Children's TLC Groundhog Run

**Online registration for the 2014 Children's TLC Groundhog Run is no longer available. Your next chance to register will be at packet pickup - Garry Gribbles at Ward Parkway Mall on January 24th from 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. and/or January 25th from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Limited spots remaining. On-site registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that one race may sell out before the other.

Over the phone registration is no longer being accepted.

Registration Fees

5K: Wind your way through Hunt Midwest SubTropolis on this 3.1 mile certified course.

$35 through September 18, 2013
$40 September 19, 2013 – December 31, 2013
$45 January 1, 2014 – January 25, 2014

10K: This 6.2 mile certified course is two laps along the 5K course.

$40 through September 18, 2013
$45 September 19, 2013 – December 31, 2013
$50 January 1, 2014 – January 25, 2014

Premium 5K or 10K: Limited quantity of Premium Level entries will be available for both races. Premium entries include runner registration fee for the 5K or 10K, a Groundhog Run stocking hat and hospitality suite access on race day. Your stocking hat and hospitality suite wristband will be available at packet pickup.

$100 through January 25, 2014

The race could sellout prior to January 25, 2014. We suggest registering early to secure your spot in the 2014 Groundhog Run.

An offline registration form is available here. Must be postmarked by January 17, 2014. Submissions will be declined if race is sold out.

Race Day Schedule
Location - Hunt Midwest SubTropolis, 8300 NE Underground Drive, Kansas City, MO 64161

Packet Pickup at Hunt Midwest SubTropolis - 7:00 am

5K Start Time: 8:00 am
Black Wave - Under 25 min
Blue Wave - 25:01 - 30 min
Green Wave - 30:01 - 35 min
Orange Wave - 35:01 - 40 min
Purple Wave - 40:01 - 45 min
Red Wave - 45:01+

10K Start Time: 10:00 am
Black Wave - under 54 minutes
Blue Wave - 54:01 - 1:01:00
Green Wave - 1:01:00+

Each race will begin promptly at the time stated. Waves will follow in three minute increments.

The race could sellout prior to January 25, 2014. We suggest registering early to secure your spot in the 2014 Groundhog Run.

Packet Pickup
Garry Gribbles at Ward Parkway Mall
8600 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO 64114

Friday, January 24th (10:00 – 7:00 pm)
Saturday, January 25th (9:00 am – 2:00 pm)
Sunday, January 26th (7:00 am at Hunt Midwest SubTropolis)

Sponsorship and Teams
Teams are only available through a Sponsorship (4 person team: $600). If you are interested in sponsoring the Groundhog Run through your company, family, or running club, please visit www.groundhogrun.org for more information on the sponsor levels, or contact Jen Fetter at jfetter@childrenstlc.org. Once you have pledged your support as a sponsor you will receive a promotion code to register your team online.

Awards
Race results will be posted at www.kcrunningcompany.com
Age groups: 14 & under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29. 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 & over

5k Awards Individual: Top male and female, top three male and female in each age group
10k Awards: Finishers medal, top male and female, top three male and female in each age group

Corporate Team Awards: Top two teams in 5K and 10K

About the Children’s TLC Groundhog Run
The Children's TLC Groundhog run, the agency's largest and longest annual fundraiser, was founded in 1982 by Van Cooper, a long-time volunteer and Board member. Since his death in 1991, a memorial award has been given in his name to the first place 10K team. A 5K event was added in 1998 and the first place team received a memorial award honoring Martha Steadman, volunteer, friend and former Board member of Children's TLC.

The Children's TLC Groundhog Run is one of the very few 5K races, and believed to be the only 10K race in the nation that is totally underground. With a consistent temperature of 65 to 68 degrees, the Hunt Midwest SubTropolis is the ideal venue for runners to compete in this annual winter event! The races are sanctioned by the KC Running Company.

About Children’s TLC
The mission of Children’s TLC is to provide therapeutic and educational services for children with disabilities in an environment which fosters their independence and celebrates their successes.

The services and programs at Children’s TLC are here to help children learn to do things we take for granted. Stand, walk, play, swim, run. Our therapists and teachers have been working with children since 1947 to provide evidenced-based therapeutic and educational services in greater Kansas City. We continue to work with children who have a variety of learning delays, disabilities, and/or fragile medical conditions to assist them in developing to their full potential. We start working with children as early as birth, believing that the sooner they start to develop these critical life skills, the more time they have to learn and prepare to be successful. Children’s TLC would not exist without the support of the community.