Stratton Faxon Fairfield Road Race to be held at Fairfield’s Jennings Beach.
The 30th Annual Stratton Faxon Fairfield Road Race will be run on Sunday June 27, 2010, at Fairfield’s Jennings Beach. Featuring a half-marathon (13.1 miles) and 5K (3.1 miles), the event has been hosted by the Fairfield Firefighters since its inception. In 2009, the race saw incredible growth and had reached its runner limit a week prior to the race. This year’s race is limited to 4,500 participants and is expected to be a sellout. Over 3,000 runners have already registered so runners are encouraged to register as soon as possible.
The Half Marathon is routinely selected as one of the country’s top road races by Runner’s World magazine. Accolades for the race include being two-time host of the U.S. Women’s National Half Marathon Championship and three-time host of the National Masters’ Half Marathon Championship.
The 5-kilometer race will be run again for the fourteenth year. In 1995, it was added to the schedule to encourage more casual runners to participate in a race and has since become a popular family event.
As always, runners will enjoy bands along the race course, sports massage, and a post race beach party featuring food, refreshments, live music, and an awards ceremony. Shower facilities, D-tag timing, half marathon finisher medals, baggage claim, and free parking are also available to event participants. Technical running shirts will be provided to all entrants.
“We are very excited about the Fairfield races and are proud to support an event that gives back to the community,” said Michael Stratton, partner of Stratton Faxon. Sponsoring the race is part of Stratton Faxon’s 10% philosophy. That is, 10% of case fees are set aside to support charitable causes that help improve the community or civil jury system.
The primary charity for Fairfield Road Races (including the June 27th event) is the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation and the Alfred C. Luf Children’s Burn Camp.
Stratton Faxon became the title sponsor for the Fairfield Road Races in 2007 when the Kids’ 1K Fun Race was added to the race events. That year featured ideal weather for late June in Connecticut; low humidity with a light onshore breeze, and temperatures in the low 60s at the start of the race.
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