![]() ![]() Awards for the Overall Male, Female, and Non-Binary Finishers.Commemorative Medals for all Half Marathon Finishers.Deep River Roasters, 6 Main St, Centerbrook, CT.Soundrunner, 238 Main St, Old Saybrook, CT.Fleet Feet, 1003 Farmington Av, West Hartford.Essex Go Bragh Irish Parade (Essex Park and Recreation, 29 West Ave, Essex, CT)Įarly Packet Pick up will be available on the following dates and locations:.After-Party at Surfridge Brewing Company (Building next to Essex Steam Train located at 6 Main St Building 3 Suite.10:00 AM Surfridge Brewing Company opens for brunch.6:30 AM Packet Pickup and Race Day Registration Opens.Surfridge will offer its full brunch menu in addition to a Steam Train special. Join us for a post-race celebration at Surfridge Brewing Company, located right next to the Essex Steam Train (Witch Hazel Works, 6 Main St., Centerbrook, CT 06049)! Doors will open at 10 a.m.Spectators can ride along on the steam train for $25 tickets may be purchased here:.All runners receive a package of great swag, including an event tee shirt and finishers medal.Pre-event registration is required through.Who will get there first? Race Information They will head to Deep River Landing to cheer on runners at the halfway point before both Train and runners return to the station and the finish line. Friends and family members board the train at the start and leave the station at the race start. It is amazing that they prepare all the food for 103 passengers right on board! D Dessert is a big piece of chocloate cake and coffee or tea - yum :) There were many people that pre-ordered small cakes instead to celebrate special occasssions.The Steam Train Half Marathon and 2-person relay is the only road race in the country where runners try to outrun a century-old Steam Train. A small deck where you can watch the tracks move away from you and enjoy the breeze. After we claimed our "doggie bag", we decided to get up and walk through the other 2 dining cars to the observation deck on the back of the train. The view is beautiful and romantic, noise level perfect for chatting. About 1 hour into the trip you stop and change directions for your journey home. Soon the dinner is server and the Prime Rib is very generous with roasted potato and green bean almondine. ![]() You can see the Goodspeed Opera House and Gillette Castle on the hill. Whoot Whoooooo.ALL ABOARD! You slowly start rolling through the CT River Valley where you see people waving and smiling.you run along the water's edge so you will pass a few small marinas and such. Here is about when the train starts to move. You are offered your choice of dressing on your salad (which is a nice size) and hot dinner rolls are brought around by a server. Once you had a chance to take in the initial scenery of the train. Apple Martini = 8.50, Robert Mondavi Merlot = 7.00/glass. This is not included with your meal but prices are about what you would pay at any other upscale restaraunt. They come around to take your drink order. When you arrive at your table, you will find a beautifuly dressed table with a rose, appetizer of crackers, cheese spread, baby carrots and celery. If you go with a larger group of 4 or more you will be sitting acrosss from each other. The is also a single table that will seat 5 in a seperated area kind of like a mini private room. We had a table for 2 but there were alot of people that were only 2 people in a table for 4. There are tables for 4 on one side of the train and tables for 2 on the other. When you arrive, they announce you to your server as you step onboard and you are walked to your preassigned table. No big deal for us, we both loved the Prime rib. doing it on-line because they could not accomodate a change once on board. If you would choose a different entree, call to make the reservation vs. If you make reservations on-line, the dinner choice auto populates to the prime rib dinner. So I would recommend the 12/12:30 dinner. If you go on a Sunday in October, if you choose the 4:00 ride, figuring you will look at foliage the entire trip, it may only be in the first half of your trip. The dinner train runs until the end of October but keep in mind that the later in the season you go, it gets dark earlier. While the days are still a bit longer it was a perfect time to go. ![]()
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