Additional Information

Beneficiaries

HEADNORTH

HeadNorth, a San Diego-based nonprofit foundation that exists to enhance the quality of life for people faced with the daily challenges of a spinal cord injury (SCI) by providing essential support and guidance, has launched a sponsorship program for hand-cycle and wheelchair participants for the November 13th Silver Strand Half-Marathon and 5K Race. All money raised from the sponsored participants will go towards the HeadNorth Foundation. HeadNorth hopes to raise $40,000 at the event.

For more information about the Head North Challenge please visit www.headnorth.org/challenge

CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION

Make your event more meaningful! Sign up to raise funds for the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) through our Race for a Reason program for the Silver Strand Half Marathon and earn great incentive prizes as well as a change to race alongside our amazing para-athletes. The funds you raise will help change the lives of physically challenged athletes by giving them the opportunity to live an active lifestyle through physical fitness and competitive athletics.

Getting started is simple: Fill in the online registration form and pay the $25 registration fee. CAF will then send you your password for your own fundraising web page, where you can create a customized page and email all your friends and family about your goals, the exciting event you are participating in, and why you are raising money for CAF.

CAF makes fundraising easy. Sign up, and you will receive your own official fundraising web page, an easy to follow fundraising kit, inspirational emails, a Race for the Reason technical training shirt, and an opportunity to earn great incentive prizes.

Party at the Pier

After the races kick back and enjoy the sights and sounds of the Party at the Pier. There will be live entertainment, beer garden, post race food, fluids and massage.

Awards

Finisher medals to ALL half marathoners! Half marathon and 5K running awards will be given to the top three overall finishers and the top three finishers in each division. Skate awards will be given to the top three in five year age increments. The 5K award ceremony is scheduled for 9:00 am and the Half Marathon awards ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 am.

All 5k participants will receive a 100% cotton short sleeve T-shirt and half marathon participants receive a long sleeve Technichal T-Shirt

National Leg Amputee Championships

Life without limitations! The world top amputee athletes will gather at the start and compete for a prize purse of up to a total of $3,000 dollars at the National Leg Amputee Championships. The divisions for the National Leg Amputee Championships include hancycles and wheelchairs for the half marathon participants and for the 5K amputee participants.

Disclaimer

The Commander, Navy Region Southwest sincerely thanks and appreciates the sponsors of the event. However, neither the Navy nor any other part of the federal government officially endorses any company, sponsor or their product or service.