Sacramento State will hold its inaugural 5K Fun Run beginning at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 16. The run will begin at Serna Plaza and make its way through campus.
The run is free for students, faculty and staff and $20 for alumni. Participants can register online at www.csus.edu/hlth/5k/. Runners can also register at 5 p.m. on the day of the race. People who pre-register will receive a free T-shirt and racing packet. Items can be picked up in the Wellness Center Preview Room in the University Union (across from Round Table Pizza) Tuesday and Wednesday, April 14 and 15.
The run will cause traffic delays from 6 p.m., until 7 p.m., on State University Drive West, Sinclair Road and Stadium Drive. Traffic coming from the south end of campus is advised to use State University Drive east and to use parking lot 7 and parking structure 2. Traffic coming from the north end of campus should use State University Drive north and parking lot 1, or State University Drive East and parking lot 2.
The run is part of a larger promotion for the new 153,000-square-foot Recreation and Wellness Center (named “The WELL”) scheduled to open in fall 2010. The WELL is being built on the north end of Hornet Stadium.
The WELL will feature a fitness center, an indoor track, gym courts, racquetball courts, a rock climbing wall and the student health center. There will also be a massage therapy spa, a baby-sitting center and space for Peak Adventures.
For more information on the 5K Fun Run, contact Jason Blessinger at 278-6056. For more information on the Wellness Center contact Mirjana Gavric at 278-7904 or visit www.csus.edu/union/RWC/index.htm.
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