27th Annual D&R Canal Towpath “Train”ing Run – Piscataway, NJ 2026

RVRR’s ‘Train’ing Run is a non-competitive Group Run held to celebrate National Trails Day and benefits the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. We donate $.50 for every mile we run or walk! Run part, or all, of the 34.6 mile D&R towpath together in a group! Register for the bus to take you to the distance/pace start you wish to participate in. Changes are possible by logging in to your runsignup account - you can switch events up to June 4th, as long as there is space on the bus you wish to transfer to. Additional details can be found at www.rvrr.org/events/training-run Groups of runners (called ‘trains’) will run (travel) at pre-determined paces to Grove # 4 in Johnson Park in New Brunswick (the destination station). Starting in Trenton with small groups of runners who are challenging themselves to go the entire distance, the ‘trains’ will add additional runners (passengers) who join (board their ‘train’) at the speed they want to travel. By the end, one massive group of runners a