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Date
Location
Time
Event
Friday, Aug 29 -Sunday, Aug 31 Trailblazer 944 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510
Noon - 6 p.m. Packet Pickup & Registration at Race Headquarters Monday, Sept. 1 New Haven Green 6:45 - 8:15 a.m. Packet Pickup & late registration 8:15 a.m. Kids' Race Start - New Earlier Start 8:40 a.m. 5K and 20K Start - New Later Start 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. Post-race party with live music 10:30 a.m. 5K awards 11:00 a.m. 20K awards The race is proud to host the USA 20K Championship. A prize purse of $30,000 is committed for US athletes.
Children ages 6-12 are invited to run a 1/2-mile race sponsored by The Children's Dental Group. Ribbons to all participants. Children will receive a short sleeve t-shirt with race entry.
The top three 20K & 5K finishers receive awards in the following divisions:
Men & Women 12 and under (5K only), 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+ Wheelchair (20K only) Clydesdale Men over 200 lbs. & women over 150 lbs. Must check category on application and weigh in at race site. $36,850 Available prize money and bonus in the 20K road race.
Interested Elite Athletes should send resume to tolbert.j@comcast.net or call (203)804-3205.
USATF Men & Women* $7,500, $4,000, $2,000, $1,250, $1,000, $600, $400, $300, $250, $200 Course Record Bonus Men & Women $1000 Men & Women: CT runners $150, $75, $50 CT USATF Team: Open Men (5 score)
$150, $125, $100 Open Women (3 score)
$90, $75, $60 Men's & Women's Masters
$500 (determined by CT USATF) * Must be U.S. citizen and have USATF card.
** Masters runners eligible to win both Masters and overall money.
TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT - Up to $400 for top 5 finishers. Up to $250 for finishers 6 - 10.
Male Female Open 57:37 (1998, Khalid Khannouchi) 1:05:11 (1998, Colleen DeReuck) Masters 1:03:06 (1999, Paul Pilkington) 1:12:39 (2002, Linda Somers Smith) CORPORATE TEAM COMPETITION
For a sponsorship of $250 (five runners, three score), participating team members receive specially designed long sleeve t-shirts. Awards given to top three teams in each race. Call 203-481-5933 for information.
In 2007, 18 teams participated on the corporate team competition.
Corporate Cup Team Information
Corporate Cup Team ApplicationCONFIRMATION AND PACKET PICKUP
If we receive your entry by August 14, you will receive acknowledgement of your entry. No packets will be mailed. Confirmations will be e-mailed to those who include their e-mail address on their entry form. You will help immensely if you pick up your packet before race day. See schedule for packet pickup times and dates.
The Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale will serve as the host hotel for the 2008 Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race. The Omni will offer a room rate of $105 for Saturday, 8/29 and Sunday 8/30 for New Haven Road Race Participants. The Omni is located at 155 Temple Street, New Haven, CT.
Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale
155 Temple Street
New Haven, CT
Phone: 203-772-6664
Fax: 203-974-6780RUNNERS' SAFETY
The New Haven Road Race committee takes every precaution to make our race one of the country's safest road races. The entire course is closed to vehicular traffic. All intersections are secured by a member of the New Haven Police Department or Traffic and Parking Department.
Medical spotters are located every mile throughout the course and have radio contact with the New Haven Fire Department. Peter Jokl M.D., an orthopedic surgeon on the faculty of the Yale School of Medicine is the race's medical director, and is nationally known in the sports medicine field. On race day, he directs a team of five doctors and 10 support personnel at the finish area. Using guidelines formulated by USATF, Dr. Jokl has the authority to cancel our event in the case of extreme heat and humidity. Ambulances are stationed in the finish area, and athletes are never more than ten minutes from a hospital on the course. A bus follows the last runner and picks up any runners who drop out. Spotters are stationed at one mile intervals along the course and can get an ambulance directed to any spot along the race course within minutes.
WATER STATIONS
Aid stations providing water and medical support are located at every mile along the 20K race course. Over 300 volunteers provide runners with 30,000 cups of water and 12,500 cups of fluid replacement drink. In 2008, GU20 will be served at selected aid stations.
Each water station has a team captain and up to 40 volunteers. Groups that man the water stations vary from youth groups and boy scout troops to local businesses and friends who have volunteered for many years.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Starting on the picturesque New Haven Green, all three courses are flat and fast. The 20 kilometer course winds its way past Yale University, residential neighborhoods, scenic waterfront areas and large city parks. The 20K course has 2 hills and the rest of the course is flat with few turns. The 5K and 1/2 mile races have no hills. Khalid Khannouchi's and Collen De Reuck's World Records set in 1998 race attest to the ease of the course. Carol McLatchie and Paul Pilkington set American 20K Masters Records in New Haven. Trina Painter set an American record winning the 1995 race. In 1997, Keith Andersen ran the fastest 20K ever by a man in the Master's division.
See a Map of the 5K & 20K courses
COURSE EXCITEMENT
In 2007, fourteen bands will play on the 20K race course. 5K runners will enjoy the music of four bands. Runners, in the past, have enjoyed the bands and more bands are planned in the future. A "spirit" contest encourages the runners' enjoyment of the race. The large crowds, posters and music generated by the contest are greatly appreciated.
TIMING AND RESULTS
Each year, one of the country's best known timing services provides computerized timing of our race. Results are posted shortly after each runner's finish. Complete race results are posted in the New Haven Register on the day after the race. Race Results will be available on this web site following the event.
