About the Bulldog Breakaway New Year's 5K
The course starts and finishes on the track at The Citadel, looping out through Summerall Gate and around Hampton Park before returning to campus. It is a New Year's morning race, so the streets are quiet and the military campus gives the route a distinctive backdrop. Water stops are placed along the way and near the finish.
Packet pickup and same-day registration both happen on the track on race morning, so there is no need to get there the night before. Parking is available on campus close to the track, and restrooms are nearby as well. Awards are handed out on the track after the race wraps up.
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