Saturday, September 14, 2024 -- Belington WV
Tygart Valley Half Marathon
Past Results (Blackwater Canyon Half Marathon):
[2019]
[2021]
[2022 & Photos]
[2023]
[2024 Registration and More information]
Place
Golden Rule Building
122 Crim Ave
Belington, WV US 26250
Description
Since the cancellation of the Blackwater Canyon Half Marathon in late May, our friends in neighbouring Barbour County have offered to host our event for this year. While we hope that the race can return next year to the course you know and love, we are very excited to offer you an alternative in the Tygart Valley Half Marathon on the same day and time, September 14th at 9am, in Belington, WV!
Just over the ridge from Parsons, Belington is excited to host this event for 2024. We’ll bring the transportable and best parts of the race with us: a beautiful and accurate riverside course, a well-managed race with great attention to detail, generous and useful prizes, and a classic spread of post-race snacks.
All proceeds will continue to directly support the mission and projects of the Highlands Trail Foundation.
The 2024 course will be an out-and-back format with slight undulation along the Tygart Valley River on a mix of gravel and paved back roads. The race will start and end at the historic Golden Rule building in downtown Belington and trace the river through the tiny town of Junior. We hope to return to the Thomas-to-Parsons course in 2025, so this race is a rare chance to take a swing at a fast and flat riverside course that may be gone with the change of the seasons.
The Tygart Valley Half will also maintain the tradition of The BlackHel Double. Runners that complete both this race and the Helvetia 10K Mountain Run hosted by WVMTR the following morning will receive a special hat at the awards ceremony in Helvetia and will be entered in the combined ranking for this third year of The BlackHel Double.
There will be aid stations on the course with electrolytes, water, and light snacks. This is a cupless race, so please plan accordingly with the portable cup of your choice. Thanks to our friends at HydraPak, we will have a small number of their reusable SpeedCups available at packet pick up for any runners who don't have one already.
There will be two chances for packet pick up:
- the night before the race, 13 September, at the Golden Rule Building in Belington, WV from 5pm to 7pm.
- the morning of the race, 14 September, also at the Golden Rule Building (the start / finish) from 7am to 8am.
Keeping up his great work from the BCHM, Imre Barsy will join us on the course to photograph the runners. Those photos will be available after the race.
[Registration and More information]
| Start Date: | 2024-09-14 Start Time: 9:00am |
| Event Name: | Tygart Valley Half Marathon |
| Location(s): |
Belington, WV 26250 Golden Rule Building |
| Event Type(s): |
Run Road Off Road |
| Event Distance(s): | 13.1mi |
| Contact(s): |
Highlands Trail Foundation Email: highlandstrailwv@gmail.com |
| Affiliate(s): | |
| Comments: | Previously the Blackwater Canyon Half Marathon |
| Offsite URL: | runsignup.com/Race/WV/Belington/TygartValleyHalfMarathon |
