Tolland Runners: Deadline Approaching for Manchester Road Race Early Registration

MANCHESTER, CT — Runners have one week to take advantage of early registration entry fees for this year's Manchester Road Race.

The famed race is in its 80th year in 2016.

The registration fee for entries received before Nov. 7, is $27. Entries submitted thereafter will cost $32.

Online registration, and participant particulars for the Manchester Road Race are available at www.manchesterroadrace.com.

The event is the nation's oldest and one of the most prestigious road races. The 4.748-mile run takes place on a loop course through the town’s central streets on Thanksgiving Day.

The starting gun is at 10 a.m. The race starts and finishes on Main Street in Manchester, in front of St. James Church.

Last year’s Manchester Road Race attracted a field of 13,892 registered runners that included some of the world’s best long distance competitors.

Will Geoghegan of Eugene, OR, won the 2015 race with a time of 21:34, two seconds ahead of Glastonbury native and Olympic steeplechase runner Donn Cabral. Cabral was eighth in the Rio steeplechase final and the third-fastest qualifier.

Diane Nukuri, an Olympic runner from Burundi who trains in Flagstaff, AR, won the 2015 women’s championship in 24:19.

Photo Credit: Manchester Road Race Committee