Description of Route

This leg starts at Nashua Senior Center, 70 Temple Street in Nashua, NH.

Note: Teams who plan to carpool and leave their cars in Nashua should either park on the street or in the Nashua Public Library parking lot. DO NOT leave cars parked in the Nashua Senior Center parking lot.

This leg starts just outside the Nashua Senior Center (70 Temple St). The start is the cross walk at the corner of Temple & South streets. The course proceeds east on Temple St, with a sight bend to the right where Temple meets Amory St. And then turns left at E Hollis St. crossing to the right side of the road (facing Hudson). The leg continues on the right side of the bridge straight across the bridge and into Hudson, NH. After crossing the bridge take the first right onto Central St. Runners stay to the right until the start of Rte. 3A (Lowell Rd.) where they cross to the left against traffic (see map on left).

(Runners crossing before the designated point risk penalty/disqualification. This is a safety issue and applies to all crossovers; please follow the rules.)

Continue down on the left side of the road until the intersections of Lowell, Dracut and River Roads. Runners will bear left onto Dracut Road. Slightly up the road, your second crossover will be a right down Stuart Street. (map)

Runners will take a left at the end of Stuart Street and continue on River Road until Exchange Zone 1.

PLEASE NOTE: If you plan on following the progress of the race during leg 1, please leave the Nashua Senior Center by 7:45 am. This will help us prevent a traffic jam crossing the river.