St. Louis, MO 4.2 Mile Run (or Walk)
Ballwin, MO - Saturday, October 17, 2009
Location:
Queeny Park
550 Weidman Rd.
St Louis, MO 63011
Date: October 17, 2009
Registratin Fee:
1-Mile fun run: $20
4.2 Mile run: $25
Registration opens: 7:30am
Run begins at: 9:00am
Packet Pick Up: Race number and t-shirt may be picked up at Big River Running, 14059 Manchester Road on Friday, October 16 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., or on race morning before 8:30 a.m.
Course Info: 4.2 mile loop around the perimeter of the park - officially timed and measured by Big River Running. The trail will offer a little bit of everything, from paved sections, open meadows, hills; both gentle and steep, to heavily wooded sections. 1- Mile Family Run/Walk (will not be timed)
Late/Race-Day registration: $28.00 for 4-mile timed run (Cannot guarantee t-shirt availability)
Awards: Awards will be given to the first place male and female 4.2-mile finishers in the following categories: Under 20, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, and 55-59, 60+. Overall 4.2-mile First Place Winners will be awarded as well.
Directions:
WEIDMAN ROAD ENTRANCE
From westbound I-64/40: Take the Mason exit and go south. Take Mason to Clayton Rd. and go right. Take Clayton Rd. to Weidman and go left (south). Take Weidman 1.8 miles to the park entrance on the left. Take the first left after you enter the park and follow our signs and balloons to site
From I-70: I-270 South to Manchester Road; west on Manchester Rd. for 2.5 miles; make a right turn at light onto Weidman Rd. for .5 mile; Queeny Park entrance is on the right – Take the first left after you enter the park and follow our signs and balloons to site.
From I-44: Take 270 north to the Manchester Road exit; west on Manchester 2.5 miles; make a right turn at light onto Weidman Rd. for .5 mile; Qenny Park entrance is on the right. Take the first left after you enter the park and follow our signs and balloons to site.
Photo Gallery
Please visit this site to view photos from the 2008 Run for Congo Women!
For more information or to get involved in next year's planning, please contact Jen Parsons at stlcongorun@yahoo.com.
To support a woman in Congo today, please click here!
We invite you to come out and have the experience of knowing that you are literally saving lives with every step you take.
That isn't a maybe. It isn't hypothetical or wishful thinking. I have met these women. I have seen their children. I have heard their stories, laughed with them, experienced the hope and joy in their singing and dancing. Over and over and over they tell me, "We have enough to eat now. I had the money to be treated / to get my child(ren) treated for malaria. My child is alive because of you!"
It's unbelievably powerful to summon your courage and put yourself on the line to ask people to sponsor a woman for a year, knowing it is literally going to save that woman's life and the lives of her children.
-- Lisa Shannon, Uvira, DR Congo. Feb 5, 2007
