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Date: Saturday May 17, 2008. 8:00 a.m.
Location: Potawatomi Woods Forest Preserve, Kirkland Illinois
Race Brochure and Registration
2007 Race Slide Show (Requires Microsoft Windows)
Online Registration Now Available at www.signmeupsports.com
Click here to confirm your online registration.
2007 Race Results - Overall
& Age Group
2006 Race Results -
Overall & Age Group
THE RACE:
The Sunrise Rotary 8K Run is a great race to start out your racing season. The race starts and ends at the newly constructed shelter house in the Potawatomi Woods Forest Preserve. The course proceeds on the flat roads of Franklin Township and the Village of Kirkland and should provide runners with fast times. Proceeds from this event will be used for future improvements in the Forest Preserve and for other community service projects of The Kishwaukee Sunrise Rotary.
The race starts at the newly constructed shelter house in Potawatomi Woods. Proceed out of the forest preserve to Kirkland Road. North on Kirkland to Scout Road. East on Scout to Pearl Street. South on Pearl to North Street. West on North Street to Kirkland Road. North on Kirkland to the Forest Preserve entrance. The race ends in the Forest Preserve near the shelter house. DeKalb County Sheriff's Auxiliary and race volunteers will be on hand to direct racers and control traffic. ATEC Ambulance will be on site to provide any needed medical assistance. Water will be offered at the start, finish and on the course. Mile split times will be given at each mile. This event is a USATF-Sanctioned event and the course USATF-Certified (IL-06014-JW).
Online race registration is available at www.signmeupsports.com. Mail registration is available by downloading the race registration form and mailing to 240 E. Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb Illinois 60115. Mail in registration forms must be postmarked no later than May 10, 2008. Race Day Registration and Packet Pick will be available at the shelter house in Potawatomi Woods 6:30 am - 7:45 am on race day. Pre-registered runners will be guaranteed a custom designed Technical race T-Shirt. Race day registrants will receive a T-shirt while supplies last.
Registration Fees:
$22.00 before May 1, 2008
$27.00 May 1 - May 15, 2008
$28.00 Race Day
Awards will be given to the top three male and female runners in the following age divisions: 14 and under; 15-19; 20-24;25-29; 30-34; 35-39; 40-44; 45-49; 50-54; 55-59;60-64; 65-69; 70-74; 75+. Race results will be posted at www.kishrotary.org. Race Results will also be printed in The Daily Chronicle
.
Refreshments will be served to all runners at the post race party to be held in the shelter house after the race. Representatives from Northern Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine will be available for post race stretching sessions. Therapists from Unlimited Performance Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine will also be on hand for consultations and training advice.
Parking will be available on race day in the forest preserve. Race volunteers will direct you once you enter the forest preserve. Potawatomi Woods is located on Kirkland Road 1/4 mile north of Route 72 in Kirkland Illinois.
Event Sponsors:
The National Bank & Trust Company
Northern Rehab & Sports Medicine
Wolff & Associates / Wolff & Jeske LLC.
ATEC Ambulance
Cheryl Countryman / McCabe Realtors
ERA Elite, Diane Hammon
Becky Beck's Jewelry
Prairie View Animal Hospital
Prairie View Dental
American National Bank