Ion Bank Cheshire Road Races

Ion Bank Cheshire Road Races is held in Cheshire, Connecticut, on April 11, 2027, with two events: the half marathon (13.1 miles) at 8:30 a.m. and the 5K eight minutes later at 8:38.

The near-simultaneous starts keep the morning compact, so a household split between 13.1 miles and 3.1 can arrive together and leave together. For the half, twelve weeks of steady road running with one long run a week is the honest preparation, and the last three weeks matter less than the first nine. The 5K rewards a different kind of work entirely: short intervals at faster than race pace, once a week, for six weeks. Running both well in the same season means choosing which one you actually care about.