Late-Breaking News
- We are going to make a detour on legs 7 & 8 due to construction. Instead of taking Guth Road to Pleasant View to Old 24, we will take Guth Road to Dee Mack to Old 24. This will only impact one stop. Rather than stopping at the old school building on Guth we will stop at Prairie View Farm on Old 24. The overall distance does not change, but leg 7 will now be 2.2 miles and leg 8 will be 1.8 miles (which is a flip-flop in distance between the two).
- Similar to last year, the buses will stop at the Bob Evans parking lot in the middle of leg 16 to pick up anyone who does not wish to finish that leg. The run group will not stop there. (this is for people who would like to run across the Fondulac bridge but don’t want to run Camp Street)
- Assuming both groups are generally on schedule, we are going to run leg 14 with the Washington group again.
Final Thoughts/Reminders
- If you are receiving any employer matching donations from anyone (such as Caterpillar’s matching program), please respond to this email and let me know. I often don’t get notified of these until after the run when it’s too late to add the amount to our pledge.
- Please plan to arrive around 7am on run day. Parking and restrooms are available one block west of the courthouse at the United Methodist Church.
- If you are bringing money with you to turn in on run day, please put it in an envelope with your name and a total amount written on it. This will help our volunteers out a ton! Thank you!
- Rember to bring your reflective vest!!! We cannot run without them. We will have a limited quantity available for purchase on run morning if needed.
- On run morning, we will post a link to Facebook for location tracking. Your friends and family can use that link to see where we are in real time throughout the day.
- The energy of run day is contagious and extends beyond our run team. It’s a great time to grab last minute donations from people. Last-minute emails these last two days and social media posts throughout the run are strongly encouraged!
- Fundraising is hard and important work. The run is the celebration at the end. It’s the fun part. We’ve earned it. Let’s do this thing!!!!
