2027 Perfect Ten & Five Mile Road Race

Our Second Annual Race is on Saturday July 31, 2027

Are you ready for the NEXT BIG THING in running?

You've done a million Half Marathons and 5ks, so your next goal has arrived.

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This course is 100% on the flat Rail Trail in Hamden with NO TRAFFIC AND NO STREET CROSSING! A simple out-n-back format. We start and finish from the Rail Trail Lot that we use for the Hamden Hills Half Marathon & Flat 5K and The Rail Trail 10K Race. We are sticking with what has worked for over 15 years!

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• The 10 Miler starts at 7am (to beat the heat) and has a 2:30 cutoff (15 minute/mile pace). Aid Stations with Poland Spring Water & Gatorade Endurance at Miles 2.4, 5 and 7.6. You run out 5 Miles and back. No turns, No cars! Net gain of 150'. Super flat and shaded.
  Click to see the 10 Mile Route on Strava
  

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• The 5 Miler starts at 7:15am (to beat the heat) and has a 2:00 cutoff (24 minute/mile pace) which will work for all paces. Aid Stations with Poland Spring Water & Gatorade Endurance at Mile 2.6. You run out 2.5 Miles and back. No turns, No cars! EZ! Net gain of 60'. Super flat and shaded.
  Click to see the 5 Mile Route on Strava

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• Men's and Women's cut short sleeve tech shirts for all.
• Parking at all Rail Trail lots and on the street.

• Poland Spring Water and Gatorade Endurance at the Aid Stations and finish.
• Custom 3" Finisher Medals for Ten Mile Finishers

• Custom Coffee Mug Awards for the Overall top 3 men and women as well as every 10-year division for both races.
• Porto-Lets at the Venue
• Free Finish Line Photos Finisher's Certificates from EliteFeats
• Chip timed with Live Text & Email Results streaming

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Pricing:

10/19/2026-12/31/2026
TEN MILER: $55
FIVE MILER: $25

1/1/2027-2/28/2027
TEN MILER: $60
FIVE MILER: $30

3/1/2027-7/29/2027
TEN MILER: $65
FIVE MILER: $35

On-line registration ends at midnight on 7/29/2027.

We will have race day entry!
$65 / $35 Cash, Checks made out to "CASH" and Venmo to ShorelineSharks. NO CARDS ON RACE DAY

There are NO REFUNDS at all.
Active.com offers an insurance policy for a fee but we have nothing to do with that. They will refund you.
We have a limited Transfer and Deferral policy. You can transfer your entry to another athlete via Active.com for $25 by 7/1/2027. Log into Active.com to do this. You can defer your entry from 2027 to 2028 by emailing [email protected] and Pay $25 via our Venmo account: ShorelineSharks. We will confirm via email. You will be manually removed from 2027 and manually entered into 2028.

Race Venue: This is across from the Quinnipiac York Hill Campus, just up from Dunkin.
New Haven / Northampton
Railroad Canal Line Main Parking Lot
4340 Farmington Heritage Canal Trail
Hamden, CT. 06518

Race Day 7/31/2027:
5:16am: Dawn
5:45am: Sunrise
5:45-6:45: Race Day Registration & Bib/Shirt Pickup
7:00am: TEN MILER STARTS
7:15am: FIVE MILER STARTS
8:00am-9:30am: Finishers coming in.
9:45am: Venue Closed

Event details and schedule