Seeding Info

General Information

The goals of seeding runners are to allow experienced runners an unimpeded start and to prevent injuries of all participants.

We will be seeding the field to 40 minutes. Seeding is based on one of two things:

a runner's NET time in the previous year's Manchester Road Race, or
an official time from an official(internet published results) course run since January of this year's Manchester Road Race

Contact Seed Coordinator for all questions about seeding that have not been answered by the information on this site.

Seed Cards

The Race Committee will continue to mail out Seed cards to all registrants who have completed the Manchester Road Race in Under 30 minutes, Under 35 minutes or Under 40 minutes in the previous year's Manchester Road Race.

Cards will be mailed out during the first week of November . Please allow one week for delivery.

If your address has changed, you must email in your request for seeding to the Contact Seed Coordinator(see above)Do not send this with your registration as it will not be processed.

All requests for seeding must be received by October 31st with proof of qualifying time and distance, name of race, and date of race. No cards will be mailed unless you are a registered runner. Cards will NOT be mailed out after October 31st.

Qualifying

To qualify for seeding in the event you haven't qualified by running the Manchester Road Race last year, email your official time from the results of an official course along with the link to the website containing the results to:

Contact Seed Coordinator

The following local races are good seed qualifiers:

		Labor Day 20K/5K	New Haven, CT
		Union Street Tavern Trot	Windsor, CT
		Hartford Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K	Hartford, CT
		Parker Holt 5K	Manchester, CT
		Apple Harvest Festival	Glastonbury, CT
		South Windsor Hog Jog	South Windsor, CT
		Columbia Autumn Classic 5K	Columbia, CT
		Wilton Halloween Hustle 5K	Wilton, CT
		Pumpkin Run 5M	Higganum, CT
		Kent Pumpkin Run 5M	Kent, CT
		Know Your Pace Race Silk City Striders (8:00 am)	Manchester, CT

Your last opportunity to receive a seed card is at the Sports Expo (Saturday before the race) or Walk-In registration. Please bring supporting documentation with you. No cards will be issued on race day.

Keep in mind that you can get a reasonably good start by lining up at 9:15 am on race day on the road behind the Under 40 Minutes seed section.

Any disputes over seeding will only be dealt with at the Sports Expo or Walkin Registration. Make sure you don't leave this till the last minute or you will be left out of our seeding area!

Qualifying Times

Use the table below to determine if your time qualifies you for a Seed card.

Distance	Under 30:00	Under 35:00	Under 40:00
3K	n/a	n/a	sub 14:08
2 Mile	n/a	n/a	sub 15:14
4K	n/a	n/a	sub 19:11
2.6 Wickam Summer Mile	up to 15:36	15:37 - 18:12	18:13 - 20:48
3 Mile	14:53 - 17:30	17:31 - 20:28	20:29 - 23:24
5K	15:27 - 18:10	18:11 - 21:13	21:14 - 24:16
3.5 Mile	17:30 - 20:29	20:30 - 23:59	24:00 - 27:30
4 Mile	20:14 - 23:42	23:30 - 27:40	27:41 - 31:40
Manchester Past Year	<= 29:59	30:00 - 34:59	35:00 - 39:59
8K	25:25 - 29:46	29:47 - 34:43	34:44 - 39:48
5 Mile	25:31 - 29:59	30:00 - 34:59	35:00 - 39:59
10K	32:05 - 37:41	37:42 - 44:01	44:02 - 50:22
10 Mile	51:01 - 1:02:00	1:02:01 - 1:13:00	1:13:01 - 1:25:00
20K	1:06:58 - 1:18:38	1:18:39 - 1:31:57	1:31:58 - 1:45:31
1/2 Marathon	1:10:39 - 1:23:23	1:23:24 - 1:37:32	1:37:33 - 1:51:41
Marathon	2:27:55 - 2:48:58	2:48:59 - 3:22:49	3:22:50 - 3:51:10

Email to:

We encourage you to communicate via email : Contact Seed Coordinator

Mail to:

Paper correspondence should be mailed to:

Manchester Road Race
192 East Center Street
Manchester, CT 06040

As in the past:

No seed cards will be reissued
U.S. Mail returned postcards can be picked up with proper ID at the Sports Expo or any of the evening walk-in registrations
No cards will be given out on Race Day
You will not be admitted into a seed area without an official card