Race Days: Road and trail races in Winston-Salem, High Point, Greensboro and more
A listing of road and trail races, plus virtual options, across the Triad (with a few beyond).
Road, trail and virtual races can be found across the Triad and beyond. To get more information or to sign up, just click on the links below. To send listings or to alert me to calendar changes, just email eddiewooten@gmail.com.
Find your event, but scroll to the bottom of this post and you'll find web sites with more event listings in other parts of North Carolina and beyond.
September
Through Oct. 2: Women's Only 5K Walk & Run | Greensboro (virtual)
Through Oct. 10: Great Cape Escape 5K and 10K | Elon (virtual)
30: North Carolina Beer Mile | 5 p.m. | Cary
October
2-30: Quarry Rocks 5K for Special Olympics Forsyth County | 8:30 a.m. | Winston-Salem (virtual)
2: Cary Greenways Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K and 5K | 7 a.m. | Cary
2: Race 13.1 Raleigh Half Marathon, 10K and 5K | 7 a.m. | Raleigh
2: New River Marathon, Half Marathon and 4 Miles | 7:30 a.m. | Fleetwood
2: Oktoberfest Half Marathon and 5K | 7:30 a.m. | Brevard
2: Asheboro Fall Festival 5K and 10K | 8 a.m. | Asheboro
2: Davidson County Education Foundation 5K | 8:30 a.m. | Thomasville
2: Stop Drop and Roll 5K | 9 a.m. | Summerfield
2: Creekside parkrun | 9 a.m. | Archdale
3: Craft Beer Half Marathon and 5-Miler | 8 a.m. | Charlotte (virtual options)
9: Run Holden Beach Half Marathon and 5K | 7 a.m. | Supply
9: Baltimore Running Festival Marathon, Half Marathon | 10K and 5K | 7:30 a.m., Baltimore
9: 5K on the Greenway | 8 a.m. | Mount Airy
9: Piedmont Race Series: Haunted 5K Run-Walk and Monster Dash | 9 a.m. | Jamestown
9: Maddie's Miles 5K | 9 a.m. | Winston-Salem
9: Creekside parkrun | 9 a.m. | Archdale
10: Craft Beer Half Marathon and 5-Miler | 8 a.m. | Charlotte
10: TCTC Scavenger Hunt | 2 p.m. | Winston-Salem
12: $5 5K | 6:30 p.m. | Winston-Salem
16: Keffer Cares Rocktoberfest Half Marathon and 5-Miler | 7:40 a.m. | Charlotte
16: Omega Sports Race Series: Hit the Brixx 10K and 5K | 7:45 and 9 a.m. | Greensboro (virtual option)
16: Ardmore RAH! 5K and 10K | 8 a.m. | Winston-Salem
16: Run for Joy 5K | 8 a.m. | Winston-Salem
16: Creekside parkrun | 9 a.m. | Archdale
16: Charity Classic 5K | 9 a.m. | Bermuda Run
17: Bull City Race Fest Half Marathon and 5 Miles | Durham
22: Omega Sports Race Series: Cannonball Run Double Barrel Challenge 5K | 7 p.m. | Greensboro
23: Run Ocean Isle Beach Half Marathon | 7 a.m. | Ocean Isle Beach
23: Hawg Run 5K | 7:30 a.m. | Greensboro
23: Omega Sports Race Series: Cannonball Run Marathon and Half Marathon | 8 a.m. | Greensboro
23: Flat and Fast 5K and 10K | 8 a.m. | Rural Hall
23: American Tobacco Trail 10-Miler and 4-Miler | 8:50 a.m. | Apex
23: BK5K | 9 a.m. | Greensboro
23: Race for the Future 5K | 9 a.m. | Greensboro
23: Creekside parkrun | 9 a.m. | Archdale
23: Harvest Hope 5K | 9 a.m. | Thomasville
23: Piedmont Race Series: Elite Shamrock 5K | 9:30 a.m. | Graham
23: Run 4 the Greenway | 5 p.m. | Greensboro (virtual option)
24: Round Peak Vineyard Stomp 5K | 9 a.m. | Mount Airy
30: Emerald Isle Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K | 7 a.m. | Emerald Isle
30: RDC 10K and 5K | 7 a.m. | Durham
30: Triple Lakes Half Marathon, 40K and Relay, 40 Miles and Relay | 8 a.m. | Greensboro (virtual option)
30: Southwest Park Spookey 5K | 9 a.m. | Greensboro
30: Creekside parkrun | 9 a.m. | Archdale
30: Covered Bridge 5K | 9 a.m. | Woolwine, Va.
31: RDC Marathon and Half Marathon | 7 a.m. | Durham
November
6: Horneytown Run for Hospice 5K | 8:30 a.m. | High Point (virtual option)
6: Nighthawks Race Against Hunger | 9 a.m. | Greensboro
6: Alamance Community College Reinhartsen 5K | 9 a.m. | Graham
6: Piedmont Race Series: Millstone Creek Apple Cider 5K and 10K | 9 a.m. | Ramseur
6: Creekside parkrun | 9 a.m. | Archdale
6: Red Oak 5K | 10:30 a.m. | Whitsett
6: Shea's Chase 5K | 11 a.m. | Greensboro (virtual option)
6: Miles for Meals 5K | 5:30 p.m. | Tanglewood Park, Clemmons
7: City of Oaks Marathon and Relay, Half Marathon, 10K and 5K | 7 a.m. | Raleigh
7: Outer Banks Half Marathon | 7:30 a.m. | Nags Head
7: SwimRun NC | 8 a.m. | Danbury
7: Westerwood 5K | 2 p.m. | Greensboro (virtual option)
13: Richmond Marathon, Half Marathon and 8K | 7 a.m. | Richmond, Va.
13: Charlotte Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K | 7:10 a.m. | Charlotte
13: Mayberry Half Marathon, 10K and 5K | 8 a.m. | Mount Airy
13: GO FAR Fall 5K | 8:15 a.m. | High Point
13: Reidsville Family YMCA Turkey Trot 5K | 8:30 a.m. | Reidsville
13: Omega Sports Race Series: Zero Prostate 5K | 8:45 a.m. | Greensboro
13: Triad Baptist Christian Academy Triad Turkey Run 5K | 9 a.m. | Kernersville
13: Jacob Carroll Memorial 5K | 9 a.m. |Trinity
13: Creekside parkrun | 9 a.m. | Archdale
13: Turkey Leg 5K | 10 a.m. | Elkin
14: Battleship Half Marathon | 6:30 a.m. | Wilmington
20: Piedmont Race Series: Bermuda Run Cares 5K | 8 a.m. | Bermuda Run
20: SPWOC We Care Run/Walk for Hunger 5K | 8:30 a.m. | Winston-Salem
20: Creekside parkrun | 9 a.m. | Archdale
20: Race More for Macemore 5K | 9 a.m. | Boonville
20: Piedmont Race Series: Pre-Black Friday Toys 4 Tots 5K | 10 a.m. | Colfax
25: Piedmont Race Series: Turkey Trot 5K | 7:50 a.m. | Burlington
25: Running of the Turkeys 5K | 8:30 a.m. | Greensboro (virtual option)
25: Early Bird 5K and 3K | 8:30 a.m. | Lexington
25: Turkey Strut 5K | 8:30 a.m. | Winston-Salem
26: Black Friday Relays | 9 a.m. | Salem Lake, Winston-Salem
27: Creekside parkrun | 9 a.m. | Archdale
December
3: Santa 5K | 6 p.m. | Archdale
4: Wilmington Historic 5K and Half Marathon | 7 a.m. | Wilmington
4: Race 13.1 Durham Half Marathon, 10K and 5K | 7 a.m. | Durham
4: William G. White Jr. Family YMCA Mistletoe Run Half Marathon and 5K | 8 a.m. | Winston-Salem
4: Run at the Rock 7 Miles and 14 Miles | 9 a.m. | Cedarock Park, Burlington (virtual option)
4: Randolph County Young Life 5K | 9 a.m. | Asheboro
11: Reindeer Romp 5K | 9 a.m. | Jamestown
11: Santa's 5K and Reindeer Dash | 10 a.m. | High Point
18: Omega Sports Race Series: Jingle Jog 5K | 9 a.m. | Winston-Salem (virtual option)
18: Pilot Mountain Goat 7 Miles and 3 Miles | 9 a.m. | Pinnacle
31: Running of the Lights | 11:59 p.m. | Tanglewood Park, Clemmons
January 2022
2: Carolina Beach State Park Trail Half and 5K | 8 a.m. | Carolina Beach
7: Frosty Fifty 5K Night Race | 5:30 p.m. | Winston-Salem
8: Frosty Fifty 50K and 25K and Gwyn's Grace Relay 50K | 8 a.m. | Winston-Salem (virtual option)
15: Charleston Marathon and Half Marathon | 7:10 a.m. | Charleston, S.C.
22: Hot Chocolate Half Marathon, 10K and 5K | 8 a.m. | Asheville
February
13: St. Valentine's Day Massacre Marathon Relay | 10 a.m. | Greensboro
19: Run Oak Island Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K | 6:45 a.m. | Oak Island
26: NHRMC Wilmington Marathon, Half Marathon, Marathon Relay and 5K | 7:10 a.m. | Wilmington
26: Pilot Mountain Marathon and 20K | 9 a.m. | Pinnacle
26: Trivium Racing Multisport Series: Northeast Duathlon | 10 a.m. | Gibsonville
March
5: Myrtle Beach Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K | 6:25 a.m. | Myrtle Beach, S.C.
5: Coast Guard Marathon and Half Marathon | Elizabeth City
12: Feed Stokes 5K and Half Marathon | 7:30 a.m. | King
12: Trivium Racing Running Series: Northern Trails Marathon and 10 Miles | 8:30 a.m. | Greensboro
12: Old Town Beerun | 10:30 a.m. | Greensboro
12: RayLen Wine Run 5K | 9 a.m. | Mocksville
19: Nailed It! 5K | 8 a.m. | Winston-Salem
20: Tobacco Road Marathon and Half Marathon | 7 a.m. | Cary
26: Blackbeard's Revenge 100 Miles and 100K | 5 a.m., Corolla (100 Miles) | 9:30 a.m., Nags Head (100K)
April
2: Craft Half Marathon and 5K | 8:30 a.m. | Winston-Salem
9: Charlotte Racefest Half Marathon and 10K | 7:30 a.m. | Charlotte
23: Flying Pirate Half Marathon | 7:30 a.m. | Kitty Hawk
30: Run Sunset Beach Half Marathon and 5K | 7 a.m. | Sunset Beach
30: Sherlock 5K | 8 a.m. | Greensboro
30: Run for Grace 5K | 8 a.m. | Lexington
June
1: The Big Run | 5:45 p.m. | Greensboro
July
16: Beat the Heat 5K | 6:30 p.m. | Winston-Salem