8 running and ultra events in Short Hills, New Jersey

Race Date: February 21, 2026

Distance: 50 Mile, 50 Kilometer, 20 Miles, 10 Miles

all distances are approximate using a 10 mile loop.

Where: South Mountain Reservation Maplewood, NJ

START LOCATION: - At Summit Field picnic area. The closest parking lot in the Park is at the dog park off Crest Drive. The address to plug into a GPS is: 12 Bear Lane, Maplewood, NJ 07079

Race bib pickup: starts 1 hour before your race begins.

Race Start Time 50Miler: 7:00 for 50M (12 Hours to finish-must avg 14 min/mile pace) (Bib pick up starts 6:30am)

Race Start Time 50KM: 8:00 for 50K (11 Hours to finish-must avg 22 min/mile pace) (Bib pick up starts 7:00am)

Race Start Time 20Miler: 9:00 for 20M (Bib pick up starts 8:00am)

Race Start Time 10Miler: 10:00 for 10M (Bib pick up starts 9:00am)

Cutoff: All Races must be finished by 7:00PM. Race Directors reserve the right

to end your race because you will not finish by 7:00PM.

50 Miler Runners must leave on their last 10 Mile loop by 4:30pm as long as they are

keeping pace to finish by 7:00pm. If you take longer than 2 1/2 hours to finish your

40 mile split, then you will not be permitted to continue.Bring a Headlamp.

Price includes SWAG, awards for top 3 M/F. There will be aid stations, an accurate time and a great course. NO MEDALS.

**For ALL races; you can receive a 50% refund until 8 weeks before race date. After that NO REFUNDS.

** If you transfer your bib to another runner, please contact us with the new runner's information ASAP.

Get ready for the Ninth annual March Fourth 5K and Dog Walk!

The event will be held on Brookside Dr. Millburn NJ on Sunday March 1st, 2026. The race begins at 9:00 followed by the dog walk at 10:00. Feel free to do both or just one (it's one fee)!

We welcome any donations you would like to give to help us prevent colorectal cancer.

On March Fourth, 2016 my Mom died of colon cancer and she wasn’t alone. More than 50,000 other people also died that year from Colon Cancer and even more in the following years. When my Mom was alive she told us that we had to keep going – and it was fitting that she died on March Fourth since that is what she wanted us to do - to March Forth. So this year on Sunday, March 2nd we are holding our eighth annual March Fourth 5K! Go ahead and send this to everyone you know, we are going to do amazing things this year! As always, if you have any questions about registration or about the event at all you can always contact me at [email protected].