Cycling & running events in Weirton, 2026

Weirton-Steubenville Training Notes

Running: Locals run Historic Beatty Park when they want dirt underfoot. The Purple and Red trails give the Dean Martin Hometown Festival: Dino Dash 5k Trail Run / Walk its bite, with wooded paths, small bridges, a creek, natural obstacles, uphill sections, and a short loop through Union Cemetery. The Ohio River gives the LouAnn Burchfield/Kathy Hannan Hale Colors of Cancer Memorial 5K a good backdrop. The Marland Heights Classic, Inclusion 5K Walk/Run/Roll, The Pat Campbell Fighting Cancer 5K, and Duck Dash 5k Run / Walk & Kids Race keep the calendar honest. Local running clubs are not named in the brief.

Cycling: Cyclists here build around the Panhandle Trail because the Panhandle Trail ends in Weirton. Riders use it for Z2, base miles, and simple out-and-back days before coffee, food, or a Tudor’s Biscuit World stop. Weirton also has Basil’s Sport Bar as a possible stop when the ride turns social. The brief gives no named cycling club, crit, cyclocross race, gran fondo, or cycling anchor event, so the trail does the heavy lifting. The climbs are not mapped by name, but the local terrain still asks for steady legs near Historic Beatty Park and its uphill sections.

Season: The brief does not name best months, so locals keep the season talk practical. Runners use Historic Beatty Park when the dirt is good, and cyclists use the Panhandle Trail when the surface and weather line up. Summer keeps the 5K calendar busy with names like Follansbee Red, White and Blue Wave 5K, Biasi - Shuma Memorial 5k Run / Walk, Jefferson County Humane Society 5K Walk/Run, and Steel City Human vs Horse. Winter pushes both sports toward condition checks, shorter loops, steadier Z2, and low-drama intervals when the footing or trail surface allows it.