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On your mark, get set, go!
Registration is on for the 12th Annual Asheville Citizen-Times 5k and Half Marathon. Early bird registration runs now through March 31. The race starts and finishes at the Asheville Citizen Times at the historic Grove Arcade on September 18, 2011.
Race Highlights
- The half marathon course winds through downtown Asheville, through historic neighborhoods, great vistas and around Beaver Lake
- The 5k race goes through downtown Asheville
- Friendly cheering section
- Challenging half marathon course
- 5k course is great for walkers, joggers, and runners
- 12 aid stations
- Music enroute
- Each runner rewarded with Highland Brewing‘s micro-brews
New for 2011
- The cap for runners is now 1,750
- Race Expo at a new location on Thursday and Friday of race week.
- Can’t pick up your packet before the race? For $20, you can have your bib and shirt mailed to you.
- Bag drop near the Start/Finish line
- Post-race food will offer healthy choices
The 2011 races are presented in partnership with Mission Health System. Proceeds benefit the Youths Fit for Life and Energize programs of the YMCA and YWCA of Western North Carolina. In 2010, $40,000 was donated to these programs to help children who are overweight and their families to develop healthier lifestyles.
