Rhode Island fun runs
16 seasonal, themed and one-of-a-kind fun runs in Rhode Island.
Holiday and seasonal: 8 · Food and drink: 3 · Mud and obstacle: 2 · Costume and theme: 1 · Iconic tradition: 1 · Novelty course: 1
- Food and drink Wine Run at Sakonnet Vineyard A 21-and-over harvest-season run through the vines at a Little Compton winery, finished with wine in a souvenir glass instead of a medal.
- Costume and theme Winky Providence Monster Dash 5K A downtown Providence Halloween 5K whose course runs through a 'zombie-infested' RIPTA bus tunnel, with cash prizes for the best costumes.
- Holiday and seasonal NCYMCA Thanksgiving Day Pie Run A Thanksgiving morning tradition since 1985 that draws more than 2,000 runners, walkers and dogs to the Newport County YMCA.
- Holiday and seasonal Rhode Island Family Turkey Trot 5K Rhode Island's largest Thanksgiving race finishes on the 50-yard line inside Pawtucket's Centreville Bank Stadium.
- Holiday and seasonal Downtown Jingle 5K & Kids Elves Run A late-afternoon holiday 5K that finishes through a holiday light display inside Pawtucket's new soccer stadium.
- Mud and obstacle Frozen Clam Obsta-Plunge A New Year's Day ninja-style obstacle course run that ends with a plunge into Greenwich Bay.
- Holiday and seasonal Hangover Classic 5 Miler A 41-year-old New Year's Day 5-miler whose bib includes a tear-off tab for a free pint at The Guild in Warren.
- Holiday and seasonal Jameson Irish 5K (Tour de Patrick Race 1) Runners go out on the parade route just before Pawtucket's St. Patrick's parade, and the after-party bar goes back to its old name, Murphy's Law, for the day.
- Iconic tradition Blessing of the Fleet Road Race/Walk A sold-out Friday-evening 10-miler along Ocean Road that finishes at the Towers in the middle of Narragansett's Blessing of the Fleet festival.
- Novelty course Citizens Pell Bridge Run The only day of the year pedestrians are allowed on the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge, crossing Narragansett Bay from Jamestown to Newport.
- Holiday and seasonal Gaspee Days 5K Road Race Runners race down Narragansett Parkway's red, white and blue center stripe minutes before the Gaspee Days Parade rolls through Pawtuxet Village.
- Holiday and seasonal Independence Rhode Race A half marathon on the red, white and blue painted parade route of Bristol, home of America's oldest continuous Fourth of July celebration.
- Food and drink Narragansett Brew Run 5K A summer 5K across from the Narragansett Brewery in Providence where the finisher medal doubles as a bottle opener and a 'Gansett pint waits at the end.
- Food and drink Newport Beer Run A 5K that runs through the walls of Fort Adams, then opens into a craft beer festival on the grounds.
- Holiday and seasonal Shoreham Bank St. Pat's 5K (Tour de Patrick Race 2) A St. Patrick's 5K from the Rhode Island State House on the parade route just before the Providence parade, the middle leg of a three-city March race series.
- Mud and obstacle The Great Mud Escape A local one-mile mud-and-obstacle course in Warren for anyone aged 5 to 100, finished with a cup of Del's frozen lemonade.