THE UR FOUR RACE CHALLENGE

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Date 01 Jan – 01 Mar, 2027
Races 1 distance
Entry fee $125.00
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THE UR FOUR RACE CHALLENGE

About the event

Celebrate over 50 years of running with the Utica Roadrunners with the Four Race Challenge!

Starting January 1, 2026, runners can sign up for all of our four core events at once! Just $120* for current 2026 Utica Roadrunner members and $145* for non-members - and there's a $20 discount if you if you sign up by January 15th! Your member discount will be applied at checkout. *prices do not include Runsignup fees

The UR Four Race Challenge consists of our core races:

  • SAVE OUR SWITCHBACKS 7.5k-South Woods, Utica, NY - Saturday, April 18th
  • THE SUMMER SIZZLE Five Mile Road Race, Proctor Park, Utica, NY - Sunday, June 21st
  • FALLING LEAVES 5k or 14k Road Races, Utica, NY - Sunday, September 27th
  • SKELETON RUN 5k Trail Race, Deerfield NY - Sunday, October 18th

In an age when many other local races are charging $70-100 for one event, we are keeping our rates low!

Sign up for the Four Race Challenge and get a short sleeve performance shirt.

You will also get ALL the SWAG from each event you enter.  That includes medals, shirts, and any other giveaways.

Races offered

01Jan

THE UR FOUR RACE CHALLENGE

Running

Distance
THE UR FOUR RACE CHALLENGE
Start time
12:00
Entry fee
$125.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for January in Utica.

Temperature-7.0° / -0.2°
Feels like-12.0° / -5.0°
Sunshine hours3h 19m
Rainfall3.6 mm
Snowfall1.3 cm
Wind12.2 km/h (Gentle breeze)
Humidity79.3%
Max UV indexLow (2.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise08:27
Sunset17:52

About Utica

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Utica is a city in the state of New York, and the county seat of Oneida County. The tenth-most populous city in New York, its population was 65,283 in the 2020 census. It is located on the Mohawk River in the Mohawk Valley at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains, approximately 95 mi (153 km) west-northwest of Albany, 55 mi (89 km) east of Syracuse and 240 mi (386 km) northwest of New York City. Utica and the nearby city of Rome anchor the Utica–Rome metropolitan area comprising all of Oneida and Herkimer counties.

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