TXR Mile Challenge: (Track, X-Country, Road)

The 3-2-1's of the TXR Mile Challenge: 3 Disciplines - 2 Hours - 1 American Mile

• 3 separate races, 3 running disciplines

• 2 hours to complete your challenge

• 1 unique day at 1 venue featuring 1 Track Mile, 1 X-Country Mile, and 1 Road Mile.

TXR's innovative format offers the best of 3 styles of running competition and engagement:

• For serious competitors, challenge yourself to 3 running disciplines in 1 day while strategizing your race order and recovery time. Our unique cumulative format will give you new PR goals to chase through the years.

• For the adventurers, if you've never tried cross-country or haven't been on a track since high school, this is the welcoming opportunity you've been waiting for. A short distance on all 3 surfaces and a generous finish cutoff invite you to get familiar and comfortable with all aspects of running.

The TXR Mile Challenge welcomes all levels of runners from the elite to just getting started. Our unique event format offers the distinctive opportunity to run three surfaces - track, grass, and pavement - within the same venue. Challengers will take on three separate races - each one mile - each timed separately. Each of the three races will be started and timed separately from one another for each Challenger.  Cumulative times will be used for overall scoring. All three miles must be started within the Starting Block and completed before the Finish Cutoff. Starting Block - 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.; Finish Cutoff - Noon

The TXR Mile Challenge is part of the 5280 Run series. 5280 represents the number of feet in 1 mile...or an American Mile as we think of it. No meters here! 

The 5280 concept was launched at the Westfield Turkey Trot to provide a competitive limited-field alternative to the long-standing family fun run 1M. 

The series is in development and will consist of 1 Mile events curated or created to fit the 5280.Run standards.

www.5280.run

Please allow us time to tally these unique results. We anticipate presenting awards starting at 12:30 p.m.

Awards will be by age category only (no overall). Within each age category, we will award the top 3 women, men, and non-binary competitors.

Age Categories:

• 14 and under
• 15 - 19 
• 20 - 29
• 30 - 39
• 40 - 49
• 50 - 59
• 60 - 69
• 70 - 79
• 80 and over

The TXR Mile Challenge was dreamed up and is organized by the friendly faces behind BestLife.Events and PracticeHard, aka Ray and Tears. This is a Tears X Ray collaboration! You've likely seen us running around one of our many annual events including the Westfield Turkey Trot, Barn-B-Q Trail Festival, Our House 4 Miler, Legal Runaround 5K, Market Street Mission's 5Ks, NJ Senior Olympics T&F, Read Feed Run Turkey Trot, and so many more both currently being held or retired over the years. links to all of our currently scheduled events can be found on our event calendar via BestLife.Events. 

Our Goals: We strive to make our events wholly inclusive, diverse, equitable, welcoming to all, and environmentally friendly. As a member of our community, please reach out if you have any feedback or suggestions.

No Runner Left Behind: A portion of event revenues from throughout the year are earmarked for the No Runner Left Behind program. Runners can request a discounted or complimentary entry into the TXR Mile Challenge if the registration fee presents a financial burden or a barrier to attending and competing. This program allows for our event and each participant and partner to directly support others in our running community. Please email tears@practicehard.com if this program will help you to join us at TXR. 

We're Listening: Something to share about an event experience with us? Have questions or concerns about attending? Suggestions? Email tears@practicehard.com to start the conversation. 

Celebration Picnic & Drinks included - Open at 11 a.m.

• Participants 21+ with ID will have beer, wine, and hard seltzer available to them.
• Soft drinks and water available all morning.
• Enjoy hot dogs, chili, and local bagels with cream cheese and butter.

Environmental Notes

• As at all of our events, we encourage you to bring your own water supply in a reusable bottle to help reduce our single-use waste.
• We also ask that you be mindful of our Trash vs. Recycling bins. We DO check and sort as needed at the end of the day. Lessening our environmental impact is a responsibility we expect each of our participants to share. Thank you in advance!

• Our unique event format offers the distinctive opportunity to run three surfaces - track, grass, and pavement - within the same venue on the same day.
• Challengers will take on three separate races - each one mile - each timed separately. Each of the three races will be started and timed separately from one another for each Challenger.
• Each mile race has it's own start line, finish line, and timing. 
• We will be employing a rolling start format at each start line (no group starts, no waves, no "On your mark, Go!"...enter the chute when you're ready and the starter will send each waiting runner off several seconds apart).
• Your runner # will be electronically recorded as you cross the start mat for each of the miles and your finish times will be calculated as you cross the finish mat for each of the miles.
• Your Miles, Your Strategy!
  • Choose the order best for you (Track then Road then XC; Road then XC then Track; etc.) - there are 6 ways you can choose to complete your three mile events.
  • Whether you prefer to go from one finish line right to the next starting line or you prefer to rest and hydrate between or even change your footwear, the choice is entirely yours as long as you start your final mile by 11:30 a.m. and complete it by Noon.
  • NEW: We will be asking you to declare your 1st mile choice via email in advance of event day. You will not need to declare the order of your 2nd and 3rd miles.
• Cumulative times from each of your 3 miles will create your final Challenge time. Challenge times will be used for scoring and awards.

TRACK - We have a specially designed 1-Mile track racing format to fit our event needs. This will be explained to our Challengers at the mandatory event morning briefing at 9:20 am. See you there!

ROAD - The Road course will be marked with our free-standing "Road Course" signs with arrows. You can access the route here on MapMyRun.com: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/6578533741 

X-COUNTRY - The X-Country course will be marked with chutes and cones. Cones divide the runner route and will always be on your right. On your return route you will stay within the chutes at the turns. You can access the route here on MapMyRun.com: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/6578537099/ 

All start and finishes are adjacent to our staging area and spectator-friendly. You'll easily be able to access parking lots and restrooms. Both Oak Ridge Park parking lots are equidistant from our Event Site & Staging area and both lots are close to restroom buildings.

Bring your chairs and blankets! There will be ample room on our event site lawn to spread out and make yourself comfortable. You may bring small tents/shades as long as they are properly weighted or staked down. (Non-secured tents are dangerous and will not be tolerated - this is a safety issue.)

IMPORTANT SITE NOTE FOR CHALLENGERS: Your assigned set of bib #s will have coded timing chips attached that will be read by each set of start and finish mats. Start and Finish zones will be clearly marked to keep all timing chips a safe distance from timing equipment until you are actively approaching a Start or Finish line.

Early Bird Pricing of $39 is available through April. ($39 Registration + $3.34 RunSignUp Fee)
Standard Pricing of $49 is available through June 12. ($49 Registration + $3.94 RunSignUp Fee)
Late Pricing of $59 begins June 13 and is available only until we reach capacity. ($59 Registration + $4.54 RunSignUp Fee)
Souvenir is only guaranteed if registered by June 12th.

Challengers! Find the final TXR results here:

TXR Mile Challenge Age Group Result Listings

Detailed Results below including Overall Placement, Gender Results (male, female, and non-binary), and Age Group Results (14 & under, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+). Use the "Include Event Details" button at the top of any of these pages to display your individual T-X-R times and the "Details" link below your total time for even more detail. 

TXR Mile Challenge Overall Results

TXR Mile Challenge Results by Age/Gender

We also have these handy dandy PDF versions of the results if you prefer a singular snapshot view:

• 8 a.m. - Check-In Opens
• 9:15 a.m. - Check-In Closes
• 9:20 a.m. - Challenge Briefing (all MUST attend) & Start Staging
• 9:50 a.m. - Report to your chosen 1st Mile (Track, X-Country, Road) 
• 10:00 a.m. - TXR Mile Challenge begins!
• 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  • Start each of your 3 Miles in your preferred order
• Noon - Cutoff time for completing your 3rd Mile
• 12:30 p.m. - Awards (estimate)

All three miles must be started within the Starting Block and completed before the Finish Cutoff.

Starting Block - 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Finish Cutoff - Noon

Bring the gang to TXR! It's always fun to enjoy a day of competition and camaraderie with the runners, friends, and family in your community. 

There are 2 separate Team Incentives:

• Largest Team signed-up by June 15th, will get a VIP tent within the Event Site! It's the perfect place to gather right in the heart of the TXR action. 
  • Your VIP tent will include a table for distributing your bibs and souvenirs and enjoying your picnic yum-yums.
  • Your team members can skip check-in and we'll have your supplies pre-bundled for the Team Captain to collect.
  • BONUS: Your team will also be eligible for a VIP Trot Spot at the Westfield Turkey Trot once you sign-up 5 runners.
• Referral Rewards: Once you sign-up, you will receive a unique link to share with your people. For every 3 sign-ups using your link, you'll automatically receive a $10 refund.

Each of our 3 TXR miles are included in USATF-NJ series.

USATF-NJ members will gain points for ...

• the Maniacs for Miles series on their Track mile
• the Cross Country Grand Prix series on their XC mile
• the PMAG LDR Grand Prix series on their Road mile (500pts)

Your Challenge registration fee covers:

• All 3 of your miles (track, x-country, road)
• The marking of each course
• Your timing chip and the timing of each mile (net individual times from start line to finish line)
• Cumulative times for all 3 miles
• Awards scoring and awards for top performers in each age group
• Souvenir (guaranteed to those registered by June 12th)
• Celebration Picnic & Drinks
• Indoor Restrooms

SIGN-UP BY 6/12 TO GUARANTEE YOUR CHOICE OF SOUVENIR SHIRT!

Please check your inbox for the details email after 9:30am on Friday 6/20/25. If you do not see it, our email may have landed in your junk folder. You can also click here for an online version of the email. Within the email, we have asked all Challengers to declare their first mile preference ASAP by clicking here. 

Be Safe in the Heat! Read up on RRCA's recommendations here: https://www.rrca.org/education/for-runners/hot-weather-running/