Main Street Mile Road Race
About the Race
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Date and Time: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 1:00 pm.
Race Distance: One mile.
Location: Number pickup after 10:00 am on race day at Beach House (finish line), Surf Drive, Falmouth. Race starts at Falmouth Village Green.
Course Description: A flat and accurate mile. Start on Main Street at the Falmouth Village Green, run east, turn south (right) on Walker Street, turn east (left) on Surf Drive to Beach House.
Directions:
To the Beach House (for number pickup): Take Rte. 28 from either direction into Falmouth to Main Street, turn south on Walker St. or Shore St. to the Surf Drive Bathhouse. The race start is at the Village Green at the west end of Main Street.
Entry Fees: $10 (pre-entry); $12 (post-entry). (Fees have gone DOWN from 2008!)
T-shirts to the first 250.
Refreshments, awards and raffle after the race at the Beach House.
Age Groups: Novices (8-10); Sub-Juniors (11-13); Juniors (14-19); Open (20-29); Sub-Masters (30-39); Masters (40-49); Seniors (50-59); Veterans (60-69); Grand Veterans (70+). All participating children will be awarded ribbons.
Organized By: The Falmouth Track Club
Race Director: Jack Carroll. Email: jackrunfalmouth@comcast.net
Registration
Entry fees are non-refundable.
Previous Years' Results and Race Stories
Main Street Mile Race History
The Main Street Mile was first run in 1981. The race was founded by the Hard Core Mothers, parents of Falmouth High School Boys' Cross Country Team members coached by Tom Turkington. They envisioned a running event in which the whole family and runners of all ages and abilities could participate. They organized the race up through 1987. In 1988, the Falmouth Track Club's Helen Kennedy took over race directorship and she continued to provide leadership through 2002, when Steve Hamel took over for two years, followed by Dana DeLorme and Patti O'Brien. The current race director is former club president Jack Carroll.
The Main Street Mile is run early in September, usually the Sunday after Labor Day. Originally the course began at the Village Green, ran down Main Street, and ended at the Gus Canty Recreation Center. In 2005, a new one-mile course was introduced. As in the previous years, the race begins at the Village Green and runners run east down Main Street, but then they turn right onto Walker Street and finish at the beach parking lot on Surf Drive. The decision to change the course was based on safety concerns due to increased activity on Main Street.
Families are encouraged to participate in the event, and many families return year after year. Runners come in all sizes and ages. In 2005, for example, the youngest and oldest finishers were 2 and 74 years of age. Multiple generations run the race, and some families pull in awards in every generation.
