Will to Run Challenge

Please join A Running Passion for our seventh annual Will to Run Challenge! This year will feature an in-person 5k event in addition to the virtual race! Join us in person, or participate in your own virtual 5k, 10k, or both within the event week! Prices and swag packs are as follows: -5K in-person event: $35: **t-shirt guaranteed to registrations received by August 14th -5K virtual: $30: t-shirt/ event bib -10K virtual: $40: t-shirt/bag/sticker/ event bib -15k virtual Combined Challenge (must submit separate 5k and 10k times): $50-t-shirt/bag/sticker/event bib/ A Running Passion socks) -Kid's virtual Challenge: FREE- stickers, event bib, coloring pages, event check list Friday, September 18th - Will to Run 5k - Eastern Trail (Town of Kennebunk) *Final details TBD The course will be an out and back route that will take runners through unique forests along the former Eastern Railroad bed. The trail is extremely flat, the surface is hard packed stone dust and will be a fast course! The trail crosses the Maine Turnpike in Kennebunk on a uniquely designed bridge that was opened in 2011. This is the only pedestrian bridge that crosses the Maine Turnpike. Friday, September 18th - Will to Run Virtual Challenge begins Virtual welcome on social media Packet pick-up Round Turn Distillery 5-6:30pm Sunday, September 20th - Packet Pick-up Waterhouse Field (Cross Country Shoe Jamboree) 10am-12pm Banded Brewing 13-W, 32 Main St. Biddeford, ME 04005 Tuesday, September 22nd - 5:30-6:00pm- Local packet pick-up 6:00pm- A Running Passion Pub Run 5K, 10K loop available $1 from each beer purchased from the group goes to A Running Passion Birthday cookies in honor of Will to be provided at 7:30pm Friday, September 25th - Final day to send in completion times and photos. Times must be submitted by 11:59pm. Saturday, September 26th - Virtual closing ceremony to air on our social media outlets. ***If you live in Biddeford, Dayton, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Arundel, Saco, Old Orchard Beac