Event Description
~ Please note~
THERE WILL NOT BE RACE SHIRTS PROVIDED THIS YEAR.
**Race Details**
Individuals - non-timed, 5K Fun Run/3K walk around Prospect Lake. 5K runners will make two laps around the lake and 3K walkers make one lap around the lake. All finishers will start and end in the parking lot just west of the Velodrome.
Teams - this is a TIMED race for those wishing to enter as a team and compete for the traveling trophy. Each team will need a minimum of 5 max 10 persons to be considered. Runners registering as a team will also make two laps around the lake, starting and finished in the parking lot west of the Velodrome.
Each team will need a Team Captain that will be responsible for picking up and distributing bibs either before or on race day. Bibs are for placing purposes and will only be given to the Team Captain. You will need a minimum of 5/maximum of 10 per team. You can have more than one team under the same name (Team Awesome #1/#2/#3). Top 5 finishers will be scored for each team.
Virtual runners - this race will be a virtual race as well as an onsite race in Memorial Park. That means for those who have wanted to participate in the past, but have been unable to due to location, now they have the ability to register and receive a finishers medal and bib that will be mailed to them. They can run the race whenever and whereever they choose. In order to guarentee participants receive their medals in time for the race, they need to register no later than 5/1/17. Virtual participants that have registered by 5/1/17 will have medals shipped on 5/13/17. Virtual participants who register after 5/1/17 will have medals shipped on 5/22/17.
**Registration Information**
Onsite race day registrations and pre-registration check-ins will begin at 8:00 a.m. This event is open to the public. Registration fees are $25.00 for pre-registered racers/virtual racers and $30.00 for onsite race day registrations. Finisher medals will be provided on race day. All participants will receive a finisher medal. All entry fees will be the same regardless of registration type i.e. team vs. individual.
Participants will be broken into 2 waves. Wave 1 will be team runners. They will leave the start line first to minimize traffic since they are competing. Wave 2 will be individual walkers/runners. All participants will walk/run the same course around Prospect Lake.
Course Description: Participants will start on the bicycle criterium course. This is just North of the Velodrome Building. Participants start going south. They exit the criterium course using the old road path near the restrooms. They do two (2) laps around Prospect Lake going in a counter clockwise direction. Participants return to the Bicycle Criterium course at its Southwest corner. Upon re-entering the criterium they run it in a clockwise direction.
Event details and schedule
Team Participants (Wave 1) - Start time will be 9:00 a.m.
Individual Participants Wave 2) - Start time will be 9:10 a.m.