The Rocky Neck 5K Run/Walk & Team Challenge will be held this year on Sunday, May 15, 2016.
Participants registered before May 1 will receive a custom Rocky Neck 5K T-shirt.
Go to www.rockyneck5k.com to register online or visit the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck Thursday through Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. to obtain a paper registration form.
The event is sponsored by the Rocky Neck Art Colony to benefit Gloucester’s Rocky Neck Cultural District and the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck Building Fund. With chip-timed results, participants may compete individually or as a team in the popular Team Challenge. The Run/Walk along the breathtakingly beautiful seaside course will be capped off by a festive post-Race brunch celebration on the deck at Rocky Neck’s The Studio Restaurant.
The Rocky Neck 5K Run/Walk & Team Challenge is a fun community ‘happening’ to benefit RNAC, a neighborhood-based, volunteer organization committed to preserving Rocky Neck’s unique arts and maritime cultural heritage. Open to all, beginners can experience the joy of exercise in the outdoors while experienced runners can sharpen their times on a forgiving course. Everyone will enjoy creating memories individually or in a team with colleagues, family and friends.
The Team Challenge provides a great opportunity for groups from businesses, non-profits, clubs and affiliations of every size to show their colors, build organizational pride and share an experience to be long remembered.
The USATF (United States of America Track and Field) sanctioned event will take off from the Causeway on Rocky Neck. It will return along Gloucester’s ocean-rimmed Back Shore to finish on Rocky Neck where all participants are invited for a celebratory post-Race brunch and awards ceremony at The Studio Restaurant and Deck overlooking picturesque Smith Cove on Gloucester Harbor.
The Race start will be at 9 a.m., with packet pickup at Race Headquarters in the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck from 7:00 AM to 8:45 AM. Race participation is limited to 400. Participants registered before May 1 will receive a custom Rocky Neck 5K T-shirt.
If spots are still available on Race day, walk-in registration will be from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Sign up early to insure participation. Go to www.rockyneck5k.com to register online or visit the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck Thursday through Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. to obtain a paper registration form.
Volunteers will be positioned to direct visitors to street parking as well as designated lots in and around Rocky Neck. Space will be available in Rocky Neck Park along the Causeway for everyone to meet and warm up before the Race kicks off.
Sincerely,
Suzanne Gilbert Lee
Executive Director
Rocky Neck Art Colony
6 Wonson Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
director@rockyneckartcolony.org
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck is generally open Thursday – Sunday year round.
Seasonal Hours are: June through September 20: 12-6pm, September 24 through May 12-4pm
Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck, 53 Rocky Neck Avenue is open seasonally May – October, seven days a week, 10am-6pm daily
Please visit all the galleries of the Rocky Neck Art Colony.
Galleries are located on Rocky Neck Avenue, the Madfish Wharf, Wonson Street and more!
Please visit www.rockyneckartcolony.org for the pdf download of our walking map & brochure, as well as a calendar of events.
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