It’s OK to Run like a Girl Because the Girls on the Run 5K is May 17th, 2014!!

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JOIN ME at The Girls on the Run of Greater Sacramento‘s 4^th annual 5k spring race will be Saturday, May 17th 2014 at North Natomas Regional Park.

Registration is just $25 until the end of this month and $30 after that. Race day entry is $35.

Packet Pickup will be held on May 16th from 12-7p at Sports Authority on Arden Way (1700 Arden Way, Sacramento, 95815).  Packets will also be available for pick up the morning of the race.

Event Itinerary:
7:30 am day of registration opens/packet pick-up opens
8-8:40 am partner booths open, Happy Hair and photo booth open
8:40 am race warm-up begins
9 am race begins

Want to practice running the course before race day? Click here for a map! 🙂

Be a Running Buddy!
Run side by side with one of our girls at the Girls on the Run 5K on Saturday May 17th. Running Buddies are special volunteers who motivate and support our girls during the 5K in their journey to the finish line. Click here to sign up.

*Running Buddies must be female volunteers, age 18+, and willing to submit to a no-cost background check. All Running Buddies must register online via the link above AND register for the race.

Thanks to race sponsors Lucca Restaurant, Sactown Magazine, and Athleta.

Girls on the Run of Greater Sacramento, a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization, which currently serves over 600 girls throughout Sacramento, Natomas, El Dorado Hills, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rocklin, Roseville and Yolo County. The mission of Girls on the Run is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.

Girls on the Run of Greater Sacramento is a curriculum based youth sports program for girls in grades 3-8. The program stresses the importance of equally developing the emotional, mental, social and physical aspects of each girl. The curriculum encourages independent thinking, healthy group dynamics and problem solving and emphasizes the importance of making healthy choices.  The girls, led by trained coaches and volunteers, meet two times per week for 12 weeks every spring and fall. The goal of the program is to foster a respect for healthy living while celebrating each girl.  Every practice focuses on fitness, character development, positive reinforcement of each individual child, and having fun, while training each girl to run a 5K. Each of GOTR’s 12-week seasons culminate in a 5K run where parents, coaches, teachers, families and friends gather to celebrate and support the girls who, for many, are running their first 5K.

Visit www.gotrsac.org site to learn more about the Girls on the Run organization! You can find Girls on the Run Sacramento on Facebook here and follow them on twitter here.