Yardley 5K Run and Walk

Race Sponsor: Yardley Borough Parks and Recreation Board is hosting the 15th annual Yardley 5k.  The run begins in the heart of Yardley Borough and includes River Road along the Delaware River and along the Delaware Canal Towpath.

Awards, fees, and t-shirts: Race fee includes a t-shirt to all participants that register by April 22, 2024.

Awards: First Place Overall Male; First Place Overall Female, plus gender specific age groups as follows: 14 & under; 15-19; 20-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; 60-69; 70 plus. Age group awards for first, second and third place will be based on net time, not order of finish.  

Walkers and strollers are welcome, and we ask that you start at the back.

You must finish within 40 minutes for your time to count towards an award.  There is a 50-minute course limit for this race.

5K Walk and Run Bib Pick-up: Runners that registered for the 5k can pick up their bibs (and t-shirt if you requested one before April 22, 2024) on:

• Saturday, May 25 between 9:00am and noon at the Yardley Farmer's Market in Buttonwood Park. A limited number of t-shirts will be for sale 
• Race morning- after the Memorial Mile at Friend's Meeting - Sunday, May 27th 
• 5K race morning-on June 2 from 7:30-8am at Buttonwood Park pavilion

Registered for the Memorial Main Street Mile?
Runners you can pick-up your race bib (and t-shirt if you requested one before April 22, 2024) on:

• Race morning - Monday, May 27, 2024 - Memorial Day - between 7:00am - 7:30am at the start line at Wells Fargo Bank in Yardley Borough (near Yardley Train Station).
• Saturday, May 25, 2024 between (9:00am and noon) at the Yardley Farmer's Market in Buttonwood Park. 

Awards Ceremony: After the race, in Buttonwood Park, runners that qualify with an award-winning time can pick up their medals. 

Restrooms: Two Porta-Potties will be available at in Buttonwood Park for race participants.

Race Start: Promptly at 8:30am outside Starbucks on West Afton Street, Yardley Borough.

Race Course: The race course begins on West Afton (at Starbucks), heads east toward the River along Afton Avenue to River Road. The course the heads north along River Road with views of the Delaware River. After continuing for approximately 1.25 miles going under the Scudder Falls Bridge, the course turns left onto Woodside Avenue and then left again onto the Delaware Canal Towpath for approximately 1 mile. The towpath will become Edgewater Road and the course continues on Edgewood Road until the intersection of Brown Street. The course goes left onto Brown Street until it dead ends at River Road. The course then heads south on River Road and then back west on to Afton Avenue. Continuing to Afton Avenue to the finish line, where it started - outside of Starbucks.