Race Information

Reminder: There is no race day packet pickup or registration!

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Children's Run

Saturday, October 16, 2010 at 1 p.m.
Franklin Park Adventure Center
1747 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43203
The Children’s Activity Expo runs from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The Children’s Run starts at 1 p.m.; $8 registration fee ($4 each for groups of 25 or more)

Lace up your big, old, floppy, clown … uh, running shoes, put on your red nose, and meet us at the annual Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey®Red Nose Children’s Run. There will be a race for every child. The diaper dash (ages one to three) will be 60 yards; four- to five-year-olds will run .15 miles; six to eight-year-olds will run .35 miles; nine- to 11-year-olds will run .80 miles; and 12 to 14-year-olds will run a full mile. Additionally, there will be a wheelchair division. A real Ringling Bros. clown will keep the runners laughing the entire way.

Registration will take place at the Red Nose Run Expo from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16. Or you can register online here.
 
Clown Costume Competition: If you can run and clown around at the same time, then wear your best clown costume and compete for great prizes, including tickets to see Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey at Nationwide Arena and the chance to get made up as a clown by a real Ringling clown backstage.

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