Collins’ 5K is Sunday
CARIBOU — In 1994, the first S.W. Collins Company 5K run/walk and kids fun run was held. Nineteen years later, the race is still a favorite of the running community and loops twice on the streets of Caribou – starting and finishing where logs once floated in the Collins Pond 169 years ago.
This year’s race, the third in the Aroostook Musterds Running Club’s County Challenge Series, will take place Sunday, June 23. Registration takes place in the S.W. Collins parking lot (located at 6 Washburn Street in Caribou) beginning at 8:30 a.m. The kids fun races begin at 9 a.m, walkers in the 5K start at 9:45 a.m. and runners at 10 a.m.
The fun run takes place in the yard of S.W. Collins, looping around the buildings and running along the pond. There are five racing divisions: 4 and under, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12. The race will range from sprints to three laps around the buildings.
For the 5K, divisions run from 14-and-under to 70-and-over, along with the walkers’ division.
The registration fee is $12. The first 75 to register will receive a T-shirt.
For additional race information, contact Lea Stedt at 496-6723 or 1-800-976-6723.
