Registration is open for the famous Holyoke St. Patrick’s Road Race. This 10k race is one of the most iconic races around and features a challenging and hilly course, elite runners from across the world, some of the best fans lining the streets of the course and post-race parties that are complete with food, drink and music.
To register for the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Road Race, please click here.
After the Boston Marathon we will all be looking for the next race to sign up for and the 2014 Correctional Officers 5K Memorial Race in Billerica looks to be a great one to register for today!
This race includes both a 5K run and walk as well as a kids race! The race starts at the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Memorial Wall on April 27, 2014 and all proceeds from the race go to benefit the Middlesex Corrections Officer Memorial Fund. All race participants will receive a T-Shirt with their registration if pre-registered before April 20, 2014.
The race kicks off at 10:30 AM and there will be events for the kids both before, during and after the race and food, refreshments and a DJ will be some of the added amenities for this race.
To register for the 2014 Correctional Officers 5K Memorial Race, please download a race application by clicking here.
Registration is now open for the Race to Cooperstown which will be held on Sunday, April 13th in Worcester, Massachusetts. This is a 5k race from Worcester State University. This event is a fundraiser for the Central Mass. Spartans Baseball Team to play in Cooperstown, N.Y. in 2014.
Awards will be presented to the top two Male and Female winners in each division. T-Shirts will be provided to all race participants. One (1) water stop and mile markers along the course route
To register for this race, please click here.
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An annual trip down to Bourne, Massachusetts was in the works last weekend for the Weary Traveler Winter Run. Sponsored by the Cape Cod Runners and serving as a fundraiser for the Bourne Conservation Trust, the Weary Traveler was the first Grand Prix race for the Thirsty Irish Runners this season making it a race sure not to be missed.
The race is known well for its moderately challenging 4.9 mile course that takes runners up and down some good residential hills throughout the town of Bourne. This year, between miles 2 and 3 the road was rather icy with a small one lane section safer to run on than the rest of the road. Not one looking to spend the rest of the season out due to an icy fall related injury, I dialed the pace back a little bit on this section to stay safe. The race time temperature was really borderline between a comfortable winter run and freezing but the decision to keep pants and a hat on proved to be a good one as the temperatures seemed colder out on the course.
The Weary Traveler offers runners a real Cape Cod experience complete with clam fritters and clam chowder post-race. The large club hall upstairs was jam-packed with runners from various clubs including the TIRs, Colonial Road Runners, Wampanoag Running Club and Cape Cod Road Runners to name a few.
I finished the Weary Traveler with a time of 40:27 which was good for 8:15/miles.
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