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Rehoboth runners tackle a classic summer five-miler
A long-running five-mile race starts near Grove Park, drawing coastal runners for a fast morning competition during Rehoboth’s busiest season.
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Grove Park anchors one of the Seashore Striders’ longest-running events, a five-mile race now in its 44th year that has become something of a fixture on Delaware’s coastal racing calendar. The course winds through summer Rehoboth Beach, past the boardwalk crowds and beach traffic that define the town in July, without ever straying far from its central starting point, which keeps logistics simple for a race with this much history behind it.
Longevity has its own draw here: runners who’ve done the race a dozen times return as much for the tradition as the course itself, and the event’s central location means minimal logistics for both competitors and anyone coming just to watch from the sidewalk rather than chase the field by car.
Staying Saturday night and walking to the start removes the need for early-morning parking logistics entirely, and Sunday is easily spent recovering on the beach or exploring the Junction and Breakwater Trail’s shaded miles just outside town. Spectating is free, and the race wraps early enough to leave the whole day ahead.
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