Gay Head Run for the Light 10K
About this race
Run with us in our twelfth year! Join us under the beam of the beloved Gay Head Lighthouse to Run for the Light, on Sunday, October 5th.
As always, your registration fee will help support continued restoration and maintenance of the historic Gay Head Lighthouse in beautiful Aquinnah, Massachusetts.
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Gay Head Run for the Light 10K
NOTE: There will be no refunds of registration fees.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 11 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Aquinnah, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:43 AM and sets at 6:20 PM local time (EDT) in Aquinnah on October 4, 2026 — 11h 37m of daylight.
Course
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 1 Aquinnah event
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