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Challenge Obesity 5k (5th Annual)

Date

April 17, 2010

Location

St Paul, MN

Phone for Info

612-245-9160

Event Website

http://charitieschallenge.org/html/challenge_obesity_5k.html

Event Host

Charities Challenge

Distances

  • 5K or less

Region

Central

Division

All

Gender

All

Email

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Online Registration

http://www.active.com/running/st-paul-mn/challenge-obesity-5k-5th-annual-and-rrca-mn-state-5k-championship-2010

Approximate number of participants or race cap number

700

Classes, Costs, Awards

5k results by Youth, Open, Masters (5-yr age groups 35-80+), Athena-Clydesdale & RaceWalk Divisions; RRCA Champ’s Plaques to Overall, Masters (ages 40-49), and Grand Masters (over age 50) Men’s and Women’s Winners; 12 “Real Bread Winners”; classy shirts, with the RRCA Championship logo emblazoned on the sleeve, for all participants.

Course Description

5k on USATF certified course on paved pedestrian paths around beautiful Como Lake, “The Jewel of St Paul”.

Event Information

“I Don’t Have To Be Thin To Be Happy/Healthy/Fit” Special Optional Athena/Clydesdale Weight Divisions/Recognition.
Please indicate under “Optional Questions” your special healthful weight management status. We’re cheering for you!
1. Athena & Clydesdale Division for athletes who are above a certain weight: >145 women >200 pounds men.
2. Awards for athletes who have lost 30, 50, 100 pounds or more while pursuing their RxExercise and athleticism.
Challenge Obesity/Overweight with appropriate and highly effective Rx Exercise. Learn more about weight management & RxExercise at www.CharitiesChallenge.org
We will again have many walking and running who have lost from 30 to 230 pounds over recent years & kept their weight under control with their RxExercise & want others to know that they can achieve their health/fitness goals, too. Come celebrate!

Location Facilities

Como Lake, St Paul, MN. Free convenient parking lots right alongside Start/Finish area near historic Lakeside Pavilion. Indoor heated restrooms.

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