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If you live near the Philadelphia area, and you’re into fitness or running, come out to the 5th Annual Runny Nose 5k Run and 1 Mile Walk on the morning of Sunday, June 26th, 2016, at Lorimer Park in Abington. All proceeds go to fund fitness, sign language, and music programs at a local preschool. Walk-ups are more than welcome, you can just show up after 7:30am and we’ll have forms. The race starts 8:30am. This blog is a sponsor of the race.

 

It’s a beautiful cross-country race through a scenic park, designed by a track coach (and recovering lawyer) who regularly races, and professionally timed by Pretzel City Sports. If you’re familiar with Lorimer Park, or you want to do a practice run, here’s what the course looks like on GPS.

This is a review from someone who ran it before:

 

I’d highly recommend this race as it was small, beautiful, and quite a lot of fun. I didn’t know until I got there this morning that it was a trail race. I’ve only ever done road races up until today, and I was a bit nervous. There were some pretty major hills and dips, but it all evened out. And it was such a beautiful course!

 

Exactly! I’ve run the course myself (and shockingly, I actually received an award in my age group!). Serious runners say it’s more interesting than most runs. Casual runners say it’s just the right kind of a challenge, and the “I work out sometimes” folks are thrilled to complete it. The event draws enough participants that nobody feels like there’s attention on them specifically, but not so many that the course feels crowded. It starts with a flat stretch that allows the runners to spread out before they hit the cross-country part.

 

Runners get a shirt (while supplies last) and a goody bag with the sorts of stuff that typically comes in runners’ bags. The forecast right now (with less than 24 hours to go) is 72 degrees and sunny with no chance of rain, so it should be perfect for a run.

 

It’s probably closer than you think; here’s Lorimer Park on Google Maps, in Southern Montgomery County, near both Northeast Philadelphia and Lower Bucks County. 30 minutes even from Center City Philadelphia or from Conshohocken. Easy.

 

Registration starts at 7:30 am, the 5K starts promptly at 8:30 am, and the awards and will happen around 9:30 am.

 

Below are two pictures from a prior year, unretouched. The race was then run in March, so the trees have leaves now.