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Run a 5K Your Own Way & Support the Hitchcock HawkWatch

This year's HawkWatch 5K Trail Run & Walk is going virtual. Run or walk your 5K anywhere you like & report your time to make a difference.

Join us for the 16th Annual HawkWatch 5K & do it your own way this year! Register online for this fun, virtual run then complete a 5K run (3.1 miles) anywhere you like. You can run a track, run in your own neighborhood, or head out to Hitchcock Nature Center to run our trails. Wherever you choose to run is fine with us! Complete your run & report your time by 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 17th to complete your HawkWatch 5K challenge.

Online pre-registration is required to participate. Cost for this event is $20.00 per runner & will support the Hitchcock HawkWatch raptor monitoring program as well as other programs & improvements at Hitchcock Nature Center. Runners of all ages are welcome to join in the fun! All runners submitting a final race time by 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 17th will receive a commemorative patch & sticker to celebrate their success, you will also be entered into a drawing to win a free, two night stay in one of Hitchcock Nature Center’s cozy camping cabins. 

Due to COVID-19 the format for this annual event has changed. We will not be offering a set race course at Hitchcock Nature Center, runners are responsible for picking their own course in the location of their choice & logging their distance & time for submission by email. All race times are submitted on the honor system & there will be no prizes for age & gender divisions. All racers receive the same commemorative prizes & are entered into the random drawing for a two night camping cabin stay. For questions not answered online please call 712-545-3283.

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