It is a picture perfect. Imagine a beautiful summer evening in the equally beautiful summer town of Newburyport, the Yankee Homecoming will once again live up to its billing as a New England classic race. Imagine hundreds of runners in both the 5k and later the 10 mile, enjoying a beautiful course through the bucolic seaside town, running along the ocean for several miles before winding through a state park and upscale neighborhoods. The race is at the Newburyport High School".

So it has been for decades. A running event that started with less than 50 now draws close to 3,000. Such is the history and tradition, the lore, and the lure of the Yankee Homecoming races.

It stared in 1960 with 30 runners who finished the original distance of eight miles. As word spread and the running boom grew so did the Yankee Homecoming event. A shorter race was added (the distance alternating between 3 miles and 5K) and so did the race’s popularity. In the mid-1990’s the event hit its peak when over 2200 finished the ten miler and close to 1000 ran the shorter event.

Yankee Homecoming—Tradition and Championship, and the Old Course is Back in 2008!