Registration opens up January 14th, 2027!!
Make sure to click "WATCH" for emails and updates on this event. Last year it sold out in advance so you will not want to miss signing up for this one of a kind trail running training camp.
Memorial day weekend is fantastic weather in the southern Virginia Highlands. Still cool spring mornings and warm sunny afternoons will be guaranteed a good time for camping and camraderie!!
Wandering Runner & TRAIL:30 Present The Virginia Highlands Trail Running Camp!
Think of this as an adults summer camp, except with trail running! We will have 3 nights + 3 full days of planned activities throughout the stunning southern Virginia highlands region.
Three back to back days of trail running in the mountains averaging about 10-12 miles per day max. This will be an intermediate level trail running camp with lots of rocky climbing, stunning views, and memories that will last a lifetime!
No dogs allowed for the weekend unfortunately.
What's Included
Registration includes camping on the TRAIL:30 Firefly mountain property from Friday night until Monday morning. There are showers, toilets, electricity and running water on the property. There is a communal kitchen and refrigerator that can be shared for the weekend.
Depending on your cell phone carrier there is very limited and often zero cell service from the property. This will be a true wilderness and camping getaway experience to unplug from your normal life!!
3 organized group trail runs on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday mornings are included with the package. All of the runs are optional and you are welcome to take advantage of being in the area and getting more miles than we have planned for everyone. Our shortest day will be 9 miles and longest day will be 12 miles. This is a great opportunity if you live somewhere flat to get some climbing and vert in!!
If you rent a tiny cabin you are responsible for bringing your own sheets, blankets, and pillows! The cabins are very simple but have a clean queen mattress.
Interactive map/GPX of the routes each day will be sent to each participant in a handbook prior to the weekend training camp.
Food is NOT included - you are responsible to bring all of your own meals and snacks!
Transportation is also not included - you are responsible for driving yourself to the property and each day we will caravan and carpool to where we will be running.
Tiny Cabins & Tent Camping Pricing
Tent camping
$249/person. You may either sleep in your car or bring a tent to sleep under the stars.
Tiny Cabins
There are three tiny cabins on the property. They are very basic but provide you shelter and a real mattress to sleep on. There is no AC unit in these cabins but they come with a fan and a Jackery box for electricity. It gets very cool at night since we are at 3,000 feet so you don't even need it!! You are responsible for bringing your own sheets, blankets, and pillows for a queen mattress.
Tiny Cabin #1
Queen mattress + twin bed loft
3 adults max
$349/ person
MINIMUM 2 ADULTS in this cabin! This must be a couple or friends planning to share together and each of you must register. Perfect for a family as well who want to bring some kiddos!
Tiny Cabin #2
Queen mattress
2 adults max
$349/ person (couple sharing the cabin)
$499/ person (solo traveler)
Tiny Cabin #3
Queen mattress
2 adults max
$349/ person (couple sharing the cabin)
$499/ person (solo traveler)
EACH INDIVIDUAL MUST REGISTER IF YOU ARE SHARING A CABIN.
Schedule
Friday - Check in to mountain property after 4pm. We will hang out, cook/eat together have a fire, and settle in to our weekend camping getaway!
Saturday - First group trail run! 12.5 miles with 1,800 feet of elevation gain! After our group run we will head back to the mountain property to eat, chill, swim in the pond on the property and wind down.
Sunday - Day 2 - 10 mile route with 1,600 feet of elevation gain. After our run it will be optional to go to Damascus for the last part of the day to hangout, get food, maybe rent bikes, then head back to camp Firefly.
Monday - Final run for the weekend! We have a 10 mile route planned with 1,900 feet of elevation gain. This one has a small waterfall! Everyone will check out for the day that morning and then start to head home after the run.
Once you get home and back to the land of cell service and internet you can share about how great of an experience you had with us! We will have a photographer there for the weekend snapping photos of everyone so you can show off the beauty of the Virginia Highlands.
Event's current local time: 7:05 PM ET
