We stumbled upon this race while visiting the Nike Outlet during our trip for the Salomon Pineland Farms Trail Running Festival. The cost was $10 and we got a nice soft Nike shirt and a water bottle, which is already worth the cost.

As the name indicates, this race is held on Memorial Day, before the parade, which was cancelled in 2016 due to the rain. The race, however, was not cancelled and we had a nice small group of mostly kids, but people of all ages. I'm giving this one-miler four stars overall, because the course is not quite flat and that makes a big difference in a race this short. It also has turns. Ideally, it would be one mile down Main Street, straight and flat.

There were no aid stations, because it is only one mile, but we received a water and banana at the finish. This race goes around a block and in a bit of a parking lot. Parking is in the LL Bean lot or vicinity and easy access to everything.

As the race drew a small crowd, there is a good opportunity to win and the prizes are pretty good. Kids and overall winners get trophies and age groupers get medals and/or Nike gift cards. I won the Master's Division and got a good quality medal and $10 Nike gift card, so basically, this race was totally free and I got a shirt, water bottle and a medal.

I like to test my mile time every now and then and one milers are hard to find. This one is worth the investment. Small, but accurately timed and good swag for the cost.