34th Anniversary - Sunday, April 1, 2012
Fools Five is a Minnesota certified 8K race (4.97 miles), as well as a 1 mile race. Walkers and wheelchairs are welcome to both distances, but pets, rollerblades, and bicycles are not allowed. Participants are encouraged, but not required, to raise pledges. Silent and live auctions take place Friday evening preceding race day. All pledges are donated to cancer research.
Please note that this year we will be raising the registration cost an additional $5.00 for individuals that register the day of the race. Also, if you register the day of the race, you may not be included in the final results.
Registration
Register online at Active.com for the 2012 Fools Five Road Race
2012 Guest Speaker Garrett Heath
Fools Five is very proud to announce our speaker, Garrett Heath, for 2012.
Garrett Heath grew up in Winona, Minnesota, but has been living and going to school in Palo Alto, California, at Stanford University for the last eight years. He is an 8-time All-American and National Champion in the indoor distance medley relay. Heath competed at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials in the 1500m, and more recently, represented the United States at the Indoor World Championships, where he placed 7th and set an indoor personal best of 3:39.25 in the 1500m.
Heath recently completed both his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Management Science and Engineering and is currently working towards a PhD in the same field.
Garrett Heath first broke the four-minute mile barrier in February of 2007 (3:59.60) and later set his current personal best in the 1500m of3:37.12 (equivalent to a 3:54 mile) while competing in Barcelona, Spain, in the summer of 2010.
How Race Time is Calculated
The official time shall be the time elapsed between the start of the watches or timing devices resulting from an appropriate start signal [gun] and when the athlete reaching (sic) the finish line. The actual time elapsed between when an athlete reaching (sic) the starting line and finish line can be made known to the athlete, but will not be considered as official time. (USATF 245) Finish Line Recording and Timing
2011 Race Results
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