A shorter version of the 50K's first loop, offered as an entry-level introduction to trail running at Breaks Interstate Park, with scenic overlooks and moderate climbs.
Per the organizer's course-description document, this is literally the first part of the 50K's loop 1, cut short: Start/Finish (Potter's Knoll) - Loop Trail - Towers Tunnel Overlook - Prospectors Trail - Bottom of the Breaks Trail - Geological Trail - Overlook Trail - Clinchfield Overlook - back to Start/Finish (the 50K's loop 1 continues further, out to Mule Skid Cove/Cliff Mines and on to Cold Spring/Laurel Branch/Lake Trail before finishing; the Morning 10K turns back at Clinchfield Overlook).
A four-distance trail race (Morning 10K, Sunset 10K, Double 10K, and 50K) held entirely within the Virginia side of Breaks Interstate Park, a five-mile gorge cut by the Russell Fork River known locally as the "Grand Canyon of the South." All four distances start and finish at the same venue near Potter's Knoll. The 50K uses every trail on the Virginia side of the park.
Inaugural running is September 12, 2026. Founded by Southwest Virginia Running co-race-directors Melissa Londry and Alyx Barnett after Barnett, a competitive distance runner who had run the Arizona Grand Canyon's Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim for over a decade, moved to nearby Damascus, VA in 2023 and discovered Breaks Interstate Park in 2024. Following their Woodbooger 100 launch in Norton, the pair chose Breaks as the site of what they describe as SWVA Running's first 100-percent-singletrack, all-trail race experience. The organizer's stated intent is to expand the event in 2027 with additional distance options.
| Mile | Station | Cutoff | Crew | Bag | Pacer | Med | To next |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | Start (Potter's Knoll) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 6.21 |
| 6.21 | Finish (Potter's Knoll) | 8:00pm | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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