River City Kids

RIVER CITY KID’S SERIES 2009

With a mission of promoting health and fitness, the River City Runners Club proudly presents the 2009 River City Kids Running Series. There are seven kid’s races in the series this year! We invite all kids age 11 and under to participate. Entry into the series and six of the seven series races is FREE!

All participants will receive a free race packet which will be available at the first kids race, The Vienna River Road Race, on April 18. The packet will include a race calendar, entry form, series t-shirt and an iron-on patch to be applied to the shirt for completing the race. A patch will be given at each series race to iron on and proudly display on your child’s series t-shirt. NEW THIS YEAR is the River City Kid’s Awards Party which will be held at the end of the race season. Kids who run in at least 5 of the races will receive a special award! Details about the party and award will be provided at a later date.

Race packets will be available at each race of the series. A registration form must be filled out for each child at every race. Please allow enough time for the registration process! Each kid’s series race will start immediately following the adult race (approximately 1 hr after the adult race start time). You will receive all race applications in the mail and most applications will be available on line at www.rivercityrunners.com. Pre-registration is encouraged however race-day registration is available from 7am –8:45am for 8am race start times and from 1pm-2:45pm for the Tony Cottrell race.

2009 RACE CALENDAR

Date	Location	Race Name (free for kids unless noted)
April 18 8am	Vienna	Vienna River Road Race 5 mile
June 13 8am	Warren High Sch.	Chuck Cornelius Memorial 5K
June 20 8am	South Parkersburg	Erickson All-Sports Challenge 5K
July 18 8am	Belpre High School	Belpre Scholarship Race 4 mile
August 1 8am	Harrisville	Ritchie Co. Primary Care 5K
August 23 1pm	Parkersburg HS	News and Sentinel Kid’s Race (Race has nominal fee)
Oct 4 2pm	South Parkersburg	Tony Cottrell Memorial 5K

NEW THIS YEAR: Additional events available for kids, but not part of the kids series:

· Foot Power* May 2, 10:30 a.m. at Parkersburg High School Track. Kids races with distances similar to the Kids Series distances will be part of a large kids fitness event put on by Wood County Schools that runs from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Kids do not have to be Wood County students to attend.

· *River City Mile* July 25, 8am at Parkersburg City Park (cost reduced for kids)

· *Chick-Fil-A Invitational Cross Country Meet* September 5, 9am. Distance 1200 meters. 5^th grade and under are invited to race prior to the middle school and high school races. Location: 4H campgrounds, Mineral Wells. Cost is $5.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE RACES!!!!

Contact: Amy Eddy 304-488-1656 or amyeddy222@hotmail.com.