New River Trail Marathon course is all dirt, flat and entirely along the New River and Chestnut Creek in the New River Trail State Park.
The course starts at the Fries New River Trail terminus and travels north to Fries Junction. Once here, the route turns south and continues to the turn around near Cliffview. Runners then turns around and finishes at Fries.
The primary race is the 50K. However, runners can receive splits for the marathon and use it for Boston qualifying.
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