RACE CALENDAR

Race Calendar for JANUARY - DECEMBER 2023

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 2023

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)

1/7 NJ Trail Winter Series #3 (Lewis Morris Park) 13.1M 9:00am, 10K 9:30am, 5K 10:00am

1/7 One Mile Fox Run (Maplewood) 10:00am

1/15 Ghost of Christmas Fast 5K (Wayne) 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

1/21 NJ Trail Winter Series #4 (Lewis Morris Park) 13.1M 9:00am, 10K 9:30am, 5K 10:00am

1/28 Frosty Fat Sass Trail Race (South Mountain Reservation) 5K, 6 Hour 9:00am, 3 Hour 12:00pm

FEBRUARY 2023

2/4 Penguin Pace 5K (Packanack Lake, Wayne) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

2/4 NJ Trail Winter Series #5 (Lewis Morris Park) 13.1M 9:00am, 10K 9:30am, 5K 10:00am

2/11 Cupid's Chase 5K (Glen Rock) 10:00am

2/11 Cupid's Chase 5K (Morristown) 10:00am

2/11 Cupid's Chase 5K (West Orange) 10:00am

2/18 Squatchy Onesie Fest (Ramapo Valley Reservation) 5K 10:00am

2/25 Febapple Frozen Fifty (South Mountain Reservation) 50M 7:00am, 50K 8:00am, 20M 9:00am, 10M 10:00am

MARCH 2023

3/5 March Fourth 5K (Millburn) 9:00am

3/11 Run O' The Mill 5K (Clinton) 8:00am

3/11 Michael Cassidy Shamrock 'N' Run 5K (Rutherford) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/11 St Paddy's Day 5K (Morris Township) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/12 E. Murray Todd Half Marathon (Lincroft) 8:30am

3/12 Celebrate Life Half Marathon (Rock Hill, NY) 10:00am

3/18 Goodwill Shamrock Shuffle 5K (Saddle River Park, Ridgewood) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/18 Shamrock Shuffle 5K (Bernardsville) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/18 Columbia Cougars St Patrick's Day 5K (Maplewood) 10:00am

3/19 New York City Half 7:00am

3/19 Spring Distance Classic (Basking Ridge) 5K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts), 15K 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Divisions 15K Championship)

3/26 Garden State 10 Miler (Colonial Park, Franklin Township) 5K 8:45am, 10M 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/26 Vincent Doffont's Memorial 5K (Harrison) 9:00am

APRIL 2023

4/1 RunAPalooza (Asbury Park) 5K, Half Marathon, Marathon Relay 8:30am

4/1 St. Cassian Cougar Challenge 5K (Verona Park) 9:30am

4/2 Cherry Blossom 10K (Branch Brook Park) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 500/700 pts - Coed Team Championship)

4/15 Geo Foundation 5K (Brookdale Park) 8:00am

4/16 AAPI Montclair Color Run (Brookdale Park) 5K 8:30am, 1 Mile 9:30am

4/17 Boston Marathon 9:00am

4/23 Jersey City Marathon & Half Marathon 7:00am (Half Marathon - USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

4/23 Bloomin' 5K (Clifton) 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

4/23 Leatherman's Loop 10K (Cross River, NY) 9:00am

4/29 Clinton Township Country Run 15K, 5K 8:30am (15K - USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 500/700 pts - Coed Team Championship), (5K - USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

4/29 Running 4 Answers (Roseland / Essex Fells) 5K 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

4/29 Susan Zabransky Hughes Memorial Run (Saddle River) 5K 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

4/29 Building Tomorrow's 5K (West Orange) 9:00am

4/29 Woods and Lakes Run (Mountain Lakes) 5K, 10K 10:00am

4/30 Sound the Siren 5K (South Orange) 9:00am

4/30 Baker's Dozen Half Marathon (Minnewaska State Park, NY) 10:00am

MAY 2023

5/6 XTERRA Trail Run Series (Wawayanda State Park) 26.2M 8:00am, 13.1M 8:30am, 10K 9:30am

5/6 Shepherd Lake 5K (Ringwood) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/6 Lamp for Haiti 5K (Branch Brook Park) 9:00am

5/6 Jersey Cares 5K (Garrett Mountain) 9:00am

5/6 Meghan Doyle '05K Run (Caldwell) 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/7 Superhero Half Marathon & Relay (Morris Township) 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/7 Waldwick Chamber of Commerce 5K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/7 NYRR Newport 5K (Jersey City) 9:00am

5/7 Nutley Chamber of Commerce 5K 9:15am

5/13 One Hour Fox Run (West Orange Reservoir) 8:30am

5/13 Mayapple Trail Runs (South Mountain Reservation) 50K 50M 8:30am, 10M 20M 9:30am

5/13 Our House 4 Miler (Berkeley Heights) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Divisions 4 Mile Championship)

5/14 Running Is Back 10K (Liberty State Park) 8:30am

5/20 Brooklyn Half 7:00am

5/20 Maywood 5K 8:00am

5/20 Caldwell Classic 5K 8:30am

5/21 Rubin Run (Tenafly) 10K 8:00am, 5K 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/21 Anthony "Blues" Barbato Memorial Cross Country 5K (Garret Mountain) 9:00am (USATF-NJ XC Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/21 Cranford Pizza Run 5K 9:30am

5/27 Spring Lake 5 Mile Run 8:30am

5/29 Ridgewood Run 10K 8:20am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open & Masters Men 10K Championship), 5K 10:15am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

JUNE 2023

6/3 Rockaway Rotary Club 5K Race 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

6/4 George Washington Bridge Challenge (Fort Lee) 5K, 10K 7:00am

6/4 Montclair YMCA Run 10K 8:00am, 2 Mile 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts - 10K)

6/4 Tenafly 5K Run & Dog Walk 9:00am

6/10 Valerie Fund 5K (Verona Park) 8:30am

6/10 Randolph Rocks 5K 8:45am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

6/11 Pequannock Valley Rotary 5K 8:00am

6/11 Fitzgerald's Lager Run 5K (Glen Ridge) 5:30pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open & Masters Women 5K Championship)

6/12 Roxbury Community Benefit 5K 7:00pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

6/24 Black Men Run Juneteenth 5K (West Orange Reservoir) 8:30am

6/26 President's Cup (Millburn) 5K 8:00pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 500/700 pts - Coed Team Championship)

6/29 Tom Fleming Sunset Classic (Bloomfield) 5M 7:30pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

JULY 2023

7/4 Firecracker 4 Mile Run (Cranford) 8:00am

7/4 Glen Rock Tribute Run 5K 8:00am

7/4 4th of July Run Through Maplewood 5K 9:00am

7/12 Woodbridge 4 Mile & Pizza Extravaganza 7:00pm

7/15 Big Bang Mile (Bell Works, Holmdel) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Division Championship)

7/16 White Meadow Lake Festival 5K 8:00am

7/22 Packanack Day Lake Run 5K (Wayne) 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

7/30 Running with the Balloons 5K (Whitehouse Station) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

7/31 Miles for Minds 5K (Edison) 9:00am

AUGUST 2023

8/12 Asbury Park Sheehan Classic 5K 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

8/12 Three Bridges 5 Mile Run 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 500/700 pts - Coed Team Championship)

8/27 USATF-NJ 5K Cross Country Championship (Natirar Park) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Division Championship)

SEPTEMBER 2023

9/4 Verona Labor Day Classic 1 Mile Fun Run / Health Walk 9:00am, 5K 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

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

9/10 Racefaster Half Marathon & 5K (Paramus) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/10 Achilles NJ Hope & Possibility 5 Mile Run (Rochelle Park) 9:00am

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

9/16 Newark Boys & Girls Club 5K To Wellness (Branch Brook Park) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/17 By Hook Or By Crook 12K (Sandy Hook) 9:00am (USATF Masters USATF Masters 12K Championship / USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Division Championship)

9/17 Cranford Cure Diabetes 5K 9:00am

9/17 Berkeley Heights 5K 9:30am

9/23 Newport Liberty Half Marathon (Jersey City) 8:30am

9/24 Steeplechase Distance Run (Hillsborough) 10K 8:45am, 5K 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/30 Newstead 5K (South Orange) 9:00am

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

OCTOBER 2023

10/1 Franklin Lakes Scenic Half Marathon & 5K 8:00am

10/1 John Samra Memorial 5K (Clifton) 8:30am

10/1 Tomorrows Children's Fund Join Hands 5K (Saddle Brook) 8:30am

10/1 Jersey Shore Half Marathon (Sandy Hook) 9:00am

10/7 Sea Turtle 5K Race (West Orange) 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/8 Woodcliff Lake Run for Education 10K 8:30am, 5K 10:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/8 Fred Torres Memorial 5K XC (Garrett Mountain) 9:30am

10/8 Long Beach Island 18 Mile Run 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/15 Terri Roemer Paramus Run 10K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open & Masters Women 10K Championship), 5K 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/21 Heroes for Children 5K (West Orange) 8:00am

10/21 Harding Halloween Half Marathon 9:00am

10/22 Main Street Half Marathon of Hunterdon (Clinton) 8:00am

10/22 Little Falls Spooky Sprint 5K 9:00am

10/22 East Brunswick Road Race 12K 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 500/700 pts - Coed 12K Championship)

10/22 FC 5K Run (Livingston) 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/28 Spirit Run 5K (Bloomfield) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/29 Running with the Devils 5K Run (West Orange) 9:00am

10/29 USATF-NJ 8K/6K XC Championship (Dream Park, Logan Township) 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Division Championship)

NOVEMBER 2023

11/4 Harrington Park 5K Fall Spectacular 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

11/5 New York City Marathon 8:00am

11/9 Run on the Reservoir 5K (West Orange) 6:00pm

11/12 Princeton Half Marathon 7:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

11/12 Giralda Farms Run (Madison) 10K 9:00am, 5K 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 500/700 pts - Coed 10K Championship)

11/18 Philadelphia Half Marathon 7:00am

11/18 St. Peter Academy 5K Turkey Trot (River Edge) 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

11/18 Two Towns Turkey Trot (South Orange) 5K 10:00am

11/19 Philadelphia Marathon 7:00am

11/19 5K Stampede through Clifton 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

11/19 Totowa Turkey Trot 5K Challenge 10:00am

11/23 Ashenfelter 8K Classic (Glen Ridge) 2K 8:15am, 8K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Division Championship)

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

11/25 Westfield 5 Mile Turkey Trot 11:15am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)