Tid bits about Saturday’s 5k Fun Run / Race

Driving Directions: The GOTR 5K Fun Run will be held at the South Germantown Recreational Park located at 18041 Central Park Circle in Boyds, MD. From I-270 take exit 15B onto Rt. 118 South. Follow this until the road narrows and becomes residential. Make a right onto Richter Farm Road and a left onto Schaeffer Road. You will come to a traffic circle. Drive three quarters around the circle and make a right at the tennis courts. Continue until you reach the parking lot on the right.

Road Closures: The entrance to the Park off Germantown Road will not be open at all the morning of the 5K so follow the directions above.

Arrival Time: Race participants should arrive by 6:45am. There will be signs in the ground all around the pavilion area with the names of schools. We should meet at the Ronald McNair sign.

Parking: As has been the case in the past, parking is challenging for those who arrive after 6:45. Race officials are strongly recommending that everyone arrive prior to 6:45am in order to park close to the 5k start/finish area and to avoid unexpected road closures.

Runners: All runners must wear a race bib in order to participate in the 5k Fun Run.

• GOTR Runners: Your daughters will receive their bib numbers on Friday after noon at the end of season party. The girls must wear this bib number on the outer most layer of clothing. (Sometimes, runners wear the bib on their pant leg so to make it easier to add /remove layers on their upper body.)
  
  
• All Other Runners: All runners other than GOTR coaches and participants will pick up their bibs (and t-shirts if they registered before 10/31) at the Runner Check-in table the morning of the race.

Race spectators: Parents and other supporters can distribute themselves along the race route to cheer on the runners, but, for liability purposes they cannot run in the 5K unless they have already registered and have a bib.

Race Registration: There is no race day registration! If you have not registered, you can still do so by taking a completed copy of the 5k registration form along with the payment to the Executive Director’s home in Bethesda. (7514 Oldchester Rd, Bethesda, MD 20817.)

The Course: This season's 5K course will vary slightly from prior 5K's but there will be ample volunteers along the route to direct runners. There will be water available on the course, and it is important to instruct the girls to take a cup and keep moving! It's not a rest stop.

Shoe Drive: Our community service project is to donate shoes to Soles 4 Souls. Don’t forget to bring your shoes to the race so the girls can participate! Any kinds of shoes, children or adult, will be accepted!!