Brewster Rotary Fall 5K Run
Brewster, NY
- 5K
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
The Brewster Rotary Fall 5K Run is part of the Brewster Fall Festival. Funds go towards the Brewster Rotary in addition to the high school scholarship fund.
Local Historical Weather (Sep 07):
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |
| H (°F) | 71 | 92 | 72 | 77 | 77 |
| L (°F) | 56 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 59 |
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Tough Course, Great Festival
**The website changes slightly every year, it seems, and consistently. You might need to change the "24" in the address to "25" and so on... The course: Super easy to … MORE
**The website changes slightly every year, it seems, and consistently. You might need to change the “24” in the address to “25” and so on…
The course: Super easy to get to with not too early of a start, the race started in downtown Brewster, NY, adjacent to the Metro North train station. The course ran up hill towards and over the track crossing, then a slight right and uphill (again), until you join the Empire State Trail headed westward. There is a turnaround, then you run back the way you came with a steep uphill segment. Frighteningly accurate to 3.11mi, the course does have some elevation changes to make it challenging.
What I liked: Easy to get to, not too expensive, plenty of parking, and the fall festival vibe was great. I liked the idea of shopping afterwards from some of the vendors there. Registration was a snap, and you are messaged your bib number a day in advance with which you claim your chipped bib. Swag was a shirt, yet there were bagels, protein bars, and bananas. Production itself was great for a “mom and pop” style road race; chip timing, photographer at the end, well setup water table, clear turnaround, police escort on course, etc. The other runners (35 total?) were really vibin’. We applauded each other at the finish, got medals, and even chat strategies! Bonus points for race production tying in to the Fall Festival!
What I wish could be better: The final half mile or so was on trafficked streets with no clear indication of where to go for the finish – the escorts were hard to find as traffic whizzed by, the return road was not fully closed off. Other runners did not quite catch where the slight right uphill was, and “nearly got lost,” in their own words.