5K Race for Organ, Eye &Tissue Donation Awareness

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Join us at your own pace, in the name of 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. There is a separate registration and fee for Games’ non–athletes and members of the public who wish to participate in this event.

Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010
Time: 9:00AM to 11:00 AM
Start: Capitol Square - Start at corner of Pinckney and East Washington
Finish: Alliant Energy Center - Finish on Quann-Olin Parkway just north of entrance to the upper north parking lot

Course Route
Course Turn by Turn Directions

Registration Fees (Registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable)
Registration Fee (Until Friday, July 16): $20.00
Onsite Registration Fee: $30.00

Register Online
Online registration will close on Friday, July 16, 2010.

Non-Games participants wishing to register for the 5K Race for Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation, please register online at:
https://v2.registerat.com/NKF2010/%28S%28jyj40b55m4ueul45bckn3pvz%29%29/Home.aspx Admission to other Games events and activities not included.

Note: Individuals who are registering for the Games must add the 5K Road Race as an upgrade during your Games registration.

On-site Registration & Race Chip/Packet Pick Up
Friday, July 30, from 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Saturday, July 31, 2010 from 6:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Location: Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center, Level 4 – Hall of Ideas
One John Nolen Drive
Madison, WI 53703

T–Shirts & Awards
All registrants (non-transplant athletes) will receive a commemorative T-shirt while supplies last. Awards will be given to the top three male and female finishers in each age group and overall. Public age categories: 13 & Under, 14–17, 18–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, 70+

Finish Lion Festival

Sponsored by:

• Entertainment and awards stage
• Food & beverage area
• Athlete zone (food & beverage, medical)
• Games merchandise booth
• Pin trading area

Parking
All Games participants are strongly encouraged to ride the Games shuttles to Monona Terrace (and then walk to the Capitol Square for the start of the race). Non-Games participants are strongly encouraged to park in the South parking lot (behind Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center) and take the Games shuttle to Monona Terrace for the start of the race. Parking is $6.00.

Timing
This event will be scored by Lakeshore Athletic Services using the ChampionChip Timing System. The course is certified by USATF. 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.

DID YOU KNOW?

• More than 106,000 Americans, including over 9,500 from Wisconsin and its surrounding states (MN, IA, IL), are currently waiting for a life-saving organ transplant.
• Eighteen people die each day while waiting for an organ transplant.
• One organ donor can save or improve the lives of more than 50 people.