Event Description
Join us for the 4th annual 5k River Run that the Greater Lowell Family YMCA will be holding. The 5k starts at the Tsongas Center and takes you on a down and back course along the Merrimack River. We use the funds to have scholarships for the cognitively impaired at the Lowell YMCA and to continue to run the healthy bodies program that is a program specific to the cognitively impaired. We currently offer fitness programming and membership scholarships for the cognitively impaired to help keep this disenfranchised group healthy and active. We have found that most of these individuals cannot afford to pay for guided fitness programming. It is a traditional 3.106mile/5 kilometer run that will end with a small fair/festival that will bring local businesses and support services together to show the Lowell community what Lowell has to offer!
Event details and schedule
We are asking racers to show up at 8:00am to meet with our timing crew to receive your bib and make sure that you are in the system. We will all be behind the Tsongas center there will be a few vendors setting up with free giveaways along with some music. Also there will be refreshments for runners at the end of the race. We will begin lining up at 7:45 for the 8:00am start.
Parking: The race starts Behind the Tsongas Center and there is parking Behind the Tsongas center please try to fill the back lots first. So we will start parking in Lot D and then move others to Lot C if Lot D Fills. You must be out of the parking lot by 10:30AM for the next event! Because The Tsongas is nice enough to let us park for free we need to respect their time lines so please be out by then. If you plan to stay in Lowell after the race there are meters and a public garage near by that you can use.
Race Route: The race route has been included on this page in the attached section. Feel Free to look it over and let us know if you have any questions with the route. It is a turnaround event and there is a small decline after passing over the Aiken bridge. We will not cross any major roads so there will be minimal traffic issues only one parking lot that will be monitored by staff. Once you get to the water station at the half way point you return back on the same route it will be coned out. As you pass over the Aiken if you can stay on side walk it would be greatly appreciated.
T-Shirts: Race shirts will be handed out following the race so look for the race booth at the end to receive you shirt. We are doing it at the end to allow for the race to get started ASAP. So look for the race table at the end of the race and we will be glad to get those to you.
Prizes: There will be a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place award given to the three fastest times for males and females.
