Covington Rotary Club's 5K 4 KIDS! Race Recap

Covington Rotary Club's5K 4 KIDS! is a race that raises funds for two Northern Kentucky Organizations - Notre Dame Urban Education Center - an after-school and summer mentoring program and Northern Kentucky Special Olympics.  The race is held at Devou Park in Covington Kentucky and 2013 was the 3rd year for the race.  I had a choice of almost 12 races to do this weekend and there were two more that I did not know about until later. I decided to do this race since it was a short drive from home and they had a t-shirt option. I am swimming in shirts and I do not need another shirt even though the shirts were technical. The race had over 100 runners and walkers. Also on hand was Jay Cruz from Rewind 94.9. Race Day Registration was $22 with no shirt which may be a little high but races are getting more expensive to do with all the frills to attract runners and walkers.

With only about 100 runners and walkers, there was no need for chip timing. Course was scenic as it was on the roads of Devou Park. It started about 100 yards from the Picnic Pavilion and looped around the Devou Park overlook with its scenic view of the Cincinnati Skyline. It came back to the main road, to a left downhill turn between Rotary Grove and the band shell, and up Montague Road which was the only hill on the course. Some runners thought the hill was tough, but you only needed to run half of it so it could have been worse. Took a right at the top of the hill and then a left to take you by the Behringer Crawford Museum and slight right to the turnaround near the Children's Home of Northern Kentucky and then came straight back to the finish on the main road. Conditions for the race were cold for April with some wind but it was comfortable to run in a long sleeve shirt and shorts. Post race featured water, bananas, granola bars, and Pizza. Awards were medals to the top male and top female in 5 year age groups and trophies to the top male and female runner. After the awards they had door prizes which included a gym bag and T-shirts courtesy of 94.9.

I may do it again due to the challenging and scenic course, but I have at least10 other races to get to on that weekend for 2014. Race Results.