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.
Note: We are still waiting for MORE INFORMATION ON SOME RACES and FOR USATF-NJ to announce ALL the 2025 Grand prix Championship Races.
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
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 Michael Cassidy Shamrock 'N' Run 5K (Rutherford) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
3/16 New York City Half 7:00am
3/22 Shamrock Shuffle 5K (Bernardsville) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
3/23 Garden State 10 Miler (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
4/27 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)
5/4 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
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 Event 500 pts)
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
6/26 Tom Fleming Sunset Classic (Bloomfield) 5M 7:30pm (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)
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)
2024 USATF-NJ Championship Races
3/24 Spring Distance Classic 15K (All Divisions)
4/7 Cherry Blossom 10K (Coed)
5/11 Our House 4 Miler (All Divisions)
5/18 Mile by Impact Zone (Masters Men & Women)
5/27 Ridgewood Run 10K (Open Men & Women)
6/9 Fitzgeralds’s Lager Run 5K (Open Men & Masters Women)
6/27 Sunset Classic 5 Mile (Coed)
8/18 Big Bang Mile (Open Men & Women) - Rescheduled from 7/13
8/25 USATF-NJ 5K XC (All Divisions)
9/15 By Hook Or By Crook 12K (All Divisions)
9/21 Haworth 5K (Open Women & Masters Men)
9/29 Steeplechase 10K (Masters Women)
10/20 Terri Roemer 10K (Coed)
11/10 Giralda Farms 10K (Masters Men)
11/17 Garden State 8K XC (All Divisions)
11/28: Ashenfelter 8K Classic (All Divisions)
12/8 All School Special Needs 5K (Coed)
Additional Wildcard 500/700 Point Individual Events
8/10 Three Bridges 5 Mile Race
10/13 Long Beach Island 12K