The fastest ten miler in the tri-state area!
Runners can do the 5k, the ten miler, or do both and earn both the finisher and challenge medal. There is also a relay option for the ten miler and a youth mile, so there is truly something for everyone.
Location: Colonial Park, located in Franklin Township, offers a spectacular variety of features and activities for park visitors. Acquired in 1965, this 685 acre facility includes scenic frontage on both the historic Delaware and Raritan Canal and the Millstone River. Recreation facilities, prize winning horticultural displays, and pristine natural areas are spaced amid the broad lawns and ponds of this diverse Somerset County park.
Parking: Please see the parking diagram below. If you're running just the 5k, you have two options to exit the race.
- Option One: if your car is inside the park, you may exit Colonial Park via Colonial Drive through the Elizabeth Road entrance from 9:50am-10:00am. After 10am, we close down the lots and park for the ten mile finishers.
- Option Two: if you're parked in a lot along Mettlers Lane, you may leave via Mettlers Lane toward Amwell Road after 10:30am. All 10 milers will have passed through by then, so Mettlers will then be clear to drive down by then.
There will be volunteers at every parking lot ensuring for the most efficient and safest experience for all runners.
Mettlers & Colonial Drive Intersection: First, this will be the relay handoff exchange zone, so plan accordingly, relay runners! Second, this is where anyone running slower than 12:30/mile pace must cut into the park and finish your final ~six miles within Colonial Park until crossing the finish line to earn your finisher's medal.
Bathrooms: There will be bathrooms stationed near the registration tent and finish line. The other county parks bathrooms will be open and available, as well.
Water Stations: There will be four water stations along the course: For the 5k, and one half mile and two mile markers. For the ten miler, they are opportunities to get water six times along the course: 1.2 miles, 5k, 4.1 miles, 10k, 7.6 miles, and 9.1 miles.
Empire State HM: We are offering a 50% off discount, until Wednesday night at 11:59pm, for all GS10 runners who register for our partner event, the Empire State Half Marathon, on 10/6 in Rockland State Park. That coupon code is gardenstatetenmiler , and again, it expires 3/20/24 at 11:59pm.
Schedule
Friday: 4pm-8pm: Packet Pickup, Road Runner Sports (North Brunswick, NJ)
Saturday: 10am-2pm: Packet Pickup, Road Runner Sports (North Brunswick, NJ)
Sunday: 7:00am: Registration opens (packet pickup in Lot B) | 8:45am: 5k begins | 9:30am: 10 Miler begins | 11:00am: Kids Fun Run
