5k Race

Save the date! Our spring GOTR 5k presented by Memorial Health System is scheduled for May 19th in Sprinfield’s Washington Park.

Thanks for bringing your “Sparkle & Shine” to our fall 5k race event!

The fall New Balance Girls on the Run 5k Race presented by Memorial Health System was an amazing event! On Saturday,November 12th at Washington Park approximately 700 Girls on the Run (GOTR) participants, season volunteers and community members gathered on a beautiful fall day to participate in the event. Hundreds of spectators lined the streets. GOTR girls and community participants really brought their “Sparkle and Shine” to our race day. Please visit our Facebook page for photos.

Thank you Central Illinois!

We’d like to thank all the sponsors who made this event possible, starting with our presenting sponsors: Memorial Health System, Friends of Memorial and SportsCare. Our other sponsors include Alice FM; State Journal Register; St. John’s Hospital; Ashley Furniture; Bunn; Evelyn Brandt Thomas; Passavant Area Hospital; SpringfieldMoms.org; Springfield Running Center; Ananda Body; Clif Bars; Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc.; Erin Stone, M.D.; Northwestern Mutual, Brent Shunk, CLU, CLTC; PhysioTherapy Professionals; and Sorling, Northrup, Cullen & Cochran, Ltd.

GOTR Race Pictures

Like” us on Facebook to see hundreds of race pictures. Please visit Perfect Concept Photography to purchase race day photos.

Never attended a Girls on the Run 5k? Watch this watch this NBC/Channel 20 Central Illinois video and get ready for our next race!

Check out this one-minute video about our New Balance 5k race series:

EVELYN BRANDT THOMAS