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Saturday, November 7th, 2026
100 Museum Drive, Newport News VA
Ultra
50–64°F · some rain risk
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2025
45–66°F
dry
2024
67–81°F
dry
2023
56–76°F
dry
2022
65–77°F
dry
2021
51–57°F
dry
2020
56–67°F
dry
2019
48–69°F
dry
2018
55–69°F
dry
2017
51–65°F
rain
2016
49–56°F
dry
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About this race
The Noland Trail 50K & Relay gives runners the opportunity to race the ONLY event run on the beautiful Noland Trail in The Mariners’ Museum Park. The 50K will consist of 6 laps on the trail, and a short section of course before and after each trail lap. Relay teams can be made up of 2-6 team members, and take on the 6 laps together. In between laps runners can hang out together in "Tortuga" and enjoy time with one another. All runners gain access to the Mariners' Museum Fall Festival that will feature live music, craft beer & cider tastings and activities for the entire family.
The race start times are set up so that the slowest runners/teams start first (7:30AM is first wave of runners), and throughout the morning gradually faster runners/teams will start, with the fastest runners starting around 8:45-9:00AM. This helps to keep congestion down on the trail, and also makes it so that most participants are finishing around the same timeframe. Start times are determined using the mile pace submitted during registration. Team start times will be based on average pace of the team. Start times will be posted about 2 weeks prior to the run.
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