Runners take off at the start of the 2019 Lobster Loop road race Sunday in Canton. Avon’s Tyler Hinrichs won the race.
CANTON – After a one-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of the annual Lobster Loop 5K Road Race are ready to get the race back on the road.
The 29th annual Lobster Loop 5K Road Race and non-competitive health walk is scheduled for Sunday, August 29 beginning at 8:30 a.m., starting and ending at the Town Green in Canton. The Canton Middle School Parent/Teacher Organization (PTO) is sponsoring the 3.1 mile race.
The registration fee is $25. Registration will only be available on-line at Lobster Loop 5k Signup. All participants that pre-register online by Aug. 13 will receive a free Lobster Loop t-shirt on race day.
To encourage first-time participants, the race is partnering with the Canton Park and Recreation Commission to help sponsor a course for beginning and intermediate runners called Couch to 5K: Lobster Loop Run Prep, a seven-week course that begins next week on July 14.
Canton High track and field coach Tim O’Donnell will lead the course. Runners will meet once a week to train and exercise as a group. Runners will also receive a weekly running plan to prepare for the race. Program fee is $85 for town residents and $95 for non-residents. The training program fee does not include entry into the race.
For more Lobster Loop registration information, contact Kim Weller at [email protected] or 860-318-1438.
Recent Lobster Loop champions
| Year: Overall winner | Time | Women’s winner (Overall place) | Time |
| 2019: Tyler Hinrichs, Avon | 17:13 | Julia Caputo, Canton (18) | 19:50 |
| 2018: Matt DeMarco, Canton | 17:44 | Ashleigh Stephan, Avon (20) | 21:02 |
| 2017: Max Sparks, Canton | 16:26 | Sara Leavens, Avon (13) | 19:50 |
| 2016: Solomon Davis, Simsbury | 16:35 | Sara Leavens, Avon (18) | 20:32 |
| 2015: Dean Yost, Canton | 16:34 | Jillian Sullivan, W. Hartford (19) | 19:13 |
| 2014: Marc Robaczynski, Avon | 16:03 | Sammi Glass, Goshen (6) | 17:44 |
| 2013: Chris Chisholm, Farmington | 16:38 | Sammi Glass, Goshen (8) | 17:33 |
| 2012: Mike LeDuc, Canton | 16:20 | Anne Marie Tuxbury, N. Hartford (14) | 18:42 |
| 2011: Mike LeDuc, Canton | 15:36-y | Mary-Lynn Currier, Canton (25) | 18:19-y |
| 2010: Marc Robacyznski, New Hartford | 15:41 | Mary-Lynn Currier, Canton (14) | 18:26 |
y-modified course due to construction on Dyer Avenue. Does not count toward race records.
Race records: Marc Robacyznski, 15:27, 1997; Kate Patten, New Hartford, 17:29, 2002
