RACE CALENDAR
Race Calendar for NOVEMBER 2024 - APRIL 2025
This calendar shows many of the local races in northern New Jersey, other races that are popular with club members and all of the USATF-NJ championship races. Information on most races in New York City can be found at nyrr.org and nycruns.com.
We have a USATF team (Fleet Feet / Essex Racing) that competes in the USATF-NJ championship races as shown in bold print on the race calendar below. Please click on the links below for more information about our USATF team and joining USATF.
novemBER 2024
11/2 Harrington Park 5K Fall Spectacular 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
11/3 New York City Marathon 8:00am
11/3 Running with the Devils 5K Run (West Orange) 9:00am
11/3 FC 5K Run (Livingston) 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
11/10 Princeton Half Marathon 7:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
11/10 Giralda Farms Run (Madison) 10K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Masters Men 10K Championship), 5K 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
11/16 NJ Trail Winter Series #1 (South Mountain Reservation) 13.1M 9:00am, 10K 9:30am, 5K 10:00am
11/17 5K Stampede through Clifton 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
11/17 Last Chance XC Championship (Oak Ridge Park, Clark) 8K 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Division Championship)
11/23 Philadelphia Half Marathon 7:00am
11/24 Philadelphia Marathon 7:00am
11/24 Totowa Turkey Trot 5K Challenge 10:00am
11/28 Ashenfelter 8K Classic (Glen Ridge) 2K 8:15am, 8K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Division Championship)
11/29 Born To Run 5 Mile Race (Freehold) 11:00am
11/30 Squatchy Leftovers Trail Race (South Mountain Reservation) 25K / 50K 8:00am, 5K / 10K 9:00am
11/30 Westfield 5 Mile Turkey Trot 11:15am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
DECEMBER 2024
12/7 Academy Reindeer Run (Caldwell) 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
12/8 5K Doughnut Run (Montclair) 8:00am
12/8 Holiday Hustle 5K (Overpeck Park, Leonia) 8:00am
12/8 All Schools Special Needs 5K (Ridgefield Park) 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Wild Card Event 500/700 pts - Coed Team Championship)
12/14 NJ Trail Winter Series #2 (South Mountain Reservation) 13.1M 9:00am, 10K 9:30am, 5K 10:00am
12/14 Rutgers Big Chill 5K (New Brunswick) 10:00am
12/15 Egg Nog Slog 1 Mile All Star Classic (South Mountain Reservation) 12:30pm
12/21 Run Before Christmas Santa Con 8K (Clinton) 8:00am
12/21 Squatchy Solstice 5K (Hilltop Reservation) 9:00am
12/28 Asbury Park Polar Bear 5K 10:00am
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*** Race calendar BELOW for 2025 is preliminary. ***
*** Information not yet available for many races. ***
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JANUARY 2025
1/1 Fairlawn First Day 5K 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
1/1 Westfield Hangover 5K Noon (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
1/11 NJ Trail Winter Series #3 (South Mountain Reservation) 13.1M 9:00am, 10K 9:30am, 5K 10:00am
1/25 Frosty Fat Sass Trail Race (South Mountain Reservation) 5K, 6 Hour 9:00am, 3 Hour 12:00pm
FEBRUARY 2025
2/1 Penguin Pace 5K (Packanack Lake, Wayne) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
2/8 Cupid's Chase 5K (Glen Rock) 10:00am
2/8 Cupid's Chase 5K (Morristown) 10:00am
2/8 Squatchy Onesie Fest (Ramapo Valley Reservation) 5K 10:00am
2/22 Febapple Frozen Fifty (South Mountain Reservation) 50M 7:00am, 50K 8:00am, 20M 9:00am, 10M 10:00am
MARCH 2025
3/2 March Fourth 5K (Millburn) 9:00am
3/8 Livingston Oval Ultra 6 Hour 7:00am, 3 Hour 8:00am, 1 Hour 9:00am
3/9 E. Murray Todd Half Marathon (Lincroft) 8:30am
3/15 Run O' The Mill 5K (Clinton) 8:00am
3/15 St Paddy's Day 5K (Morris Township) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
3/15 Michael Cassidy Shamrock 'N' Run 5K (Rutherford) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
3/16 New York City Half 7:00am
3/22 Shamrock Shuffle 5K (Bernardsville) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
APRIL 2025
4/5 RunAPalooza (Asbury Park) 5K, Half Marathon, Marathon Relay 8:30am
4/13 Jersey City Marathon & Half Marathon 7:00am
4/21 Boston Marathon 9:00am
4/13 Baker's Dozen Half Marathon (Minnewaska State Park, NY) 10:30am
4/27 Bloomin' 5K (Clifton) 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
4/27 Leatherman's Loop 10K (Cross River, NY) 9:00am
Additional Information
Check the following web sites for additional information about races in New Jersey and New York City.
Active.com (www.active.com/running)
Best Racing Systems (www.bestrace.com)
CompuScore (www.compuscore.com)
Elite Racing Systems (www.eliteracingsystems.com)
New Jersey Trail Series (www.njtrailseries.com)
New York Road Runners (www.nyrr.org)
NYCRUNS (nycruns.com)
PracticeHard.com (www.practicehard.com)
Race Forum (www.raceforum.com)
Sassquad Trail Running (www.sassquadtrailrunning.com)
USATF-NJ (newjersey.usatf.org)
2024 USATF-NJ Championship Races
3/24 Spring Distance Classic 15K (All Divisions)
4/7 Cherry Blossom 10K (Coed)
5/11 Our House 4 Miler (All Divisions)
5/18 Mile by Impact Zone (Masters Men & Women)
5/27 Ridgewood Run 10K (Open Men & Women)
6/9 Fitzgeralds’s Lager Run 5K (Open Men & Masters Women)
6/27 Sunset Classic 5 Mile (Coed)
8/18 Big Bang Mile (Open Men & Women) - Rescheduled from 7/13
8/25 USATF-NJ 5K XC (All Divisions)
9/15 By Hook Or By Crook 12K (All Divisions)
9/21 Haworth 5K (Open Women & Masters Men)
9/29 Steeplechase 10K (Masters Women)
10/20 Terri Roemer 10K (Coed)
11/10 Giralda Farms 10K (Masters Men)
11/17 Garden State 8K XC (All Divisions)
11/28: Ashenfelter 8K Classic (All Divisions)
12/8 All School Special Needs 5K (Coed)
Additional Wildcard 500/700 Point Individual Events
8/10 Three Bridges 5 Mile Race
10/13 Long Beach Island 12K