- April 11, 2015
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
REGISTER ONLINE
601 SE 25th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34471 – (352) 671-8686
Grab your co-workers and your running shoes, and join us for this family-friendly 5K event. Enjoy a ZUMBA warm-up, yoga cool-down, children’s area, refreshments, giveaways, and prizes including a Corporate Cup award for the fastest-running business team. The Corporate Run for the Springs will celebrate our community while raising awareness about steps that individuals and businesses can take to protect our water resources. Proceeds will be returned to Marion County residents and businesses in the form of projects that will benefit the health of the springs.
Questions? Ask jerilynn.schwietert@marioncountyfl.org
Overview
Stay after the run for a yoga cool-down at 8:30, awards, and freebies!
The course begins on Fort King Street north of the Marion County Property Appraiser’s Office. Runners jog west until SE 19th Avenue, turning south between First Christian Church and MTI. After weaving through neighborhoods nestled under live oak trees, runners are challenged with an uphill finale at “Mount Marion” on SE 25th Avenue.
Marion County is home to Silver Springs, one of the world’s largest and most famous artesian springs, along with Rainbow Springs and Silver Glen. Our natural springs, lakes and rivers make Marion County a beautifully unique place to live, work and play. The Corporate Run will celebrate our springs, as well as, raise awareness about steps that individuals and businesses can take to protect our springs and water resources.
Beneficiaries of the event include the return of proceeds to citizens of Marion County to retrofit home water fixtures to higher efficiency fixtures; modify their community landscape to be Florida-friendly; or pay a portion of a septic tank inspection or pump out fee.
Spectators are welcome to cheer on participants as they make their way throughout the course. Cameras, encouraging signs, and waves are welcome.
IMPORTANT: Late registration begins after March 27th. Participant fees increase by $5 and t-shirts and/or t-shirt sizes cannot be guaranteed at that time.