I'm looking for a 5k-10k. I've already checked out the web (New England Runner, coolrunning). Thanks.
I'm looking for a 5k-10k. I've already checked out the web (New England Runner, coolrunning). Thanks.
Jim Rhoades (the guy who takes all the photos for CoolRunning) is putting on his second annual "Super 5k" in Lowell at 1:00 on January 26. It's a flat course. I'll probably run this race
There are also a couple of other races. This info is straight off of collrunning:
A five mile race in Newburyport at 12:00:
Rotary Frigid Fiver
Newburyport 12:00PM Bresnahan School, High street (always on super bowl sunday,5M)
Contact: Bob Miller, 19 Green St, Newburyport, MA, USA, 01950. 9784636660
...and a 4 miler in Abington at 1:00
Abington 4M Winter Series
Abington 1:00PM Abington Depot Restaurant, 101 Railroad St.
Contact: Al Donaghy, MA, USA. 781-878-8622
If you want to run that Saturday, there are a few more races.
1. The Fresh Pond Weekly series: These races are held every Saturday morning at 10:00 A.M. 52 weeks a year. You run either one loop of Fresh Pond (2.5 miles) or two loop (duh - 5 miles). There is no fee. If you make top 5 or so, you get your name in the paper. Just go to Fresh Pond in Cambridge, show up on the paved path beside the brand new Water Treatment Plant on Fresh Pond Parkway at 10:00 A.M. A group will gather there and at ten, they'll start.
You never know who will show up at these races. Sometimes nobody but weekend joggers, but I've been there when Olympians showed up (e.g. Lynn Jennings) and I've seen more NCAA Div I All Americans than you can shake a stick at.
2. Tom Derderian (GBTC Coach, Author, Columnist, 2:20 marathoner, etc) holds his own weekly runs similar to the Fresh Pond runs over at Deer Island in Winthrop. Same day (Saturday), same time (10:00). I've never run these races but I'll head over there one of these days. They also have no fee:
Winthrop 10:00AM Deer Island Entrance, End of Tafts Avenue, Point Shirley ( 2.65M or multiple laps - varying weekly)
Contact: Greater Boston Track Club, 30 Hale Avenue, Point Shirley, Winthrop, MA, USA, 02152. 617-846-2902
3. Finally there is a 5k in Tewksbury that Saturday too
Fudgcicle series 5k
Tewskbury ,Ma. 8:00AM Tewskbury Memorial High School, Pleasant St. (no frills 5k winter race series - 50cents )
Contact: Bob & Sally Hansford, 18 Fountian St., Medford,Ma., MA, USA, 02155. 781-391-6630
Interested in running just a little more than a 10K? According to http://www.hitekracing.com/calendar/index.asp there is a 7.1 mile race sponsored by the Hartford Track Club in Wallingford, CT. These are low-key affairs and only cost $2. More info: http://www.hartfordtrackclub.org/htc_winterseries.htm
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