The Farm Fields 5K is a trail run around Maple View Farm in suburban-rural Granby, CT. Racers will travel 3 times around a 1.04 mile loop around the flat, open and lightly wooded property. The race starts and ends right in front of the Farm's Brewery. Race Participants will receive a beer (21 years or older) or non-alcoholic beverage after the race.
The course winds its way around the flat farm fields of Maple View Farm, in the center of Granby, CT. Along the side of hay fields, through light woods along the Salmon Brook and back through the fields, back up through the barnyard and back to The Brewery Lawn. Participants will race 3 of these 1.04 mile loops, finishing right in front of the farm's Brewery. There will be a water station set up on The Brewery Lawn. Participants should carry additional water as needed. Course is marked with Orange Blazes on Trees and Orange tipped posts in the ground.
Event Schedule:
August 19, 2023
12pm: Packet Pick up. No race day registration.
1pm: Race Start
Event Rules:
Respect All Participants, Staff, Guests, and the Maple View Farm Trail Systems. The race director shall have the final discretion in determining the race distance and course layout. A participant must retire from the competition immediately if ordered to do so by a member of the medical staff, any certified and recognized course official, and/or the race director. Step aside and let runners pass if they move faster than you. Encourage each other; we’re all in this together! No cutting the course at all! Participants and Course Marshals will report all infractions to the Race Director for review and determine disqualification status.
The course winds its way around the flat farm fields of Maple View Farm, in the center of Granby, CT. Along the side of hay fields, through light woods along the Salmon Brook and back through the fields, back up through the barnyard and back to The Brewery Lawn. Participants will race 3 of these 1.04 mile loops, finishing right in front of the farm's Brewery. There will be a water station set up on The Brewery Lawn. Participants should carry additional water as needed. Course is marked with Orange Blazes on Trees and Orange tipped posts in the ground.
Event Schedule:
August 19, 2023
12pm: Packet Pick up. No race day registration.
1pm: Race Start
Event Rules:
Respect All Participants, Staff, Guests, and the Maple View Farm Trail Systems. The race director shall have the final discretion in determining the race distance and course layout. A participant must retire from the competition immediately if ordered to do so by a member of the medical staff, any certified and recognized course official, and/or the race director. Step aside and let runners pass if they move faster than you. Encourage each other; we’re all in this together! No cutting the course at all! Participants and Course Marshals will report all infractions to the Race Director for review and determine disqualification status.