2024 Athlete Guide

ATHLETE

Guide

SCHEDULE OF THURSDAY 5.09.2024

events

FRIDAY 5.10.2024

SATURDAY 5.11.2024

10a - 7p Packet Pickup Mill Creek Activity Center

10a - 5p Packet Pickup Mill Creek Activity Center

6a - 7:15a Packet Pickup Heritage Park

10a-7p Registration Mill Creek Activity Center

10a-5p Registration Mill Creek Activity Center

7:30a Race Start Heritage Park

ADDRESSES Mill Creek Activity Center

6518 Vista Dr. Shawnee, KS 66218

BAG

Heritage Park

16050 S. Pflumm Rd. Olathe, KS 66062

drop

Please use the bag that your packet came in as your drop bag on race day. Only items that fit in this bag will be accepted at the drop site.

Bag drop will take place at the information tent on the north side of the marina parking lot.

RACE DAY

parking

Athletes will park in the Football & Cheerleading parking lot south of the main park entrance on Pflumm Road. If you are driving in from the north, heading south on Pflumm Road, you will pass the main park entrance and go to the parking lots located just south on the west side of the road. The park is closed for this event meaning no vehicular traffic will be able to enter the park during the race.

If you require special parking accommodations, please reach out to our Race Director.

TIMING &

results

Your timing chip is on the back of your race bib. Please do not bend your race bib/timing chip. Race bibs are to be worn on the front of your shirt/shorts throughout the entire race. If you forget or lose your bib, please check in with the race management staff under the information tent on the north side of the marina parking lot.

Results will be available on RunSignup.com.

PHOTOS There will be multiple photographers on site so be sure to flash them your best smile! Race photos will be posted to the Facebook page and emailed out to all participants by May 16th.

COURSE

maps

All athletes will begin on the main park road heading south at 7:30am. The run will take place on the paved Coffee Creek Trail system and on the roads inside Heritage Park. The course will have two water stations that may be seen multiple times depending on your race distance. Turn around points will be marked with signs. Please keep an eye out for your turn around point as volunteers may not be present at these locations.

AWARDS

All participants will receive a finisher’s medal upon completion of the event.

The top OVERALL male and female in each race will receive an award as well as the top male and female in the Masters Division (40+)*. The top three males and females in each event and age group listed below will also receive an award. Please note: all awards will be given out on site and will not be mailed. *Athletes receiving the top Overall and Masters awards will not qualify for age group awards.

10 & UNDER 11-19 20-29 30-39

RACE

shirts

40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79

80+

If you need to exchange your t-shirt size, please visit the information tent in the northwest corner of the marina parking lot AFTER the race to see if there are extra.

WEATHER

safety

In the case of inclement weather or other unforeseen factors that may threaten the safety of the participants, JCPRD reserves the right to alter, eliminate portions and or modify the event. If the starting time of the event is delayed, the JCPRD race management team will update participants through a public announcement system, if available, at the event and the Rain Out line at 913-686-6030 ext, 16. The JCPRD race management team will determine when the event has returned to acceptable conditions. The event can be delayed, but the park must be open to the public by noon (12pm). The JCPRD race management team can only delay until it is no longer possible for the race to be completed before the park must be reopened. If conditions have not improved or JCPRD deems the course unsafe, the event will be cancelled with no refunds. There will be no rain date or rescheduling of this event.

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