SAT, AUG 15 · CHECK-IN 8:00AM · RACE 8:30AM · MOREAU RECREATION PARK
Run, walk, or dance through the most colorful race of the year. A 5K for everyone and a 1 mile for the kids. Wear white, finish unrecognizable, then stay for the carnival. Every dollar raised helps local kids start the school year with the supplies they need.
The Details
Two Races, One Price
Twenty bucks either way, shirt and bib included. Families are welcome to do the whole thing together.
For the kids. Short enough to finish grinning, long enough to get properly covered.
$20
Run it or walk it. Nobody is timing you and nobody is going to care.
$20
How It Works
Walk it. Push a stroller. Stop for photos. Nobody is timing you.
The 5K, or the 1 mile for the kids. Twenty dollars on Zippy Reg.
Show up in a white shirt. Check-in opens at 8:00, race goes at 8:30.
Get blasted a few times on the way round, then hit the carnival. Bounce houses, dunk tank, food trucks, live DJ.
FAQ
An event shirt, your race bib, and entry to either race. You get blasted with color several times on the way round either way. Want to throw your own? Powder packs are on sale race day.
No. Run it, jog it, walk it, stop for photos, cartwheel through a color station. Nobody is keeping time and nobody is going to care. Bring a watch if you want a number.
It is cornstarch and food-grade FD&C dye. Non-toxic, biodegradable, and used at thousands of these events every year. It is still a fine powder, though: if you have asthma, a corn allergy, or any respiratory condition, use your judgment and consider a bandana over your mouth and nose in the color zones. Volunteers aim for the chest, never the face.
Yes. Please line up at the back and keep to a walking pace. Your stroller will get colorful.
No. It is a lot of airborne powder and a lot of moving feet, and neither is good for a dog. Service animals are always welcome.
Yes, and it is the reason to bring the whole family. Bounce houses, a live DJ, food trucks, lawn games, a dunk tank, face painting and vendors. Free to everyone who runs.
This race funds Back To School Day: full backpacks, clothes, sneakers, haircuts and dental checks for 518 kids before the first day of school. Same crew that fed 600 families last Thanksgiving. See how that started.
Yes, and we need you. Email hello@518great.org and we will send you the levels.
The Goal
That is roughly 1,000 full backpacks for 518 kids before the first day of school. Every registration and every sponsor dollar goes straight into it.
Why We're Running
Every dollar raised at this race goes to Back To School Day: a full bag of supplies for the year, plus clothes, sneakers, haircuts and dental checks for local kids, before the first day of school.
The people running this fed more than 600 families last Thanksgiving out of a gym floor in Queensbury. That is how 518 Great started.
Sat, Aug 15 · Moreau Recreation Park · $20 flat: shirt + bib + entry
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Local businesses putting their name on the best school year yet. Want yours here? Email hello@518great.org.