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On your mark...get set...go!
Regardless of your age or fitness level, you'll find the perfect challenge at a Citiparks 10K run or 5K run/fitness walk.
Citiparks presents the Commonwealth's largest 10K - The Great Race - as well as a variety of community footraces that showcase the City's unique neighborhoods and parks.
Every child and teen participating in the "On Your Mark with Highmark Youth Challenge" is a winner!
This popular fitness program encourages children to take part in community footraces - by either running or walking the 5K distance. And each child age 6 to 12* who completes one community footrace - or each youth age 13 to 18* who completes two community footraces - receives free registration to The Great Race courtesy of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.
After completing The Great Race (5K or 10K division), each youth receives a personalized certificate recognizing the achievement. And since this is not a competitive activity, everyone is a victor for simply taking on the challenge.
*age as of June 1, 2012
The community footraces are:
- Brookline Breeze 5K Run/Walk
- Greenfield Glide 5K Run & Fitness Walk
- Regent Square Run Around The Square 5K
- Riverview 5K
More information on these races is listed on this page.
After climbing the hill up Brookline Boulevard, you'll find the rest of this course to be a real "breeze." Citiparks and the Brookline Breeze Committee host this annual 5K run/walk and non-competitive one-mile "Mini Breeze" fun run.
All registered runners and walkers receive a T-shirt and are eligible to win $1,000 in prizes at the post-race raffle.
| Date: | Saturday, August 11, 2012 |
| Type: | 5K run/fitness walk; one mile fun run |
| One Mile Fun Run Start Time/Place: | 8:35 a.m. "Mini Breeze"
Brookline Memorial Community Center
1400 Breining Street |
| 5K Run/Fitness Walk
Start Time/Place: | 9:00 a.m. 5K Run/Walk
Brookline Memorial Community Center
1400 Breining Street |
| Race Information: |
Website: http://www.brooklinebreeze.com
Call 412-571-3222
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Citiparks and the Greenfield Organization host the Greenfield Glide, a challenging cross-country course through Schenley Park.
All runners and walkers receive a T-shirt and are eligible to win $2,500 in prizes at the post-race raffle.
| Date: | Sunday, June 3, 2012 |
| Type: | 5K run/fitness walk |
| Start Time
and Place: | 8:30 a.m.
Schenley Park Overlook |
| Race Information: | 412-422-8885 or www.greenfieldglide.com |
Riverview Park's quiet forest surrounds this hilly, winding course in Pittsburgh's North Side, so be sure to save something for that final climb! This competitive 5K features overall and age-group awards, so families with young teenagers can race together.
All registered runners and walkers receive a t-shirt and are eligible to win prizes and gift certificates at the post-race raffle.
| Date: | Friday, June 8, 2012 |
| Type: | 5K run; 5K walk |
| Start Time
and Place: | 7:00 p.m.
Riverview Park Activities Building |
| Race Information: | 412-255-2493 or www.Riverview5k.com |
Run - or walk - through Frick Park's beautiful Fern Hollow at the Run Around the Square competition. This event features musicians, costumed characters and themed-water stops sprinkled throughout the course.
All registered participants receive a long-sleeved T-shirt. No race-day registration.
| Date: | Saturday, August 25, 2012 |
| Type: | 5K run/walk; 1.5-mile fun run/walk |
| 1.5-mile Fun Run/Walk Start Time/Place: | 8:15 a.m.
Henrietta and Milton Avenues |
| 5K Run/Walk
Start Time/Place: | 9:00 a.m.
Henrietta and Milton Avenues |
| Race Information: | 412-246-9506 or www.runaroundthesquare.com  |
"Run for Roch" through the streets of Mount Washington. The race is held in memory of long-distance runner Roch Furguiele - a Mt. Washington native and accomplished runner for Carrick High School and Slippery Rock University. After Roch's accidental death in 2004, family and friends organized this annual race, with proceeds benefiting a scholarship fund.
More than 100 prizes and trophies will be awarded.
| Date: | To be announced |
| Type: | 5K run; one mile walk |
| Start Time/Place: | 8:45 a.m.
Grandview Avenue & Shiloh Street
Mount Washington |
| Race Information: | Call 412-488-0912 or visit website |
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