Laughlin’s 5K Road Race, originally scheduled for Sat Oct 14 has now been rescheduled for Sun Oct 29 at 10:30am. The City of Buffalo has approached our race organization and requested that the race not be held on Sun Oct 22, which was our first choice for a rain date. It is felt that due to storm-related damages, the City’s resources are stretched too thin to accommodate a late edition to the events calendar for next weekend. Also, due to out-of-town work crews in the area, the race course itself could not be secured in a manner that would ensure the runners safety at this time. In response to the City’s request, the race date has been changed as noted above.
Thank you all for being so understanding! We hope this date change will allow more runners to join us on race day in support of the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and will allow us to ensure the safety of all runners & volunteers/sponsors alike. Should some other unforeseen act of a higher power occur and the race itself cannot be held, we will still hold a fundraising party and silent auction to benefit the Foundation at Laughlin’s on Oct 29. Information will be posted on active.com, heartrateup.com (our website) or buffalorunners.com. If we receive another 22 inches of snow the day before the new race date, please strap on your snowshoes and join us for a snowshoe race through downtown! I’m kidding, but we gave the idea serious thought last Friday when we saw all of the snow. If the City and surrounding areas hadn’t been under a state of emergency, we would have changed the event just for fun.
All pre-registrations will be honored or refunded. Please email or call for details. You may reply directly to this email.
On-line registration is re-opened at www.active.com, keyword laughlins. You can still download an application and mail it in but be sure it’s post-marked by Thursday, Oct 26 so we receive it in time.
The first 300 runners will still receive the long-sleeved race t-shirts (good thing we didn’t put a race date on them this year!). Also, many of you heard our newsflash prior to the race regarding the giveaway of a pair of tickets to the Saturday night concert at the Town Ballroom to the first 250 runners registered. We are working with the Town Ballroom to have the tickets honored at another show in the future, and will keep you posted.
Race packet pick-up and registration will be held from 8:30-10am on race day only at Laughlin’s, 333 Franklin St, Buffalo. We welcome race-day registration.
-Dr. Rachel A. Brooks, Race Director
Laughlin’s 5K Road Race
369 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14202
716.847.1200