Manchester Road Race News 11/25

Published on November 25, 2024

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Manchester Road Race News

       Runners clad in turkey suits and pilgrim costumes will join some of the world’s best athletes in a field expected to exceed 11,000 competitors at the 88th Manchester Road Race on Thanksgiving Day.

Defending champion and Olympian Weini Kelati of Flagstaff, Arizona has entered the race, along with former champions Ben Flanagan (2021) and Sam Chelanga (2013), Kenyan Olympian Edwin Kurgat, Andrew Colley, the fourth place finisher here in 2022, and Patrick Dever, an Olympic runner from Great Britain who was fifth at the 2023 MRR.

Race officials are reminding runners that registration will close at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, and that no entries will be accepted thereafter.

ALSO: Parking restrictions, street closures, traffic disruptions and areas of central Manchester that will be inaccessible to public travel on Thanksgiving morning when the iconic holiday run is held, have been announced.

Read more: https://manchesterroadrace.com/page/news