Josh Billings RunAground

Great Barrington, MA · Sports

When: September 20, 2026
Where: Great Barrington (start line) · Great Barrington · MA
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

The Josh Billings RunAground sends relay teams and solo athletes through a bike, canoe and run course across the Berkshires, from Great Barrington to a finish beneath the arch at Tanglewood in Lenox. Held since the late 1970s, it has grown into one of the oldest and largest triathlons of its kind in the country. The 2026 race runs September 20.

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The Josh Billings RunAground sends relay teams and solo athletes through a bike, canoe and run course across the Berkshires, from Great Barrington to a finish beneath the arch at Tanglewood in Lenox.
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The lead community of a celibate sect that grew to six thousand members, governed from here and organised around the idea that work done well was worship.
Martin Van Buren22 mi
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