The Great Harvard of July Road Race
About this race
MORE INFO AND PHOTOS POSTED HERE
RESULTS POSTED HERE
We hope you will join us for this year’s 5 mile road race and 1 mile fun run!
When & Where:
Saturday, July 4th, 2026
The Bromfield School (14 Massachusetts Ave, Harvard, MA 01451)
6:30AM 5 Mile On-Site Race Registration Opens
8:15AM 5 Mile Race Starts
9:30AM Fun Run (1 mile)
$35 for the 5 Miler ($40 on Race Day)
$10 for the 1 Mile Fun Run (no t-shirt)
High-quality running shirt guaranteed before and including June 20th
NO race day t-shirts available
Town employees* and runners over the age of 65 can register for $15 (t-shirt included).
*Town employees, please email the race director using the contact form below for the discount code to use during registration.
**NO refunds will be provided after June 4th, 2025
Male & Female Divisions:
Junior 18 and under
Open 19 – 29
Sub Masters 30 – 39
Masters 40 – 49
Seniors 50 – 59
Veterans 60 – 69
70 and Over 70 plus
Awards and Prizes:
Prizes will be awarded to the top-3 in each category
Refreshments:
Great post-race refreshments.
Course Records:
Men
2014 - Glarius Ropp - 24:47
Women
2005 - Seana Carmean - 29:42
Pick your distance
Running
5 Miler
1 Mile Fun Run
Typical race-day weather
Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Harvard, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:14 AM and sets at 8:27 PM local time (EDT) in Harvard on July 4, 2026 — 15h 12m of daylight.
Course
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- Harvard 5K Races 2 races
- Harvard Running Calendar 2026 5 races
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, 5 Harvard events
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