EVENTS
- Cowtown to Salem 10 Mile Run:- Run 10 Miles
RACE DATE
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Entry Fee
$30 pre registration
$40 race weekend
Description
2016 Cow Run 10 Miler:
10 miles of mostly flat/rolling farmland in rural Salem County NJ, 8 miles from Delaware Memorial Bridge. Free secure parking and bus to Cowtown where runners will run past the cows and take the scenic route to the finish in front of the Salem County Courthouse on Market Street in Salem.
Course Info
10 miles certified course over asphalt county roads. Mostly flat, some small hills. 4 water stops.
Directions
8 miles from Delaware Memorial Bridge. Take NJ49 to Salem to center traffic light, turn onto Market Street. Registration and finish are on Market Street at County Courthouse.
Other Info
This race retraces the original 10 miles of the 1778 cow run or "Great Cow Chase" of cattle foraged/taken from Salem County by American Revolutionary soldiers led by Anthony "Mad Anthony" Wayne. Wayne gathered about 150 cows in Salem City and headed toward Valley Forge and the starving soldiers on February 23rd of that year. In honor of those cows who took that one way trip, and the great Americans who stole them, we run in a herd . . . back to where they started!