By: Ryan Barnosky For the past nine years, Watertown has hosted a town wide road race, known as the Shamrock Shuffle, which takes place the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day. This year the race is on Saturday, March 14th, at 10 a.m., beginning and ending at Polk School. Registration begins at 8 a.m. You can start signing up by going to Watertown’s Parks & Recreation website, and going to their menu and clicking on the Recreation Department arrow, followed by Special Events. There you can find links to registration forms and sign up today for $30. Students, or anyone, can even volunteer to help out during the race. There’s a running trail that is 3.5 miles long (a little above a 5k) and there’s also a walking trail that is 2.5 miles long. The event started as an idea between former WHS Cross Country Coach Joe Romano and one of his past athletes, Kim Tessier. Tessier recommended they do a race involving charity, “and it’s blown into one of the major events in our town,” says Romano. He is also currently the CoChair of the race and is a co-owner of Ordinary Joe’s, a local sports bar in town, which is the race “headquarters”; Tessier is the race director. Every year they donate their profit to different charities/causes and they give out scholarships. “The handicap playground [Jumpin’ Jack] is one of our major causes,” says Romano, “and a scholarship that goes to a highschool scholar athlete. And this year we’re doing bags for the homeless which helps the homeless with hygiene.” Sign up soon and don’t forget to buy a t-shirt or wear green!
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