THE RACE WILL START AT THE NEW ENTRANCE TO MATTHEWS STATE FOREST ON HIGHWAY 58. COMING FROM GALAX, IT IS THE FIRST LEFT AFTER WILD TURKEY LN. AND IF COMING FROM INDEPENDENCE, IT IS THE FIRST RIGHT AFTER THE RT. 94 INTERSECTION.
Click Here for 2017 Race Results
2016 RACE RESULTS
First Overall Winner: Brandon Berg 1:37:08
Second Overall Winner: Teresa Roberts 1:37:26
Third Overall Winner: Jill Moore 1:42:47
John Alexander: 1:59:51
RB Anderson: 2:19:58
Ima Johnson: 3:32:00
David McPherson: 3:38:00
This year the race will be 10+ Miles of SingleTrack Trails
Matthews State Park, Galax, VA
Saturday, April 21, 2017, 9:00am
Galax Xtreme Fitness will be hosting this event in partnership with Masterpiece fitness and plans to donate all proceeds to GOD’s Storehouse soup kitchens, Matthews State Forest and our local mountain biking community. Matthews State Forest Trail Run is for the “purist.” These are the runners who run for the experience and their own performance without emphasis on t-shirt or trophies. If you want to go for a time, we will have a starting time for all runners to set their devices. This doesn’t mean the elite runners do not participate. They do! But this race is for all runners who want to enjoy the outdoors and get a physically challenging work out. We encourage everyone to bring a thermos and any munchies desired, and stick around to cheer the last runners in. We will mingle and enjoy each other’s stories of present and past races. We will have a donation bucket for Matthews State Forest and the Galax Mountain Bikers who are responsible for the trail we all enjoy.
All runners are participating at their own risk and responsible for anything that should happen personally. You run at your own risk. The trail is a trail. Falling is always likely. It will not be groomed by any means. There will be a lot of leaves and sticks. Galax Xtreme Fitness, Masterpiece Fitness or Matthews State Forest take no responsibility for any participants or their property.
We will have an awards ceremony of recognition when everyone finishes. Runners will be responsible for giving name and age when they cross the finish to the timers. There will be an email sign up list also.
Come out this year for a simplified run, and just enjoy running and the privilege of being with people of common passions…the outdoors and physical challenges!
THE CHALLENGE
The trail run consists of 10+ miles of true mountain bike trails through Matthews State Forest. The trail is incredibly beautiful with thick mountain laurels, mature hardwoods, wild ferns and other forest greenery. You will cross small creeks and jump logs as well as experience extreme up and down hills, switchbacks and single tracks.
The “Out and Back” run will stay on the dirt / gravel road out to the trail head on White Pine Rd and return back to the start/finish line. The run out contains the majority of the uphill climbs. When running this course please stay to the right side of the road.
NEED DIRECTIONS OR A MAP?
Here’s a Adobe Acrobat PDF file of the Matthews State Forest.
(requires the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader software, available here).
BEGIN TRAINING!
This year’s Matthews Trail Run is for the “purist.” These are the runners who run for the experience and their own performance. They play by their own rules. If you want to go for a time, we will have a starting time for all runners to set their devices. I encourage everyone to bring a thermos and any munchies desired, and stick around to cheer the last runners in. We will mingle and enjoy each other’s stories of present and past races. We will have a donation bucket for Matthews State Forest and the Galax Mountain Bikers who are responsible for the trail we all enjoy.
Come out this year for a simplified run, and just enjoy running and the privilege of being with people of common passions…the outdoors and physical challenges!
WHERE TO STAY…
For accommodations in the Galax, Virgina area, please e-mail the race director Info AT xtremegalax.com.
SPECIAL THANKS
We’d like to thank the Matthews State Forest and the Virginia Department of Forestry for allowing us to use the trails for our event.
Thanks to the to all of the mountain bikers who have created and maintained these excellent mountain bike trails here in Matthews State Forest. Honorable Mentions: Greg Edwards, Robert Patton, Doug Hines, Joe Dickinson, Jimmy Jordon and Ronny Nester to name just a few. Without them we would not have a race at all.