This year's race will be the 29th. Proceeds are used to support youth athletic programs in the Town of Falmouth and for the benefit of other non-profit community groups. The length is seven miles and the route is along the shore from Woods Hole, around scenic Nobska Lighthouse Point, along Surf Drive and around Falmouth Harbor, finishing at the beach in Falmouth Heights. Rated among the top 15 American road races every year since 1977 by Runner's World and Running Times magazines. Past winners have included Olympic champions Joan Benoit Samuelson and Frank Shorter, as well as Bill Rodgers, Grete Waitz, Alberto Salazar, Rod Dixon, Khalid Khannouchi and Catherine Ndereba.
Field annually includes many of the best American and international runners.
Has been on the cover of several runners' magazine and has been picked up for regional and national news coverage, including Sports Illustrated. Two-page color photo in November 1991 Life Magazine. Considered by most to be the premier event of any kind in Southeastern Massachusetts.