A nonprofit club promoting running and amateur competition in the Northern Shenandoah Valley since 1977.
Member of the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA).

Welcome To Shenandoah Valley Runners

Shenandoah Valley Runners (SVR) brings outstanding community running events to Winchester, Front Royal, Frederick County, Warren County, Clarke County, Shenandoah County and a few destinations in West Virginia. Members of SVR have a diverse interest in road and trail running. The Shenandoah Valley is home to many incredible venues that are runner-friendly including incredible trails in the Shenandoah National Park, George Washington Forest, or along the Appalachian Trail.

SVR sponsors many local races including the fun and competitive SVR Winter Series, a series of races where club members battle for overall and age group awards over the cold winter months.

SVR is also a sponsor of the Run at the Top series which is organized by Frederick County Parks and Recreation.

If you are looking for group runs, SVR’s official shoe store partner, Runners’ Retreat, hosts weekly runs through the town of Winchester, Virginia. Be sure to visit the store for a great selection of running shoes, gear and accessories!

SVR is a proud member of the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA).

Our website is a good place to start to find information about the club and our races, but for up-to-the-minute news, please check out our Facebook page. This is where we post any last minute changes to our event calendar, post about group runs, and generally hang out.

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Upcoming SVR Races

SVR Statement about Headphones, Strollers, Dogs at Our Races

Shenandoah Valley Runners promotes health and fitness through running by sponsoring more than 30 races each year. It is important to us that our races are safe and fair.

In order to have our races, we need the insurance provided by our parent club, the Road Runners of America. After lengthy discussions, the SVR Board has decided to follow the RRCA recommendations that strongly advise against allowing strollers, dogs and headphones at races.

Unlike running alone with a stroller or headphones, races often involve hundreds of runners. They run on unfamiliar roads open to traffic with road hazards such as potholes, loose gravel, blind turns, distracted drivers, narrow shoulders, and given that this is the Shenandoah Valley, major hills.

While SVR tries to make our race courses as safe as possible through good course management, marshaling, and marking, we believe that runners have a responsibility for their own safety and the safety of the runners around them by paying attention and running without distractions such as headphones.

We are a community of runners. We try to have the safest races possible. We hope that runners will come to our races for the camaraderie, competition, and fun, but we ask that runners please leave their strollers, dogs and headphones at home.

Offical running store partner of SVR