RUN FOR NATURE

🏃‍♂️ Event Overview

Join us on Sunday, June 8, 2025, for a family-friendly event at the Troy Farm located at South Blvd. and Beach Road in Troy.

🌳 Purpose

• Beneficiary: This event will benefit the Stage Nature Center.
• Separate Courses: Runners and Walkers will participate on separate courses.

🏞️ Race Course Details

• 5K Runners: Start off on the nature trail of the Troy Farm, then follow a sidewalk course to the nature center before heading back to the Start/Finish line at the Troy Farm.
• 5K Walkers: Will start off on the same route after the 5K Runners.
• 2K Walkers: Head out onto the challenging nature trail of the Troy Farm that winds through meadows and wooded trails.
• Course Experience: Feel immersed in all that this natural setting has to offer.

📅 Registration Information

• Adult Registration: $30 Early Bird Registration until May 17th. (Additional $5 after May 17th for Adults)
• Youth Registration: $15 for ages 0 - 15 years. (5K Run or 2K Walk)
• Little Sprout Sprint: $15 for children ages 10 and under, including a participant medal and a nature cape for the first 50 pre-registered.
• T-shirt Guarantee: Preregistration requested by May 17th to guarantee a t-shirt.

🏅 Packet Pickup

After preregistration, pick up your Race Packet containing your micro-chipped bib number and t-shirt at the Stage Nature Center located at 6685 Coolidge Hwy, Troy, Michigan PRIOR to the event. Race Packets can be picked up on either:

• June 1: Sunday, from 1pm - 4pm
• June 5: Thursday, from 3pm - 7pm

🕒 Race Day Agenda

• 7:30 am: Check-In opens for preregistered participants and Walk-in registrations.
• 8:25 am: Warm Up Session
• 8:55 am: Announcements, Anthem, Final Instructions
• 9:00 am: Little Sprout Sprint
• 9:15 am: 5K Run begins followed by start of 2K Walk.

🏆 Awards and Conclusion

The event concludes with participant awards presented between approximately 11am and 12pm followed by door prize drawings.

• Participation Awards: All adult and youth finishers will receive a participation award.
• 5K Awards: Top male/female finishers and top three male/female finishers in each age group.
• Presentation: Top finishers awards will be presented at the completion of the event from the award table located on the stage.

⚠️ Additional Information

Event organizers reserve the right to move from an in-person to a virtual event should COVID restrictions make it necessary. All participants will automatically be transferred, and no refunds will be processed. Please adhere to social distancing guidelines.

🔗 Link to Register

For more details and to register for the event, please visit Run For Nature.