# First Day 5K

- **When:** Thu, Dec 31, 2026 · 6:00 PM CST
- **Where:** 2 Elm Place, Whitinsville, MA, 01588
- **Event page:** https://runthis.run/event/rs-177775-first-day-5k

## Registration

Register on the event's own site: https://runsignup.com/Race/MA/Whitinsville/FirstDay5K2?aflt_token=58wBqomPr6bPwa1YDhuKo0IQvrNCjzTq

## Description

Race field will be capped at 300 runners- sign-up early so you don't miss out on this great race!  

USATF Certified Fast and flat 5K course on closed roads! Start with a downhill running start on Main St just west of Whitin Community Center at Grove St before going through Memorial Square onto Linwood Ave. Take a quick spin into the Northbridge High School parking lot before continuing out Linwood Ave and turning around at the Linwood Mill (New China Pacific restaurant). Then it's a straight shot back to the finish line at Memorial Square on Linwood Ave. 

Registration includes a custom hat (for 1st 225 registered), pizza and a beer ticket post-race at the Gray Barn.

Online registration closes at 12:00 pm on December 31, 2026.

Early bib-pickup and registration will be at the Gray Barn on New Year's Eve from 4-6 PM.

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Source: [https://runthis.run/event/rs-177775-first-day-5k](https://runthis.run/event/rs-177775-first-day-5k) — data from Run This (runthis.run).