MOUNT DESERT — The annual Frosty 5K walk and run in Northeast Harbor is set for Saturday, Dec. 7 at The Neighborhood House. A kids fun run begins at 9:30 a.m. and the 5K race begins at 10. Registration begins at 9 a.m. The race is the official kickoff for the Northeast Harbor Christmas Festival …
BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island YMCA will hold its annual Catch that Turkey 5K race, Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 28 at 8 a.m. Online registration is $20 and day-of registration is $30. Coston and McIsaac is the sponsor of the race. Visit mdiymca.org/catch-that-turkey-5k.
ELLSWORTH — The 9th Annul Santa 5K Run/Walk will be held at Ellsworth Elementary Middle School on Sunday, Dec. 1. Pre-registration will take place from 8 a.m. until 9:45 a.m. with the race beginning at 10.a.m. Participants are encouraged to dress up in their choice of a winter or holiday costume. All proceeds from the …
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mount Desert Island Marathon Director Gary Allen has been named the MarathonFoto/Road Race Management Race Director of the Year. He was honored at a reception at the Road Race Management Race Directors’ Meeting in St. Petersburg, FL on November 8. Phil Stewart, president of Road Race Management, said, “Our winner has …
MILLINOCKET — This year’s Millinocket Marathon and Half is set for Saturday, Dec. 7. The race, organized by MDI running club Crow Athletics, was started in 2015 to help a struggling Northern Maine mill town that had been devastated by the closing of its major employer, a 100-year-old paper mill. The starting line is downtown …
ELLSWORTH — Mount Desert Island area runners were among the many who traveled to Ellsworth in Saturday for this year’s running of the Veterans Remembrance Road Race. The race is organized by the Down East Family YMCA and portion of the registration fees support veterans organizations. The overall race winner was Judson Cake of Bar …
ELLSWORTH — This year’s edition of the Veterans Remembrance Road Race is scheduled to be held Sunday, Nov. 10. The four-mile course begins and ends behind the Down East Family YMCA. 2019 marks the sixth running of the race. Last year’s race drew 127 runners to downtown Ellsworth. Matt Shea of Ellsworth won the 2018 …
SULLIVAN — Frenchman Bay Conservancy will host an Autumn Trail Race Saturday, Nov. 3 at Sumner Memorial High School. There are 4-mile and 8-mile course options; both courses begin and end at Sumner. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and is $25 per person. The 8-mile race begins at 10:15 a.m. and the 4-mile race begins …
BAR HARBOR — Eden Athletics presents its annual Rolling Bones 5k Saturday, Oct. 26 at 9 a.m. The out and back course starts and end at the Mount Desert Island YMCA on Park Street in Bar Harbor. Costumes are encouraged. Contact edenathletics.org.
BAR HARBOR — A Mount Desert Island Marathon that seemed in jeopardy just 24 hours before its scheduled start time instead concluded with one of the most successful events yet. In the aftermath of last Thursday’s early-season nor’easter, downed trees, transmission lines and other structures impeded travel all throughout MDI. Even two days after the …
