Final sprint to Manchester Road Race starts at a podium [Video]

MANCHESTER, Conn. — The tradition of the Manchester Road Race press conference continued at the Manchester Country Club Thursday. 

Race leaders, sponsors and volunteers of the event gathered to get in gear for the 88th edition of the competition.

Tris Carta, race president, said registration for the race this year looks promising. 

“I might be bold to say that we might break 12,000 [runners], which is up to pre-pandemic levels,” Carta said.

The 2024 honorary chairman of the Manchester Road Race is Mark Carroll, a world class runner from Ireland who won the race in both 1998 and 2000. Carroll was a standout runner at Providence College. This year he will also lend his expertise on the radio call of the race.

“I associate the Manchester Road Race with Thanksgiving – everybody coming together with …