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New CAT Shirts & Shorts!

As you might have seen on our FB page, it is finally time for a new CAT merchandise order from Patagonia! For this order, we are ordering shirts and shorts, including a standard shirt or tank with a...

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CATass 50k

While many of our friends will be running the VT100 on July 19, those of us left behind can have our own fun at the CATAss 50k. Created as a training run for Western States by our friend Andy...

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Wintergreen Trails

Wintergreen has ~30 miles of rugged hilly trails, including a 14 mile perimeter trail and 16 miles of alternate and connector trails.  The AT used to go through Wintergreen, but was rerouted on the...

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Triple Jarmans -- Jarmans Invitational Marathon Prep

Three times up and down sucked.  Five times is really going to suck bad.  And the wildlife is worse than I thought.  We saw this beast 3 or 4 times, seemed to have very little fear of us:David, Stuart,...

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2014 Catoctin 50K – Falling to Victory

Saturday July 26th was a very special day for me.  I won the Catoctin 50K and my wife and 8-year-old son were there to see me finish.  I also learned a lot about myself, about my limits, and about...

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Jarman's Invitational Marathon recap Aug 2 2014

Danton's JIM race director report: The First Annual Jarmans Invitational Marathon was a success! 41 runners started and 31 finished the 29 mile "marathon" with over 7600 feet of gain and loss total....

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CAT Ass 50K recap (July 19 2014), and farewell to Jarrod Call

The first annual CAT Ass 50K happened last month.  28 people started from Sugar Hollow.  We had many CAT regulars, plus others from NoVa, Richmond, Harrisonburg, and even a visitor from New...

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My First 50 Miler: Wildcat Ridge Romp -- by Annie Rorem

So, I’m a little nervous for my Mountain Masochist Trail Run.  Though I’m proud of my performances in the earlier races of the Lynchburg Ultra Series, I know that my finish times suggest that I’ll be...

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Belmead Trail Fest

The inaugural Belmead Trail Fest took place this past weekend.  Belmead is a conservation easement west of Richmond, not normally open to the public.  For more information about it follow the link...

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West Virginia Trilogy 50K

RAIN! That's a word that ran constantly through my head as Stuart Brown and I ran our first West Virginia Trilogy 50K last Friday, October 10th. The rain came steadily through the first 20 miles, in...

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CATs at Hellgate 100K 2014

Below are two great race reports from CATs that ran this year's Hellgate 100K race. The first report is from Sophie Speidel, who has run Hellgate an amazing nine times. The second is from first-time...

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CAT Fourth Anniversary Gathering

We recently passed the 4thanniversary of the founding of the CATs and believe it’s time for a celebration of this milestone! Come join us this Sunday (3/22) for beer and pizza at Dr. Ho’s Humble Piein...

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CAT to run Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run

Bob Clouston -- Getting it done onthe trail.CAT veteran Bob Clouston will head to Raleigh, NC this week for Saturday's running of the 21st Umstead 100-Mile Endurance Run. He will be traveling with a...

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Bob Clouston owns Umstead. Jen Lebendig conquers Terrapin

Bob, at race finish with crew Marc Griffin and Christian Dahlhausen.We have two great CAT reports to read from recent race finishes.The first is Bob Clouston's report from the Umstead 100 mile...

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Charlottesville Summer Trail Running Series - Save the dates!

The CATs and Crozet Running are putting together the inaugural Charlottesville Summer Trail Running Series for 2015 consisting of four races on trails in and around Charlottesville and Crozet, VA. The...

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Charlottesville Summer Trail Running Series

Get ready! Online registration for the Series is coming soon! Registration also available at the first race at the Crozet Running Trail 5K at Mint Springs Park on May 9th. 

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New Website!

Hey hey there trail runner,we have a new website and address now.http://www.cvilleareatrailrunners.orgYou will be redirected automatically in 5 seconds.

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The Pinhoti 100 and/or 40

First off, congratulations to Neal Gorman on his win at Pinhoti! You can read Neal's account of the race at his blog- http://www.nealgorman.com/.Now for my account:To make a long story short, I dropped...

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Sunday 18.5er & Updated RT Turnsheet

This past Sunday we did another group training run of the whole Rivanna Trail. Following the post-run-report from organizer Neal:This morning's loop was a huge success.  11 runners braved the cold...

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Holiday Lake 50k++ Race Report

Well, my first ultramarathon is DONE, and out of the way!  After my great performance at the Route 66 Marathon, (before Thanksgiving), I took 2 weeks off for some "easy paced" runs, to stuff my face...

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When I am closest to death I am the most alive...

GDR finisher award...that was the motto of the Georgia Death Race. This past Saturday (03/16) Marc Griffin and I were lucky to be part of the inaugural Georgia Death Race (GDR). A point-to-point race...

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My First 100 Miler

by Jason Farr I went to Raleigh, NC on April 6, 2013 with the goal of running my first 100 miler in 24 hours. Well, the last part didn’t happen, but I never lost sight of the fact that actually...

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Shenandoah National Park Weekend

by Marc GriffinDay 1, Mile 0A friend of mine -- Charles West -- heard about a group of people that were heading up to attempt to run the entire Shenandoah National Park section of the Appalachian...

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Highlands Sky Long and Bloody Race Report

by Bob CloustonHighlands Sky is a tough, technical 40 (41) mile race in and around West Virginia's Dolly Sods Wilderness and finishing at Canaan Valley Resort State Park. The word is that it runs more...

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"Race Report": Catherine's FA 50k Trail Run

"Race Report":  Catherine's FA 50k Trail Run07/22/2013 by Crozet Running Club - John AndersenThis past Saturday Dan Spearin, Jeff Lysiak, and I all proudly represented Crozet as we traveled to the...

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