Spirit of Spring Road Race

For 50 years, the Spirit of Spring Road Race has welcomed runners to compete in one of the first races of the running season.  This is the 16th year the race has been shortened to a NEW 5k course starting at the Tolland High School.

Through the Spirit of Spring Road Race and the Fun Run, it is hoped that friends, family, local business employees, and folks just wanting to celebrate life and the coming of springtime, will come together to enjoy the feeling of good will that the day represents.

Kim’s Fun Run

The year 2002 marked the first time the Spirit of Spring Race shared the road with a slightly slower-paced crowd. Grandmothers, toddlers, and couch potatoes all joined in to commemorate the life of a dear friend – Kim Goldsnider.   Following a fatal accident on October 28th 2001, Kim’s friends and colleagues decided to hold a special event in conjunction with the Spirit of Spring Road Race so that everyone could come together to remember Kim’s contributions to her community. Kim was an active participant in the Spirit of Spring Road Race and an inspiration to everyone she knew from the standpoint of staying healthy in mind and body. In October 2001 she had accomplished her personal goal of completing the Hartford half-marathon and she had dreamed of taking that accomplishment a step further in the years ahead.