LULING – Grab your running – or walking shoes – and head on over to the East Bank Bridge Park on Saturday, April 5 for the United Way’s annual 5K marathon that will take you across the Hale Boggs Mississippi River Bridge and lead you to the finish line at the West Bank Bridge Park.
Late registration forms are now being accepted for a fee of $25 through the day of the race along with a $20 no T-shirt entry.
The 3.1 mile course offers a magnificent panoramic view of the Mississippi River from the Hale Boggs Bridge. And race organizers have left nothing to chance – there’s an alternate ground-level course that may be used in the event of hazardous conditions or weather on the bridge.
Packet pickup and late registration information is Friday, April 4 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the West Bank Bridge Park. Packet pickup begins at 7:30 a.m. on race day at the East Bank Bridge Park.
The 5K runners will fire off at 8:30 a.m. with race walkers and fitness walkers following at 8:32 a.m.
Awards will be given in seven divisions and a $4,000 prize money purse. Commemorative medallions will also be presented to the 1st and 2nd place male and female in each age group.
Post race festivities include: music by The Wiseguys, food and refreshments, face painting, inflatables, dunking booths, St. Charles Parish bookmobile, pony rides, raffles and a 50/50.
For more information, visit www.runNOTC.org, www.uwaysc.org, or call NOTC at 504-467-8626 and United Way at 985-331-9063.
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