The inaugural Cross County Trail Marathon and Half Marathon was definitely a memorable event with the rain and revised course due to the high water level at the Braddock Road under crossing. Everyone enjoyed wading through the newly named Frank’s Gully which will hopefully not be full of water in future races. The second annual Cross County Trail Marathon and Half is planned for Veterans Day November 11th, 2015. The marathon will start at 7:30AM, and the half marathon will start at 8:00AM. This event will take place in its entirety in Virginia on a 3.28 mile section of the Cross County Trail surfaced by crushed stone and dirt.
The race start/finish is at Wakefield Park at 8100 Braddock Road Annandale, VA 22003.
The races take place on a crushed stone and dirt surfaced section of the Cross County Trail. Runners will head north from the start to the north turn point at mile 1.4. At this point runners will turn around and head south on the trail. After running 3.28 miles south on the trail runners will again turn around and head back north towards the start/finish line. Upon reaching the start/finish line runners will have completed a quarter marathon – or one course loop. Half marathon runners will run this course loop twice and marathon runners will run this loop four times in order to record finishes in their respective races. The course is fairly flat with about 222 feet of elevation gain and loss in the half marathon and about 444 feet of gain and loss in the marathon. To read more on the 40 miles long Cross County Trail go to http://www.traillink.com/trail/cross-county-trail-(va).aspx
The course map link can be viewed at 
The finisher awards are being produced by Steel Images. An image of the award artwork is above. There are no age group awards or first finisher awards. Great thanks to Steel Images for the fantastic finisher awards!