Now in its 30th year, and under the able direction of Tom Meagher, the 5.2-mile race starts at 4 p.m. Another good spot is in Falmouth Heights, at the ball field to watch runners sprint down the hill to the finish.įALMOUTH ALTERNATIVE: If you weren’t able to secure an entry into Falmouth, tomorrow’s annual Brew Run in Brewster is a good option. This is often where the race breaks open. WHERE TO WATCH: A good vantage point is at the corner of Scranton Ave., along Robbins Road and down Falmouth Heights Road. Other suggestions: The race committee also suggests the Mullen-Hall and Lawrence schools, Town Hall, the public lot near the library, the Homeport office complex, or TD Banknorth across from the Stop & Shop. PARKING: The Falmouth Mall, about a mile from the finish, is a large lot but beware, your car could be towed if you park near businesses that are open or on private property. The roads and facilities (water stops, medical, etc.) cannot accommodate any more runners. Access into Woods Hole will be restricted to only authorized vehicles and many roads in and around Falmouth Heights will be closed.As always, the race committee urges “crashers,” the unregistered runners, to sit this one out. IF YOU’RE GOING: Walk (or run), but don’t drive to starting line in Woods Hole or to the finish in Falmouth Heights. at the First Congregational Church of Falmouth contact Elizabeth Welch at 50. Sunday at the Church of the Messiah, Church Street, Woods Hole (for more information ) jazz concert featuring the Bart Weisman Trio with Holly Ross vocalist at 7:30 p.m. an all-Bach program presented by the Woods Hole Cantata Consort, 7:30 p.m.
More music: The John Salerno Band will be strolling and playing along Water Street in Woods Hole from 7-10 p.m. and the first race at 5 p.m sponsored by Savings Bank Life Insurance and the Falmouth Recreation Department for more information call 50.įalmouth Mile: 6:15 p.m., Falmouth High School track an invitational prize-money race featuring top men and women Jonathon Riley, former Stanford University and Brookline High star, will try to break the 3:57:07 record he set last year.
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Meet the Olympians: 2 p.m., at the expo: Bill Rodgers, Joan Samuelson and Meb Keflezighi.įamily fun run: 5 p.m., on the track at Fuller Field behind the Canty center on Main Street various distances for youngsters up to age 14 registration begins at 4 p.m. Running expo and health fair: 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Canty Community Center on Main Street numerous exhibits of athletic gear and health and fitness information CIGNA is sponsoring a booth featuring several NEADS dogs who are training to be companions to assist deaf and disabled individuals American marathon record-holder and two-time Falmouth winner Khalid Khannouchi will be at the New Balance booth from 10:30-11:30 a.m.
along portions of the race course, starting at Town Hall Square on Main Street, across from the Quarterdeck Restaurant proceeds benefit various local charities registration 5-7:30 tonight at the Quarterdeck or tomorrow morning. Making music: The John Salerno Band will stroll and play along Water Street in Woods Hole, 7-10 p.m.įalmouth 5K walk: 10 a.m. Numbers will not be distributed on race day. tomorrow at race headquarters at the Canty Community Center on Main Street. Registered runners may pick up their numbers from 10 a.m. Numbers up: The race has long been closed.
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at Lawrence School on Lakeview Ave) with a menu of chicken salad sandwiches, chips, hummus, clam chowder and beverages free to registered runners with tickets guests welcome for $5. What’s cooking: Friday night supper (4:45-7:15 p.m. The centerpiece of it all, of course, is Sunday morning’s seven-mile race. The buzz has been building all week as runners began picking up their official numbers Wednesday at race headquarters at the Canty Community Center. Last year’s runner-up, Meb Keflezighi of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., returns, along with two-time champ Khalid Khannouchi of Ossining, N.Y. citizen won the men’s race, but there looks to be legitimate challengers to the Kenyans, who have won 15 of the last 17 titles. It’s road race weekend and upward of 10,000 runners and thousands more spectators will line the streets from Woods Hole to Falmouth Heights for Sunday’s 36th renewal of the CIGNA Falmouth Road Race.įrom that first rainy-day Wednesday in 1973, when less than 100 sloshed from the Captain Kidd in Woods Hole to the Brothers Four in the Heights, Falmouth has been a Cape Cod summer tradition.
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