West Hartford, Connecticut (United States of America) - "CLA Blue Back Mitten Run 5K". This festive family 5K tradition welcomes runners and walkers of all ages and abilities to celebrate the season as a community in the CLA Blue Back Mitten Run. The 3.1-mile road race winds through West Hartford's decorated neighborhoods and past festive shop windows. 5K participants earn a holiday inspired mittens and enjoy delicious holiday cookies post-race in Blue Back Square. Register early (by October 13) and receive a personalized race bib with your name! Bring the kids to participate in the HMF FitKids run - a ½ mile or one mile dash to Blue Back Square. Give Back: In the spirit of holiday season giving, collections will be taken for NEW winter hats, gloves, and mittens to benefit neighbors in need. Donations of cash/checks will also be taken to support the Town That Cares Fund. http://go.evvnt.com/2191969-2?pid=6562

Cornwall, Connecticut (United States of America) - "IronHike Endurance Series (Spring) - Mohawk Mountain". We Bring the Highest Mountains to You! NEW! - IronFest After-Series Celebration - Sunday afternoon, with food, prizes, awards, music, open mic, and more! Five simultaneous events... This is a multi-day trail event - click through to the registration link to see what day and time your distance starts. 12-hour 15-miler, 24-hour 30-miler, 48-hour 43-miler, 72-hour 62-miler Everesting Trek and the holy grail of Beyond-Everesting-Challenges, our 84-hour, 72,000 feet of elevation gain and loss Challenge, named Olympus Mons after the highest mountain in the solar system on Mars! Three ways to IronHike! 1. Go it alone, together. 2. Buddy up. 3. Team up. You do the whole event alone, with a trail buddy, or with 3 other team members who choose to share the mileage and elevation from 12, 24, 48, 72, and/or 84-hour Events. Events may require night trekking by headlamp. Manage your laps and pace in our FlexRelay format. You also manage your rest, food, hydration, and sleep in your tent right off of the trail. We rent a mountain for 4 days to bring you IronHike... The IronHike Endurance Series at Mohawk Mountain is a single or multi-day event that is part hike, part trail run, part group camping trip, part one-of-the-hardest-damn-things-you ve-ever-done, and full-on badass mountain footslog. Here's What You Get (Included in your Registration): - Exclusive single-day or multi-day Event entry for you, your team, and your spectators. - One bad-ass, course for day and night trekking. - Tenting for each night you are on the Mountain (you bring your tent). - Base area pop-up space (set up your staging pop-up). - Base Support Station with shade, fire pit, hydration, snacks, and tribe support - Custom training plans by Chaski Endurance Collective - Customized and Personalized Event Bib - Summit Tokens - Finisher's medal and year clasp for all finishers - Finisher's hat - Exclusive community access via periodic live Mountain Athlete round-table meetings - Ski-patrol medical support. - Free parking, spectator area, and restrooms. - A new tribe, Bragging rights, Proof. You versus you and the Mountain... The IronHike Endurance Series is part of a new classification of events that combines physical, mental, and spiritual gumption. These are NOT races. No Podium, no age group awards, and no records to break. These challenges will change your life! Extraordinary Events for a broad range of fitness and skill levels, from ordinary people to seasoned and elite Mountain Athletes reaching beyond their comfort zones! Invest in yourself... Change your story. Do something hard, either for the first time ever or again! This is about you and the mettle in your own heart. It is about your journey toward becoming the best version of yourself. Each summit takes you closer to overcoming the super-hard and allows you to let this epic experience change you for the better. What you'll do... Hike it, run it, alone or together, or in our unique FlexRelay format with your trail buddy or your team of 4. Rest when you need to. You will summit and descend the same mountain until reaching the equivalent elevation of the namesake mountain of your event. This is your extreme mountain long haul to manage and conquer! www.ironhike.com