RACE CALENDAR

Race Calendar for JANUARY - DECEMBER 2024

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 2024

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)

1/6 NJ Trail Winter Series #3 (Central Park of Morris County) 13.1M 9:00am, 10K 9:30am, 5K 10:00am

1/6 One Mile Fox Run (Maplewood) 10:00am

1/20 NJ Trail Winter Series #4 (Central Park of Morris County) 13.1M 9:00am, 10K 9:30am, 5K 10:00am

1/27 Frosty Fat Sass Trail Race (South Mountain Reservation) 5K, 6 Hour 9:00am, 3 Hour 12:00pm

FEBRUARY 2024

2/3 NJ Trail Winter Series #5 (Central Park of Morris County) 13.1M 9:00am, 10K 9:30am, 5K 10:00am

2/10 Penguin Pace 5K (Packanack Lake, Wayne) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

2/10 Super Saturday 10 Miler & 5K (Long Hill Township / Great Swamp) 9:00am (10M - USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

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

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

2/17 Squatchy Onesie Fest (Ramapo Valley Reservation) 5K 10:00am

2/18 Bill Welsh Memorial 5K (PCTI, Wayne) 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

2/24 Febapple Frozen Fifty (South Mountain Reservation) 50M 7:00am, 50K 8:00am, 20M 9:00am, 10M 10:00am

MARCH 2024

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

3/9 Livingston Oval Ultra 6 Hour 7:00am, 3 Hour 8:00am, 1 Hour 9:00am

3/9 Goodwill Shamrock Shuffle 5K (Saddle River Park, Ridgewood) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/9 Run O' The Mill 5K (Clinton) 8:00am

3/9 St Paddy's Day 5K (Morris Township) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/10 E. Murray Todd Half Marathon (Lincroft) 8:30am

3/16 Columbia Cougars St Patrick's Day 5K (Maplewood) 10:00am

3/16 Michael Cassidy Shamrock 'N' Run 5K (Rutherford) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/17 New York City Half 7:00am

3/23 Shamrock Shuffle 5K (Bernardsville) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/24 Garden State 10 Miler (Colonial Park, Franklin Township) 5K 8:45am, 10M 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/24 Spring Distance Classic (Basking Ridge) 15K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Divisions 15K Championship), 5K 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/24 Weequahic Park 5K Challenge Run (Newark) 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

APRIL 2024

4/6 RunAPalooza (Asbury Park) 5K, Half Marathon, Marathon Relay 8:30am

4/7 Cherry Blossom 10K (Branch Brook Park) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 500/700 pts - Coed Team Championship)

4/13 St. Cassian Spring Race 5K (Brookdale Park) 9:30am

4/14 Jersey City Marathon & Half Marathon 7:00am

4/15 Boston Marathon 9:00am

4/21 Baker's Dozen Half Marathon (Minnewaska State Park, NY) 10:30am

4/27 XTERRA Trail Run Series (Wawayanda State Park) 26.2M 8:00am, 13.1M 8:30am, 10K 9:30am, 5K 10:00am

4/27 Running 4 Answers (Roseland / Essex Fells) 5K 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

4/27 Clinton Township Country Run 15K, 5K 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts - 15K)

4/27 Susan Zabransky Hughes Memorial Run (Saddle River) 5K 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

4/27 Woods and Lakes Run (Mountain Lakes) 5K, 10K 10:00am

4/28 AAPI Montclair Color Run (Brookdale Park) 5K 8:30am, 1 Mile 9:30am

4/28 Bloomin' 5K (Clifton) 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

4/28 Spring Distance Classic (Basking Ridge) 15K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Divisions 15K Championship), 5K 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts) - Rescheduled from 3/24.

4/28 Lamp for Haiti 5K (Branch Brook Park) 9:00am

4/28 Leatherman's Loop 10K (Cross River, NY) 9:00am

MAY 2024

5/4 Shepherd Lake 5K (Ringwood) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/4 Meghan Doyle '05K Run (Caldwell) 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/4 Run for Casey 5K (Nomahegan Park, Cranford) 10:00am

5/5 Family Promise of Essex County 5K (Brookdale Park) 8:30am

5/5 Mothers Day 5K (Summit) 8:30am

5/5 Nutley Chamber of Commerce 5K 8:45am

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

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

5/11 Stars & Stripes 5K (Wayne) 9:00am

5/11 Our House 4 Miler (Berkeley Heights) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Divisions 4 Mile Championship)

5/12 Rubin Run (Tenafly) 10K 8:00am, 5K 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/12 Running Is Back 10K (Liberty State Park) 8:30am

5/18 Brooklyn Half 7:00am

5/18 Maywood 5K 8:00am

5/18 Caldwell Classic 5K 8:30am

5/18 Mayapple Trail Runs (South Mountain Reservation) 50K 50M 8:30am, 10M 20M 9:30am

5/18 Mile by Impact Zone (Norwood) 10:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Masters Men & Women 1 Mile Championship)

5/19 Geo Foundation 5K (Brookdale Park) 8:00am

5/19 Superhero Half Marathon & Relay (Morris Township) 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/19 Anthony "Blues" Barbato Memorial Cross Country 5K (Garret Mountain) 9:00am (USATF-NJ XC Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

5/19 Sound the Siren 5K (South Orange) 9:00am

5/19 Cranford Pizza Run 5K 9:45am

5/25 Spring Lake 5 Mile Run 8:30am

5/27 Ridgewood Run 10K 8:20am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open Men & Women 10K Championship), 5K 10:15am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

JUNE 2024

6/1 Randolph Rocks 5K 8:45am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

6/2 George Washington Bridge Challenge (Fort Lee) 5K 7:45am, 10K 8:15am

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

6/2 Tenafly 5K Run & Dog Walk 9:00am

6/2 North Jersey Pride Run (South Orange) 9:00am

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

6/9 Pequannock Valley Rotary 5K 8:00am

6/9 Portugal Day 5K (Newark / Ironbound) 9:15am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

6/9 Fitzgerald's Lager Run 5K (Glen Ridge) 5:30pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open Men & Masters Women 5K Championship)

6/10 Roxbury Community Benefit 5K 7:00pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

6/22 Black Men Run Juneteenth 5K (West Orange Reservoir) 8:30am

6/24 President's Cup (Millburn) 5K 8:00pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

6/27 Tom Fleming Sunset Classic (Bloomfield) 5M 7:30pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 500/700 pts - Coed Team Championship)

6/29 Red, White and Blue 5K (Oak Ridge Park, Clark) 8:00am

JULY 2024

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 8:00am

7/13 Big Bang Mile (Bell Works, Holmdel) - Postponed, rescheduled on 8/18.

7/15 Pizza Run (Oak Ridge Park, Clark) 5K 7:00pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

7/17 Woodbridge 4 Mile & Pizza Extravaganza 7:00pm

7/20 Packanack Day Lake Run 5K (Wayne) 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

7/21 White Meadow Lake Festival 5K 8:00am

7/28 Miles for Minds 5K (Edison) 9:00am

AUGUST 2024

8/7 Montclair Mile 6:00pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

8/10 Asbury Park Sheehan Classic 5K 8:00am

8/10 Three Bridges 5 Mile Run 9:00am (USATF-NJ Wildcard 500/700 Point Individual Event)

8/18 Big Bang Mile (Bell Works, Holmdel) 8:20am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open Men & Women 1 MIle Championship))

8/25 USATF-NJ 5K Cross Country Championship (Natirar Park) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Division Championship)

SEPTEMBER 2024

9/2 Verona Labor Day Classic 1 Mile Fun Run / Health Walk 9:00am, 5K 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/7 Run for North Caldwell 5K & Color Mile 5K 8:00am, 1 Mile Color Run 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

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

9/8 Englewood Cliffs 5K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/8 Dignity Dash 5K & 10K (Duke Island Park, Bridgewater) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/15 Tomorrows Children's Fund Join Hands 5K (Saddle River Park, Ridgewood) 8:30am

9/15 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)

9/21 Jack McKeown Memorial Ramsey Run 10K 8:00am, 5K 9:45am

9/21 5K Run for Roseland 9:00am

9/21 Newstead 5K (South Orange) 9:00am

9/21 Haworth 5K 9:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Open Women & Masters Men)

9/21 SAX 4 Miler (Parsippany) 9:30am

9/22John Samra Memorial 5K (Clifton) 8:30am

9/28 Newark Boys & Girls Club 5K To Wellness (Branch Brook Park) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

9/28 Most Good 5K (Brookdale Park) 8:00am

9/28 NYCRUNS New Jersey Half Marathon & 5K at Newport (Jersey City) 8:30am

9/29 Franklin Lakes Scenic Half Marathon & 5K 8:00am

9/29 Steeplechase Distance Run (Hillsborough) 5K 8:45am, 10K 9:30am (5K - USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts, 10K - USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Masters Women)

9/29 Jersey Shore Half Marathon (Sandy Hook) 9:00am

9/29 Achilles NJ Hope & Possibility 5 Mile Run (Rochelle Park) 9:00am

OCTOBER 2024

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

10/6 Palisades Half Marathon 9:00am

10/6 Seaside Half Marathon and 5K (Seaside Park) 5K 8:00am, Half Marathon 9:00am

10/6 NYRR Jersey City 5K 9:00am

10/13 Fred Torres Memorial 5K XC (Garrett Mountain) 9:30am

10/13 Long Beach Island 18 Mile Run & 12K 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/19 Jesse Liu Memorial 5K (Orange Reservoir, West Orange) 9:00am

10/20 Main Street Half Marathon of Hunterdon (Clinton) 13.1M, 4M 8:00am

10/20 Terri Roemer Paramus Run 10K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Coed 10K Championship), 5K 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/20 Little Falls Spooky Sprint 5K 9:00am

10/26 Spirit Run 5K (Bloomfield) 8:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

10/26 Harding Halloween Half Marathon 9:00am

10/27 Spooky Strides for Strength 5K (Orange Reservoir, West Orange) 8:45am

10/27 Bonita Stanton Memorial 5K (Brookdale Park) 9:00am

novemBER 2024

11/2 Harrington Park 5K Fall Spectacular 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

11/3 New York City Marathon 8:00am

11/3 Running with the Devils 5K Run (West Orange) 9:00am

11/3 FC 5K Run (Livingston) 11:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

11/10 Princeton Half Marathon 7:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

11/10 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)

11/16 NJ Trail Winter Series #1 (South Mountain Reservation) 13.1M 9:00am, 10K 9:30am, 5K 10:00am

11/17 5K Stampede through Clifton 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

11/17 Last Chance XC Championship (Oak Ridge Park, Clark) 8K 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Division Championship)

11/23 Philadelphia Half Marathon 7:00am

11/24 Philadelphia Marathon 7:00am

11/24 Totowa Turkey Trot 5K Challenge 10:00am

11/28 Ashenfelter 8K Classic (Glen Ridge) 2K 8:15am, 8K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - All Division Championship)

11/29 Born To Run 5 Mile Race (Freehold) 11:00am

11/30 Squatchy Leftovers Trail Race (South Mountain Reservation) 25K / 50K 8:00am, 5K / 10K 9:00am

11/30 Westfield 5 Mile Turkey Trot 11:15am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)