The Details You Need To Know Before You Lace Up Those Running Shoes!
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BIB NUMBER
Bib Numbers will be assigned when you pick up your Bib on Friday or Saturday.
You will not receive an email with your bib number.
We are doing a collection event at the Bib# Pickups for the Westfield Soup Kitchen
Please bring a non-perishable food item.
Make sure you stay for the 5Kool Down after the race!
(new this year it will be in the Elm Street Plaza - next to the Finish Line)
Food - Drink - Entertainment
Sponsor Booths: Westfield Bank - Westfield G+E/Whip City Fiber
Food Vendors: North End Butcher Block - Tavern Restaurant - Vlads - Northside Creamery
Alcohol Vendors: Great Awakening - Skyline - Tavern Restaurant
Downtown Restaurants near the Finish Line - Maple Leaf - Alo Saigon - Ray Ray's
Chrissy G's - The Good Table - Two Rivers Burrito - City Hotel - Circuit Coffee
Crave Cafe - Boston Bay Pizza 2
*** NEW This Year a Car Show on Elm street *** (see 5KoolDown Page for details)
Shuttle buses to the Start Area at the South Lot will be running until 5:00PM
Fitness Expo: T-SHIRT & BIB NUMBER PICK-UP
WHEN: Friday, May 3, 2024. 3pm to 7pm
WHERE: Blessed Sacrament Parish Hall
127 Holyoke Road - Westfield, MA 01085
RACE DAY T-SHIRT & BIB NUMBER PICK-UP:
WHEN: Saturday May 4, 2024. 10:00AM to Noon
WHERE: Tent near Starting Line
RACE DAY: STARTING LINE LOCATION
WHERE: SOUTH PARKING LOT of the Westfield State University Campus
WHEN: Line up begins @ 12:30pm. GUN goes off at 1 pm sharp
NOTES: (BIB NUMBERS are color coded. Runners and walkers will enter corral that matches color coded signs.......volunteers will be there to help!)
WALKERS with STROLLERS must line up behind runners and walkers.
NO STROLLERS will be allowed in RUNNERS CORRAL
PARKING: Three options available
The college is still session the day of race there may be limited parking in south lot at the start, consider parking downtown and taking the shuttle up to the start.
- South Parking Lot at Westfield State University (Near the Race Starting Line) To avoid Western Ave closings and traffic, take Route 20 to Bates Rd. There are many events at the university this weekend, parking for the race is only allowed in the South Lot.
- Downtown Westfield Municipal Parking Lots-off Elm Street (close to Finish Line). Please do not park in Open Business private lots. For your convenience SHUTTLE BUSES will begin running at 9:30am from downtown to the Starting Line. Downtown pickups will leave from Westfield City Hall, 59 Court St and run every 20 minutes(follow shuttle bus signs near Finish Line Area). The LAST BUS leaves downtown at 11:30, do not wait until the last minute, as the late buses fill up and you may be late to or miss the start. The Post Race Shuttle runs every 20 minutes from City Hall back to the Start, last Bus is 5:00PM.
- Car Pool - Park a car downtown and car pool in a friends or family members car up to the start. After the race and party the car downtown can return the friend or family member back to the start.
MEDICAL , WATER and LOST PERSON AREA:
START AREA (Water near Start Line)
HIGHLAND SCHOOL (Water Stop two miles into race course)
FINISH LINE AREA. (Medical tent next to finish line with Westfield Fire Dept Ambulance)
SANI-CANS:
Near STARTING LINE (back corner of South Parking Lot) & FINISH LINE AREA
FINISH LINE:
Front of 67 ELM STREET (Elm Street Plaza)
WALKERS:
At some point past Lloyd's Hill, some walkers will be asked to move to the sidewalk on the left side of the road.
RESULTS and AWARDS:
Race results will be posted on 4RUN3.com by Saturday night. AWARD RECIPIENTS will be notified within a week via email, NO Awards will be handed out on Race Day.
