RACE CALENDAR

 
 

 

Race Calendar for MARCH - SEPTEMBER 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.

MARCH 2025

3/2 Run 24/7 Live In Mall 5K (Women Only / American Dream Mall) 8:00am

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)

3/8 St. Patrick’s Day 5K (Maplewood) 9:00am

3/9 E. Murray Todd Half Marathon (Lincroft) 8:30am

3/15 Run O' The Mill 5K (Clinton) 8:00am

3/15 Michael Cassidy Shamrock 'N' Run 5K (Rutherford) 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/15 St Paddy's Day 5K (Morris Township) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/16 New York City Half 7:00am

3/16 Step Up for the ARC Shamrock Shuffle 5K (Oak Ridge Park, Clark) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

3/16 Sham Rock and a Hard Place 5K (PCTI, Wayne) 11:00am

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)

4/12 St. Cassian’s 5K Race (Brookdale Park) 9:30am

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

4/13 Kean University Founders 5K (Union) 5K 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

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 (15K - USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

4/26 Susan Zabransky Hughes Memorial Run (Saddle River) 5K 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

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

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

4/27 AAPI Montclair Color Run (Brookdale Park) 5K 8:30am, 1 Mile 10:00am

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)

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

5/3 Run for Casey 5K (Nomahegan Park, Cranford) 10:00am

5/4 Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5K 8:00am

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

5/4 Love and Legacy 5K (Summit) 8:30am

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

5/4 Sound the Siren 5K (South Orange) 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

5/10 Our House 4 Miler (Berkeley Heights) 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

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)

5/31 Randolph Rocks 5K 8:45am (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 Montclair YMCA Run 10K 8:00am, 2 Mile 10:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts - 10K)

6/1 Tenafly 5K 9:00am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

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 Red Bank Classic 5K 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

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

6/21 Spartan Spirit 5K (Somerville) 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

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

JULY 2025

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

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

7/19 Big Bang Mile (Bell Works, Holmdel) 8:40am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Championship Event 700 pts - Masters Men & Women 1 MIle Championship)

7/19 Packanack Day Lake Run 5K (Wayne) 8:30am (USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event 500 pts)

AUGUST 2025

8/9 Asbury Park Sheehan Classic 5K 8:00am

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

SEPTEMBER 2025

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

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))

8/24 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)