Sunburst Races

A first impression is a lasting impression! There are three shifts for smiling volunteers to help with race registration, packet pickup, gear check-in, and start line. Come see your friends (old and new) as they pick up their bibs, chips, and get ready to run Sunburst!

On Friday -

Century Center
120 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
South Bend, IN 46601

On Saturday -

South Bend Cubs Performance Center
525 S. Lafayette Blvd.
South Bend, IN 46601

Assist the race team with morning operations. These tasks may vary from Saturday packet distribution, providing water to the participants, assisting with parking in unmarked lots, and organizing runners by pace at the start line.

South Bend Cubs Performance Center
525 S. Lafayette Blvd.
South Bend, IN 46601

How do you make hot, tired and sore runners happy after a race? Hand them medal, a water, and smile with a "congratulations" and you'll be a hero! Volunteers help with awards, towels, food, directions, and gear-pickup at the finish line.

Notre Dame Stadium
2010 Moose Krause Cir
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Want the undying gratitude of thousands of runners and walkers? Play music, entertain, control pedestrian traffic, or direct runners in the right direction!

Varying - We will work with you to place in high volume areas.

Keep our runners and walkers hydrated by handing out cups of water and Gatorade along the course. If you have a team you'd like to register for this position, please contact Travis at tbladecki@beaconhealthsystem.org

Varying - We will work with you to place in high volume areas.

Runners finishing the 10k and half marathon receive a medal for their accomplishment, be the smiling face congratulating them and adorn them with their medal. Arrive at the finish line area ahead of time, help us organize the medals, get them onto the field, and be ready to call out and congratulate runners as they meet you at the field exits.

You're a part of the experience the remember from race day, receiving their medal, help us make it special. We have four exits to cover.

Stadium exits off the field (we have four exits to cover)

Help us help the runners have a great race! We need to help direct runners and walkers to separate. Over the final stretch of the event, you will be staged in the center of the course to help direct runners to the left and walkers to the right. This separation helps runners, moving faster, not have to navigate the slower-moving walkers.

Please arrive at your location early, make sure you have your signage, dress appropriately, bring a drink to stay hydrated, and park off of the course in accordance with street signs.

Last mile of course

Help us follow along at the 20 min per mile pace. We need two sweepers for each event. You will ride along behind the runners. As you pass runners you will politely ask them to move to the sidewalks and inform them that they are now past the "supported race" pace. We can not support runners who move past a 20 min per mile pace. Your priority is to bike at the correct pace to keep runners informed.
Police are there for road closures, not for runner support.

We have additional bikers there for medical support; again, their focus is medical treatment, not course closure.

All along each course

Start at
South Bend Cubs Performance Center
525 S. Lafayette Blvd.
South Bend, IN 46601

End at
Notre Dame Stadium
2010 Moose Krause Cir
Notre Dame, IN 46556