West Virginia Mountain Trail Runners

9:00AM - 10K RUN & 2M WALK START
8:45AM - KIDS RUN
Helvetia, West Virginia

Sponsored by the Helvetia Fair Association and the WV Mountain Trail Runners

Welcome to the 11th running of the Helvetia 10k Mountain Run. The race is held in conjunction with the 94th Annual Helvetia Fair. More information on Fair activities below.

In 1998 Jody and Dan Lehmann with the help of friends and neighbors organized this event in their small mountain community of Helvetia. It was their first attempt at race directing. The run and walk has never outgrown the village but continues to bring about 70 runners to enjoy the simple beauty of this spot in southern Randolph County. All proceeds go to benefit the Helvetia Community Fair Association. Continue Reading »

The Mountain State Trail Running Series standings are posted. The first three spring races are in the books and Ashley Dolin and Michael Bee are leading the pack. The scoring system takes uses points from your four best races and with four races left it isn’t too late to sign up. The next race is the very festive Helvetia 10K on Spetember 14th.

(Start by JR Petsko)

After a week of relentless rain the clouds parted for the 5th Annual Dirty Dog 15K Trail Run. Kanawha State Forest is a perfect venue for trail races and Saturday was no exception. The break in the weather gave the trails just enough time to drain, but left it nice and muddy. 144 humans and canines toed the line on Saturday to tackle the challenging course

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Uncertain weather dropped this year’s canine participation, but that doesn’t mean the competition was any less fierce. Some said it couldn’t be done. But “Jack” Gibbs of Sitka, OH stretched those beautiful long legs and sprinted past the pack to take home Top Dog Honors for the 3rd time! Beating his time again this year, “Jack” was in perfect form as he crossed the finish. After a few quick slurps of water, he made several rounds around the finish area, greeting his fans and cooling off in the stream. Special mention goes to Reacher Workman, second place dog finisher this year, who came in mere seconds behind the 2005 Top Dog’s time. (Photo by JR Petsko)

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The 2008 Dirty Dog 15K Trail Run results are posted along with photos from three different course locations. The race report is coming soon.