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Yellow Springs Street Fair, Love Run!

This event has been cancelled in 2016 due to low turnout in 2015.

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Celebrate your love for running at this unique race event. Forms teams, get crazy costumes, challenge your friends, run with family, go solo, or walk for fun! Anyone can do this race, and everyone will love the FREE pizza, prizes, photo booth & more. Come for the run, stay for Street Fair; you'll have fun! Plus everyone gets a free pass to the Antioch College Wellness Center (showers and pool)!

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Race Format

  • 8-Mile Team Relay Race: This will be a timed relay event where teams (2, 3 or 4 runners) will complete a total of 8 miles.Teams will consist of a maximum of 4 athletes and a minimum of 2 athletes. Each athlete will complete laps on our 2 mile course. Teams may divide up the laps as needed, but each athlete must complete at least 1 lap and the team must run the entire 8 miles 
  • 8-Mile Solo Run Race: This will be a timed event where athletes will complete a total of 8 miles or 4 laps on the 2-mile course. 
  • 2-Mile Fun Run/Walk: This untimed event celebrates our love for running and walking. Participants will complete one lap of the 2-mile course. You can can walk or run, dress up or down, so long as you have a great time and celebrate your love for running and walking!

Highlights

  • Come for the Run, Stay for the Street Fair!
  • Get a FREE pass to the Antioch College Wellness Center (showers and pool)!
  • Anyone Can Do this Race; All Ages Welcome!
  • 2-Mile Fun Run/Walk (untimed)
  • Solo Runners & Teams of 2-4 Compete for Awards (timed)
  • FREE Post Race Party with Pizza, Soda (Gluten Free & Vegan Food)
  • FREE Aromatherapy Happy Finish Towel
  • FREE Photo Booth & Team Costume Contest
  • A Portion of the Proceeds Benefit WYSO Public Radio in Yellow Springs. Click here to donate now!
  • Race Day Registration at WYSO in Yellow Springs

Schedule

  • 6:30am-7:45am: Race Day Registration & Packet Pick-up
  • 7:45am: Team Costume Contest
  • 8:00am: 8-Mile Relay Race, 8-Mile Solo Race Start
  • 8:05am: 2-mile Fun Run/Walk Start
  • 8:15am: Post Race Party & Photo Booth
  • 10:15am: Timing Ends (all runners and teams must complete the course by this time)
  • 10:30am: Presentation of Awards

Race Course: Course Map

We are running on a 2-mile flat loop course in Yellow Springs. 8-Mile solo racers and teams complete 4 laps on course; 2-mile fun run/walk completes 1 lap. 

 

 

Location

Start / Finish Line will be at Antioch Hall on the Campus of Antioch College, 1 Morgan Pl, Yellow Springs, OH 45387. This is in the City of Yellow Springs off of Livermore Street.. 

T-Shirts: Each participant in all races receives a performance men’s and women’s cut t-shirt. You must register on or before October 3rd to be guaranteed a race shirt.

Costume Contests & Photo Booth

Racing is more fun in a costume! So, dress up and express yourself around the race theme. The best team costumes will win prizes.The costume contest will be at 7:45am.Get FREE pictures with your friends at our photo booth.

Awards

  • Fastest solo male and female 8-mile finisher
  • Fastest male and female team (Same gender teams of 2, 3 or 4)
  • Fastest mixed gender team (Teams of 2, 3 or 4 and must have at least 1 female)
  • Best Team Costume (Dress up, represent your team, get creative and show your spirit to win this award!)