Cobscook Bay Road Races 5k/10k and Kids Fun Run

Celebrating 34 years of running and walking on the shores of Cobscook Bay in support of Down East Hospice Volunteers, organized by Bold Coast Runners. Please come on Sunday June 8, 2025 to WALK or RUN a 5k, 10k, or FREE KIDS FUN RUN and enjoy the picnic afterwards at Reversing Falls in celebration of all your hard work! The 10k Course is USATF certified (ME17004JK). 

Three ways to participate in 2026

1 - In-person  SUNDAY, June 7 -  Run or Walk from the Triangle to Reversing Falls.  Specific race day instructions will be sent June 1st via email. 

Online registration will Open at 7am January 1st, 2026. 
Online registration will Close at 5pm on Saturday June 6, 2026. 

2 - Run on Your Own (ROYO) - Run/walk the Course Between  Saturday May 29 and June 7 - submit a time and picture of your run/walk via email or on runsignup.com/cobscookraces

3 - Virtually - Run/walk in support of Cobscook Bay races wherever safe and convenient for you. submit a time and picture of your run/walk via email or on runsignup.com/cobscookraces

Packet pickup and Registration will take place at Pembroke Triangle on Sunday June 7 from 7:30am to 8:45am.

Race Day Timeline:

• 7:30am – 8:45am - Registration/Packet pick-up  – Do not arrive later than 8:45am - Directions here
• 8:30am - Kids Fun Run at the Start Flags
• 9:00am  - 5k/10k Start
• 10:45am (approximate time) Awards: – After the last finisher. At Reversing Falls / Finish – Directions here 

Past Results found here (https://www.cobscookbayroadraces.org/results)

Course Records found here (https://www.cobscookbayroadraces.org/course-records)

Awards 5k and 10k- (Subject to change without prior notice, Bold Coast Runners reserves the right to change them prior to and up until race day)

• Top 3 Overall Male, Female and Non-Binary
  
• Top 1st Age Groups (Male and Female) if under 150 participants; greater than 150 participants will open top 3 in Age groups
  • 14 and under, 15-18, 19-29, 30-39, 40-49,50-54, 55-50, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75+
• 1st Male, Female and Non-Binary Walkers
• 1st Pembroke Resident

Specific Instructions will be sent via email the week of the event.

Full Course Information found here

For 31 years proceeds have gone to Down East Hospice, the only volunteer hospice program of cost-free comfort care for the terminally ill, the grieving, and their families throughout Washington County, Maine since 1981. Down East Hospice is celebrating 41 years of compassionate care!

The Cobscook Bay Races had its genesis in the early 1990s, as an effort to create a certified 10-kilometer road race in Washington County, Maine. Our paved and gravel course, which begins near Route 1 in Pembroke, follows the western reaches of Cobscook Bay—the easternmost saltwater bay in the United States—and finishes at Pembroke’s majestic Reversing Falls.

Over the years, the Cobscook Bay Races have brought together our small, coastal communities—participants, volunteers, and local businesses––in support of Down East Hospice. We have shared the special beauty and character of the Quoddy region with participants from all over the US and Canada. Runners and walkers of all ages and abilities have competed in the challenging 10K and 5K courses and the (10 and under) 1-Mile Fun Run.

The course records for the 10K (Judson Cake, 32:59 ; Sarah Mulcahy, 39:07) were hard-earned on this challenging course—particularly in the approach to the finish at Reversing Falls.