13th Annual

Brian Kraft Memorial 5K Run/Walk

Sposodred by TC Running Company

Monday, May 31, 2010

8:30 A.M. Lake Nokomis

Please join us on Monday, May 31, for the 13th Annual Brian Kraft Memorial 5K Run/Walk, a USATF Certified Race. The Brian Kraft Memorial 5K Run/Walk is held in South Minneapolis at the north end of Lake Nokomis.

Schedule

Day of race registration 7:30-8:15 a.m. (pre-registration is highly recommended). Race at 8:30 a.m.

Course

The 5K race/walk will follow a course around Lake Nokomis in South Minneapolis. This fast and flat course is USATF certified. It produced three new Minnesota age records in 2009.

Location

2401 East Minnehaha Parkway, Mineapolis. Meet on the lake side of the Lake Nokomis Community Center at the north end of the lake.

Entry Fees

$23.00 registration ($20 for USATF Minnesota members)
$30.00 race day registration for everyone.

Fee includes technical shirt.

Registration

In-store registration at TC Running Company, 6405 City West Parkway, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 beginning Monday, May 3, 2010. www.tcrunningco.com

Click here to register online or print out, fill in and mail the registration form to

Classes

Male and female: 19 & under; 20-29; 30 39; 40-49; 50-59; 60-69; 70 & up. Awards presented after race.

USATF Minnesota Championship

Prize money will be awarded to the top three USATF Minnesota-registered teams in the Men's and Women's Open division. To be eligible for USATF Minnesota team prize money teams must be currently registered with USATF Minnesota, and all scoring team members must be individual members of USATF Minnesota. To get a USATF number quickly, register on-line at www.usatf.org. To register your team contact USATF MInnesota at (651) 330-8847 or office@usatfmn.org for further information.

Results

Will be posted at this web site the evening of the race.

2009 results

Race Records

Questions?

Contact Craig Yotter at (651) 686-8447 or craig_helenyotter@juno.com

Brian Kraft was an enthusiastic and talented runner from Bemidji, Minnesota. His running career was cut short at the age of 19 with the discovery of Ewing's sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, in his back. Brian lived with cancer for 15 years, undergoing chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant, and countless surgical procedures. Throughout the years, Brian continued to run. He ran the lakes and parkways and raced with the local running crowd. In spite of all that life threw his way, he kept a positive attitude. Brian attributed his strength in his fight against cancer to his love for running and to the work of his long-time friend, Dr. Arny Leonard.

Dr. Arnold S. Leonard and his colleagues at the University of Minnesota and the National Cancer Institute have made significant advances in cancer research in the last five years. They are working on a series of projects that reduces cancers of all kinds by boosting the central immune system. This exciting new field of cancer therapy has great promise.

All donations submitted with race entries and a portion of the race proceeds will go to the Arnold S. Leonard Cancer Research Fund.

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