Run/walk advance signup deadline is Friday
The advance registration deadline is Friday, Aug. 13, for runners and walkers of all ages who want to take part in a Family Fun Run/Walk Sunday, Aug. 22, during the Sesquicentennial Celebration’s Recreational Fitness Fair.
The signature event of the fitness fair, the Family Fun Run/Walk, offers runners and walkers the chance to compete in either a 5K or two-mile course, both of which begin Sunday morning near the intersection of University Bay Drive and Lake Mendota Drive.
To register in advance, call (608) 265-7026. Entry fees are $3 per person or $5 per family through Friday, Aug. 13; after Aug. 13, the entry fees are $5 per person and $10 per family.
Participants also can register the day of the event from 7-8:15 a.m. at the University Bay Drive fields near UW Hospital and Clinics.
Major sponsors are the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics and UW Health. Other sponsors include the Department of Kinesiology and the Division of Recreational Sports.