Save the Date:
Sunday, September 28, 2008
8:00 a.m.
10-Mile
Race Results
5K
Race Results
Pictures
 Capital
Striders and Pella
Windows and Doors announce the 25th Annual Capital Pursuit.
We invite you to participate in the classic 10-mile
race which winds through the East Village, Drake Neighborhood,
Polk Boulevard, Ingersoll business district, and finishes
back downtown at Nollen Plaza. There's also a 5K
race run entirely in the downtown area.
We are also pleased to announce that both of this year's races
have been awarded state championship status by our parent
organization, Road
Runners Club of America. Since 1958, the RRCA has awarded
championship events through a competitive bidding process.
The Capital Striders are proud to have been selected for this
honor.
Capital Striders members (with current membership numbers)
benefit by receiving a $5 discount for mailed entries, if
postmarked by 9/21, or by 9/25 for online entries. No discounts
will be offered at Packet Pick-up or on Race Day.
Again this year, the Capital Striders will donate a portion
of the race proceeds to Wildwood
Hills Ranch to help at-risk children. Runners can make
extra contributions to benefit this cause by including it
on their mail-in or online registrations.
Moisture control shirts will be guaranteed for the first 750
registrants. Capital Striders will present each 10-Mile and
5K finisher with a medal to commeorate the 25th running of
the Capital Pursuit.
Register now to be part of the 2007 Capital Pursuit.
Sharon Tahtinen and Tom
Green
Co-Race Directors
Entry Fees
Online at active.com
(until midnight 9/25)
$25 - 10-Mile
$20 - 5K
Capital Striders Members (with a current membership number)
receive a $5 discount.
Mail Entries - download
an entry form
$25 - 10-Mile
$20 - 5K
Capital Striders Members (with a current membership number)
receive a $5 discount.
DO NOT MAIL AFTER 9/21
NO REFUNDS
Packet Pickup - Friday, September 28
All entries (members and non-members)
$30 - 10-Mile
$25 - 5K
No discounts apply
Race Day - Sunday, September 30
All entries (members and non-members)
$35 - 10-Mile
$30 - 5K
No discounts apply
Packet Pickup
The
Suites of 800 Locust (8th and Locust)
*4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, September 28
*6:30 to 7:30 a.m., Sunday, September 30
Shirt size not guaranteed day of race
Participants Receive
*Long-sleeve moisture control shirt
*Great post-race refreshments
*Post-race muscle treatments by Osteopath Finish Line from Des
Moines University
Free Pursuit Junior (10 and
under)
Children 10 and under run non-competitive races with others
in appropriate age categories. Free youth shirts for the first
50 registrants. Races will begin about 9:30 a.m. Meet at the
Information Table on Nollen Plaza.
10-Mile Route
The course is USA Track
and Field certified.
Gentle hills early in the course and then flat and fast to
the finish.
Police support will be provided for runners maintaining a
12:00 minute or better pace. Slower runners should move to
the sidewalk.
5K Run
This course is also
USA Track and Field certified.
Runners/walkers start with and stay with 10-mile participants
for nearly two miles. The course is generally flat through
downtown Des Moines.
Post-Race
*Post race muscle treatments by the Osteopath Finish Line
(2nd year students from Des
Moines University)
*Awards for 5K and 10-mile races will be available at the
Awards Table one race results are tallied
*Race results 30 minutes after each race
*Results posted at www.CapitalStriders.org
by 10/1
*No race results will be mailed
*Free showers available at the Riverfront
YMCA – race number required
Questions
Sharon Tahtinen - 515.490.8146
Tom Green - 515.229.6072
or racedirector@mchsi.com
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