RACE DAY
MAY 3, 2025

GENERAL INFO.

The Kennett Run combines all the components for a fun running event for everyone.

• Runs over moderately challenging terrain

• Distances to match your current ability level, or willingness to challenge yourself

• Music throughout the event to keep everyone entertained

• Food and beer after the runs to help you celebrate a great run with your friends and family

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RACES OFFERED.

2025 Kennett Run Races

• 5K Presented by ChristianaCare

• 10K

• 5K PoweRun – PoweRunners either perform bench presses or pull-ups prior to running in the 5K. Each lift completed reduces running times by 30 seconds

• 10K PoweRun – PoweRunners either perform bench presses or pull-ups prior to running in the 10K. Each lift completed reduces running times by 1 minute

• 1 Mile Walk/Run

• Kids Pond Run

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PoweRun RULES.

Minimum weight to be bench pressed

• Women lift 60% of their body weight

• Men under age 19 and over age 65 lift 60% of their body weight

• Men 19 through age 65 lift 100% of their body weight

• Resulting percentage of body weight is rounded to the nearest 5 pounds

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Pull-up Requirements

• There is no time limit, but you may not disengage from the bar and then jump back up.

• The form is “strict,” so no kipping etc. allowed.

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PoweRun time adjustments

Whatever weight or method the runner uses, the time reduction is:

• 30 seconds per rep for the 5K runners

• 1 minute per rep for the 10K runners

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RACE TERRAIN.

All courses start and end within Anson Nixon Park, making it very easy to watch these key parts of the races.

• The 5K and 10K courses are of moderate difficulty featuring both hills and flat terrain. The finish is an easy downhill glide.  About 70% of the 5K and 10K course is on the main streets of Kennett Square, the remaining 30% on Anson Nixon Park trails and roads and the road accessing the park. 

• The 1-mile course is flat for the first half, then a couple of moderate hills.

• The Kids Pond Run is a flat course around the ponds within Anson Nixon Park.

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PRICING.

Registration for the 5K, 10K and 1 Mile Runs:

• Now to 11:59 PM February 28, 2025, $40 per registrant.

• Starting at 12:00 AM March 1, 2025, $45 per registrant. This price ends as of 11:59 PM on April 15, 2025.

• Price as of 12:00 AM April 16, 2025, to 12:00 PM May 3, 2025, the price is $50 per registrant.

 

Registration for the 5K and 10K PoweRuns

• Now to 11:59 PM April 15, 2025, $50 per registrant

• Starting at 12:00 AM April 16, 2025, to 12:00 PM May 3, 2025, the price is $60 per registrant.

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The Kids Pond Run

This race is free for runners under 10 years of age. Anyone who registers with an older age pays the same price as is applied to the 1 mile run as of that date. These registrants and only these are not eligible for a T-shirt. T-shirts can be purchased from the store the day of the event.

 

RACE SHIRTS ONLY GUARANTEED FOR RUNNERS REGISTERED BEFORE APRIL 19, 2025!! We will try our best to have a shirt for everyone though.

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AWARDS.

Awards are presented to the fastest man and woman of each race. In addition, there are age bracket winners recognized for the 5K and 10K races. The age brackets are: Under 10, 10-13, 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, and 70-99. Runners may only win recognition in one race. That means a 5K PoweRun contestant cannot win both the 5K PoweRun and the 5K from his/her run. They must choose which award to receive.

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RECORDS.

The current Kennett Run course record times are:

Men's 5K

Fastest: 16:12.6   Average: 29:26.5

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Women's 5K

Fastest: 18:50.4   Average: 35:19.1

 

Men's 5k PoweRun

Time adjusted for pre-run lifts:  6.23.3 

Fastest: 19:56.1   Average: 26:09.2

 

Women's 5K PoweRun

Time adjusted for pre-run lifts: 15.29.8 

Fastest: 23:11.0   Average: 28:39.6

 

New 10K Course!​

The 10K course is new this year because of increasing concern for runner safety on N. Walnut Road above the Route 1 Bypass. The new course is 2 laps of the 5K course. We think the increased crowd support will make it faster. Run it, and let us know.

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Are you ready to set a new record for yourself?  For the course? 

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DIRECTIONS.

Traveling South on Route 1: Take the first exit on the Route 1 Bypass, it is identified as the Kennett Square exit. Turn left onto Route 82 and drive through Kennett Square to the Kennett High School. Parking is available in the front parking lot of Kennett High School (entrances to the lot are on E South St and S Union St). Buses will take you to the park.

 

Traveling North on Route 1: Take the Kennett Square exit. At the end of the ramp turn right onto Route 82. Follow the directions above to park at the Kennett High School.

 

Travelling south on Rout 82: Drive into Kennett Square. Turn left on to E Linden St. Park in the Kennett Square Parking Garage on your right and walk to Anson Nixon Park. Or, at the intersection of Routes 82 and 926, turn left onto Rt 926. Drive about a mile and turn right onto N Walnut Rd. Just after the Rt 1 Bypass bridge, turn right into the parking lot for the Tino Leto fields and park. Walk on into Anson Nixon Park to the stage area.

 

Traveling North on Route 82 or Route 7/Kaolin Rd.:  Drive to the Kennett High School. Park in the lot at the front of the school. Buses will take you to the park.

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PARKING.

Anson B. Nixon Park

405 N. Walnut Road, Kennett Square, PA

There is limited parking at Anson B. Nixon Park available on a first-come, first served basis but keep in mind that space is usually exhausted by 7:30am. One lot is off the entrance road near the center of the park. The other is the Tino Leto Field on N. Walnut Road.

 

Kennett High School

100 E. South Street, Kennett Square, PA

Your best bet for parking on race day is to head over to Kennett High School. There are entrances off South Street and Union Street and we will be running shuttle buses from the high school parking lot to and from Anson B. Nixon Park.

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Kennett Square Parking Garage

East Linden and North Union Streets, Kennett Square, PA

Metered parking is available at the centrally-located Kennett Square Parking Garage on East Linden and North Union Streets. It's a pleasant and easy walk into the park. Mapping software can show you the way. For more information, please visit:

https://www.kennettsq.org/departments/parking/index.php

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Kennett Borough Offices at 600 South Street  

This parking is across South Street from the Kennett High School parking lot. The entrance is on S Broad St. The shuttle bus serving the high school will also provide transportation to the park from this lot.

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RACE DAY SCHEDULE.

6 AM: Anson Nixon Park opens

6:30 AM: Race Registration and packet pickup begin; runners may pick up their shirts and bibs

7:30 AM: Roads through Kennett Square close (State St from N Walnut St to Mill Rd., and N Walnut St from State St to Anson Nixon Park entrance)

7 AM: PoweRunners start their exercise

8:15 AM PoweRunners complete their exercise

8:20 AM: Last bus pickup from the high school and borough hall before races start.

8:30 AM: Registration closes; N., Walnut Street closes out to Route 1 Bypass bridge.

8:45 AM: Runner packet pickup ends.

8:45 AM: Bands start to play along the State St part of the course (Library second floor deck, intersection of State and Union St., in parking lot in front of El Ranchero)

9:00 AM: 10K race starts; (est. slowest end time is 10:10 AM); beverage and food are available for runners

9:10 AM: 5K race starts (est. slowest end time is 10:10 AM)

9:15 AM: 1 mile walk/run starts (est. slowest end time is 9:45 AM)

10:20 AM: Kids Pond Run starts

10:30 AM: Race results announcements start (approximate time, actual will be after last 5K/10K runner has finished)

10:45 AM: Mascot race starts

12:00 PM: Race Day concludes

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COURSE MAP AND

CERTIFICATION.