The Department of Parks and Recreation announces pre-registration for the 52nd 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 5:30 p.m.
Runners may also register at Threads and Treads, 17 East Putnam Avenue in 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 May 26 after 11:00 a.m. at Threads and Treads.
Runners may also register on Monday morning, May 30, from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. only at the Greenwich Senior Center for either the five-mile run or kids run. There is an increased fee of $40 for the five mile race and the fee for the Kids’ Run will be $15. At that time, only exact change or check payable to “M.D.R.R.C.” will be accepted.
The Senior Center is located at 299 Greenwich Avenue. Pre-registered runners may also pick-up race materials at this time. The five-mile run starts at 8:15 a.m. in front of Betteridge Jewelers, 239 Greenwich Avenue. 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 a.m., before the half-mile run.
This is the 52nd running of what continues to be one of Connecticut’s oldest and popular foot races. The challenging course heads 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 eight-years-old and under and nine-years-old and older age categories will receive trophies and all participants will receive an award.
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. More information about this and other Greenwich Parks and Recreation programs can be found at Greenwichct.org.
