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Now Open!Pre-registration for the Santa Cruz Firecracker 10K, 5K, and kids 1K is now open. Get early bird pricing by registering before June 4th, 2013.Spots are limited to 1000 runners and we are expected to sell out this year so register early! Read More -
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Fire Up For The 2013 Santa Cruz Firecracker!
We’re officially up and running for this year’s Firecracker Race Registration. The only thing missing is….YOU!
That glow you see on the horizon is the 28th Annual Firecracker 10K, 5K, and Kids' 1K, and it's coming your way!
It's that time of year again! Registration is open for this year's race (Thursday, July 4, 2013). But don’t wait, the price goes up on June 4th, 2013, and we anticipate a sell-out this year. Yes, that’s right, we may not have any spots left on Race Day, so SIGN UP EARLY! Mail entries must be received by June 4th, to get the early bird pricing, so SIGN UP EARLY!
As you know, this race is a local hit, and, this year, the first 850 entries are guaranteed the coveted Firecracker T-shirt, so SIGN UP EARLY!
New For 2013
- Donation option for the Butch Baker/Elizabeth Butler Scholarship Fund
- Special long sleeve shirts for top finishers.
- Medals 3 – deep in expanded 5-year age groups.
- New, flat, fast, certified 5K course.
- We tell a new story each year. We want YOU in this year’s story.
We hope to see you again this year on the fourth of July! So, light the fire within and register online today. If you already have registered, thanks, and we'll see you on July 4th!
2013 Firecracker Details
Breakfast after an awards ceremony that features medals to the top five in five-year age groups!
Now in its fourth year, the flat, fast 5K course will be certified this year and modified to an out and back route that eliminates the third loop. The new course is great for runners and walkers of all ages and still great for spectators!
As always, the little kids can join in an exciting 1K fun run that starts 30 minutes before the main event, just outside the back of Costco, on Harvey West Boulevard.
Race Start Times
7:00a – Registration opens8:00a – Kid's 1K run/walk
8:30a – Firecracker 5K run
8:30a – Firecracker 10K run
Event Highlights
- Pancake breakfast after the race (included w/ entry fee)
- Awards for 1st thru 3rd place in each 5-year category
- Merchandise prizes and Champions Cup Engraving for overall winners in the 10K and 5K (M&F and age graded M&F)
- Shoes awarded to the overall age-graded winners, and first high school boy and girl
- Raffle prizes awarded during awards ceremony
- Expedited awards ceremony
- "Thrill of the Hill" t-shirt (100% cotton) for the first 850 entrants
Hosted By The Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary Club
The Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary Club is proud to bring you the Santa Cruz Firecracker 10K, 5K, and Kids 1K. Chartered in 1985, SC Sunrise Rotary is a club of over 100 high-energy community and business leaders and volunteers drawn together by the common desire to give back to our community and beyond.
The proceeds from the Firecracker races, one of our largest annual benefit events, are applied to local community, national and international charity projects.
Rotary International is the world's first service club organization. More than 1.2 million members volunteer their time and talent to further the Rotary motto, Service Above Self.
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