Ocean Citys Trail Of Two Cities 5K Races This Weekend – Ocean City, NJ Patch

OCEAN CITY, NJ — The Trail of Two Cities 5-kilometer walk/run takes place Saturday. The 5K race offers views of the length of a point-to-point course from Ocean City to Sompers Point.

Participants will travel across the Route 52 causeway in lanes usually reserved for cars. Race-day registration runs at 7 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. at the Ocean City Transportation Center (10th Street and Haven Avenue in Ocean City). The race starts there at 8 a.m. and finishes at Kennedy Park in Somers Point.

Registration is open. The first 400 to sign up will get long-sleeved race t-shirts. Pre-registration fee is $25, and participants can sign up online until 10 p.m. Oct. 30 at .

Buses will be available at the finish line in Somers Point to transport runners to the start in Ocean City before the race from 6:45 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Buses also will be available transport runners back to Ocean City from Somers Point after the race. The awards ceremonies will be held at JFK Park after all participants have completed the course.

Awards will go to the top overall male and female finishers, as well as to the top three male and female runners in the following age groups: 8-and-under, 9-11,12-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80-and-over.

Packet pick-up will be available 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the Ocean City Aquatic and Fitness Center (1735 Simpson Ave.) and at the Transportation Center until 7:45 a.m. on race morning.

No pets, bikes, skateboards or roller blades are permitted. Event is held rain or shine. Course is police-controlled, and the causeway will be closed to inbound traffic that morning. For more information, call 609-399-6111, ext. 9317.

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