2026 Rail Trail 10K Race

Our 10th Annual Rail Trail 10K Race!

The Road Runners Club of America Eastern Region 10K Championship!

START TIME IS 8AM

THE COURSE

100% on the Rail Trail with no cars and no street crossings.

Flat and picturesque out-n-back running through Fall's natural beauty.

Venue: New Haven / Northampton
Railroad Canal Line Main Parking Lot

4340 Farmington Heritage Canal Trail
Hamden, CT. 06518

Plenty of parking in all Rail Trail lots plus on-street

Poland Spring Water & Gatorade Endurance at Mile 2.4 and 3.6

Course Map on Strava

THE ENTRANT STUFF

Men's & Women's Cut Short Sleeve Tech T-shirts for all entrants.

Gorgeous 3” Custom Finisher Medals! BEST 10K MEDAL IN CT! You will have a choice of Medal Color!

Poland Spring Water & Gatorade Endurance at the finish line for Finishers

Results are texted, emailed and live streaming.

Custom awards to the top 3 Men and Women overall and in all 5 year divisions (from 5 years old to 80+)

Porto-Lets at the venue

FREE Downloadable Race Photos and Finisher Certificate by EliteFeats

TIMING AND RESULTS

Transponder Timing and Results with “Gun” and “Net” time. Awards based on gun time.

Results will be live streaming and emailed and texted to you once you finish.

CUTOFFS AND EARLY STARTS

There are no time cutoffs and no early starts for this race.

THE HISTORY

2017: Our inaugural Rail Trail 10K Race debuted with a large field of runners. We are bringing the 10K back!

2020: The race was cancelled due to Covid19.

2021: We are back!

2023: We are the 10K State Championship for the Road Runners Club of America!

2024: We are once again the RRCA State Championship 10K.

2025: We are the RRCA State Championship for the 3rd year in a row!

2026: Our 10th Anniversary and the Road Runners Club of America Eastern Region Championship Race!

PRICING STRUCTURE

10/19/2025 - 12/31/2025: $55

1/1/2026 – 10/1/2026: $60

10/3/2025: $65 In-Person Registration
(Cash, Venmo, Checks made out to "CASH" only.
*No Cards on race day

TRANSFER & DEFERRAL INFO

You may TRANSFER your registration to another athlete until 9/3/2026 for $25.
*This is done by you on-line through Active*
THIS IS A HARD DEADLINE. NO EXCEPTIONS.

You may DEFER your entry to the 2026 Race until 9/3/2026 for $25, paid through our Venmo (ShorelineSharks) and email Defer@ShorelineSharks.com.
We will confirm the deferral and you will be manually removed from 2026 and manually entered into 2027.

THIS IS A HARD DEADLINE. NO EXCEPTIONS

*Active.com offers an insurance plan for a fee but we are not involved with that. Active will refund you, not us.

RACE DAY

Saturday 10/3/2026
Dawn is 6:23am, Sunrise is 6:51am

7:00am: Registration and Bib/Shirt Pickup Opens
7:45am: Registration and Bib/Shirt Pickup Closes
8:00am: Race Starts
8:35am: First Finishers
10:00am: Final Finishers & Venue Closed

New Haven / Northampton
Railroad Canal Line Main Parking Lot

4340 Farmington Heritage Canal Trail
Hamden, CT. 06518

Bring photo ID

PARKING

Plenty of parking at all of the Rail Trail lots and on the street (where legal)
No Parking at the Dunkin Donuts / Amity Liquors Lot

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