Event Activities

Komen North Central Alabama Race for the Cure 

Linn Park in Birmingham, AL

Race Course Map (1 mile and 5k)

Race Venue Map (park layout) 

Date of Event: 2012 TBD
7:00 a.m. Registration and Packet Pick-Up
8:30 a.m. Survivor Parade
9:00 a.m. 5K starts
10:00am 1 mile fun run/walk

Length of Race: 5K (3.1 miles) run/fitness walk
1 Mile Fun Run/Walk

Course Location: Linn Park, Birmingham AL (From I-65 South and I-20/59 East, exit 17th Street (Exit 125A). Proceed one block to first traffic light at 8th Avenue North. Take a left onto 8th Avenue North. Linn Park will be on the right on 8th Avenue.) Race course is USA Track & Field (USATF) Certified.

Start Line: In front of Boutwell Auditorium on 8th Avenue.

Finish Line: 20th Street North and 6th Ave North - ending at Linn Park.

Honorary Chair: Carol Cauthen

Affiliate Contact: Ellen Zahariadis, Executive Director, Tel: 205.263.1700, Email: ellenz@komenNCalabama.org

Sponsorship Contact: Mandy Heard, Development Coordinator, mheard@komenNCalabama.org 205.263.1704

Media Contact: Ginger Pegues, Communications Chair, gpegues@bellsouth.net 205.706.9205

Entrants: More than 16,000 runners and walkers (women, men and children) are expected.

Event Registration:   Entry Fee is $30 for Adults and $15 for children 14yrs and under. Chip Timing is $40 for Adults and $25 for children 14 years & under. Individuals may register as Team members through September 30th, 2011. Participants may register as individuals through the day of the Race.  Participants may register on-line or through the mail.  Mail-in forms are available for download and are widlely available at stores throughout north Central Alabama.  A limited number of compliemtary registrations are avialable at local area Ford Dealers.

Beneficiary: 75 percent of net proceeds from the Race fund community projects related to breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment. Through events like the Komen North Central Alabama Race for the Cure, over $3 million in local breast health education, screening and awareness programs has been funded throughout 38 counties in north central Alabama. The remainder of the net proceeds (a minimum of 25 percent) funds groundbreaking breast cancer research. Since 2003, UAB has received nearly $13 million in research funding from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

National Presenting Sponsor: Yoplait

National Sponsors: American Airlines, Ask.com, Bank of America, Ford, New Balance, Quilted Northern Ultra, RE/MAX and SELF Magazine. National Survivor Recognition Sponsor: Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity (ZTA).