RACE CALENDAR

Race Calendar for OCTOBER 2025 - JANUARY 2026

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.

OCTOBER 2025

10/4 Sea Turtle 5K Race (Orange Reservoir, West Orange) 8:30am

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

10/11 Oradell 5K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/11 Lincoln Park Oktoberfest 5K 9:00am

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

10/12 Breast Cancer 5K (Orange Reservoir, West Orange) 9:00am

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) - Canceled

10/18 Halloween Half Marathon (Morristown) 9:00am (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) - Canceled

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

11/2 Run for Heroes 5K (Summit) 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 Belleville Veteran’s Day 5K 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

11/16 5K Stampede through Clifton 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

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)

11/22 Two Towns Turkey Trot (South Orange) 5K 10:00am

11/23 Philadelphia Marathon 7:00am

11/23 Totowa Turkey Trot 5K Challenge 10:00am

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)