Fun run will promote exercise and nutritious diets.
Published: 08-15-07
Published: 08-15-07
AUSTIN – Runners across Texas are gearing up for a 5K and 1K fun run to help celebrate the Texas Department of Agriculture’s 100-year anniversary. The “Eat Right Run Fast TDA Square Meals Fun Run” 5K will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday Sept. 15 at the historic Fort Worth Stockyards.The event is part of a weekend celebration designed to shine a spotlight on the proud heritage and prosperous future of the Texas agriculture industry.
Runners can register at www.squaremeals.org or www.runtimeracingservices.com. The entry fee is $15 by Sept. 6. From Sept. 7 – 15 the fee is $20. Entry packets which contain race information and a T-shirt can be picked up from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday Sept. 13 and Friday Sept. 14 at the Fort Worth Running Company at 3619 Byers Ave. in Fort Worth.
Participants also can register on Sept. 15 from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. The 5K run/walk will be chip-timed and runners can pick up their chips before 7:30 a.m. on race day.
Another event on Saturday will be a 1K run/walk that starts at 7:45 a.m. Children 10 years of age and younger can run/walk free in this event.
“This is a great way for children to get on the road to healthy living by promoting physical activity – plus they’ll have some fun in the process” Commissioner Staples said.
The race course for both events will start and end on Packer Street between Exchange Avenue and Stockyards Boulevard in the Fort Worth Stockyards.
Awards will be presented to all children participating in the 1K event. In addition awards will go to the top male and female finisher in the 5K; the top three male and female finishers in each age group beginning with 10 years and younger to 70 years and older; and an award to the school with the most students participating. The awards ceremony will be at 9:15 a.m. in the breakfast area.
There will be a free post-race breakfast following the 5K/1K event.
TDA’s Food and Nutrition Division which is sponsoring the event administers the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s School Lunch School Breakfast Summer and After School Snack Programs in Texas public and charter schools. Square Meals is TDA’s school nutrition education and outreach program funded by USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
For more information about the fun run go to www.squaremeals.org or www.runtimeracingservices.com. For information about TDA’s 100-year celebration go to www.tda.state.tx.us and click on “100-Year Anniversary.”
