RACE CALENDAR
Race Calendar for SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 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.
SEPTEMBER 2026
9/6 Pompton Lakes 5K 9:00am
9/7 Verona Labor Day Classic 1 Mile Fun Run / Health Walk 9:00am, 5K 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
9/13 Racefaster Half Marathon (Saddle River Park, Ridgewood) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Wildcard Event 500/700 pts)
9/19 Run for North Caldwell 5K & Color Mile 5K 8:00am, 1 Mile Color Run 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
9/19 Newark Boys & Girls Club 5K To Wellness (Branch Brook Park) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
9/19 Manila Madness 5K Freedom Run (Raritan) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
9/19 Haworth 5K 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Masters Men & Women 5K Championship)
9/19 SAX 4 Miler (Parsippany) 9:30am
9/20 Stop for Nikil 5K (West Orange) 8:00am
9/20 John Samra Memorial 5K (Clifton) 8:30am
9/20 Berkeley Heights 5K Run for Mental Health 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
9/26 Jack McKeown Memorial Ramsey Run 10K 8:00am, 5K 9:45am
9/26 I Run for Girls 5K (Orange Reservoir, West Orange) 8:00am
9/26 Newstead 5K (South Orange) 9:00am
9/26 Chase 5K (Hillsborough) 5:00pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open Men & Women 5K Championship)
9/27 Palisades Half Marathon & 8K Trail Run 13.1M 9:00am, 8K 9:30am (13.1M - USATF-NJ Grand Prix Wildcard Event 500/700 pts)
9/27 Tomorrows Children's Fund Join Hands 5K (Saddle River Park, Ridgewood) 9:00am
9/27 Achilles NJ Hope & Possibility Run (Saddle River County Park) 5K, 10K 9:00am
OCTOBER 2026
10/3 Hope Hustle 5K for Breast Cancer Research (Brookdale Park) 8:30am
10/4 Branch Brook 15K 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Wildcard Event 500/700 pts)
10/4 Jersey Shore Half Marathon (Sandy Hook) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Wildcard Event 500/700 pts)
10/4 NYRR Jersey City 5K 9:00am
10/10 Sea Turtle 5K Race (Orange Reservoir, West Orange) 8:30am
10/10 Oradell 5K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
10/11 Bonita Stanton Memorial 5K (Brookdale Park) 9:00am
10/11 Fred Torres Memorial 5K XC (Garrett Mountain) 9:30am
10/11 Long Beach Island 18 Mile Run & 12K 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Wildcard Event 500/700 pts)
10/17 Livingston Oval Marathon, Half Marathon & Last Person Standing 8:00am
10/17 Breast Cancer 5K (Orange Reservoir, West Orange) 8:30am
10/17 Harrington Park 5K Fall Spectacular 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Wildcard Event 500/700 pts)
10/18 Main Street Half Marathon of Hunterdon (Clinton) 13.1M 8:00am, 4M 9:30am
10/18 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)
10/18 Halloween Half Marathon (Morristown) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
10/18 Little Falls Spooky Sprint 5K 9:00am
10/18 Fanwood 5K Pizza Run 11:30am
10/24 Boooo-mfield 5K 9:15am
10/25 Englewood Cliffs 5K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
NOVEMBER 2026
11/1 New York City Marathon 8:00am
11/1 Running with the Devils 5K Run (Orange Reservoir, West Orange) 9:00am
11/7 Race to Build 5K (Overpeck Park, Ridgefield Park) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
11/8 Princeton Half Marathon 7:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Wildcard Event 500/700 pts)
11/8 Giralda Farms Run (Madison) 10K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open Men & Women 10K Championship), 5K 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
11/14 NJ Trail Winter Series #1 (South Mountain Reservation) 13.1M 9:00am, 10K 9:30am, 5K 10:00am
11/21 Philadelphia Half Marathon 7:00am
11/21 Tom O’Reilly Turkey Trot 5K (Colonial Park, Franklin Township) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 500/700 pts - Coed Team Championship)
11/22 Philadelphia Marathon 7:00am
11/22 Totowa Turkey Trot 5K Challenge 10:00am
11/26 Ashenfelter 8K Classic (Glen Ridge) 2K 8:15am, 8K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Division Championship)
11/27 Born To Run 5 Mile Race (Freehold) 11:00am
11/28 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)
DECEMBER 2026
12/5 NJ Trail Winter Series #2 (South Mountain Reservation) 13.1M 9:00am, 10K 9:30am, 5K 10:00am
12/6 5K Doughnut Run (Montclair) 9:00am
12/6 Holiday Hustle 5K (Overpeck Park, Leonia) 9:30am
12/6 Egg Nog Slog 1 Mile All Star Classic (South Mountain Reservation) 10:00am
12/12 Rutgers Big Chill 5K (New Brunswick) 10:00am
12/19 Run Before Christmas Santa Con 8K (Clinton) 8:00am
12/27 Asbury Park Polar Bear 5K 10:00am
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)
2026 USATF-NJ Championship Races
1/31 Penguin Pace 5K (Coed)
4/12 Cherry Blossom 10K (Coed)
5/9 Our House 4 Mile (All Divisions)
5/25 Ridgewood Run 10K (Masters Men)
5/30 Wayne Rotary Run 5K (Coed)
6/14 Lager Run 5K (All Divisions)
6/25 Sunset Classic 5 Mile (Coed)
7/18 Big Bang Mile (All Divisions)
8/8 Three Bridges 5 Mile (Coed)
8/30 USATF-NJ 5K XC (All Divisions)
9/19 Haworth 5K (Masters Men & Women)
9/26 Chase 5K (Open Men & Women)
10/18 Terri Roemer Paramus 10K (Masters Women)
10/25 USATF-NJ 8K XC (All Divisions)
10/30 Harrington Park 5K (Masters Men & Women) - Rescheduled to 10/17 and no longer a championship race.
11/8 Giralda Farms 10K (Open Men & Women)
11/21 Tom O'Reilly 5K (Coed)
11/26 Ashenfelter 8K (All Divisions)
Note: There are no championship races for Category 3 in 2026 but all grand prix races for Category 3 in 2026 will be Wildcard 500 / 700 point events for the individual grand prix.