| Registration: |
Online registration is now closed. You can register on-site Friday 5-7 pm and Saturday starting at 7:30 am at the Brookside Community Club (1 E. Main St. Mendham Twp.). Registration is $25 and we can accept cash or checks. See you there! |
| Schedule: |
7:30 a.m. Registration & Packet Pick-up Open
9:00 a.m. 5K, 8K, and Walk begin!
9:45 a.m. Kids' Fun Run
*To be followed by Awards Ceremony*
Friday, 6/22, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
*Packet pick-up will be offered at the Brookside Community Club.* |
| Extras!: |
Patriots Event Shirt
New 8K course
USATF Certified 5K & 8K
500 point Grand Prix events - Category 1 or 2!
Walkers Division
Children's Fun Run
DJ Entertainment
Random Prize Drawing
Post Race Refreshments |
| Events: |
5K Run - USATF certified course, USATF-NJ Grand Prix 500 point event, residential course in the historic Brookside neighborhood.
8K Run - New course and distance this year! USATF certified course, USATF-NJ Grand Prix 500 point event, residential course in the historic Brookside neighborhood.
5K (or less) Walk - Same course as the 5K Race or choose the alternative shorter route; unscored - just for fun!
Kids' Fun Run - 1/4 mile loop around the field for kids! |
| Scoring: |
Official 5K and 8K timing and scoring by Best Racing System. Results will be available on www.BestRace.com. |
| Awards: |
5K & 8K
Top 3 overall males & females
Top 3 in each 5 year age group:
(9 & under, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24 through 80 & over)
Ribbons to all Kids' Fun Runners |
| Sponsorship & Volunteering: |
For information on becoming a sponsor of the Patriots' Race or to volunteer, please contact Amalia Duarte.
(973-902-8390 or amalia8862@yahoo.com) |
| Mendham Twp. Recreation Commission: |
The Patriots 5K/8K Race is brought to you by the Mendham Township Recreation Commission in partnership with the "Kids4Kids Foundation" of Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown. Race proceeds will benefit "Kids4Kids" youth volunteers, who are trying to make a stay at the hospital less stressful for other children, including buying TV sets for the inpatient and pediatric intensive care unit and creating a flower garden near the children’s wing for patients and their families to relax in, among other projects. |
| Entry Fees: |
5K, 8K, or Walk (by 6/21 online or 6/20 mail) - $22
5K or 8K USATF-NJ members (by 6/21, 6/20) - $20
5K, 8K, or Walk (Event Day/Friday night pick-up) - $25
Kids' Fun Run - $5
(Please note that shirts are guaranteed to pre-registrants and available while supplies last to event day registrants. Event day registration is cash or check only. Events are held rain or shine. Entry fees are non-refundable.) |
| Directions: |
FROM THE SOUTH
Easily accessed from the New Jersey Turnpike, take Route 287 North to exit 30B, Route 202/Bernardsville. Take a right at the first light onto Route 202 North towards Jockey Hollow and Morristown, and follow for 2 miles. Turn left onto Tempe Wick Road, towards Mendham and Jockey Hollow. Follow Tempe Wick Road for 2.5 miles and make a right onto Corey Lane. Follow Corey Lane to the end. Turn left, where it intersects with Route 24. Make the second right onto Cherry Lane. Brookside Community Club will be at the bottom of the hill; race parking is to the left at the Mendham Township Elementary School.
FROM NORTH, EAST, OR WEST
Take Route 287 South to exit 36 for Morris, Lafayette, and Ridgedale Avenues. Stay left for Morris and Lafayette Avenues. Go straight at the first traffic light onto Lafayette Avenue. At the second light, bear right onto Morris Avenue, and follow signs for County Route 510 West. (For Route 510 take the first left off of Morris Avenue and follow signs around the Morristown Green.) At the intersection with Washington Avenue, take a right and follow for 5 miles into Mendham. (Washington Avenue becomes Route 510 and then local Route 24.) At approximately five miles, take a right onto Cherry Lane. The Community Club is at the bottom of the hill; race parking is to the left at the Mendham Township Elementary School.
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| Event Contact: |
Sports A/R - Tears or Ray |
| Contact Phone: |
908-245-3000 |
| E-mail Address: |
tears@practicehard.com |
