Event Description

Kickoff the 2024-25 school year in healthy fashion with this family friendly 5K!

Saturday, September 14th

Registration at 8am and Race at 9:00am at the Fayette County Schools Administrative Offices in Northwest Lexington

This is planned as an annual event with a new and different cause being supported each year.  For our first year we have a bold vision of building a new school in Africa.  This will be no easy undertaking and this run/walk event is the first fundraising step we are taking.  Won't you join us and run/walk/stroll for this wonderful and important cause?

RACE FEATURES:

• Unique paved course looping through the LexMark International campus
• Commemorative unisex sized T-shirts (Adult and Youth sizes)
• 5K Run/Walk (timed), 1 Mile Fun Walk (untimed) 
• Overall Top 3 M/F and Top 3 M/F in various age group categories
• Form a SUPER SCHOOL TEAM and if you have 10 or more on your team you may win a prize!
• Free Race Photos
• DJ Playing Great Music
• Food, Fun & Fellowship for a great cause

RACE DAY SCHEDULE

• 7:30AM - Race Day Packet Pickup and Registration Opens
• 8:40AM - Welcome & Race Announcements
• 8:45AM - Warm-up Dale Robinson, GURU
• 9:00AM - Run For A Cause 5K START
• 9:02AM - 1 Mile Fun Walk start
• 10:00AM - Awards Ceremony (Overall, Age Group and Team Awards)

5K ROUTE MAP - This is being finalized and will be coming soon

PACKET PICKUP PLANS - To Be Announced!  There will definitely be race morning PPU from 7:30-8:45am leading up to the race start