Sugar Bowl 5K - Polar Cats Series Race 2

❄️ Sugar Bowl 5K - Polar Cats Series Race 2

📅 Date and Location

• Date: January 18, 2026
• Address: 1387 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY
• Start Time: 11 AM
• More Info: Race Details

🎟️ Packet Pickup

• Location: Rochester Running Company
• Date: Saturday, 3/2 from 11 AM - 4 PM
• Race Day: 9:30 AM - 11 AM
• Note: You can reuse your Race #2 bib for races 2-4 if signed up for the series.

🎶 Race Experience

• Course: This will be a certified 5K but looped course with fun on-course music!
• Post Race: There will be a post-race party and series awards.
• Weather: Don't let the cold weather stop you: come run in the return of the Polar Cats Winter Race Series!
• History: Originally created by Bill Kehoe in the '90s and brought back in 2020.

👕 Series Registrants Receive

• Sweatpants: Polar Cats Sweatpants (option to upgrade to a pair of Vuori Joggers)
• T-shirt: Race t-shirt for Jinglin All the Way 5K, Race #1, in Leroy
• Registration: Registration for all 4 races
• Prizes: Chance to win age group and series prizes

🏆 Awards and Recognition

• Winners: There will be winners of each race, as well as series winners for those who signed up for all 4!
• Prizes: Awarded to top three male and female runners and age group winners for each race and the series.
• Freezeroo Series: Traditionally held on weeks opposite of the Freezeroo Series.
• Sign Up: Sign up for those GRTC races here.

🗓️ Race Series Schedule

• Race 1: Saturday 12/2/23- Leroy- Jinglin All the Way Festive 5k run or walk 10 AM
• Race 2: Sunday 1/7/24: Seneca Park - Wegman Building 11 AM
• Race 3: Sunday 2/11/24: Mendon Ponds 11 AM
• Race 4: Sunday 3/3/24: Gates 11 AM

📍 Additional Information

• Parking: Available at the Hopkins Point parking lots or along Hopkins Point Rd.
• Course Info: Course details can be found here.
• Lodge: The lodge is reserved at Hopkins Point for the day.
• Entrance: Do not use Hopkins Point Rd entrance, use Canfield or Pond Rd instead.