Road Race Registration opens

Next date: Sunday, September 01, 2024 | 12:00 AM

 Registration for the 88th Manchester Road Race will begin on September 1st.

The world-famous race, one of America’s largest and most popular turkey trots, will be held on Thanksgiving Day (November 28, 2024) at 10 a.m. It is run on a 4.737-mile loop course through Manchester’s central streets that starts and finishes on Main Street, in front of St. James Church.

The entry fee is $32 for runners who sign up on-line prior to 12 midnight EST on October 1st. The entry fee increases thereafter to $37 on October 1st and to $42 on November 23rd.

Race officials also announced today that due to rising postage and logistical costs, the MRR will no longer be able to mail bibs to runners free of charge. Entrants who wish to receive their bibs through the postal service will be assessed an additional postage and handling fee when they register.

The race committee has scheduled a number of times and dates when bibs can be picked up in person at no additional cost. Details about the new postage and handling fee, and the schedule of in-person bib pickup dates will be available when registration opens on Sept. 1.

Race officials are once again also offering a Virtual Manchester Road Race option. Participants can download a GPS-enabled app to their smartphones and have their times recorded as they run the MRR course distance at any location in the world. The entry fee for the virtual run is $30, and on-line registration also begins on September 1st.

Approximately 400 volunteers from the Manchester Road Race Committee organize the annual Thanksgiving Day run, with support from the Town of Manchester.

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