May 2025
Tour de Chesapeake
Mark your calendar for the third weekend in May! This tour is the only Coastal Virginia, Chesapeake Bay bike tour — over a thousand visitors come each year to enjoy the flat roads, beautiful scenery, and over 100 miles of routes that are friendly for all levels.Are you outdoorsy, active, and like to visit new places? We guarantee this week will be authentic! Biking along the beautiful fields, peninsulas, and marshlands of Mathews is one perk among the many ways…
Find out more »June 2025
Islander Regatta
Annual 9 mile paddling event for non-motorized craft, circumnavigating one of Virginia’s few inhabited islands: Gwynn’s Island in Mathews County. Registration cost is $65 per person not per boat. Tandem kayaks, 8-person racing shells, paddle boats and even dragon boats (!!) are permitted as long as they are human powered, non-motorized. Each paddler must register separately (must be 14 or older). Register here
Find out more »August 2025
Wharf to Wharf Swim
The one-mile swim will begin at 10 am in waves, based on the following categories: PUFFERFISH uses swim aids/ swim fins/ flotation device. You’re not a strong swimmer OR just want to relax in the water and will feel much more comfortable completing the one-mile distance if you use a swim aid, such as fins, a vest or even a floatie raft. TUNA will not use swim aids. You know you can complete the one mile swim and will not be using…
Find out more »October 2025
Mathews Marathon, Half-Marathon & Relay
Come out and run the "world's flattest race course!" Check out the schedule of events here: https://mocva.net/marathon/schedule/ 2025 Registration for Mathews Marathon, Half Marathon & Marathon Relay includes a Friday Carbo Load meal provided by Mathews Family YMCA. before 9/1 – $85 Full Marathon — $60 Half Marathon eff 9/1 – $100 Full Marathon – $75 Half Marathon Virtual – $50 for Full or Half Marathon Run along peaceful, rural backroads in beautiful Mathews County, Virginia. Enjoy the fast, flat…
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