The Birds and The Bees 5K Fun Run and 2.5K Walk

Date

Start: Saturday, June 16, 2012 @ 9:00 AM

Address

Newton Arboretum
3000 N 4th Ave E Newton, IA

Registration Closing Date

Friday, June 15, 2012 @ 11:59 PM PST

Schedule

8:00-8:45 Registration and Packet Pickup 9:00 5K Fun Run Starts 9:10 2.5K Walk Starts 10:00 Kids Fun Run (ages 10 and below)

Post Race Fun

Costume Contest-Runners and walkers are encouraged to dress up for this race. Awards will given to participants that look the most like a gardener, a backyard animal, and a flower found in a garden. Finally, the runner wearing the brightest clothes will also receive a prize. Awards-The overall male and female 5K winners will receive a $50 gift card to a local green house. The top three male and female finishers in each age division will receive a medal.

About the Arboretum

The Arboretum occupies six acres of land in the southeast portion of Agnes Patterson Memorial Park. The park is filled with demonstration beds including three annual beds, a mixed perennial bed, an ornamental grass bed, a rose bed, two woody shrub beds, a shade garden, a tulip bed, a hybrid rose bed, a butterfly garden, a water garden, and a native prairie. The park also has a large pond, numerous sculptures, and over 3,000 feet of hard surface trails.

More Information

Click here to view the event organizer's website

Mob Events

Have you raced through fire, crawled under barbed wire, and sloshed through mud pits with your friends? What are you waiting for? It's probably the most fun you'll ever have at a race. Throw on a costume, grab a beer, and get downright dirty when you join the Mob.

Map

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