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Move Over, GSO, There’s a New Greenway Near Town: Martinsville’s Dick & Willie Passage

October 16, 2010
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Move Over, GSO, There’s a New Greenway Near Town: Martinsville’s Dick & Willie Passage

Looking for a new place to run—or walk, or bike? Martinsville has what you need with its just-opened Dick & Willie Passage, a 4.5-mile rail trail that's part of the Smith River Trail System. MMRC made the quick drive up to M'ville to check it out. What they found will leave you—well, you'll...

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Upcoming Races

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Check out Danville Running Club's race calendar for local races north of the border.

2/11: Groundhog Gallop Half Marathon & 8K, Trail race at Northeast Park, Gibsonville
2/12: Valentine's Day Massacre Marathon & Relay, Country Park, Greensboro
2/18: Pilot Mountain Payback Marathon & "Heavy" Half Marathon, Pilot Mountain State Park, NC
3/2: Outer Banks Graveyard 100 (100-Miler/100K), Outer Banks, NC
3/10: Lilly's Run 5K & Half Marathon, Bur-Mil Park, Greensboro
3/17: Search for the Carolina Mountain Goat 12K Trail Race, Hanging Rock, Danbury, NC
3/17: Pounding Pavement for PanCan 5K, Western Guilford High School, Greensboro
3/17: St. Leo School 5K & 10K, Winston-Salem
3/24: Martinsville Half Marathon & 5K, Martinsville, VA
3/24: Easter Seals Cool Runnings 5K, Mount Airy, NC
3/25: NC Half Marathon at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Run on all three tracks—speedway, dirt track, and drag strip! Green flag waves at the speedway starting line; take the checkers on pit road. Blinking-light finisher's medal! Charlotte
4/21: Rockingham County GoFar 5K, Reidsville
4/21: Blue Ridge Marathon & Half Marathon, Roanoke, VA
4/28: Owl's Roost Rumble Half Marathon & 3.5-Miler, Bur-Mil Park, Greensboro
5/5: New River Marathon & Half Marathon, Todd, NC.
6/2: Blue Points 5K on the Runway, PTI Airport, Greensboro
6/2: Run the Ridge 5K, Oak Ridge
6/23: Eastern Divide Ultra 50K. Trail race; starts at Pembroke, VA, finishes at Mountain Lake Conservancy, west of Blacksburg.
6/30: Freedom Run 10K & 2-Miler, Downtown Greensboro
7/4: Rotary Club July 4th 5K, Kernersville
10/6: Triple Lakes 40-Miler, Marathon, Half Marathon, Bur-Mil Park, Greensboro
10/13: Cannonball Run Half Marathon & 5K, begins at Country Park, Greensboro
10/20 Rural Hall Flat & Fast 10K, Rural Hall, NC