RACE CALENDAR

Race Calendar for SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 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.

SEPTEMBER 2025

9/1 Verona Labor Day Classic 1 Mile Fun Run / Health Walk 9:00am, 5K 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/6 Run for North Caldwell 5K & Color Mile 5K 8:00am, 1 Mile Color Run 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/7 Racefaster Half Marathon (Saddle River Park, Ridgewood) 8:00am

9/7 Dignity Dash 5K & 10K (Duke Island Park, Bridgewater) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/7 Englewood Cliffs 5K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/14 Tomorrows Children's Fund Join Hands 5K (Saddle River Park, Ridgewood) 9:00am

9/20 Jack McKeown Memorial Ramsey Run 10K 8:00am, 5K 9:45am

9/20 Newark Boys & Girls Club 5K To Wellness (Branch Brook Park) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/20 Newstead 5K (South Orange) 9:00am

9/20 SAX 4 Miler (Parsippany) 9:30am

9/20 Manila Madness 5K Freedom Run (Raritan) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/21 Stop for Nikil 5K (West Orange) 8:00am

9/21 John Samra Memorial 5K (Clifton) 8:30am

9/21 I Run for Girls 5K (Orange Reservoir, West Orange) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/21 Palisades Half Marathon & 8K Trail Run 13.1M 9:00am, 8K 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Wildcard Event 500/700 pts)

9/21 Berkeley Heights 5K Run for Mental Health 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/27 Most Good 5K (Brookdale Park) 8:00am

9/27 Haworth 5K 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Masters Men 5K Championship)

9/28 Achilles NJ Hope & Possibility Run (Saddle River County Park) 5K, 10K 9:00am

OCTOBER 2025

10/4 Sea Turtle 5K Race (Orange Reservoir, West Orange) 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/4 Mendham Harvest Hustle 5K 10:00am

10/5 Fat Sass Switchback Challenge (South Mountain Reservation) 5K 8:00am, 3 Hour / 6 Hour 9:00am

10/5 Bonita Stanton Memorial 5K (Brookdale Park) 9:00am

10/5 Jersey Shore Half Marathon (Sandy Hook) 9:00am

10/5 NYRR Jersey City 5K 9:00am

10/12 Detective James Ciampi 5K Memorial Run 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/12 Fred Torres Memorial 5K XC (Garrett Mountain) 9:30am

10/12 Long Beach Island 18 Mile Run & 12K 10:00am (12K - USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Divisions, 18M - USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/18 Boooo-mfield 5K 9:15am

10/19 Main Street Half Marathon of Hunterdon (Clinton) 13.1M 8:00am, 4M 9:30am

10/19 Race to Build 5K (Overpeck Park) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/19 Terri Roemer Paramus Run 10K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Masters Women 10K Championship), 5K 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/19 Little Falls Spooky Sprint 5K 9:00am

10/25 Spirit Run 5K (Bloomfield) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/25 Harding Halloween Half Marathon 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/26 Marine Corps Marathon 7:15am

10/26 USATF-NJ 8K Cross Country Championship (Natirar Park) 9:15am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Division Championship)

10/26 FC 5K Run (Livingston) 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

novemBER 2025

11/1 Harrington Park 5K Fall Spectacular 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open Women Men 5K Championship)

11/2 New York City Marathon 8:00am

11/2 Running with the Devils 5K Run (Orange Reservoir, West Orange) 9:00am

11/9 Princeton Half Marathon 7:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

11/9 Spooky Strides for Strength 5K (Orange Reservoir, West Orange) 8:45am

11/9 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)

11/15 NJ Trail Winter Series #1 (South Mountain Reservation) 13.1M 9:00am, 10K 9:30am, 5K 10:00am

11/22 Philadelphia Half Marathon 7:00am

11/22 Tom O’Reilly Turkey Trot 5K (Colonial Park, Franklin Township) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

11/23 Philadelphia Marathon 7:00am

11/27 Ashenfelter 8K Classic (Glen Ridge) 2K 8:15am, 8K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Division Championship)

11/27 Upper Saddle river 5K Run 9:00am

11/28 Born To Run 5 Mile Race (Freehold) 11:00am

11/29 Squatchy Leftovers Trail Race (South Mountain Reservation) 25K / 50K 8:00am, 5K / 10K 9:00am

11/29 Westfield 5 Mile Turkey Trot & 5280 Run (1 Mile) 1M 10:15am, 5M 11:15am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)