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September 28, 2019 at 8:00 AM

Location:  White Rose Bar & Grill
48 N Beaver Street
York, PA US 17401

These are the top 10 reasons for running (or volunteering for) the White Rose Run 5 Miler.

1. York Road Runners Club owns and organizes it. It’s your club.  And it’s organized by runners for runners!!
2. Proceeds from the race support the York Chapter of Not One More, Inc., a nonprofit organization committed to providing awareness, education and support to those affected by drug abuse and addiction. If you would like, you can add a donation when you register.

3. This is a race with a history. This will be the 42^nd
   
4. It runs through the streets of York City, including downtown, Farquhar Park, the Avenues, and Fireside.
5. There is a really fun post-race party with free beer and a sandwich and live music.
6. Parking will be readily available and easy on race morning.
7. York Revolution is providing us with our race start by Cannonball Charlie and lots of fun with mascot Downtown.
8. Traffic control provided by Area Wide Protective.
9. Some 90 volunteers to add to your enjoyment, provide water, and keep you running in the right direction.
10. The Temple Guard Drumline is back!! You loved this last year!
11. Great tech shirts with a nice design again this year for those who’d like to order it.
12. Age group awards are very cool running caps with a nice design.
13. You can easily sign up: https://runsignup.com/YorkWhiteRoseRun
14. If you’re late signing up, you can sign up on Friday night or Saturday morning. But we recommend that you avoid the rush, reserve your shirt, and make things easier on yourself, by signing up online.
15. The Stroller Division is back! Just show up with a stroller and a child, and we’ll record the male and female winners.
16. Enter the Team Challenge. When you register, create a team, or pick an already registered team from the drop-down menu.   Be the biggest team – appropriate recognition on race day.  Or be the winning team.
17. You can sign up to volunteer at the same location!

OK, lots more than 10 reasons.  We hope you’ll join us!!

The York White Rose Run is back for its 42nd running in the streets of York.  Almost everything is the same as last year, except:

• The race will start this year at 8:00 am, 1/2 earlier than last year.
• We are pleased to announce our partnership with Not One More, Inc as our race beneficiary.

What remains the same is our beautiful course that runs through our fine city; start and finish, plus post-race party at the White Rose Bar and Grill; our team of cyclists to lead and keep you safe; the York Revolution’s Cannonball Charlie and mascot Downtown; live music with free food for runners and volunteers at the post-race party; prize money for the top runners; cap awards for age groups awards; really nice tech shirts; The Temple Guard Drumline; our team challenge and the stroller division;  our bagpiper at Farquhar Park; and so much more!

Register to run or volunteer at:  runsignup.com/yorkwhiteroserun.

You can also donate to Not One More, Inc at this same link.

All of the race details are on this website under the White Rose Run tab.

All remaining trophies, gloves (participation awards), and apparel orders have been dropped off at Flying Feet. They will be available for you to pick up from now until March 19. Thanks and enjoy your warmer running!
Heather


PS – you are eligible for gloves if you ran and/or volunteered in 5+ races throughout the 2018/2019 Winter Series.

The race is ON!!

See you soon!

All preparations for tomorrow are underway. All those involved are planning on a great series ending tomorrow.

In the unlikely event of cancellation, the announcement will be posted on FB, the race registration page of Run Sign Up and the YRRC website by 7:00am.

Northeastern 5k takes place Saturday at 9:00 (1 mile at 8:35). It’s hard to believe we have reached the final race of the series.

Awards have arrived! And we have a gift for each of you who have run and/or volunteered in at least 5 events for the 2018/2019 series. We appreciate you coming out race after race.

Be sure to stick around after the race. OSS Health will be there to help congratulate the top runners for both the One Mile as well as the Main Event. Rita’s of East York has a treat for everybody. And it’s a chance to warm up and relax with friends after all of your hard work.

The awards presentation will start after the last runner crosses the finish. We hope to see you there!

February 25th is the last day to order Winter Series apparel and have it delivered to Northeastern 5k, the final race of the series. Orders can be placed by visiting YRRK Winter Series Apparel Store.

Who is ready for the Springettsbury 10k this weekend? It seems the weather always throws us a surprise for this race. We’ve seen rain, ice, and spring-like temps over the years. Looks like plenty of sun with a chill on Saturday! PLEASE REMEMBER TO WEAR YOUR ASSIGNED BIB!

ADDRESS UPDATE – if you are using GPS, 1409 Williams Road York, PA 17402 will get you there.

Apparel orders will be inside at the registration table just waiting to go home with those who ordered. As always, I’ll be there at 7:30 to get you registered or get you set up with a replacement bib if needed.

Did you know that you can view YRRC race photos on our club Flickr page? Today the photos from the John Rudy Park 5 Miler, part of the Winter Series, were posted. You can see all of the photo albums at this link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/yorkroadrunnersclub/albums.

Enjoy the pictures!