Brookdale Shop Rite Tom Fleming Sunset Classic

About the Event

Join us for the 38th running of the Tom Fleming Sunset Classic sponsored by Brookdale Shop Rite, which benefits the Bloomfield Educational Foundation and the Vocational Educational Special Training (V.E.S.T) program.

We are the USATF-NJ COED Team Championship

There will be hot dogs. beverages, ice cream and beer. Fun for the whole family!! Kids Infield Sprints for 2 to 12 year olds, the growing Rick Petersen Mile for all ages and of course the Tom Fleming 5 Mile

Awards: 5 Mile Race

Top 3 overall open winners Male and Female: 1st Place $150 2nd Place $125 3rd Place $100

Top overall Male and Female Bloomfielder

Top 3 Masters Male and Female based on PLP % : 1st $100, 2nd $75, 3rd $50

Age Group: Top 3 male and female in each division - 10 to 13, 14 to 19, 20 to 29, 30 to 39, 40 to 44, 45 to 49, 50 to 54, 55 to 59, 60 to 64, 65 to 69, 70 to 74, 75 to 79, 80 to 84, 85+

Awards Mile Race: Overall Male and Female - Medals to all finishers.

ALL AWARDS ARE BASED ON GUN TIME

Sign up today!

Rick Petersen Mile will be a timed event!!

Brookdale ShopRite Tom Fleming Sunset Classic Course Map

Parking:

Parking lot behind the Town Pub 378 Broad St, Bloomfield
Memorial Park Parking lot 7-11 Division St, Bloomfield
Bloomfield Board of Ed parking lot 155 Broad Street - short warm up to Race Site at Foley Field
Street parking on Baldwin St, Warren St, Osborne St, all off of Broad St.
Broad St will be closed from Belleville Ave to Watchung Ave starting between 6:30 and 6:45pm.

Tom Fleming

Thomas J. Fleming was an American distance runner who won the 1973 and 1975 New York City Marathon. He was also a two time runner-up in the Boston Marathon in 1973 and 1974 and finished six times in the top ten in the BAA marathon. He was one of the founding fathers of the Sunset Classic.

Packet Pick up at Fleet Feet Montclair 603 Bloomfield Ave Montclair, NJ 07042

Tuesday June 23 from 12 Noon to 6:00pm and Wednesday June 24 from 10:00am to 5:00pm

Race Day Registration June 25 at Bloomfield's Foley Field, starting at 5:00PM.

All Registrations will be online only this year so bring your smart phone to register at Fleet Feet on Tuesday or Wednesday and Race Day! You can pay online with a CC, we also will accept checks made out to the BEF or cash at packet pick up or race day.

Races Offered

Kids Sprints

Jun 25, 2026

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Distance — Kids Sprints

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Type — Running

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18:30

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$10.00

Rick Petersen Mile - Timed Event

Jun 25, 2026

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Distance — 1 Miles

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Type — Running

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19:00

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$20.00

Brookdale Shop Rite Tom Fleming Sunset Classic 5 Mile Road Race

Jun 25, 2026

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Distance — 5 Miles

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Type — Running

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19:30

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$30.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for June in Bloomfield.

thermostat Temperature

17.1° / 27.5°

wb_sunny Feels like

16.5° / 26.9°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

10h 40m

water_drop Avg rainfall

3.7 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

10.5 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

High

terrain Course conditions

Hard and dry surface

sunny Max UV Index

Very High (8.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

65.9%

wb_twilight Sunrise

05:25

nightlight Sunset

20:28

About Bloomfield

Learn more about the host city, Bloomfield.

Bloomfield is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and an inner-ring suburb of Newark. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 53,105, an increase of 5,790 (+12.2%) from the 2010 census count of 47,315, which in turn reflected a decline of 368 (-0.8%) from the 47,683 counted in the 2000 census. It is the location of the Bloomfield Green Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.