EVFD Stop Drop and Run 5k
Event summary
This is the 8th running of the event, and it promises to be a great time for a great cause, with all proceeds benefiting the Easton Volunteer Fire Department. Participants will enjoy a scenic course through local trails, engaging competition with prizes for top finishers across various age groups, and special awards for local first responders. After the race, join in the celebration with delicious food and drinks for all runners. Bring your friends and family and be part of this wonderful community event that combines fitness, fun, and support for our local heroes!
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5k Run/Walk
Incl. $3.90 Fee & T-Shirt
Come out and run this unique course, starting at the Easton Volunteer Fire Department and navigating on to the Rails to Trails. Come out on the North side of the trail and travel down Washington Street, to finish back at the Fire Department. If you are planning on competing for the RESPONDER'S CUP, please go back and select that option.
Entries closed10:30 AM EDT
$43.90
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5k RESPONDERS CUP
Incl. $3.90 Fee & T-Shirt
Teams of AT LEAST 3. First responders, military, government employees. Bring your fastest runners out and try to take back the RESPONDER'S CUP from the NSA group who won it in 2017. Your three fastest times will be combined from your team and the winner takes home the trophy, only to have to bring it back in 2023!! Do you have what it takes to take home the cup?
Entries closed10:30 AM EDT
$43.90
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1 Mile Fun Run/Walk (non timed)
Incl. $3.90 Fee & T-Shirt
Entries closed10:30 AM EDT
$43.90
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10k Run
Incl. $5.10 Fee & T-Shirt
New this year, the 10k course will follow the 5k course at the beginning, but continue on the Rails to Trails, all the way across Goldsborough, Dover, Brookletts, Idewild and Dutchman, before returning along the same route and finishing the rest of the 5k route!
Entries closed10:00 AM EDT
$65.10
Organiser's description
PACKET PICKUP WILL START AT 9:00 AM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING, AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PARK AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PRIOR TO THE RACE. SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO LEAVE PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION OF THE RACE, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOU WILL HAVE RUNNERS COMING IN TOWARDS YOU, AND GIVE THEM THE RIGHT OF WAY PLEASE.
THE 10K EVENT WILL START, UNDER THE ARCH AT 10AM. THE 5K EVENT WILL START, UNDER THE ARCH AT 1030AM. THIS WILL GIVE US TIME TO GET OUR THANK YOU'S, NATIONAL ANTHEM, ETC, DONE AND GET STARTED ON TIME. THE 1 MILE WALK WILL START WITH THE 5K EVENT AND WILL DEVIATE WHEN YOU GET OVER TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BUILDING.
THE 5K COURSE WILL GO ON THE RAILS TO TRAILS, TURN AROUND AT THE AIDE STATION, AND THEN VEER ON TO THE LARGE CIRCLE, GOING AROUND A PARK. EACH TURN WILL HAVE A LARGE, ORANGE CONE WITH AN ARROW ON THE TOP.
WHEN YOU HAVE RECONNECTED BACK WITH THE PAVED RAILS TO TRAILS, YOU WILL CONTINUE DOWN TO CHAPEL ROAD. MAKE A LEFT ON CHAPEL AND WHEN YOU CONNECT WITH WASHINGTON, JUST TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW THE ROADWAY ALL THE WAY BACK TO CREAMERY LANE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. YOUR STARTING POINT IS YOUR STOPPING POINT.
THE 10K COURSE IS THE SAME, EXCEPT YOU WILL RUN PAST THE FIRST AIDE STATION AND FOLLOW THE TRAIL TO THE VERY END. YOU WILL RUN OVER GOLDSBOROUGH RD, DOVER RD, BROOKLETTS, IDEWILD AND DUTCHMANS LANE, BEFORE TURNING AROUND AT THE END BEFORE WATKINS LANE.
YOUR ONE MILE COURSE WILL CROSS THE ROADWAY WITH THE 5K RUNNERS, BUT YOU WILL KEEP STRAIGHT ON MAGNOLIA STREET, AND NOT TURN ON TO THE TRAIL. WHEN YOU GET TO WASHINGTON STREET, THE WALKER WILL TURN LEFT ON WASHINGTON, UP TO CREAMERY LANE, AND IN TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL TOMORROW MORNING AT THE EVFD STOP DROP AND RUN 5K. REMEMBER, THE 10K STARTS AT 10:00AM AND THE 5K RUN STARTS AT 10:30AM!
NEW THIS YEAR!!! 10K OPTION STARTING AT 10:00AM
5K AND 1 MILE WALK START AT 10:30AM
A great time for a great cause! Come out and celebrate our 8th running of the Easton Volunteer Fire Department's Stop, Drop and Run 10k/5k run and 1 mile walk, on Saturday, April 15th, 2023. . The fun starts at 10:30 am at the Easton Volunteer Fire Department. All of the proceeds go back to the Easton Volunteer Fire Department!!
Our plan is to hold our event as we used to, with food and drinks afterwards. As we get closer to the event, we will be able to give more details but, whether it is in your car or gathered around a table, we will be celebrating with some great food afterwards, for all of our runners!
There will be prizes for the top overall male and female, and top 3 males and females in the 12 and Under, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60 and Above age groups. .
There are also special prizes for our local First Responders, so let your Fire/EMS/Law Enforcement friends know!! The same speedy group from the NSA has come and taken the cup for the past years! We need to get it back here on the Shore so get your 3 fastest folks together and RUN!!!
Location
315 Aurora Park Drive, (now 315 Leonard Rieck Drive), Easton, 21601, MD, United States
EVFD Stop Drop and Run 5k
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