3/29 Morris County Empanada Trail Run

The 2026 Morristown Corporate Classic is arriving in Morristown! New Jersey’s premier corporate fitness event brings together coworkers, friends, and individual runners for an energizing 3.1-mile celebration of community and camaraderie.

Whether you’re forming a corporate running team, signing up as an individual competitor, jogging for fun, or taking on the course with a brisk walk, this event truly is for everyone. It’s a race for New Jersey’s competitive runners, a team-building experience for corporate groups, and a fun run for participants of all ages and fitness levels.

Most importantly, your participation supports JBWS, helping provide safety, support, and hope to survivors of domestic violence in our community.

Join us in Morristown and be part of the movement.

Join us and support St. Joseph's Children's Hospital.

Supporting our community for the past 14 years, SAX has raised over $1 Million for the Child Life Department. This year, we are proud keep the event at our Sax headquarters in Parsippany, NJ, with a new beautiful course with some great pre and post-event activities.

The Child Life Department at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital is committed to helping pediatric patients cope with the stress and anxiety associated with hospitalization.

Together with our event sponsors, donors, participants, and volunteers, we have raised over $1 Million for the Child Life Department since the 4 MILER’s inception in 2012 and have proudly become the largest financial contributor to the Child Life Department.

EVENT INFO

Event Day: Saturday, September 19th, 2026

Start Time: 9:30 AM

Bib Number & T-Shirt Pick Up Times:

Friday, September 18th 12:00 PM -3:00 PM at SAX

Saturday, September 19th 8:00 AM- 9:15 AM

AWARDS

Awards (Male & Female) 4 Mile Run - 1,2,3 Overall

4 Mile Run Age Groups, 19 & under to 70 & Over(10 Years)

COURSE:

Run or Walk the new 4-mile run on a scenic USA Track and Field Certified (USATF) double-loop race course and bring your family for our Kids’ dashes, with distances ranging from 25 to 200 yards for ages 2-11.

AMENITIES:

-Technical T-Shirt to all pre-registrants (and post-registrants while supplies last)

-USTAF Certified Course

-Refreshments

-Kids’ Activities

-DJ Entertainment

-Awards and Random Prizes

-New Course at SAX Parsippany campus

DAY-OF REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE ON-SITE BETWEEN 8:00-8:30.

Sign up now for the Annual Strides for Education Hybrid 5K Run/Walk on our FLAT, FAST course through the streets of Morris Plains. Organized by the EFMP, race proceeds benefit all students in the Morris Plains School District. This year's race will still be a hybrid event (in person and virtual), so you can join us on race day (Oct. 25th) in person on the streets of Morris Plains (Start/Finish at Simons Park) OR run at your own location/time on the 25th.

REGISTER BY OCTOBER 3rd TO BE GUARANTEED YOUR UNIQUE RACE GIVEAWAY.

WHY WE RUN: Education Foundation of Morris Plains raises money for Morris Plains School District, which will directly benefit all students in the district. This year, we are funding innovative programs powered by our dynamic administration and staff at both Mountain Way and Borough Schools.

HYBRID: This year's race will be a hybrid event (in person and virtual), so you can join us on race day in person on the streets of Morris Plains OR run at your own location/time on Oct. 26th. Please sign up for as a virtual participant if you will participate remotely.

TEAM CHALLENGE: Choose to register as a team to have fun and raise your organization's profile. The most spirited and the largest teams win a prize, plus social media exposure and exclusive bragging rights until next time!

T-SHIRT PICK UP & TIMING ANKLET: All participants must arrive early on race day to pick up your t-shirt and an environmentally-friendly timing anklet at the NJ Trail Series table. Please return the anklet to the same table after you complete the course.

Day-Of Registration is available on-site between 8:00-8:30.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on October 25th (arrive early for the 9am 5K start)!

SCHEDULE

8:00 AM - Race check in / Pick up timing anklets

8:30 AM - Kids' Fun Run Start

8:40 AM - Group Warm Up

9:00 AM - 5K Race Start

10:00 AM - Award Presentation

About Trail Fest:

FEAR Trail Fest is a 5 mile lollipop loop trail race in Lewis Morris Park in Morristown, NJ. The course is run mostly on the Yellow Trail in Lewis Morris Park. It’s a runnable course with a mix of rocks, roots, and some good climbs totaling around 600 feet of elevation gain. The course starts with a wide section on the Patriots Path before moving to single track for the full Yellow Trail loop before traversing the short section of the Patriots Path again back to the finish. The course is meant to attract runners looking to tackle their first trail race, or an experienced veteran on the trails looking to have a fun and fast race! Hikers are welcome too, with a generous 2:30 hour time limit.

Additionally, we will host course previews (see dates below) on the actual course so no one needs to go into the race blindly. These course previews are free and will be educational and informative if you’ve never run trails before or have never been to Lewis Morris Park.

Sustainability:

Trail Fest is going cupless! Hydrapak will be providing reusable cups for runners to be used before, during, and after the race for all their electrolyte needs.

Additionally, we are ditching traditional PVC-made race bibs and going with hemp bibs. These are much more environmentally friendly versus old traditional bibs.

Logistics:

Who: Everyone’s invited (but limited to 120 runners)! New trail runners, experienced trail runners and hikers. We’ll even adopt road runners for the day!

What: A 5 mile trail race (route below)!

Where: Lewis Morris Park Sunrise Lake Dr., Morristown, NJ 07690. Once you get to this road, keep driving until you see the lot.

When: Sunday, November 23, 2025 starting at 9AM

Why: Why not! What else could you possibly be doing on a Sunday morning?

Giveaways:

– Root Runners will be providing prize packages to the 1st and 2nd place male and female finishers.

– Brooks Running will be raffling off 3 pairs of shoes.

– Feetures has donated 6 pairs of socks to be raffled off to our runners.

– SPIbelt provided us with 3 race belts to be raffled off, too.

Course Previews:

We will be hosting three course previews on the following dates. Please meet at the picnic shelter on the map below at 8:50AM so we can start running at 9AM:

Sunday, October 12th – 9AM

Sunday, October 26th – 9AM

Sunday, November 16th – 9AM