on May 16, 2026 — 14h 06m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Zen Squirrel Trail Run
238 finishers across 3 distances · leading places in the 2 Mile
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Whitney | 15:39 | 7:27 /mi |
| 2 | Andrew Bhansali | 18:20 | 8:44 /mi |
| 3 | Jeffrey Bloomfield | 19:17 | 9:11 /mi |
| 4 | Peter Newburn | 19:45 | 9:24 /mi |
| 5 | Leigh Denick | 20:01 | 9:32 /mi |
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, 23 Chapel Hill events
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