RACE CALENDAR

 
 

 

Race Calendar for JANUARY - JUNE 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.

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 Championship Event 500/700 pts - Coed Team Championship)

2/1 One Mile Fox Run (Maplewood) 10:00am

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

3/8 Goodwill Shamrock Shuffle 5K (Saddle River Park, Ridgewood) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

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 Step Up for the ARC Shamrock Shuffle 5K (Oak Ridge Park, Clark) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/16 New York City Half 7:00am

3/16 Michael Cassidy Shamrock 'N' Run 5K (Rutherford) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/22 Shamrock Shuffle 5K (Bernardsville) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/23 Garden State 10 Miler & Cookie Chase 5K (Colonial Park, Franklin Township) 5K 8:45am, 10M 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open & Masters Men 10 Mile Championship)

3/30 Spring Distance Classic (Basking Ridge) 15K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open & Masters Women 15K Championship), 5K 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

APRIL 2025

4/5 RunAPalooza (Asbury Park) 5K, Half Marathon, Marathon Relay 8:30am

4/6 Cherry Blossom 10K (Branch Brook Park) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 500/700 pts - Coed Team Championship)

4/13 Jersey City Marathon & Half Marathon 7:00am

4/13 Baker's Dozen Half Marathon (Minnewaska State Park, NY) 10:30am

4/19 Running Is Back (Liberty State Park) 10K 9:00am, 5K 9:15am

4/21 Boston Marathon 9:00am

4/26 Clinton Township Country Run 15K, 5K 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts - 15K)

4/26 Building Tomorrow's 5K (South Mountain Recreation Complex, West Orange) 9:00am

4/26 Wayne Rotary Run 5K 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 500/700 pts - Coed Team Championship)

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

MAY 2025

5/3 XTERRA Trail Run Series (Wawayanda State Park) 26.2M 7:00am, 13.1M 8:00am, 10K 9:00am

5/3 Meghan Doyle '05K Run (Caldwell) 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/3 Woods and Lakes Run (Mountain Lakes) 5K, 10K 10:00am

5/4 Superhero Half Marathon & Relay (Morris Township) 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/4 Lamp for Haiti 5K (Branch Brook Park) 9:00am

5/4 Waldwick Chamber of Commerce 5K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/4 Run for the Last Mile 5K (William Paterson College) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/4 Nutley Chamber of Commerce 5K 9:15am

5/10 Stars & Stripes 5K (Wayne) 9:00am

5/11 Rubin Run (Tenafly) 10K 8:00am, 5K 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/17 Brooklyn Half 7:00am

5/17 Caldwell Classic 5K 8:45am

5/17 Mayapple Trail Runs (South Mountain Reservation) 50K 50M 8:30am, 5M, 10M 20M 9:30am

5/17 Mile by Impact Zone (Norwood) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open Men & Women 1 Mile Championship)

5/18 Cranford Pizza Run 5K 10:00am

5/24 Spring Lake 5 Mile Run 8:30am

5/26 Ridgewood Run 10K 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open Men & Women 10K Championship), 5K 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

JUNE 2025

6/1 George Washington Bridge Challenge (Fort Lee) 5K 7:45am, 10K 8:15am

6/1 Tenafly 5K Run & Dog Walk 9:00am

6/7 Valerie Fund 5K (Verona Park) 8:30am

6/8 Fitzgerald's Lager Run 5K (Glen Ridge) 5:30pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Masters Women 5K Championship)

6/9 Roxbury Community Benefit 5K 7:00pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

6/14 Sun Run 10 Miler & 5K (Long Hill Township / Great Swamp) 9:00am

6/23 President's Cup 5K (Millburn) 8:00pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open Men 5K Championship)

6/26 Tom Fleming Sunset Classic (Bloomfield) 5M 7:30pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 500/700 pts - Coed Team Championship)

6/28 Red, White and Blue 5K (Oak Ridge Park, Clark) 8:00am

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)

2025 USATF-NJ Championship Races

2/1 Penguin Pace 5K (Coed)

3/23 Garden State 10 Miler (Open & Masters Men)

3/30 Spring Distance Classic 15K (Open & Masters Women)

4/6 Essex County Cherry Blossom 10K (Coed)

4/26 Wayne Rotary Run 5K (Coed)

5/17 Mile by Impact Zone (Open Men & Women)

5/26 Ridgewood Run 10K (Open Men & Women)

6/8 Fitzgerald’s Lager Run 5K (Masters Women)

6/23 President's Cup 5K (Open Men)

6/26 Tom Fleming Sunset Classic 5 Mile (Coed)

7/19 Big Bang Mile (Masters Men & Women)

8/9 Three Bridges 5 Mile Race (Coed))

8/31 USATF-NJ 5K XC (All Divisions)

9/27 Haworth 5K (Masters Men)

10/12 Long Beach Island 12K (All Divisions)

10/19 Terri Roemer Paramus 10K (Masters Women)

11/1 Harrington Park 5K (Open Women)

11/9 Giralda Farms 10K (Masters Men)

11/27 Ashenfelter 8K (All Divisions)