Come for the race. Stay for the parade.
Date: Sunday, March 18, 2012
Location: Memorial Hall, Muhlenberg College; Liberty Street between 23rd and 24th street, Allentown, Pa. We will provide all participants with a PDF map to the location and suggested parking areas. Parking will be difficult with the parade. Please allow at least 15 minutes to get to Memorial Hall.
Times:
- 11 a.m. bib and packet pick-up
- 12:15 p.m. sharp - race begins
- 1:30 p.m. parade begins at 19th/Liberty; passes Memorial Hall about 2 p.m.
Timing/scoring: Pretzel City Sports
Registration fees: $24 through 2/13, $29 through closeout on 3/11 or sell out. Register today!
Awards: Top 3 male/female, top 3 male/female master, top 3 male/female in age groups: 0-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60+ (No duplicate awards.)
Restrictions: You must be able to finish the 5k in one hour.
Amenities:
- Indoor bib/packet pick-up
- Indoor restrooms
- Post-race food and hydration
- Commemorative t-shirt or glass beer mug (your choice)
- St. Patrick's Day parade passes start/finish area
Accolades - Read what people have said about our race:
“Great course, great volunteers, wonderful post race spread and who could not LOVE the pint glass option! YEAH!”
“Overall, this was a fantastic, well organized race and I hope to participate again in the future!”
“Very well organized. May well have been the fastest awards compilation I have ever seen. It's a good course, good crowd support, and very reasonable entry fee for a charity event.”
“Great race, good crowd support. Good food following. On street parking was plentiful.”
“Great to see the positive Irish spirit illuminating from everyone. Very nice course and organization. Will run this race again next year.”
“This race is fantastic!!! It is very well organized, the course is marked perfectly, the volunteers are helpful from check-in to on the course and the weather the race director requested was PERFECT!! Thank you to all for a wonderful event! Loved every minute of it.”
“Most fun race you will run all year - entertaining to watch the green clad masses assemble to watch the parade - still smiling”
“Amazing Event! Great idea to combine race with getting people to attend the parade. Allentown needs all the support it can get. The water pumping stations and the food were perfect. I also LOVE my mug. The race committee and especially the Race Director deserve a lot of lot of credit. Look forward to doing it again next year. “
“Very well organized. Start line near the track made it easy to stretch and warm up. Great atmosphere. Supportive crowds all along the route. Good, flat course with nice, clear time splits yelled out at each mile. Nice t-shirt. Unique and tasty post race spread. One of the best run events I've experienced. Will definitely take part again next year.”
“Had a great time, very well run. Will definitely keep this on the calendar for years to come.”
“An excellent event. Well organized and well run. A nice course with very supportive crowds.”
