’Tis the season for reflecting on 2017, and what a year we’ve had! The Gray Matter Marketing Team is so thankful for our participants, volunteers, sponsors, vendors, and staff who made the entire year possible. We couldn’t make the impact we do and pull off...
Registration is open for the 2018 Amica Newport Marathon and Half Marathon, which will be held on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. The event features a 13.1 and a 26.2-mile course for runners from around the country and across the globe to experience some of Newport...
Registration is now open for the fifth annual Newport Night Run, which will be held on April 7th, 2018. The 5K road race benefits the Newport Public Education Foundation and is produced by Gray Matter Marketing. Since it’s inception in 2014, the Newport Night...
Local favorite road race, the Newport 10 Miler, has a new title sponsor, BankNewport! The annual event, which has sold out every year since 2016, will take place on June 3rd, 2018. The event is produced by Gray Matter Marketing, based in Portsmouth. “With the additional...
The inaugural Vermont 10 Miler kicked off on Sunday morning in Stowe, taking runners along a road and bike path course full of challenging hills and stunning scenery. In the end, runners hailing from Vermont and New Hampshire swept both the men and women’s...
In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday morning, alarms were blaring all across Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts and further afield. Why the early wake-up call? The Seventh Annual Citizens Bank Pell Bridge Run! 2,700 runners and walkers of all ages gathered in Jamestown to run across...
While the weather is far from fall-like, it’s still beer festival season, and the sixth annual Cape Cod Brew Fest will take place this weekend at the Cape Cod Fairgrounds. The festival, which features more than 100 breweries and 300 types of beer, is limited...
The 3,000 finishers of this weekend’s 2017 Amica Newport Marathon truly earned their pineapple medals! On Sunday, a sunny but humid morning gave way to wind gusts of up to 20 knots and rain — sometimes sideways — as runners from across the country and...
Spectators are an integral part of a great race atmosphere. Runners at the Amica Newport Marathon and Half Marathon will be tackling very long distances, and having cheering fans, friends and family along the course is often an extra push of motivation! Hand-operated noisemakers such...
The 1,400 registered runners and walkers of the fifth annual Ocean Road 10K ran through the streets of Narragansett, Rhode Island on Sunday, enjoying crisp fall temperatures and gorgeous sunshine. The race, which sold out this year for the second year in a row, benefits...