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5K Race for Organ, Eye & Tissue Donation Awareness
Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008
Time: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Start & Finish: North Shore/Downtown Pittsburgh
Walk, jog or run at your own pace in the name of organ & tissue donation at the 5K Race for Organ, Eye & Tissue Donation Awareness, a road race for transplant recipients, family members, friends, transplant professionals, living donors, donor families and the local community. Come on out and join us for some live entertainment, snacks and refreshments!
Carry the 5K with you! Download our circular (PDF 853KB)
5K Road Race Course Map (PDF 1.3MB)
Register on Race Day
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Registration Fees
(Registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable)
Registration Fee – $15.00 (Until June 5th)
Race Day – $20.00
This event is a USTA certified 5K and will be scored by The Runner's High using the ChampionChip Pennsylvania Timing System. On race day, runners will be issued a rental computer chip which is attached to the shoe lace and worn throughout the race. Special mats at the finish will record a finishing time for each chip. All rental chips must be returned at the finish line. There is a $35 fee for each lost chip.
Additional Race Information
Location: Heinz Field (Home of the Pittsburgh Steelers)
North Shore Riverfront at Heinz Field Gate A
Heinz Field Address
100 Art Rooney Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Race Day Registration & ChampionChip Pick-Up
Hours: 5:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Steelers Quay under North Shore Drive
T-Shirts & Awards
All 5K registrants will receive a commemorative T-shirt while supplies last. Awards for top three male and female finishers in each age group and overall.
Age categories:
12U,
13-19,
20-29,
30-39,
40-49,
50-59,
60-69,
70+
Results
Final results will be posted on the Web at www.runhigh.com
DID YOU KNOW?
Eighteen people die each day while waiting for an organ transplant.
Nearly 100,000 Americans, including more than 14,500 people in Pittsburgh and its surrounding area, are currently waiting for a life-saving organ transplant.
One organ donor can save eight lives or improve the lives of more than 50 people.
Directions & Parking
FROM THE AIRPORT:
Take Route 60 South toward Pittsburgh that turns into I-279 through the Fort Pitt Tunnel. Keep left after exiting the tunnel and merge left to cross Fort Duquesne Bridge. Exit to left (EXIT 7A). After crossing bridge, turn left onto Allegheny Ave. and follow to North Shore Dr., which circles Heinz Field.
FROM THE TURNPIKE:
Take the Monroeville Exit- head toward Pittsburgh. You will be on I-376. Follow I-376 to North Shore ramp onto Fort Duquesne Blvd. Keep and merge left to cross Fort Duquesne Bridge. Exit left (EXIT 7A) after crossing bridge. Turn left onto Allegheny Avenue and follow North Shore Drive, which circles Heinz Field.
FROM 279 PARKWAY NORTH:
Follow I-279 South. Take North Shore Exit (Heinz Field/PNC Park). Follow Reedsdale to the second traffic light, make a left onto Allegheny Ave. and follow North Shore Dr., which circles Heinz Field.
PARKING:
Parking will be available at the Carnegie Science Center (One Allegheny Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212), which is a short walk to the starting line. A low $3.00 fee will be charged per car for parking from 5:00 AM to 9:30 AM.
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