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Runners close coastal summer on Labor Day weekend
Rehoboth’s prediction run closes the beach racing season on Labor Day weekend, rewarding pacing skill rather than simply the fastest finishing time.
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Rehoboth Beach closes out summer with a race built on a genuinely different premise: rather than chasing the clock, Last Blast Prediction Run participants guess their own finish time in advance and race without watches or splits to check their pace against. Now in its 36th year, the format rewards pacing instinct over raw speed, and the closest predictions, not the fastest times, take the honors at the finish line.
That reversal gives the race a lighter, more communal feel than a typical competitive 5K, ideal for a Labor Day weekend crowd more interested in one last summer morning together than a final personal record. Runners of wildly different abilities can genuinely compete against each other, since the winner is decided by accuracy rather than pace.
Staying through Labor Day weekend lets the race serve as one part of a longer farewell to summer: beach time, boardwalk evenings, and a final ride on local trails before the season properly turns. Spectating is free, and the format makes for an unusually fun morning to simply watch.
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