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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Run® is a Memorial Day tradition! This spirited, family-focused day of activities includes a 10K, 5K, the Ridgewood YMCA Kid’s Fun Run, Competitive Mile and a one-mile Community Run. It is also home to the Kessler Foundation Wheelchair 10K, which attracts some of the world’s fastest wheelchair athletes.
The Ridgewood Run®, organized by the North Jersey Masters Running Club, is one of North Jersey’s premier kick-off road race events of the summer season. It is a spirited, family-focused day of fun activities that include a 10K, 5K, the Ridgewood YMCA Kid’s Fun Run, Competitive Mile, and a one-mile Community Run. Run one or all of them! It is also home to the Kessler Foundation Wheelchair 10K which attracts some of the world’s fastest wheelchair athletes.
It brings together over 3,000 participants, volunteers and spectators, attracting local and county residents as well as thousands of people from all across New Jersey, the tri-state area and beyond.
Race proceeds benefit the Special Olympics of New Jersey, the Kessler Foundation, Ridgewood YMCA and other local charitable organizations.
The Fred d’Elia Ridgewood Run was created by Manfred (Fred) d’Elia and his wife, world-class runner Toshiko d’Elia, in 1976. Tired of driving his wife into Manhattan for competition with the New York Road Runners, Fred decided to create his own race to attract serious runners to their hometown. The inaugural Ridgewood Run took off with runners sporting hand-made bib numbers with Fred acting as race director, course certifier and timer. “With no money to put on a race, we all had our tasks,” recalls Toshiko d’Elia. “I hand-delivered all the race applications around town to save on stamps and our daughter Erica, was handed a black dry-marker to make race numbers.”
Registration:
https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Ridgewood/TheRidgewoodRun
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What a great event. Ridgewood is the best!