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2nd Annual Chick-fil-A(R) Half Marathon Runs Home to Athens
Lace up your running shoes for the 2015 Chick-fil-A® Connect Half Marathon!
Do you like to moo’ve it? Lace up your running shoes for the 2015 Chick-fil-A® Connect Half Marathon! Athens, Ga. will host this 2nd annual event on April 18, 2015, which includes a Half Marathon, Akins Ford Half Marathon Relay (5k, 6k & 10k), and 1-Mile Fun Run! Runners from across the Southeast will dress up like cows, stampede the streets of the Classic City and compete against each other for prizes.
Included will be a two day Fleet Feet Health & Fitness Expo, athletic shirts, a Chick-fil-A® SPIRIT Marketplace where you can earn points along the course and redeem them for prizes, chip timing, USATF sanctioned and certified course and chances to win Chick-fil-A® prizes. Visit cfahalf.com for registration and more information.
The Race events are as follows:
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Friday, April 17
- Packet Pickup inside The Classic Center
- 1-Mile Fun Run & Awards Ceremony (Begins under The Classic Center Pedestrian Bridge on Foundry St.)
- Fleet Feet Sports Health & Fitness Expo inside The Classic Center
Saturday, April 18
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- Half Marathon (Begins downtown at the intersection of E. Washington St. and N. Thomas St.)
- Akins Ford Half Marathon Relay
- Fleet Feet Sports Health & Fitness Expo