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Start Times |
Location |
Packet Pick-up |
Course Maps |
Parking |
Park & Ride Options |
Baggage Drop |
Food |
Water |
Vendors
T-Shirts
Satellites/Bathrooms |
Safety |
Pre-Race |
Post-Race Festivities |
Showers |
Speakers |
Lodging |
"Get in Gear Prize Give Away"
Team
Volunteers |
Community Support |
Information Hotline
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Description
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Get in Gear
10k Run/Walk, 5k Run/Walk & 2k Fun Run
Largest 10K in Minnesota
Top 15 in the Nation
Saturday,
April 26, 2008
Minnehaha Park
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The 10K Run/Walk is open to all 12 and
over. If under 12 years of age, permission must be granted by the Race
Director at (Email:
Get in Gear Race Director).
The 5K Run/Walk and 2K Fun Run are open to
all ages.
The Fit-For-Fun 2K is open to all school
groups signed up and must be done on-line.
Start
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2K Fun Run
- 8:30am
- USATF Certified Course
5K Run/Walk - 9:50am - USATF Certified Course
10K Run/Walk - 9:30am - USATF Certified Course
Note: All run and
walk participants will be expected to have completed the course by 11:30am
(when the roads are scheduled to re-open).
Location (Back to top)

The 10K, 5K and 2K will begin and
end at Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis located at the intersection of 46th
Avenue/Street and Mississippi River Blvd. in Minneapolis.
The actual race location address is:
4825 Minnehaha
Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55417 - Yahoo Map
Race Location Maps -
Click here
Course Maps - Click here
Packet Pick-Up
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This information does not apply to
Corporate Teams and the Fit-For-Fun Teams. They will pick up their
packets as teams on Saturday morning.
Packet Pick-up at Minnehaha Park Pavilion, Friday, April
25, from Noon - 8:00 p.m. Packets may be picked up by a friend or family
member during this time.
Mail-In /On-Line Registrants: All packets containing bib
number and chip will be ready for pick-up by Noon on Friday, April
25. It is allowable to pick up someone else' packet.
For those from out of town, a limited
number of packets will be allowed to be picked up on race day from 7:00 a.m. - 8:15
a.m. only. No race day registration. You are strongly encouraged to pick
up your packet on Friday to avoid being late for the start of the race on
Saturday morning.
The 2K will start promptly at 8:30 a.m. The
10K will start promptly at 9:30 a.m. Plan accordingly.
5K Run/Walk info to be announced.
Course Maps (Back to top)
Course Maps - Click here
Parking and
Park & Ride Options (Back to top)
(Race Day Only)
Parking Notice
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VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE! There is NO PARKING allowed at the
Minnehaha Park on event morning. Vehicles are subject to being ticketed if
parked in a "no parking area."
BE
EARLY!!! Traffic can, and will be, congested in and around the VAMC
and Minnehaha Park the morning of the Get in Gear events.

Park & Ride: 7:00am
start to 11:30am finish. Get in Gear
is providing a park-and-ride shuttle service which will begin at the VAMC
(Veterans
Affairs Medical Center web site
or
Veterans Affairs Medical Center web site map).
The VAMC is located approximately one mile
south of Minnehaha Park on Minnehaha Avenue (Junction of Hwy. 55 &
62).
VAMC address: 1 Veterans Drive,
Minneapolis, MN 55417. Look for directional signs on race morning. Incoming
vehicles to the VAMC will be directed to the Get in Gear parking area.
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Notice!
Park & Ride Update
There has been a change in
the layout of the VAMC Bus Shuttle as follows:
The staging of the shuttle
busses will take place off East 54th Street and not
directly in front of the VA as has been done in the
past. There will be ample "event parking ahead" signage
both off of Hwy. 55 and at the VAMC site.
Parking will be directed
by VAMC police in the lots off E. 54th Street and all
shuttle busses are loading and unloading in that same
staging area.
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Note: To ease congestion, we have
two VAMC entrances arranged for Get In Gear parking. The
second entrance to VAMC is at Hwy. 55 (Hiawatha Avenue) and East 54th
Street. Follow signs.
Map to VAMC parking.
Participants will then be taken by designated buses
directly to Minnehaha Park. Buses will be ready for return to VAMC
AFTER the 9:30AM 10K start. The distance between the VAMC and
Minnehaha Park is one mile. Plan to jog or walk as an alternative
option.
Metro Transit/Light Rail
Metro Transit for the Minneapolis Metro area includes stations that are
located both at the VA Medical Center (VA Medical Center Station) and 46th
Street (46th Street Station). For more detailed information and schedules,
go to www.metrotransit.org/rail/index.asp.
Baggage
Drop
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(Race Day Only)

A baggage drop will be set up at Minnehaha Park, next to bus
drop, for your convenience.
Food
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Friday:
Noon-8:00 p.m. A variety of drinks and sponsor sampling products will be
available during packet pick-up.
Post Race
Food: A large variety of drinks, food and snacks will be
available after the race for your enjoyment.
Water
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A full service water stop (with a porta-pottie, music and announcements) will be managed by the ever
enthusiastic and energetic representatives of Charities Challenge, (www.charitieschallenge.org)
at the 5K mark of the 10K with at least 6000 cups of water set up for
participants as they go by on the course.
There will also be water set up at tables at
the start of the 10K and 5K.
There is one water stop at the half-way
point of the 10K race (at approximately 3 miles).
There is no water stop for the 2K or for the
5K.
There will be water available for
participants before the 2K and 5K start and also at the finish line.
If additional water is needed, please carry a water bottle.
Vendor
Village
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A variety of vendors, to be
announced, will be available on race day.
Safety
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For the safety of your fellow participants,
bicycles, inline skates, skateboards and dogs are not allowed on
the race course.
Walkers and
strollers are welcome in our 10K and 5K, but will need to start at the
back. We need an
individual registration form from
the adult pushing strollers/joggers or a
family registration form (if three or more of your family -
living at the same address - are participating). And, each child in a
stroller/jogger must have a
child's registration form
(free of charge) on file with the child's information and signature of
parent.
Pre-Race
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(Race Day Only)

Frequently Asked Questions - Click Here
Park at the
VAMC and bus or jog to Minnehaha
Park. You will be directed to a
specific parking area once you enter the VAMC by VAMC security personnel.
There will be school busses at the bus pick-up at the entrance of the VAMC
waiting for you to load. A Get in Gear Ambassador will be on hand to
answer any questions you have as well as show you a course map and the
venue map of Minnehaha Park so you will know where to go once you get to
the park. Busses will not begin to return to the VAMC until after the
start of the 5K at 9:50a.m. Once you load the bus at the park to return to
the VAMC you will be dropped off at the entrance and expected to go to
your parked vehicle to leave.
A bag drop will be set up in
the Pavilion, and pre-event warm-ups will be conducted at the Bandstand by
staff of the Highland Park LifeTime Fitness center. Warm-ups for the 2K
will begin at 8:00a.m. and warm-ups for the 10K will begin at 9:00a.m.
T-Shirts
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(Race Day Only)**

100% cotton high
quality white short-sleeved t-shirts will be given to all participants of
Get in Gear events. These can be picked up before or after the
events at the T-shirt Tent. Look for the banners.
**T-shirts can
also be purchased by visiting the Get in Gear store -
click here.
Satellites/Bathrooms
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Portable bathrooms in plenty supply, in
addition to the Minnehaha Park Pavilion bathrooms, including a
handicapped portable bathroom, will be available near the start/finish
of the 10K.
Post
Race Festivities
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(Race Day Only)

After finishing your race, pick-up your warm-ups at our baggage check, get
your t-shirt if you haven't already, your 2K finisher medallion if you
finished
the 2K, listen to music, and enjoy the post-race food buffet
of yogurt, breads, fresh fruit, juice and water.
Music: There
will be music playing throughout the morning at the park for your
enjoyment.
Showers
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(Post-Race)
LifeTime Fitness-Highland Park will offer showers to those participants
that show their race number after the race.
Lodging
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Hampton Inn Eagan
(website) will offer
lodging for a reduced rate of $79.00 per night to anyone registering
because of the Get in Gear. Call 651-688-3343 and ask for the Get in Gear
events reduced fee.
"Get in Gear Prize Give Away" Team
(Race Day Only)

Get in Gear is proud of our
exclusive "Get in Gear Prize Give Away" Team which offers hundreds of a variety of gift
certificates, t-shirts and promotional items to a random selection of Get in Gear participants throughout the morning at the park. They will find
you and make you smile!
Volunteers
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We're always
looking for volunteer
groups from
clubs,
organizations,
corporations,
etc. And,
we can always
use individual
volunteers as
well.
Thank you in
advance for
volunteers who
stepped forward! Individual volunteers
are also needed
for various positions (see
positions available). All volunteers
receive a t-shirt and post-race food. Individuals sign up as follows:
Community Support
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The Get in Gear 10K began in 1978 and was
incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1990. Until the year
2004, the funds taken in by our events have only been used to offset the
tremendous costs in putting on an event of this size and caliber and to
our Fit-For-Fun school programs that absorbs all costs of all children
participating that are in financial need. The expense for each 2K
participant is higher than the revenue taken in per entry.
We recognize the tremendous need to support
our community and have reached out to work with a variety of programs
that help educate and nurture our youth and specifically our partnership
with Second Harvest Heartland, as follows:

2007 Get in Gear was chosen as the 2007 USATF MN 10K Road
Race Championship
Get in Gear, Inc. has also strived to
maintain community support within the running community by donating
funds to Team USA, supporting the MDRA and USATF by placing
advertising to support their local publications and by donating to
the Arthritis Foundation, Diabetes Foundation and most recently to
Team Charities Challenge (www.charitieschallenge.org)
to help support their mission to improve health and fitness, reduce
health risks and enhance disease management through goal-oriented
training programs.
Second Harvest Heartland

The Get in Gear is
pleased to announce a second year partnership with Second
Harvest Heartland (
www.2harvest.org) to support them in their mission to fight
hunger. We are proud to announce a fund matching program that will
match donations given by our participants.
Dollars donated will help support Second Harvest Heartland’s child
hunger programs. We feel that great impact can be made by our
participants and our organization to donate the dollars needed to
support these programs. Almost 45% of those that benefit from food
shelves are children and an estimated 1 in 10 children in Minnesota
live in poverty, while 1 in 3 qualify for free and reduced lunches
(based on low income guidelines). Supporting child hunger programs
is in alignment with our support of our 2K and Fit-For-Fun programs
in the schools of our greater metropolitan area.
In our first
year of matching contributions we are excited to report
we were
able to contribute almost $9000.00 and over
5000 pounds of food to
relieve hunger in our community.
The
generous
donations
made by
our
participants
were
matched
by Get in Gear
to
provide
meals
for
hungry
children,
teach
children
about
nutrition
and
healthy
eating,
and
staff a
nutrition
lending
library. Thank
you to
all who
made
this
happen!
It is our hope that
corporations and participants will join with us in supporting
this worthy cause as we continue to explore the avenues of support,
while at the same time continuing to support the Get in Gear mission
to provide the community with well organized runs for both adults
and children.
Not running...
but want to donate dollars to Second Harvest Heartland?
Get in Gear will match your donations dollar for
dollar up to $10,000 -
printable mail-in donation form or
donate online.
The Get in Gear is
managed by a Board, Executive Director,
Race Operations Committee, a small
seasonal part-time office staff and hundreds of volunteers that
dedicate their time and energy to making the Get in Gear Minnesota's
Annual Rite of Spring.
Information
Hotline
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Info line: 612-722-9004
Fax
Line: 612-722-5414
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