‘Tis the season when all good Furbutts take a few moments to reflect on the past year on the trails, and then submit their thoughtful nominations for the 2025 VHTRC Awards! More from your new Awards steward, Ram Oruganti.
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As 2025 comes to a close, among the final events of the calendar year are the Devil Dog races in Prince William Forest Park. John Calabrese reports on his experience at the Devil Dog 100 miler.
Read moreThe election to select the members of the new VHTRC board is now over, and the results are in.
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Our intrepid race reporter, John Calabrese, checks in after a highly successful run at the JFK 50 miler, held on Saturday November 22nd, 2025 in western Maryland.
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The 16th annual Rosaryville Veterans Day Trail Races were held on Saturday November 8, 2025. The 50K and 20K races took place on the wooded trails and through the open meadows of Rosaryville State Park in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. John Calabrese has submitted his account of how this year’s race went.
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Anstr Davidson pays tribute to his good friend, Alan Gowen, who passed away on June 27. Alan was the founder at RD of the Hashawha Hills 50 km, a past president of the VHTRC, and the nine-time MMT finisher.
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Steph Hill has submitted a report on her race at the 2025 Hellbender 100 Miler. The course is located in the Black Mountain region of western North Carolina, and the race was dramatically impacted by the after effects of Hurricane Helene that devastated the area seven months earlier.
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John Calabrese reports on his battle to complete the 2025 edition of local trail legend Alex Papadopoulos’s OSS/CIA 50-Mile Night Run, held on June 14-15 in Prince William Forest Park.
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As John Kelly chases an Appalachian Trail speed record, several VHTRC runners stepped in to support him as he made his way through Virginia. Read about their reflections of the experience.
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After a full year of being AWOL from its perch overlooking the Shenandoah Valley from the side of the Kerns Mountain section of the Massanutten Trail, a trio of misfits with too much time on their hands launched a Rock Rescue Mission. John Dodds reports on the successful recovery of the landmark rock at Q’s View, just in time for the MMT 100 runners in the 2025 race.
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