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The Trak Shak Twilight 5K Retro Run

Sat July 28, 2018 Homewood, AL 35209 US Directions

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The Trak Shak Twilight 5K Retro Run

7:00PM CDT - 10:00PM CDT

Race Website

Additional race information can be found at http://www.trakshak.com.

Place

2839 18th Street South
Homewood, AL US 35209

Description

Dig out your old polyester, split shorts, tube socks, aviators, afro wigs, and whatever else you can come up with and join us on July 28th in Downtown Homewood for the 2018 Twilight 5K Retro Run! The Retro Run is a run/walk starting and finishing on 18th Street with a Retro costume contest following.  Packet pick & registration will be held at The Trak Shak Homewood form 11 to 6 on Friday, July 27 and will reopen on Saturday at 4 PM. 

The race packet will include coupons from local friends including Buy 1 Get 1 Cookie from Cookie Fix, $5 OFF $20 or more at Little Donkey, $6 meals at Oak Hill & Momma G's, $1 OFF Lucky Cat Rolled Ice Cream AND a Brooks Podium singlet. 

The race will start a 7 PM sharp! The course is flat and fast! Be sure to say hello to our water stop volunteers from the Birmingham Track Club and our course monitors form Black People Run, Bike, Swim. 

Hang out on the "Curve" in Homewood and enjoy tunes played by DJ Karen, cold beverages for Birmingham Bud & Birmingham Coca-Cola while you wait for the results. Awards will start at 8:15. We award Top Overall Male & Female and the Top 3 in each age group. The age groups are 9 & Under, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 & Over. This year our friends from EW Motion Therapy have donated cash prizes of $200 for the Top Overall Male & Female. Homewood Toy & Hobby have donated a prize and a gift card to the top 9 & Under finishers. The winner of each age group will have the choice of Tifosi Swank sunglasses, Trak Shak caps or visors or the new Wingfoot Trak Shak tee. 2nd and 3rd place in each age group will have the choice of aforementioned cap, visor or tee! 

Directly following the awards, we'll giveaway door prizes from Tifosi, Dave's Pizza, Hero Doughnuts, The Trak Shak and more! And THEN, there will be the Retro Costume contest. Contestants must first have run the 5K. Our panel of hidden judges will pick the best 10 costumes from the crowd. We'll call you up to the DJ, and by crowd reaction, will determine the best Retro costume. The winner gets $100 CASH and $100 gift card to The Trak Shak. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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