89th Manchester Road Race 2025

Next date: Thursday, November 27, 2025 | 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM

Manchester Road Race officials have scheduled several events during the month of November where runners will be able to register in-person and pick up their bibs for the iconic Thanksgiving Day run.

Although on-line registration will be available 24-hours a day at www.manchesterroadrace.com through November 25th, entrants who wish to have their bibs mailed to them must sign up before November 1st.  There is a $20 mailing fee.

The schedule of in-person registration and bib pick-up dates for the 89th Manchester Road Race is as follows:

         --Saturday, November 22nd, from 8:30 a.m-4:30 p.m. at the Manchester High School cafeteria, 134 East Middle Turnpike in Manchester. (This event is being held in conjunction with the annual MRR Health & Fitness Expo);

        --Sunday November 23rd, from 1-5 p.m.  at Marathon Sports, 63 Hebron Avenue, in Glastonbury;

        --Monday, November 24th, from 4-7 p.m. at Fleet Feet, 1003 Farmington Ave., in West Hartford; and

        --Tuesday, November 25th, from 5-8 p.m. at the Urban Lodge Brewing Company, 47 Purnell Place, in Manchester.

Registration for the road race closes completely at 11:59 EST p.m. on November 25, 2025.

BIB PICK UP ONLY will occur on Wednesday, November 27 from 3-7 pm at the Cone Gym of the Bennet Academy, 1151 Main Street in Manchester. There will NOT be registration or bib pickup on the day of the race.

The Manchester Road Race will be held for the 89th time on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27, 2025) at 10 a.m.  It is run on a 4.737-mile loop course through the town’s central streets that starts and finishes on Main Street, in front of St. James Church.

The MRR, which is regarded as one of America’s largest and most popular Turkey Day runs, is organized by more than 400 volunteers from the Manchester Road Race, with support from the Town of Manchester. The principal financial sponsors are Hoffman Lexus, Orthopedic Associates of Hartford, Pratt & Whitney, and Hartford HealthCare.

More information about the road race is available at www.manchesterroadrace.com.

 

When

  • Thursday, November 27, 2025 | 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Location

St. James Church, Manchester, CT, 06040

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