By By MARY-ALLISON LANCASTER – Managing editor
Get ready to get fit and have fun doing so. The Brewton YMCA and Smurfit-Stone are holding its second annual 5K run/walk and one-mile run fun/walk in October.
The one-mile fun run/walk will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 29 at the Brewton YMCA. Family and friends are urged to participate in honor of health and wellness. The event will also be assisted by Run For Your Life, Inc.
Peterman said the course will be a flat course throughout the community of Brewton. It will be well-marked with orange cones and arrows, and participants will be able to re-hydrate with a water station located at the mid-point.
Final instructions will be issued in the parking lot of the Brewton YMCA. The event is based on an "honor system," meaning walkers must walk the entire race.
Awards will be handed out to the overall male and female finishers of the 5K run/walk, and awards will be given to the top three males and females in each age group. The one-mile fun run/walk will begin 15 minutes after the runners and walkers have completed the 5K event, and each participant will receive a ribbon for the one-mile event.
Following the race, refreshments will be available and sponsors will be giving door prizes away.
Registration began Oct. 1 and lasts until the day of the race on Oct. 29, and there is an entry fee.
The entry fee costs $12 per person, which includes the fun run/walk, $8 for children 12 and under and includes the fun run/walk, $5 per person for the fun run/walk only and $15 for a family up to five members for the fun run/walk only.
Late registration will be the day of the race. The fee for will be $15 per person, including the fun run/walk and $10 for children 12 and under, also including the fun run/walk.
Entry slips with checks can be mailed to the Brewton YMCA or dropped off at the center. For more information, contact Roger Dobson, race manager, at 251-867-8455, 850-675-6474, or Janet Peterman at the YMCA at 251-867-9622.