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Celebrate Merrimack’s 275th with 2.75 race

By Staff | Mar 27, 2021

MERRIMACK – On April 2, the town of Merrimack will officially celebrate its 275th birthday. As part of the town’s year-long celebration, the Parks & Recreation Department invites locals to join them at 10 a.m. on May 15 for this historic event by participating in a 2.75 mile “Not Quite A 5K Run/Walk” in celebration of Merrimack’s history.

This family friendly road race is perfect for both avid runners and recreational walkers alike. The relatively flat course begins and ends in the heart of historic downtown Merrimack at Merrimack Town Hall. The race will be professionally timed by North Star Timing and will employ a “time trial start” format that will facilitate “social distancing.”

Participants will be seeded based on their self-submitted paces and sorted by pace from fastest to slowest.

For those not comfortable participating in a live race at this time, officials also are offering a virtual race option. For this event, participants will have access to RaceJoy, which is a GPS virtual race tracking app. It allows participants to run their 2.75 mile virtual race anywhere in the world, and the results will be automatically uploaded to the event’s results page.

All registered participants will receive a limited edition “Not Quite A 5K Race” finishers medal. Registered participants for the live race also will receive an official commemorative T-shirt. Proceeds from the Race will benefit the Parks & Recreation Department and its events to celebrate Merrimack’s 275th birthday.

The total number of entries in the race is limited to 150 participants.

For additional details or to register, visit https://runsignup.com/Race/NH/Merrimack/NotQuiteA5KRunWalkinCelebrationofMerrimackNH.

For questions, call the Parks & Recreation Department at 603-882-1046 or email Program Coordinator James Golisano at jgolisano@merrimacknh.gov.

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