SVR Winter Series

Please read the full description and details of the Winter Series by clicking on the "race info" tab on the left side of your screen.

Dec 07, 2025, Event #1 - South Berkeley Christmas 5K
Dec 13, 2025, Event #2 - Jingle Bell 5K @ Blandy Farm
Jan 03, 2026, Event #3 - Wags at West Oaks Farm Market
Jan 17, 2026, Event #4 - 60 Minutes @ Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
Jan 31, 2026, Event #5 - Gambler 5K @ Third Winchester Battlefield
Feb 14, 2026, Event #6 - Heart & Soles 5K @ Middletown
Feb 28, 2026, Event #7 - 4 miles @ Summit Point Motorsports Park
Mar 14, 2026, Event #8 - Ram Run 5K @ Strasburg High School

SVR reserves the right to alter the event schedule at any point. 

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Your registration into the full Winter Series includes registration for the South Berkeley Christmas 5K. Although this race is not directly organized by SVR we are happy to continue to partner with the Race Directors Mark and Aimee Peters to include it in the Winter Series.

SVR will be at the event expo on Sunday to complete Winter Series registration and distribute swag items.

This race starts at 2pm but please arrive no later than 1pm to navigate road closures, parking, registration and tour the expo.

Registration closes at 1:45pm so our volunteers can transition to the race course.

This 5K race starts before the South Berkeley Christmas Parade and all proceeds benefit The Berkeley County Humane Society. The course follows along the parade route so there will be plenty of cheering spectators. This course is flat and fast making it a good race to try and set a new PR!

Results for this race will be recorded using both a chip-time start and a chip-time finish.

This is a Christmas 5K and the Race Directors encourage runners to dress for the occasion. Let's see those ugly sweaters, Santa suits and reindeer antlers!

Since this race benefits the Berkeley County Humane Society the Race Directors also invite well behaved dogs to run the race! Dogs are not allowed in Winter Series races 2 through 8 so take advantage of this unique opportunity!

Because SVR is able to register Winter Series runners in the South Berkeley 5K at a significantly reduced rate, a South Berkeley 5K shirt is not included with your Winter Series registration. Don't worry though, shirts can still be purchased through the link below.

https://runsignup.com/Race/Store/WV/Inwood/SouthBerkeleyChristmas5K

A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/198836273

https://www.strava.com/routes/3161823243240920090

Musselman High School
Randy Smith Center
Inwood, WV US 25428

Join us for what is often the biggest race of the Winter Series. Come dressed in your finest holiday sweater. We will supply bells to tie on your shoes and you'll make them ring as you circle the grounds of the Virginia State Arboretum. This is a loop course on wide gravel roads with just enough rolling hills to make it exciting.

Blandy Experimental Farm
400 Blandy Farm Ln
Boyce, VA 22620

Results for this race will be recorded using both a chip-time start and a chip-time finish.

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A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links. Although most of the course is within Blandy Farm and on low-speed gravel roads, it is not a closed course. Please be alert for vehicles on the course.

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/84737039

https://www.strava.com/routes/3161818571582691494

Participants and spectators should enter Blandy Farm from John Mosby Hwy (Route 50) and park in the open field across the street from the main flag pole.

Special thanks to Race Director Natalie Largent for organizing this event!

SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.

Results for this race will be recorded using both a chip-time start and a chip-time finish.

A course map will be available before the race.

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Special thanks to Race Director Jason Wisecarver for organizing this event!

SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.

How far can you go in 60 minutes?

We’ve mapped out a 1-mile loop on the trails at MSV. You have 60 minutes to complete as many laps as possible. Only completed laps will count. For Winter Series scoring the runner who does the most laps is the winner. If there is a tie in laps, the runner who completed the most laps, in the least amount of time, is the winner.

This is a loop course that travels on paved streets and compacted gravel pedestrian walkways. We will have course marshals at major intersections but streets will remain open to vehicular traffic.

Results for this race will be recorded using both a clock-time start and a clock-time finish. Timing chips will be used to provide lap splits.

A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/327293083

The Trails at MSV are one of the best place to run in Winchester. See a full trail map at https://www.themsv.org/trails/

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Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
901 Amherst St
Winchester, VA 22601

Special thanks to Race Directors Tonya and Chris Stotler for organizing this event!

SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.

The Winter Series is scored on your 6 best finishes in the 8 race series. At this point in the series you are probably recognizing your competition and thinking about how the final series scoring might look. With this race we will try and shake up the series results a bit.

The main racecourse will be a 5K on the dirt and gravel trails through the battlefield. During the race runners will encounter three opportunities to take a detour. Each detour will add approximately 0.15 mile to the overall race distance but will provide runners the opportunity to collect a raffle ticket from a course marshal on the detour. At the end of the race SVR will raffle off several prizes including a gift certificate for a new pair of shoes from Runners’ Retreat.

Will you take the fast route and stay on course to protect your overall Winter Series score or will you gamble by taking a detour to get a raffle ticket and risk getting passed by the competition?

Results for this race will be recorded using both a chip-time start and a chip-time finish.

A course map and elevation profile of the main 5K route (detours not shown) is available at the following links:
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/207588256

https://www.strava.com/routes/3161821074290211544

Parking is available in the main student lot at Millbrook High School.

251 First Woods Dr
Winchester, VA 22603

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The Third Winchester Battlefield Park is composed of more than 600 acres of preserved land. The Third Battle of Winchester, fought on September 19, 1864, was the largest and costliest battle ever fought in the Shenandoah Valley. More than 54,000 men fought and over 8,600 became casualties in a ferocious see-saw struggle that saw the Confederates gradually forced back until a final decisive attack by Federal infantry and cavalry struck the Confederate left flank, breaching the defenders’ lines, and sending the Confederates “whirling through Winchester”.

Special thanks to Race Director Mathew James for organizing and the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation for preserving this land and hosting the race.

Virginia is for lovers and this race is on Valentine's Day. Run a 5K around Middletown to get your heart racing and give some soles to two local charities.

Our goal is to collect 100 pairs of new shoes and 100 pairs of used shoes!

We are collecting new shoe donations for local children supported by Froggy's Closet. Athletic style shoes preferred (all toddler sizes and big kid/adult sizes 8 and under). Add a pair now to your online shopping cart or note it on your shopping list for your next trip to the store. Every child deserves to have good shoes.

We also want your used running shoes which we will use to raise money for Blue Ridge Hospice through Runners' Retreat and the Sneakers4Good program. To be accepted, shoes should be clean, dry, and wearable.

Let's spread some love!

https://www.frog-kids.org
https://brhospice.org

This is a loop road course starting at the Middletown Town Hall and continuing on rolling country roads before finishing back at the Town Hall. We will have course marshals at major intersections but roads will remain open to vehicles.

Middletown Town Hall
7875 Church St
Middletown, VA 22645

Results for this race will be recorded using both a chip-time start and a chip-time finish.

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A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/91164014

https://www.strava.com/routes/3161820369743091878

Special thanks to Race Director Jason Wisecarver for organizing this event!

SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.

This race will take us to Summit Point Motorsports Park for race on a literal race track! The race will include two laps of the Summit Point Circuit. Who will get the checkered flag and the win?

This will be a flat and fast course. See the link below for the route and elevation profile.

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/319172584

https://summitpointmp.com/track-information/

Summit Point Motorsports Park
201 Motorsports Park Circle
Summit Point, WV 25446

Results for this race will be recorded using both a chip-time start and a chip-time finish.

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Special thanks to Race Director Megan Hansen for organizing this event!

SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.

The final race in the Winter Series!
This is a mixed surface loop course that takes you along the river, through downtown Strasburg and around the high school. We will have course marshals at major intersections but streets will remain open to vehicles.

A course map and elevation profile can be viewed at the following links.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/205259562

https://www.strava.com/routes/3161820007015966886

Strasburg High School
250 Ram Dr
Strasburg, VA 22657

Results for this race will be recorded using both a chip-time start and a chip-time finish.

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There will be plenty of parking near the start line on Ram Drive.

Special thanks to Race Director Marisa Varley for organizing this event!

SVR and this race is managed 100% by volunteers. Please consider volunteering to help. Volunteers are needed before, during and after the race. Many volunteer slots do not overlap with the race so it is possible to volunteer and compete. Click on the "volunteer" tab on the left side of the screen to sign up.