Strides For Scholars

🏃‍♂️ Race Overview

The Strides For Scholars point-to-point, downhill course is the fastest 5K in Connecticut. Set a new PR!

🕓 Event Details

• Date: April 26, 2026
• Location: Union School, Union, CT
• Registration and Packet Pickup: Starts at 7:30 AM at the Union Elementary School, 18 Kinney Hollow RD, Union, CT
• Race Start Time: 9:00 AM

🌄 Course Information

The race will start at the school and proceed down Kinney Hollow Rd for 3.1 miles through the scenic Yale Forest. There will be a shuttle bus at the finish line to transport runners back to the school. This is among the fastest 5K courses in the state, perfect for a PB.

👕 T-Shirts

T-shirts for the first 100 runners/walkers registered by April 1st, 2026.

🎓 Charitable Cause

Proceeds from this race go to the Union School Association Scholarship Foundation. Since the first scholarship was awarded in 1995, scholarships have been awarded annually to graduating high school seniors. Donations to the USASF can be made directly to the scholarship fund via RunSignUp.

For more information, please visit the race website.