26x1 Mile Club Challenge Relay

06/22/2025

Congratulations to our top three teams at the 2025 26x1 Mile Club Challenge Relay! Some amazing team efforts despite the heat!

1st - Notch Run Club - 2:17:0
2nd - Heartbreakers - 2:19:59
3rd - Cambridge Run Club - Blue - 2:23:28

Full results can be found at fastmarathon.com/results

06/08/2025

🚨 Shout out to Our 26x1 Mile Club Challenge Relay Sponsors! 🚨

Marathon Sports 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️
SRR is excited to have Marathon Sports returning as a primary sponsor of the 26x1!
Thanks to their continued generosity, the top three fastest runners in each age group/gender category will receive Marathon Sports gift certificates.
We'll also be welcoming their team back to the track as they field a relay team and host a booth with info — and possibly some swag to give away.
See you on race day!

PUMA 👟
SRR and the 26x1 are excited to welcome back PUMA as a primary sponsor for our 2025 race!
PUMA has made a generous donation to our supported charities and will be at the track with demo shoes and experts to chat about their latest running technology.
🎟️ They’ve also donated three pairs of shoes to our raffle 🎟️ — all runners are eligible to win via random drawing.
Come say hi, try on some shoes, and thank the PUMA team for supporting our event!

Local Charities🎗️
SRR is proud to support our local charities with the proceeds of the 26x1. Every year we donate thousands of dollars of race proceeds and race entries.
This year we're supporting
Back on My Feet,
WalkMassachusetts and
Somerville Homeless Coalition Project Soup.

Somerville Homeless Coalition
🧼 Project Soup Donation Drive
We’ll be collecting hygiene item donations for Project Soup on race day. Please bring your items to the track by 10 AM.
Key needs include:
Baby diapers (sizes 4/5/6)
Toothbrushes
Shampoo & conditioner
Body wash or soap
Adult diapers
Male/female deodorant
Hand soap
Paper towels (individual or jumbo packs)
Toilet paper

Thank you for your continued support! 🙌

Image credit: Aaron Doucett
26x1 logo credit: Ben Krause

Somerville Road Runners
Somerville Road Runners' 26x1 Mile Club Relay Challenge

05/25/2025

🚨 Huge Thanks to Our 26x1 Mile Club Challenge Relay Sponsors! 🚨

We are thrilled to have some amazing partners helping make 26x1 Relay happen this year!

🎉 Marathon Sports is back as a key sponsor, providing gift cards for our age-group winners, hosting a booth at the track, and producing our awesome 26x1 shirts! They’re also making a generous donation to our charities, and you’ll see many of their employees out on the track fielding one of our 30 teams. Thank you, Marathon Sports, for being such a long-time, valued partner with SRR!

👟 PUMA is returning to the 26x1 with demo shoes for runners to test out before, after, or during their relay leg! They’re also donating to our charities, and we can’t wait to check out their latest gear. Thank you, Puma, for supporting our event and helping make it even better!

🍻 And don’t forget – the after party will be at The Ford Tavern, just minutes from Hormel Stadium! The bar opens at 11 a.m., and we’ll be heading there after the race wraps up around noon. Come join us for tales of glory, suffering, and great times with your fellow runners!

Big thanks again to our incredible sponsors for making the 26x1 unforgettable! 🙌

Somerville Road Runners

05/23/2025

26×1 Mile Club Challenge Relay Returns! Let's Run This Together!

🎉 We’re riding high after an incredible MOM's Run — thank you to everyone who made it amazing!
Next up: the legendary 26x1 Mile Club Challenge Relay! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💨

✅ Our 30 teams are set and ready to go — now it’s time for individual runner signups!
📣 Want in? Reach out to your running club leadership to claim your spot on a team!

🆕 NEW this year:
👕 Official 26x1 t-shirts will be available for purchase — rep your relay pride in style!
🧼 We’re also partnering with Somerville Homeless Coalition / Project Soup to collect hygiene item donations. Let’s rally together to support our community!

Mark your calendars and get ready for one of the most fun, feel-good events of the season. Let’s make this year’s 26x1 the best yet! 💪🔥


Somerville Road Runners

05/05/2025

This Sunday, May 11 at Davis Square! Join our amazing M.O.M's 5K run/walk!

In November 2002 the Pilotte family lost their mother and grandmother to cancer, and since 2003 the Pilotte family has hosted the Annual Mary O’Brien Memorial 5K for Cancer, known as M.O.M.’s Run, on Mother’s Day in her honor. Mary (Pilotte) O’Brien was a longtime Somerville resident and was...

04/23/2025

The post-Boston Marathon Vibes are high! 🙌 \
Let's run them into Somerville's M.O.M.'s 5K 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

We will have an amazing post-race party! 🎉
🍕 Pizza from American Flatbread Somerville
🍫 A variety of great snacks and food from Picky Bars
🍻 Drinks from Harpoon Brewery
💐 Flowers for all the moms from 's Wildflowers
🎟️ Fantastic raffle with prizes from many local shops, restaurants, and organizations!!!

Register here https://www.srr.org/moms-run

Hope see you there!
Somerville Road Runners

MOMs Run 5k is a 3.1 mi Running Route. Discover this route and more at Strava. Visit today!

06/04/2024

Thanks to our partners!

Shoe Donation is back! Giving Soles Africa is partnered with Marathon Sports to collect your gently used shoes that have good soles and do not look overly soiled. Giving Soles Africa is committed to providing underprivileged children with reliable footwear that supports and protects their feet as they walk to school each day. Look for signage as you enter Hormel Stadium so you can do something with that stack of last year's running shoes in your closet.

https://givingsolesafrica.org/

06/04/2024

Thanks to our partners!

The Ford Tavern will once again be hosting our after party! The bar opens at 11 and we will start heading there once the race wraps up around noon. Come join for tails of glory, suffering, and a friendly hangout with your fellow runners!

61 Locust Street
Medford, MA 02155
https://www.thefordtavern.com/

06/02/2024

Thank you to our partners!

Puma will be at the 26x1 with demo shoes to try or even race your mile in!

PUMA is one of the world’s leading Sports Brands, designing, developing, selling and marketing footwear, apparel and accessories. For more than 70 years, PUMA has relentlessly pushed sport and culture forward by creating fast products for the world’s fastest athletes. PUMA offers performance and sport-inspired lifestyle products in categories such as Football, Running and Training, Basketball, Golf, and Motorsports. It collaborates with renowned designers and brands to bring sport influences into street culture and fashion. The PUMA Group owns the brands PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd. The company distributes its products in more than 120 countries, employs more than 16,000 people worldwide, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach/Germany.

https://about.puma.com/