The Weston Kiwanis Club welcomes you to the Reservoir Run Half Marathon, 5K, and Kids Fun Run. Our events, hosted by the Kiwanis Club, have earned a solid reputation for their organization, giveaways, attention to details and friendliness. As for the courses- we thank Mother Nature for them! The challenging …
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The Weston Kiwanis Club welcomes you to the Reservoir Run Half Marathon, 5K, and Kids Fun Run. Our events, hosted by the Kiwanis Club, have earned a solid reputation for their organization, giveaways, attention to details and friendliness. As for the courses- we thank Mother Nature for them!
The challenging Half Marathon course has numerous water stops, great directional signage, and all miles are marked. There’s terrific Autumn scenery to keep you relaxed and ‘occupied’! In the first half of the course, you’ll travel on rolling hills along the border of the Saugatuck Reservoir. After running past the Reservoir dam, you’ll fly downhill for over a half mile along the Saugatuck River and the area known as ‘Devils Den’. Next you’ll enjoy a long stretch of flat road, still along the river. You’ll pass some of the stately homes historic Weston is known for. The last two miles will test your endurance as you work your way back up to Weston High where you’ll receive your well earned finishers medal.
Proceeds from the Reservoir Run Half Marathon will benefit the Connecticut Food Bank Kids’ BackPack Program that provides weekend meals to more than 3,300 children who are at risk of hunger when not in school. The 5K proceeds are donated to the Weston Boosters Club to support school athletics.
Our events have a great reputation – always well organized, great shirts, terrific food and awesome give-aways. You will appreciate the attention to details and friendliness of everyone involved. The terrain and amazing scenery of our courses was previously deigned by Mother Nature! We think you’ll love the views and the challenge.
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Not the best weather this year
This race is an enjoyable, small town, race. Some year I'll do the half marathon, but since I ran one the week before I knew I wouldn't make the time … MORE
This race is an enjoyable, small town, race. Some year I’ll do the half marathon, but since I ran one the week before I knew I wouldn’t make the time limit this year. The half marathon course is apparently beautiful, the 5k course is a jaunt through residential roads so you get to see the various fall colors and Halloween decorations.
This year, said fall colors were pretty muted since it was raining the whole time. The jaunt in the rain was worth it for the warm local donuts, in my opinion. The 5k now gets medals too which was a nice surprise, and the shirt (although it’s cotton) is pretty comfy.
Nice local race
I unfortunately had to drop down from the half marathon, but am thankful to not have had to run up the long hill on the half marathon course. That being … MORE
I unfortunately had to drop down from the half marathon, but am thankful to not have had to run up the long hill on the half marathon course. That being said, the course was definitely not flat. It was, however, through some nice residential areas where the streets were open, but there was very little traffic and in the more trafficked areas, runners had a coned off lane.
The tee shirt for the 5k is nice and a soft material. The half gets a long sleeve tech tee. No medals for the 5k, but we got fresh warn donuts after and they raffled off Jet Blue tickets. Parking was easy as the race starts/ends at a school and day of packet pickup was equally easy. It was also nice to be able to hang out in a warm area with real bathrooms until race start.
Nice scenery, watch out for drivers
I would recommend the half over the 5k as the swag is much better! Scenery is nice for a late fall run. A little hilly but not too hard for … MORE
I would recommend the half over the 5k as the swag is much better! Scenery is nice for a late fall run. A little hilly but not too hard for a CT course. (big climb on the half!)