31st Race

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RACEDAY AMENITIES

The success of our race depends on each runner's individual experience. Throughout the race's history, strict detail has been paid to making our race a unique experience for every runner. Raceday amenities available to runners include the following:

 
  • T-shirts to all participants.
  • 70+ portable toilets
  • 7,000 square feet of tents for food, registration, massage and medical purposes.
  • Outdoor fitness expo featuring some of the country's largest discount fitness apparel retailers.
  • One of the country's best race sound systems which allows runners to hear the starting instructions at the 20K, 5K, and Children's Race starts.
  • Computer access to runner's files allows us to individually greet many runners as they finish.
  • Results posted within 15 minutes of an individual's finishing time.
  • Race course entirely closed to traffic.
  • 13 water stations - 4 with GU2O and one with GU Gel.
  • High profile mile markers and digital clocks posted every mile.
  • A post-race party which features one of Connecticut's most popular dance bands.
  • 13 Bands on the race course.
  • A complimentary post-race meal which includes:

  •   6,000 cookies
      2,000 bagels & 5,000 Dunkin' Donuts Munchkins
      4,000 cups of  yogurt
      4,000 bananas                                                 3,000 scoops of Turkey Hill Ice Cream
         100 watermelons
         300 gallons of beer
       5,000 loaves of Chabaso Bread