On Sunday, July 14 at 9 a.m., Plainville hosts the General Electric 5K Road Race. General Electric is the signature corporate sponsor supporting this event along with several other corporations, small businesses, civic organizations, and individuals. All proceeds will benefit the non-profit Petit Family Foundation. For this year only, the 5K course has changed due to bridge construction on Stillwell Drive. The race starts on East Street, just north of its intersection with Maple Street and continues south until heading east on Stillwell Drive. Runners will complete two separate closed loops off Stillwell Drive, first at Pershing Drive, and next at Wayne Drive. The race continues back onto Stillwell Drive where after a short distance west the course turns north onto Laurel Court. The course then proceeds east on Tomlinson Avenue to Arcadia Avenue. The course continues north on Arcadia Avenue, west on Higgins Avenue, and east on Milford Street Ext. It then proceeds north on Belmont Place, and finally west on Woodford Avenue to the finish line in front of the General Electric Consumer Industrial Division. For those preferring a more leisurely pace, there will be the 1.5 mile Fitness Walk also starting at 9 a.m. Children between ages [...]
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