Run in honor of local running enthusiast and race organizer Paul Reese, who put together the race back in 1966 that later became what is now the Clarksburg Country Run, which also includes a 13.1-mile half marathon, 10K, 5K and “fun run” races for kids, the Clarksburg Country Run marks its 57th annual running this year.
All of the races in the event are out-and-back races that start and finish in front of Clarksburg’s Delta High School, which lies on Netherlands Road just to the west of the river.
From there, runners follow a course that zigzags along Netherlands Road, Holland Road, Clarksburg Avenue and Tule Avenue, taking runners westward and southward all the way down to the turnaround point on South Netherlands Road, where they then make the turn and head back up toward the high school in reverse along the exact course they’ve just run.