1 Mile Walk/Run

The Taste of Athens Weekend is happy to host its second 1 Mile Family Fun Run/Walk. This year, each child registration (ages 0-12) is $10 and parents or guardians get to run for free! All child registrations do include a Taste 10K T-Shirt. Any parents or guardians who wish to can purchase a Taste 10K t-shirt for $5.

The school with the most registered participants in the 1-mile event will win $100 gift card to Academy Sports for the PE department!

REGISTER NOW!


Note: All prices increase by $5 after 2/11/12
 

Taste of Athens: Please consider joining us on February 19th, 2011 from 5:00pm-8:00pm for “A Taste of Athens”. Enjoy samples from over 50 restaurants and beverage vendors local to Athens, GA! Visit www.TasteOfAthens.com for ticket information, a vendor list, instructions on voting for Audience Choice and for details about our awesome Stay-cation raffle! We are not offering a ticket combo for the Family Walk/Run and Taste of Athens. However, if you are registering your child or children for the Family Walk/Run and would like, you may purchase your Taste of Athens tickets here.

Packet Pick-Up: Packet Pick-up will be on Friday, February 17th from 6:00pm-9:00pm at Jason’s Deli in the Beechwood shopping plaza (140 Alps Road #56,Athens,GA30606). Come pick up your child’s t-shirt, and participant sticker and hang out with the fun folks from Community Connection. You can even support Jason’s Deli by purchasing dinner while you’re there! Registration will also be available at packet pick-up if you have friends or family who are interested in participating and haven’t registered by that point.

Packet pick-up and registration for the 10K and 1-mile will also be available on race day near the finish line area between 6:30am and 7:30am.

Parking: We encourage all participants and volunteers to walk to the race or park in outlying areas as many of the downtown streets will be closed or partially blocked during the race. Please view the course map at  http://www.TasteOfAthens.com/Taste10k/info for guidance.

Starting and Finish Line: The start line will be near City Hall onWashington Street. The finish line will be in front of City Hall onCollege Avenue. The 10k begins at 8:00am and the 1-mile begins at 8:15am. Staging for both events will begin onCollege Avenue betweenWashington Street andHancock Avenue.

Safety during race: In consideration of the safety of all involved, we ask that pets and strollers not be permitted in the 10K race. Both are permitted in the 1-mile Family Fun Run/Walk. If you would like to run with headphones on, please only use one earbud or keep the volume low enough that you are able to hear other noises such as traffic or instructions from a race official.

Photos: All 10K race and 1-mile photos will be available on http://TasteOfAthens.com/photos. Runners will be able to view and purchase a copy of themselves crossing the Taste 10K finish line, thanks to Richard Fay. General photos of the 10K race and 1-mile event, provided by Zoomworks, will only be available for viewing.

Thanks for your support! Your participation in this race directly supports the efforts of CommunityConnection of Northeast Georgia. Thank you for your contribution!