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Run! Run for Your Art!
For the seventh year, the Marion Arts Festival will once again feature
a fun, competitive 5K race to kick off the day’s festivities.
The race begins at 8:00 a.m., and takes a looped course which runs
through residential Marion and ends at the festival site. Participants
will enjoy complimentary massages, snacks and fabulous door prizes!
After the race, all runners and walkers
are invited to enjoy our festival activities.
Expanded age groups:
In addition, more age group divisions have been added. Run age group
divisions are 10 and under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39,
40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74 and 75+.
More Clydesdale and Athena divisions. Now there are four Clydesdale/Athena
divisions (Clydesdale under 40 years old, Athena under 40 years
old, Clydesdale 40 years old and over, Athena 40 years and over).
Results to include chip times and splits:
With the availability of chip timing, runners will cross over a
detection point at the start of the race. This start line detection
point will allow for the publishing of a finishers chip time along
with their gun time. If it takes a person 30 seconds to reach the
start of the race, that time is deducted to create the chip time.
NOTE: THE AWARDS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE GUN TIME NOT THE CHIP
TIME. Results will also include split times for the 1 mile, 2 mile
and last 1.1 mile marks of the race. No other 5K event in the area
offers detailed results like these!
CHIP
TIMING
The MAF 5K will be chip timed using the AMB Elite Timing System.
Participants will be given a chip attached to an adjustable strap
that wraps around the ankle for use during the event. Transponders
must be worn at all times in order to receive results. All chips
must be returned at the completion of the event. A $50 fee will
be charged to each participant who does not return their chip.
REGISTRATION
/PACKET PICKUP
Late registration and packet pickup will be held in the Depot in
City Square Park in uptown Marion at 7th Avenue and 11th Street.
Hours: Friday, May 16th from 5-8 p.m., and Saturday, May 17th from
6:30-7:45 a.m.
THE
COURSE
Flat and fast! Competitive and recreational runners alike will love
this quick course through residential Marion. Timers at each mile
and a water stop will be featured. The race begins and ends on 6th
Avenue between the Library and City Square Park, in downtown Marion.
Participants in the 5K Fun Walk will enjoy the chance to get out
with friends for a morning stroll in this non-competitive event.
Walkers will share the course with runners, finishing among the
spectators in City Square Park.
5K
RACE AWARDS
Thanks to race sponsor Benchmark, Inc., generous "purchase
prizes" to spend with exhibiting artists at the festival or
a cash amount will be awarded to certain winners of this year's
Marion Arts Festival 5K. Winners will choose to receive a purchase
prize or cash award as follows; the top three male and female overall
finishers, to the first male and female in the Masters Division
(40+) and to the first male and female to cross the one mile mark.
First place finishers receive either a $175 purchase prize or $150
cash prize, second place $125 or $100, third place $100 or $75,
Masters $100 or $75 and the one mile winners receive $150 or $125.
Awards will go to the top three finishers in each of the following
age divisions: 10 and under; 11-14; 15-19; 20-24; 25-29; 30-34;
35-39; 40-44; 45-49; 50-54; 55-59; 60-64; 65-69; 70-74; and 75 or
over. Awards will also go to the top three Clydesdale and Athena
finishers in the following divisions: Clydesdale/Athena under 40
and Clydesdale/Athena 40 years old and over.
Winners in each age group category of the 5K Walk division will
receive awards. Awards will be given out to the age groups of 19
and under; 20-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; 60-69; 70 and over.
Teams will be made up of three participants and scored cross-country
style. Top team in each of four (Middle School, High School, Corporate
and Open) categories will win bragging rights and an award.
With the exception of the purchase prizes for the course record
and the first male and female to reach the one mile mark, there
will be no duplication of awards. The top three male and female
winners, first place masters male and female winners, and the Clydesdale/Athena
division are not eligible for age group awards. Team awards are
separate from individual awards and can be duplicated.
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GOOD STUFF
The awards ceremony will begin immediately following the race. A
great selection of refreshments will be available for runners and
walkers along with complementary chiropractic and massage services.
Door prizes this year will include four fabulous, $100 “purchase
prizes” to spend on artwork at the festival! All participants
are eligible, but must be present to win.
Contact
Information
Phone: (319) 373-0741
Email: artrun@pigmantri.com
5K Run Link: www.pigmantri.com/artrun.html
Online registration at www.active.com
or www.midwestevents.com
5K
Race Sponsors
JMS Racing
Services
Benchmark
Bank of the West
YMCA
Hy-Vee
Culligan Water
Bill's Drinking Est.
FedEx Kinko's
Hammer Gel
Hands in Harmony
Powerade
Coca-Cola
Quaker Oats Co.
Running Wild
Quinn Storage Garages & U-Haul Rentals
Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe
Garment Designs
Zoey's
Linn Mar Chiropractic
Avatar Design
Play It Again Sports
Carlos O'Kelly's
Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club
Sue Sample
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