Live Well Geary County is partnering with USD 475 and Manhattan Running Company to promote healthier living by hosting the fitness event Sept. 15 in Junction City. The family fitness event begins at Al Simpler Stadium, with the
community race beginning at 7:30 a.m., with the event ending at Playground 5th St Park around 1:00 p.m.

The Geary County Community Race and Pathways to Fitness event is funded through the Pathways to a Healthy Kansas grant and includes a community run, for ages kindergarten through adult; race awards; door prizes; free healthy snacks; local fitness vendors and health agencies; a community policy announcement for the tobacco free resolution; and a ground-breaking ceremony for the multi-generational fitness area, with the Intergenerational Clearinghouse and Resource Educational Center (I.C.A.R.E.).

Race Schedule
Al Simpler Stadium – Race Registration is $5
 6:30 a.m. race check-in/packet pick-up
 7:30 a.m. Community 2 mile run (including 6-12 graders)
 8:45 a.m. K-2: ¼ mile run
 9:15 a.m. K-2: ½ mile run
 9:30 a.m. Grades 3-5, ½ mile run
 10:00 a.m. Grades 3-5, 1 mile run
 10:15 a.m. Grades 6-8, 1 mile run

Times are subject to change depending on the number of heats for each race. Plan to arrive early! Live Well Geary County Chair Joe Handlos said, “the results of the 2017 Community Health Needs assessment showed that only 34 percent of respondents were satisfied with opportunities for physical activity in the community.”

Live Well Geary County applied and received a grant through the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Pathways to a Healthy Kansas program to promote opportunities for fitness in the county. Additional grant funding will be used in
partnership with other agencies to fund smoking cessation education in the community.

For more information regarding race registration and the fitness event, please go to livewellgearycounty.org.
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