Womp Romp

Womp Romp - October 24, 2026

We're back for year six!! We have the 10 mile one loop race and the 50k three loop race again this year. The loop is a nice mixture of single track, wide trails and some pavement. perfect for first time and seasoned trail runners. Three aid stations once again with lots of goodies and healthy options. All paces welcome and encouraged. A generous 9 hour cut off for the 50k and 10 Miler.

Awards/Goodies

Long sleeve tech t-shirt to all participants, register by 9/20/26. 10 miler finishers will receive a Womp Romp Patch. 50k finishers will receive a finisher mug.

Bring Food

Once again we are asking for runners to bring food or beverage to help stock our aid stations. We had great participation last year and donated the extra food to Safe Harbor, a great resource that focuses on reducing underage substance use and addiction. Please bring one of the following to packet pick up Savory - Chips, pickles, potatoes & salt, etc.... Sweet - Candy, baked goods, PB, fruit, etc..... Liquid - Coke or Ginger Ale only, please Your donations allow us to give more to our charity partners

Why are we doing this

I have been running in Wompatuck State Park for years Often during runs I would say "someone should put on a race." Instead of waiting for someone, I decided to do it.. Wompatuck is an amazing park with great trails and I want more people to know about it so they can enjoy it. All profits will be donated to our charity partners. Current partners: Friends of Wompatuck, Free to Run, and Footprints.

About Friends of Wompatuck

The Friends of Wompatuck State Park (FOW), an all volunteer, not for profit group, was incorporated in early 2006 for the purpose of educating the public about the park's uses and historical value, as well as helping the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation preserve, maintain, and enhance the assets, history, and other features within the park. For more information https://friendsofwompatuck.org

About Wompatuck

Wompatuck State Park is located in Hingham, MA - just 35 minutes from downtown Boston. Rich in history, this land was originally the property of Indian chief Josiah Wompatuck who deeded the land to English Settlers in 1665. During WWII and the Korean War, it served as an ammunitions depot for the U.S. military. Today, it is a 3,526 acre park that extends from Hingham into the neighboring towns of Cohasset, Scituate, and Norwell.

About Free to Run

Free to Run’s mission is to drive change in community gender norms in conflict areas by supporting adolescent girls and young women to advance their leadership and wellness through running. We do this through providing deep, progressive leadership and wellbeing programs in conjunction with running experiences - typically to refugees, internally displaced people and girls’ and women who identify as ethnic minorities. While we work closely with communities and individuals, we are working towards a systematic shift in gender equality with a specific focus on the expansion of access to public space and leadership opportunities for girls and women.https://freetorun.org/

About FootPrints

Footprints is a registered 501c(3) U.S. non-profit that exists as an incubator for climate action. https://runfootprints.org/

Sponsors

Gold Sponsors Arbella Insurance, Red Lion Inn, Anderson Fuel. Silver Sponsors Cohasset Waverunners. Bronze Sponsors Freetrail, Hingham Institute for Savings, Baystate Fitness.

FAQs

• When is the race? Saturday October 24 at 50K at 8:00 AM, 10 Mile at 8:30 AM
• What is the course? The 10 mile is one loop, the 50k is three loops plus a mile
• What should I bring? Besides the obvious like sneakers and clothes, please bring something to carry fluid: this is a cupless race so a hand-held or collapsible cup. If you could bring some food to share, that would be awesome too.
• Can I leave a drop bag? For those running the 50k you will pass the start area to begin loops 2 and 3 (miles 10.5, 21), so you can retrieve items from your bag, car, tent whatever you want.
• Can I set up a tent? sure
• Can I build a campfire? no
• When is packet pick up? Friday October 23 4PM-6:30PM visitors center Wompatuck State Park; Saturday 10/24 starting 6:45 AM at race site
• How do I get there? Set your GPS to Wompatuck State Park Vistor Center and continue on for two miles to signs that tell you to turn right for the Womp Romp and then follow signs another mile to South Field.
• Can I park at the Vistor’s Center? Sure, but you will have a three-mile hike to the start, so leave plenty of time.
• How long does it take to get from the Visitor’s Center to South Field? 15 minutes DRIVING, One hour walking.
• What’s the cutoff?? 9 Hours (5 PM) you can do this! 50k runners must leave for their final loop by 2pm!!
• Where does all the money you collect go? Race fees are used to buy or rent things to put on the race, those lovely blue porta-potties are not cheap. No one involved in the race is paid in any way, everyone from Race Directors to the people handing you water are 100% volunteers. Any extra money is given to our charity partners.
• Who are your charity partners? This year we welcome back Friends of Wompatuck who help keep the trails you run the race on in great shape. We have also added Free to Run , which helps girls and women engage in outdoor activity in conflict-affected regions.
• Will there be mud?? Yes
• Is the trail paved? 2 miles per loop paved (each loop is 10ish miles)
• Will the trail be marked? Yes we have purchased 300 pink flags to be put in the ground plus a few hundred more arrows. We will make it very hard for you to get lost. If you try really really hard, you will be able to get lost, but if you can follow arrows and pink flags you should be fine.
• You mentioned porta-potties? We will have the typical beautiful blue porta-potties at the start and there are bathrooms at the visitor’s center at mile 6. For those doing the 50k, you will return to the start to begin loops 2 and 3. You will pass the visitor's center at miles (6, 16.5, 27)
• Where are the aid stations? At the start finish area (bathrooms); mile 3.141592 (no bathroom) and mile 6 (bathrooms). For those doing the 50k, you are doing three loops so you will pass all the same aid stations each loop, we promise not to move them.
• What will be at the aid stations? Water, NAAK, candy, chips, pickles, fruit, broth, etc. Plus whatever you guys bring.
• What will not be at the aid stations? cups? it’s a thing trail race people do to avoid having thousands of cups strewn around the park.