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Race Details

 

Run for Kathy 5K                                        

October 10, 2009        

Allen Pond

3330 Northview Drive

Bowie, MD 20715

 

The eleventh running of the Run for Kathy 5K will be managed by the Prince Georges Running Club. The memory of Kathryn Popp Long who died of cervical cancer in 1999 will continue to be honored with all donations dedicated to cancer research at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Medical Center.

 

Schedule

Registration

How to Register

Directions and Course Map

Awards and Prizes

Children’s Program

After the Race

Results

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Schedule

 

The Registration Table will be open 7:00 to 8:30AM the morning of the race for race day registration and packet pick-up for the 5K, One Mile Walk, and Children’s Fun Run.

 

·       8:45AM Children’s Fun Run around Allen Pond, ages up to 12 years

o   Starting line by the pond

·       9:00AM 5K Run

o   Starting line at the east end of the road, between the soccer fields

·       TF 9:02 One Mile Walk

o   Line up behind the 5K runners

·       10:00AM Award Ceremony

 

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Registration

 

·       $20 through October 1st 2009

·       $25 Race Day

·       No charge for one Mile Walk or Children’s Fun Run

 

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How to Register

 

Online at GetMeRegistered (available soon!)

 

OR

 

Download Registration Form

Fill out and mail to:

 

PGRC

PO Box 391

Greenbelt, MD 20768

 

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Directions and Course Map

 

For a course map click here.

 

Address: Allen Pond, 3330 Northview Drive, Bowie, MD 20715

 

Google Map (click me!)

 

From the West – College Park, Greenbelt, Glenn Dale: take Greenbelt Road – Glenn Dale Boulevard and turn left on Rt. 450 Annapolis Road. Continue East and turn right onto Rt. 197 Collington Road. After crossing over the Rt. 50 overpass, take a right at the first light onto Northview Drive. The Allen Pond Park entrance will be on the right after 1.25 miles.

 

From Washington, DC & Virginia: take the Capital Beltway on the MD side to Exit 19, which is U.S. 50 East towards Annapolis. Go about 5 miles. Take the exit for Rt. 197 Collington Road South. At the end of the off-ramp, bear right onto Rt. 197. At the first light, take a right onto Northview Drive. Entrance to Allen Pond will be on the right after 1.25 miles. Follow the signs to the race.

From Annapolis: take U.S. 50 West towards Washington, DC. Take the exit for Rt. 197 Collington Road South. At the end of the off-ramp, take a left onto Rt. 197. At the second light, take a right onto Northview Drive. Entrance to Allen Pond will be on the right after 1.25 miles. Follow the signs to the race.

 

From Baltimore: take I-97 South towards Annapolis. Take the exit for Rt. 3 South towards Bowie. Go past Rt. 424 in Crofton and Rt. 450 in Bowie. Continue past U.S. 50 and the PG Stadium (home of the Bowie Baysox) on your left. Go a few hundred yards more and take a right at the light onto Rt. 197 Collington Road. Go approximately 1 mile, and take a left at the light onto Northview Drive. Entrance to Allen Pond will be on the right after 1.25 miles. Follow the signs to the race.

From Bowie: Get onto Northview Drive by any of the directions above. Find the traffic light intersection with Nottinghill Drive and you are right at the Allen Pond Park entrance!

                          

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Awards and Prizes

 

Pre-registered 5K runners are assured a T-Shirt at the time of packet pick-up.

Same day registrants will receive shirts on an as available basis.

 

5K finishers will receive a medal at the finish line.

 

There will be door prizes selected by a random draw of Bib numbers at the start of the Awards Ceremony at 10:00AM

 

There will be awards for the first three male and female overall finishers. There will also be age group awards for the first three male and female finishers in each category for ages 12 through 70 plus years.

 

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Children’s Program

 

·       There will be face painting and other activities for children.

·       At 8:45AM there will be a Children’s Fun Run around the pond. There is no fee for this, but registration and wearing a runners’ bib is required.

 

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After the Race

 

·       There will be water and refreshments served in the Pavilion after the race.

·       The Awards Ceremony will start at approximately 10:00AM.

 

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Results

 

·       The 5K Race will be timed with a shoe chip and sensor mat system. The chips must be returned at the finish line chute.

·       Results will be posted on the Run4Kathy website as soon as possible

 

Course Record: The course records for both men and women were broken in 2008. The new records are held by Matt Straughn of Glenn Dale, MD for the men at 16:11:51, and Cate Fenster of Wooster, OH for the woman at 18:04:96. See all previous years’ race results by clicking Results.

 

 

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