OCNJ First Day Run & Walk
Ocean City, NJ
- 5K
- Trail (Unpaved)
- Official race website
In what has become a New Year’s Day tradition, runners start the new year with a 5-kilometer run on the Ocean City Boardwalk. The event is part of Ocean City’s First Night/First Day celebrations, which also include a 2 p.m. “First Dip” in the Atlantic Ocean. The OCNJ First Day … MORE
Local Historical Weather (Jan 01):
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |
| H (°F) | 38 | 50 | 43 | 55 | 56 |
| L (°F) | 21 | 42 | 39 | 43 | 49 |
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Fun way to kick off 2024!
Staying at the beach for the winter, so thought a NY Day 5k on the boardwalk would be fun...and the 1 pm start time was nice, no crazy early wake … MORE
Staying at the beach for the winter, so thought a NY Day 5k on the boardwalk would be fun…and the 1 pm start time was nice, no crazy early wake up. Overall a nice afternoon – onsite registration was smooth, lots of parking (though I did arrive early) and good pre-race instructions. It’s an out and back race on the boardwalk…got a little tight early on, but then thinned out as we got going. And if you wanted to cool off after the race, there was a Polar Plunge event into the Atlantic Ocean!