8th Annual Colonel 5k with SPA Color Pop Run!

The perfect place to set a Personal Record (PR)! The Colonel 5k course and event is designed for all levels of runners and walkers to reach a personal best. The course was designed by Nicholls Track & Field and Cross Country to take the community on a tour of campus and the recreation path where they run fast intervals. We hope you enjoy being cheered on by Colonel Track & Field and Cross Country while cruising this fast, flat course to a new PR!

This year we are partnering again with SPA to offer free entry for all Nicholls State University Students and some color pop* to our run! *SPA will have several colored powder stations that will "pop" throughout the race

Prize packages will be awarded to top Male & Female overall finishers and top Male & Female masters finishers. Male and Female age group winners will be recognized with medals. Nonbinary awards will be made based on online entries by 4/28 or will be made after the race & mailed if there are entries/finishers in that category. Race Day Registration is available for $35, but race t-shirts are not guaranteed after 4/28. Nicholls Student participants will be included in results for prizes/age group award winners. 

All Kids 1k participants will receive a medal for being a Hope Lodge Champion!

Event Schedule:

6:30AM Race day registration opens $35 and closes 15minutes prior to start

8:00AM Colonel 5k Starts!

Food & Fun after the race

9:15AM NEW Kids 1k  $15 with proceeds benefitting the Ross Mullooly Project: Outrunning Cancer
9:45AM Colonel 5k Awards

Early Registration with a shirt- $30 (T- Shirt guaranteed through April 28th, online registration stays open until 5/7)

Race Day Registration- $35 (May 10th)

Course:
Start and Finish is on Alumni Drive, next to lot 12 (Alumni tailgating spot) near Guidry Stadium
-Straight on Alumni Drive
-Right on Hwy 1
-Right on Rienzi Circle
-Right on Hwy 1
-Right on Colonel Drive
-Right on Leighton Drive
-Left on Alumni Drive
-Left on Ardoyne Drive
-Right on Recreation Path before Bowie Road
-Follow Recreation Path around Manning fields
-Right on NSU Afton Drive
-Right on Alumni Drive
-Straight on Alumni Drive to finish

Kids 1k Course:
Start and Finish is on Alumni Drive, next to lot 12 (Alumni tailgating spot) near Guidry Stadium
-Straight on Alumni Drive
-Right on NSU Afton Drive
-Right on Colonel Drive 
-Right on Ardoyne Drive
-Left on Alumni Drive to finish line