July 4th 2026 - 5M & Fun Run

July 4th Road Races
Hot & Humid rules the day! Write-up coming soon! Results & Pictures 5M and Fun Run are posted!

2026 Races Registration Open

Registration for the all our races are open ... July 4th 5-miler, Apple Harvest Ramble Half Marathon & 5K & Run for the Hills 5K trail race.

Run for the Hills 2025 Recap
5k Trail Race

It was a beautiful morning for the 2025 edition of the Run For the Hills races: the sun was out, and the leaves were resplendent. The course, as always, represented a worthy challenge for all runners.

Shea Van Cleef and Abbey Nyland won the 5k with the impressive times of 19:26 and 24:52, respectively. In the 1 Mile Fun Run, everyone was a winner. Folks stayed a while to enjoy the sun, soup and cider: a fitting close to the race season in Harvard.

Shea Van Cleef -
Men's Winner

Abbey Nyland -
Women's Winner

Apple Harvest Ramble 2025 Recap
Half Marathon & 5k

The 2025 edition of the Apple Harvest Ramble featured two enthusiastic cadres of runners, willing to take on the challenging hills and the summer-like temperatures.

Speaking of scorching: the womens' half-marathon winner Nora Blodgett set a new course record of 1:28:13, eclipsing the old record by nearly five minutes!

Other winners included Nick Hall (men’s half, in 1:22:08); Chris Gibson (men’s 5k, in 18:54), and Madeleine Warren (women’s 5k, in 21:55).

Thanks to the volunteer efforts of the Harvard Lions (who served as course marshals), and the Bromfield XC team (water tables), all runners were supported along the way - and reported having a great time. As always, runners and their fans stuck around for refreshments, drinks, and the swapping of stories. We’re looking forward to another successful Ramble in 2026!

Nora Blodgett - Women's Half Winner

Nick Hall - Men's Half Winner

Medeleine Warren - Women's 5k Winner

Chris Gibson - Men's 5k Winner

July 4th, 2023 race recap

In spite of some looming rain, both the 5M and 1M fun run went off under great running conditions today. The results and pictures for the 5M and 1M have been uploaded.

The 5M was won by Carolina Karlowicz with a time of 33:58 (6:48/mi) and The Harvard Running Legend Nick Rindenello with a time of 29:06 (5:50/mi). Great runs by both of them. The first finisher in the 1M kids fun run was Padraig O'Leary. Lots of hard running out there today and lots of smiles.

See ya'll in September for the Apple Harvard Ramble!

July 4th, 2022 race recap

What a picture perfect day for our 5M and Kids Fun Run road races. The results and pictures have been posted.

It was an awesome day!!

The 5M race was won by Erica Szczechowski (33:25, 6:32/mi) and by Will Daggett (28:07, 5:38/mi)

The race committee is so thankful to all those who have sponsored and supported our races, including the Harvard Police & Fire Dept, Harvard Ambulance Squad, Harvard Lions Club, New England Timing Co, Red Brick Clothing & the Bromfield School. Please check out our sponsors below and support them by visiting their businesses.

Run for the Hills 2021 - Halloween edition

An epic day on the trails today as the race was held with some sun (Yes, the Sun decided to show up after days of deluge!), lots of mud and many, many smiles as happy trail runners took off through the orchard meadows and sloppy trails.

The race was sponsored and managed the many members of Harvard Conservation Trust. Thanks to all who ran and supported our cause, including our many, many sponsors … it was a great day!

The results and pictures can are now posted.

— Harvard Conversation Trust race committee

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