Register now for Crazylegs

The 29th annual Crazylegs Classic will take place in Madison and around the U.S. on Saturday, April 24.

Locally, the wheelchair start will be at 9:45 a.m., and the walk and run start time is 10 a.m.

The early registration deadline for the Madison event is 4 p.m. on Friday, March 26. The fee for early registration is $20 for the two-mile walk and $25 for the 8K run and wheelchair event. The deadline for later registrations is 4 p.m. on Friday, April 16, and will cost $25 for the walk and $30 for the run.

On-site registration will be available from noon-8 p.m. on Friday, April 23, and from 7–9 a.m. on Saturday, April 24. On-site registration fees are $35 for the walk and $40 for the run.

The deadline for Fun and Fitness team registrations is 4 p.m. on Monday, April 12, . The fee is $30 per team member, with a minimum of 10 members.

The post-race festival at Camp Randall Stadium will feature a Fifth Quarter performance by the UW Marching Band. The Eddie Butts Band from Milwaukee will also provide entertainment. Refreshments will be available.

This year, UW Athletics, the National W Club and the Wisconsin Alumni Association have joined forces to help coordinate satellite events to be held on the same day at the same time anywhere there is interest, from Boston to Bismarck, Melbourne to Madrid, Tampa to Tokyo, and any place in between.

Called Crazylegs World, events so far have been organized in Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Orange County, New York, Portland, St. Louis and Detroit.

The creation of a synchronized, worldwide Crazylegs run materialized last spring when it was learned that American military personnel in Iraq who had ties to the Madison area ran their own race. In addition, people in Apex, N.C., sent photos of their own version of Crazylegs to the W Club.

For information on this year’s Crazylegs Classic and the inaugural Crazylegs World, visit http://www.crazylegsclassic.com.