The Department of Parks and Recreation announces pre-registration for the 54th running of the Jim Fixx Greenwich Memorial Day Road Race and the Kid’s Half Mile Fun Run will be available on line at Threadsandtreads.com until Sunday, May 27 at 3:30 p.m.
Runners may also register at Threads and Treads, 17 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich during store hours, Monday through Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Race material may also be picked up beginning Thursday, May 24 after 11 a.m. at Threads and Treads.
Runners may also register on Monday morning, May 28, from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. only at the Greenwich Senior Center for either the five-mile run or kid’s run. There is an increased fee of $40 for the five-mile race and the fee for the kid’s run will be $20, exact change or check payable to “M.D.R.R.C.” only. The Senior Center is located at 299 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich. Pre-registered runners may also pick-up race materials at this time.
The five-mile run starts at 8:15 a.m. on Greenwich Avenue, just South of the East Elm Street Intersection. The kids’ run starts at 9:15 a.m. on the Havemeyer Track behind Greenwich Town Hall. Children may also register at the track, from 8:40 to 9:00 a.m., before the half-mile run.
This is the 54th running of what continues to be one of Connecticut’s oldest and most popular foot races. The challenging course is as follows: After the start, the runners will head down Greenwich Avenue onto Steamboat Road, taking a left onto Oneida Drive and a left onto Indian Harbor Drive. Runners will continue on Indian Harbor Drive to Davis Avenue, bear right past the bridge in Bruce Park and turn left at Indian Field Road, and then head left onto Bruce Park Drive, continuing in Bruce Park and turning back onto Davis Avenue.
Runners will then cross over the bridge, head right at the traffic circle, and then take a left onto Bruce Park Avenue. The course will then turn right on Mason Street, keep right at the traffic circle, go right at Havemeyer Place, left on Locust Street, left on Davis Avenue continuing onto East Elm Street. Runners will then cross Milbank Avenue to Lexington Avenue to Amogerone Crossway and take a left onto Greenwich Avenue, take a right on Arch Street, another right onto Bolling Place, turn onto the Havemeyer Track, bear left on the track and finish.
Following the five-mile run, the children’s one-half mile fun run will be held on the Havemeyer Field Track. The top male and female finishers in the kid’s run in two different age categories will receive trophies and all kids run participants will receive an award.
The race is organized by the Department of Parks and Recreation and is the second leg of the 2018 Hospital for Special Surgery Greenwich Cup Series, Presented by William Raveis. The Greenwich Cup is organized by Threads and Treads and the Cup sponsors also include Dental Oral Surgery and Garden Rescues at Spot On Adoption Center. The Jim Fixx Run is also co-sponsored by the Greenwich Old Timers Athletic Association and J.J. Cassone Bakery in Port Chester, N.Y. The Old Timers continue as an original sponsor of the Fixx Run and will help provide awards including overall Male and Female winner trophies and medals to the top three finishers in a number of age categories. J.J. Cassone Bakery is supplying bagels for the Race. Mickey and Mike Yardis of Threads and Treads and his staff will assist with finish line direction and Jim Gerweck will handle the computerized scoring of both runs.
The American Red Cross, GEMS, Greenwich Police, the G.H.S. Hockey Booster Club and the staff of the Greenwich Senior Center, Department of Public Works and Department of Parks and Recreation also provide valuable assistance for this event.
The race, which has been an annual event since 1965, was rededicated in 1985 in memory of Jim Fixx, a major contributor to the sport.
Further information may be obtained by calling Threads and Treads at 203-661-0142 or the Recreation Office at 203-618-7649. You can find information about this and other Greenwich Parks and Recreation programs at Greenwichct.org.
