VHTRC Women’s Half Marathon Trail Run

The VHTRC Women’s Half Marathon is a low-key yet challenging event designed to encourage more women to participate in trail running. We also have a long-standing Mother-Daughter Team Competition.

This trail race takes place in forested, rolling terrain through the lush Northern Virginia woods. It’s primarily well-traveled, single-track dirt trail. There are a handful of tiny stream crossings; most of them have footbridges, but if the park gets heavy storms right before the race, your shoes could get muddy or wet. You’ll visit five aid stations, with the distance between aid stations no more than about 3 miles.

The course is mostly the same as it’s been for the past several years, although a recent reroute of the Bull Run Occoquan Trail has lengthened the second half of the course by almost 1.5 miles. The race used to be a little short. Now it’s a little long.