First Annual Kashi Atlanta 5K Run/Walk
About the race
Name: Kashi Atlanta 5K
Distance: 5K Run/Walk
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009
Location: Atlanta, Ga.
Candler Park Area
Kashi Atlanta, 1681 McLendon Ave, Atlanta 30307
This is the inaugural year of the Kashi Atlanta 5K Run Walk. Start training! Professionally-run, family-friendly, beautiful tree-lined, benefit race through Candler Park and Lake Claire. Come and be a part of our very first 5K and make a difference in the community. Race Starts and Ends at Kashi Atlanta. Stay around after the 5K for the Open House and Yogathon. Visit Kashi Atlanta’s web site for info.
5th Annual Open House - An Annual Favorite!
The Super Silent Auction, Hula Hoop Classes, the Art Show, the Whole Foods Hospitality Area, Dollar-A-Minute Massage and Reiki, Yoga Classes, Kirtan, The Potted Plant Sale.
7th Annual Yogaathon
Our Seventh Annual Yogathon is on! Participants will be doing the “Sun Salutation series.” Individuals and teams from organizations and other yoga studios enter to see who can complete the most Sun Salutations and who will raise the most money! Participants collect pledges from their communities and are paid based on the number of Sun Salutations Series they complete. Funds raised support community service programs.
Contact
Ed Williams - 404-327-7738 (race director)
Tony Conway - 404-433-4187 (for sponsor information)
Schedule
- Saturday, September 12
10:15 - 11:15 a.m. - Race Day Registration and Packet pick up
11:30 a.m. - 5K Run/Walk.
Several Ways To Register
- Online - active.com
- Download form and maile racy entry - application
- In person at Kashi Atlanta
- Race day registration
Entry Fees
Pre-registration - by September 5 - $20
After September 5 and Race day registration - $25
Race will go on rain or shine - no refund
Awards and Extras
Trophies to Overall M & F, Masters M & F, and M &F 1st place finishers in each of the following age groups: 10 & Under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64,65 & over.
Beautiful multicolored 100% cotton t-shirts. Hundreds of dollars in prize drawings from neighborhood running stores and restaurants. DJ and some music at the Open House after the race at Kashi---some food from Whole Foods and other places, a silent auction for vacation spots and great prizes, etc. So it is sort of a don’t miss the Open House party stuff, music, etc. after the race at the Kashi Atlanta offices.
Directions:
By Marta:
Candler Park has its own station (Candler Park/Edgewood Station) on DeKalb Avenue. Walk north (to the right!) up Oakdale Road. Turn left to get to Little Five Points (L5P) or go right to hit the Flying Biscuit or the Park.
If you really want to go to Little Five Points, the Inman park station is less of a walk!
If you're coming from North Atlanta by car:
No-brainer method: Come down I-85 and get off at the North Avenue exit. Turn left & go past the Varsity, NationsBank, the Fox Theater, Rio, a bunch o' fast food places, the Masquerade, go past Manuel's Tavern at North Highland (on your right), go through one more light at Moreland Avenue & you're there! Freedom Park is on your right (check out the roller bladers). Go through two stop signs & turn right (it's a dead end so you really have no choice). On your left is the World Famous Candler Park Master's Links Country Club (a.k.a. our own little 9 hole public course). On your right is the Mary Lin Elementary School. Up a little further and you can see Candler Park itself on the left. Go to the stop sign. Turn left to hit the Flying Biscuit for Brunch (or maybe Fellini's or LaFonda's). Turn right to head back to Little Five Points.
Quicker, but more confusing: Come down I-85 and get off at the Carter Center exit. Go through the light and bear right on Ga. 42 at the split just under the bizarre "open tunnel" (you'll understand when you see it). The Carter Center will be on your left. Bear right at the next fork (staying on 42). Go through the light (Freedom Park & the neighborhood are now directly in front of you). Turn right onto Moreland Avenue at the next stoplight. You are now in L5P. You can take any left along here and you'll be in Candler Park! Go past the Skull (you'll know what I mean), and through the next stop light. The Brewhouse will be on your left and Zesto's (home of the happy servers) will be across the street on your left. Turn left onto McLendon Avenue at the stoplight. You're now in Candler Park.
If you're coming from South, East, or West Atlanta by car:
Take I-20 to the Moreland Avenue exit & go north. Note that if you're coming from the east, there is only one Moreland Avenue exit. If you're coming from the west, there are two .... you want the second one. After you get off, go through five stop lights (you'll see Atlanta Gas Light on your right at this point and a U-Haul & Apartments lofts that used to be a Bakery). Keep going through the tunnel under the railroad tracks to the next stoplight. You're now in L5P. Turn right onto McLendon Avenue and you're in Candler Park. Turn left to grab a brew at the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club.
If you're coming from Northeast Atlanta by car:
Since we're in the Northeast part of Atlanta, you probably already know how to get here, but here goes …..
Take Lawrenceville Hwy south and it will turn into Ponce de Leon. Turn off your brain until after you go under the bridge for the railroad tracks (watch out for the idiot on the left, that road is narrow!). Keep going until you see either Clifton or Moreland/Briarcliff. Turn left onto Clifton to hit the Biscuit or get a quick body piercing. Turn left on Moreland to hit L5P & the western reaches of Candler Park.
