Event Description
2022 Mountain State Forest Festival 10K and 5K Run/Walk
Sponsors:
- Davis Medical Center Podiatry Center
- 7 Performance
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia
- Allegheny Insurance
- Elkins Builders Supply
- Elkins Physical Therapy Service
- Valley Health Care
- Carte-Hall CPAs
- Davis Electric Service
Start/Finish: 5th Street/Davis Avenue
10:30 a.m. Registration Begins in the Elkins/Randolph County Y.M.C.A
12:30 p.m. Runners & Walkers Step Off
12:45 p.m. Kids Run Step Off (Kids 1 Mile Challenge FREE to Kids 10 and under. Registration the day of the event onsite.)
About the Mountain State Forest Festival
2022 marks the 84th year of the Mountain State Forest Festival, one of the largest and oldest festivals in West Virginia. The Mountain State Forest Festival promotes the beauty and splendor of the West Virginia mountains and plays a major role in our local and state economy. This year's festival, with the theme of A Mountain Mosaic, includes nightly live music and entertainment in the beautiful downtown amphitheater, a lumberjack competition, forestry and wood exhibits, juried art show, photography exhibit, quilt show, arts and crafts, amusement rides, three parades, and the Royal Coronation of Queen Silvia.
Rules and Regulations
1. Runners shall complete the course as marked and directed.
2. Runners/Walkers must complete the course in which they have registered.
3. All decisions of the committee as to finish time, place and any disqualifications shall be final.
4. Middle, High School and Collegiate athletes may be ineligible to receive cash prizes.
Awards
10K RUN - Trophies to First and Second, overall finishers (male/female). First and second to age divisions (male/female).
Age Groups/RUN - 19-Under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-Over
**CASH PRIZES**
Overall Male/Female Runners
$100.00 = 1st Place
$75.00 = 2nd Place