Hashawha Hills 50km Trail Run

Westminster, MD · 31 mi

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Opens Jan 1

Applicants apply during a 10-day window opening January 1; each is assigned a random number, and the field of 120 is filled by counting up or down through the applicant list starting from a number derived from the closing Dow Jones Industrial Average on the lottery date

Opens: January 1, 2027

Closes: January 11, 2027

Draw date: January 13, 2027

Confirmed via VHTRC's own entry page (checked July 2026): 2025 cycle closed applications Jan 11 2025 9pm, then used the Dow Jones close on Jan 13 2025 (last 3 digits, counting up/down) to fill the 120-entrant field — a genuine external random-number mechanism, not FCFS. VHTRC's news page confirms the 2027 lottery opens Jan 1, 2027 for a 10-day window; exact close/draw dates extrapolated from the confirmed 2025 pattern.

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Key info

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31 miles

Lottery entry

A rugged 50km (31-mile) single-track trail ultramarathon through the Hashawha Environmental Center / Bear Branch Nature Center in Westminster, Maryland, capped at 120 entrants.

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