JustRunGreen09 Half-marathon and 5K Run/Walk FAQ
Q: What’s new with the course this year?
This year, we are greening our race with new eco-friendly event standards. By our example, we hope to encourage other special event organizers to follow suit.
Examples of green event standards:
- Posters and flyers printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper. This year, our race brochures printed through Dolce Digital Imaging & Printing use recyclable paper and a chemical-free press that conserves water and keeps chemically-tainted water out of water treatment systems.
- Use and promotion of organic, locally grown food and fair trade coffee in collaboration with our event sponsors: Emy J’s for the post-race refreshments and and Rockman’s Catering for the pre-race dinner.
- Use of biodegradable/compost-able cups, dinnerware and other service items.
- Recycled-content paper cups or napkins.
- Trash, recyclables and compost receptacles on-site.
- Organic t-shirts
Your support from participation in this event is two-pronged: along with restorative environmental standards in event organization, the proceeds from the event also support restorative justice services in Portage County.
Please register your support for this effort by participating in the run/walk as a volunteer, race participant or fundraiser (see Run for Restorative Justice ). We appreciate your help.
Other NEW attractions:
- Pre-race dinner speaker World and National Marathon and Ultra-Marathoner Roy Pirrung on Friday, Sept 4th at 6:00 p.m. at the Pfiffner Building during pre-race packet pick-up
- Chocolate-chip cookie station at half-way points on the half-marathon and 5K route for walkers (and brave runners)
- Post-race jazz ensemble music from “Fortune Cookie”
- Post-race Point Rootbeer
- Race participant room discounts from Green-Certified Holiday Inn Hotel and Convention Center of Stevens Point, 1001 Amber Avenue, Stevens Point 715-344-0200
- If you have any race announcements you would like everyone to hear as you or your favorite runner/walker crosses the finish line, please send comments to Katherine.Munck@Justiceworksltd.org with topic line: Justiceworks Run Commentary. Suggestions: race accomplishments, birthday or anniversary announcements etc. We’ll pass this information along to our race announcing crew.
Q: What’s back from last year?
- Comedy duo and race commentators Dennis and Paul. Both runner/comedic race commentators were sidelined last year with running injuries but only with respect to their limbs and not their vocal chords. So, while not in medal contention for the JustRunGreen event or the 2012 Olympic track and field or marathon trials, Dennis and Paul are in competitive form for race commentary and runner/walker interviews at our 2009 event.
- Live performance of the National Anthem. This year, the Sweet Adelines are making their debut performance at the event. Other national headliners like Alice Cooper, Styx, and Blue Oyster Cult are charging entrance fees for their performances at local fairs (although less exorbitant than their ticket prices in the ‘80s) but the Sweet Adelines are performing at no additional cost or cover charge. We thank them profusely for their generous performance contribution. They top Alice Cooper any day (although, Alice Cooper, if you are out there and reading this, please feel free to sing the National Anthem in 2010, if the Sweet Adelines are unable to come back)
- Trumpet processional to the start line: After a triumphant appearance by trumpet virtuoso Bob Kase last year, we are continuing with the fine tradition of live music at the JustRunGreen Half-Marathon and 5K event, including trumpet fanfare start and live music on the course.
- Portage County Emergency Medical Rapid Response Unit: We are grateful for the support of the emergency rapid response unit for those who run (pun-intended) into problems on the course. For the aging baby-boomer crowd, we are working on dispensing pain medication and amphetamines on the course, hip-resurfacing surgery and wheelchairs at the finish-line. However, we haven’t quite got the legal and medical technicalities worked out so, in the meantime, we will continue to guarantee plentiful Gatorade and water along the route.
- Competitive race timing by PerformanceTiming
- Emy J’s refreshments at the finish line
- Pre-race community spaghetti dinner by Rockman’s Catering and Free Suzuki Stroll Kids’ 1/4 Mile Run
- Pre- and post-race goodies, prizes, live music on the course and special VIP treatment of runners and walker
We strive to meet the standards of world-class marathon (professionally organized) events through the hard work of our special race volunteers and organizing committee.
If you have any suggestions or questions, please feel free to call 715- 344-3677 or e-mail Katherine.Munck@Justiceworksltd.org.
Happy training from the Justiceworks JustRunGreen Organization Crew