MANCHESTER, Conn. — Any runners who plan on competing in the 88th Manchester Road Race this Thanksgiving have one more day to register before the entry fee rises.
The current $32 entry fee will increase to $37 by midnight leading into the month of October. The fee will also again raise to $42 on Nov. 23.
The Virtual Manchester Road Race option will also continue this year. Participants can download a GPS-enabled app to their smartphones and have their times recorded as they run the race course distance anywhere in the world. The entry fee for the virtual run is $30.
According to officials, this year, the road race will no longer be able to mail bibs to runners free of charge due to rising postage and logistical costs.
Entrants who wish to receive their bibs via postal service must pay an additional postage and handling fee when registering. The race committee has scheduled a number of times and dates when the bibs can be picked up in person at no additional cost.
The Manchester Road Race website will have information on the bib pick-up schedule and postage and handling fees.
The Manchester Road Race is one of the country's largest and most popular turkey trots that will be held on Thanksgiving Day (November 28) at 10 a.m. It's a 4.737-mile loop course through Manchester's central streets.
The race reported 11,060 registered runners last year, ranging in athletic ability from Olympians to joggers dressed in their Thanksgiving turkey best!
Morgan Beadlescomb of Ann Arbor, Michigan, won last year’s event with a time of 21:12. Weini Kelati of Flagstaff, Arizona, captured the women’s championship for the third consecutive year in 23:21.
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Jennifer Glatz is a digital content producer at FOX61 News. She can be reached at jglatz@fox61.com.
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