Weekly Social Runs in Downtown Bar Harbor
Tuesday Evenings 6:00 pm & Sunday Mornings 7:30 am
Road and trail running with friends around New England's paradise! Town and trail runs in and around Acadia National Park! Open to the public and all paces and abilities are welcome!
Our runs are led by Move Free Athlete Ambassadors and local runners with various pace groups offered! Post run socializing encouraged!
Our runs are led by Move Free Athlete Ambassadors and local runners with various pace groups offered! Post run socializing encouraged!
Meeting Spots:
Tuesday Evenings at 6:00 pm: We will gather pre and post run by the gazebo at the Bar Harbor Village Green in the center of town. Our run leaders will try to be there several minutes early to welcome everyone. Parking options and details are described below.
Sunday Mornings at 7:30 am: We will gather pre and post run outside or inside (depends on the weather!) Choco Latte Cafe near the center of town. Our run leaders will try to be there several minutes early to welcome everyone. Parking options and details are described below.
Sunday Mornings at 7:30 am: We will gather pre and post run outside or inside (depends on the weather!) Choco Latte Cafe near the center of town. Our run leaders will try to be there several minutes early to welcome everyone. Parking options and details are described below.
Parking Options:
Metered parking is available throughout Bar Harbor, with public paid parking right next to the Bar Harbor Village Green and 0.25 miles away by the water, and additional public parking 0.5 miles away by the YMCA's fields. Plan to give yourself extra time to look for parking if you are driving to the runs. Downtown Bar Harbor can be pretty busy depending on the season!
Who We Are:
Move Free aims to spread our love for movement and the outdoors, while bridging the gap between outdoor recreation and outdoor conservation by supporting our community and educating people on the steps they can take to give back to our planet. Our Move Free Run Club is just one of the many ways we hope to inspire adventure and foster this passion for nature with others. We welcome people of all races, nationalities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities & expressions, ages, and abilities. Everyone deserves the opportunity to Move Free.
Come join us on the trails and roads.
Come join us on the trails and roads.
Distance & Pacing:
We typically have one of our run club members leading 1 to 3 miles at 10 to 13 minute per mile pace around neighborhood roads and flatter trails and another member leading 4 to 6 miles at 9 to 11 minute per mile pace on trails and roads! People will often add on more miles on the Sunday morning runs depending on what they are feeling up for or are training for at the time.
Please know that distances and paces are flexible, and what's most important is that everyone enjoys themselves and feels welcomed!
Before our runs we will discuss distance and route options and make sure everyone has someone to run with. We aim to stay together in groups during our runs and will regroup as needed.
Please know that distances and paces are flexible, and what's most important is that everyone enjoys themselves and feels welcomed!
Before our runs we will discuss distance and route options and make sure everyone has someone to run with. We aim to stay together in groups during our runs and will regroup as needed.
Nearby Resources:
In need of last minute gear? These local businesses have your back!
Cadillac Mountain Sports (Bar Harbor)
Bar Harbor Bicycle Shop (Bar Harbor)
Alpenglow Adventure Sports (Bar Harbor)
Acadia Outdoor Center (Seal Harbor)
Cadillac Mountain Sports (Bar Harbor)
Bar Harbor Bicycle Shop (Bar Harbor)
Alpenglow Adventure Sports (Bar Harbor)
Acadia Outdoor Center (Seal Harbor)
Land Acknowledgment:
"You’re giving a piece of yourself to the land by engaging with it, by running on it and giving it your energy, giving it your time, giving it that space and acknowledgement.” Dinée Dorame, citizen of the Navajo Nation
Running on Native lands gives us all the opportunity to connect with and reflect on the history of the land and the communities who have lived here for centuries. The Wabanaki are a confederacy of tribes that include the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Nations. The Wabanaki have been here, in their homeland, for thousands of generations. This includes Pesamkuk, this place we now call Mount Desert Island and Frenchman Bay.
We recognize and honor the current Tribes who comprise the Wabanaki Confederacy (the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, and Micmac peoples) as distinct, sovereign, legal and political entities with their own powers of self governance and self determination, who have stewarded this land throughout the generations. We respect the traditional values of these Tribes and affirm their inherent sovereignty in this territory. We support their efforts for land and water protection and restoration, and for cultural healing and recovery. We pause in remembrance of the Tribes of the Wabanaki Confederacy whose lives and land were taken through genocidal strategies of colonial settlement of this land. We pay respect to elders both past and present, and we commit to the ongoing work of decolonization in Maine and beyond. This land acknowledgement is just the start of the conversation and our work at Move Free. We are continuing to educate ourselves and learn about the ways we can help decolonize the outdoors.
Running on Native lands gives us all the opportunity to connect with and reflect on the history of the land and the communities who have lived here for centuries. The Wabanaki are a confederacy of tribes that include the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Nations. The Wabanaki have been here, in their homeland, for thousands of generations. This includes Pesamkuk, this place we now call Mount Desert Island and Frenchman Bay.
We recognize and honor the current Tribes who comprise the Wabanaki Confederacy (the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, and Micmac peoples) as distinct, sovereign, legal and political entities with their own powers of self governance and self determination, who have stewarded this land throughout the generations. We respect the traditional values of these Tribes and affirm their inherent sovereignty in this territory. We support their efforts for land and water protection and restoration, and for cultural healing and recovery. We pause in remembrance of the Tribes of the Wabanaki Confederacy whose lives and land were taken through genocidal strategies of colonial settlement of this land. We pay respect to elders both past and present, and we commit to the ongoing work of decolonization in Maine and beyond. This land acknowledgement is just the start of the conversation and our work at Move Free. We are continuing to educate ourselves and learn about the ways we can help decolonize the outdoors.
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