Monday, October 1, 2012
The annual Plainfield Area Chamber of Commerce event drew an estimated 1,400 runners and walkers. Click to share your race photos and videos on Plainfield Patch!
It was a crisp fall day with plenty of sunshine — the perfect weather for a run. Just ask the estimated 1,400 people who turned out Sunday for the 14th annual Edward Plainfield Harvest 5K and Kidz Miler. Edward Hospital and Health Sevices Vice President Brian Davis said this year's event was the largest to date. Runners and walkers turned out to take on the 5K, or in the case of the younger participants, the one-mile kids race. The annual event is hosted by the Plainfield Area Chamber of Commerce. This year, proceeds from the event will benefit the Plainfield Interfaith Food Pantry, Green Harvest Food Pantry, The Edward Foundation, the Y.M.C.A. and Plainfield Emergency Management Agency. The overall male and female winners won cash prizes…
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Monday, March 26, 2012
Fundraiser will feature a 5k race, a 2x5k relay race and a fun run for kids.
Several roads near Plainfield North High School will be temporarily closed Saturday morning to make room for the Fast Cat run/walk event, sponsored by the PNHS boys track and field team. In a press release issued today, Cmdr. Anthony Novak of the Plainfield Police Department said that due to the planned event course and the large number of participants expected, commuters and residents may experience increased traffic or temporary road closures the morning of the race. Novak said the following roads will be temporarily closed beginning at 7:45 a.m. Saturday, until most of the runners and walkers have cleared the area (estimated at approximately 10:30 a.m.): Parking will be restricted on Millennium Parkway from 248th Avenue to Champion …
Sunday, February 12, 2012
The Fast Cat event on March 31 will also feature a 5k race, a 2x5k relay race and a fun run for children.
Plainfield’s first 10K race – a fundraiser for Plainfield North High School’s track and field program – will be held March 31. The 6.2-mile race route for the Fast Cat event starts and ends at Plainfield North, traveling north on 119th Street and south on 248th Street and passing through the Crossings at Wolf Creek and the Auburn Lakes subdivisions. There will also be a 5k race, 2x5k relay (two participants, completing one half) and a one-mile run for children ages 5 to 12. Organizer Andy Derks, PNHS’ assistant track and field coach, told the Plainfield Village Board last week the idea was to organize a race that inconveniences as few people as possible while taking advantage of several beautiful areas that will “showcase a part of …
MidwestGal
2:53 pm on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Sounds like a much better way to raise funds, unlike the "travel" baseball kids who too often stand in front of store begging for money...EARN the money folks, don't mooch, do something productive like PNHS is. more ›