156 Mettlers Road, Somerset NJ
Sunday, March 21st, 2027
🏃 Welcome to NJ's Favorite Distance Race!
WHEN:
March 21, 2027
WHERE:
Colonial Park
156 Mettlers Road
Somerset, NJ
📅 Race Weekend Schedule
- Friday: 4pm-7pm: Packet Pickup, Road Runner Sports (North Brunswick, NJ)
- Saturday: 10am-2pm: Packet Pickup, Road Runner Sports (North Brunswick, NJ)
- Sunday: 7:00am: Registration opens (packet pickup, new registration)
- 8:45am: Cookie Chase 5k presented by Insomnia Cookies
- 9:30am: Garden State 10 Miler
- 11:00am: Youth Fun Run
👕 Shirt & Bib Deadline
- Free shirts: to the first 800 registrants.
🏅 A Few Event Details
- 5k Map: Click Here
- 10 Mile Map: Click Here
🏆 10 Miler Awards
- Prize Money: $150/$100/$75 for Top 3 M/F
- Age Group Medals: Available for 19 & Under, 20-24, 25-29, through 90+
- Finisher Medal: All finishers receive a medal
🍪 Cookie Chase 5k Awards
- Prize Money: Top 3 Costumes - $100*
- Age Group Medals: Available for 19 & Under, 20-24, 25-29, through 90+
- Finisher Reward: All finishers receive a cookie
🏃♀️ Half Marathon Challenge
- Medal: All finishers receive a "Challenge Accepted" medal alongside their GS10 medal.
👥 The Relay
We know running is more fun with friends. This is a 2-person team. The first participant runs ~3.6 miles, high fives their partner who then runs the remaining 6.4 miles. The relay transition is within walking distance of the 10-mile start at the corner of Mettlers Lane and Colonial Drive. Both participants must register for the relay individually.
🎉 Youth Fun Run Awards
- Participation: All youth participants receive a race bib and finisher's medal.
💰 Event Proceeds
The Garden State 10 Miler is a collaborative fund raiser hosted by the Garden State Track Club and the Franklin Township Police Department. Since its inception in 2017, the event has donated $35,000 to charitable causes. It now provides need-based scholarships to graduating seniors at Franklin High School.
🔗 Additional Information
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