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Race Website
Additional race information can be found at http://gizzardfest.org.
Place
Potterville, MI US 48876
Description
Let’s run another 5K!! Potterville’s Gizzard Fest is host to a closed course and fun filled 5K. It’s a 5K unlike any other!!
It's the 4th Annual Clucking Race!! yippeee! We are going along with the Gizzard Fest theme: Under the Sea.
Just wait until you see the awesome swag we will have for our participants!! Shirts, finishers medals, and more!!
The one and only, Chuck Block from the Michigan Running Foundation, will be our timing official!!
This year we are partnering with a very special charity: Canines For Change!
We just love giving back to our community and what better way than to do so with this amazing organization? Canines For Change trains some amazing dogs: Where highly trained service and facility dogs enhance the lives of children, adults, and community members. There are a number of area schools and veterans who benefit from these incredible dogs.
This will be a dog friendly course. All of our four legged participants will receive a special finishers medal. (We just ask that they don't leave any brown "presents" on the course!) All dogs must be short leashed (that means no retractable leashes, please.)
There will be plenty of fun. Stick around after the race for a pancake breakfast. The beer tent will be open in time to rehydrate and enjoy the entertainment. There will also be vendors with crafts and more, a dunk tank, a silent auction, an auto show, and a bunch of carnival rides.
What a great way to start a FUN filled day...with a 3.1 mile run!
Charity Partner
We love giving back to our community! We love our 4 legged friends! We decided to combine our loves and partner with the one and only Canines For Change!
This is a local organization based out of the Grand Ledge Area and has been providing service dogs to our community and veterans. A percentage of funds brought in through registrations will be donated to Canines for Change. These funds will help them continue with their mission.
Their mission statement : Canines for Change provides highly trained service and facility dogs that enhance the lives of children and adults with disabilities by empowering them to achieve active and independent lifestyles while also educating the community on the benefits of facility and service dogs through community education and outreach.
Participants will have a chance to meet some of the trainers and dogs at the race. We are hoping to have some of the new puppies there as well.
Donations can be made to this incredible organization through the donation tab as well as directly to them at the race and packet pick up.
T-Shirt
Our t-shirt for the 2024 race is being created....check back for updates! It's going to be awesome!
Medals
Oh yesssssss!!!!
The medals for the 2024 race are going to be even better than before!!
Check back for updates.
Packet Pick up
Early packet pick up will be held on both Thursday, June 6th and Friday, June 7 from 5 PM - 8 PM. This is the best time to pick packets up!! (See location below.)
Pick up your packet then head in to the beer tent - you know - to carb load!! **Please note - there is a parade on Friday evening. Parking will be packed the closer to the parade time.
There will also be time prior to the race on Saturday morning (8:00- 9:15AM) Packets will need to be picked up at least 15 minutes before the start of the race. (See location below.)
Location:
Thursday and Friday ONLY: Packets will be available for pick up at the Sycamore Creek Church parking lot (105 N. Church St) 2 blocks from the beer tent.
Saturday ONLY: at the race tent at the starting line across from the beer tent (corner of Dunbar and Main).
Participants are asked to NOT park at the Post Office.
Age Groups and Awards
All participants will receive a finisher medal.
Top 5 finishers in each age group will be rewarded a prize.
Top overall male and top overall female will be awarded a prize.
Age Groups for both male and female:
14 and under
15-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65-74
75 and over
There will be a "Chicken Butt" award too!!
All dogs who finish the race will receive a special medal! :) We love our four legged friends!
Race Route
The start line is right at the beer tent! Runners and walkers will start off down Main Street, cross over M100, and head into Potterville School to the beautiful track!! Participants will take a lap around the track before heading back out and running through the iconic tunnel. Once through the tunnel, they turn right and head up over the railroad tracks and into the beautiful Sunset Hills Subdivision on the paved path. There will be a water station set up at this spot.
Runners and walkers will follow the path over some rolling hills before turning around to head back to town past the water station and tunnel. Everyone will pass by the fun Imagination Station before hitting the path along M100 to Cherry Street. Participants will run the road for 4 blocks before turning to go by Potterville's City Hall. Turning right again, it's the home stretch for one block with the finish line right at the beer tent!
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