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7:30am – Half Marathon & 20-Mile
7:35am – Untimed Nature Walk

Location:

Hagan Community Park
2197 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

The Sacramento Running Association and ARPF are proud to partner on the fourth annual Run the Parkway event, the Official Training Run of the California International Marathon.

Proceeds from Run the Parkway benefit ARPF to help further our mission to support the preservation and enjoyment of the Parkway. Run the Parkway is Sacramento’s only running event that 100% benefits the American River Parkway Foundation!

Register as a Runner

• Registration – Help check in the race day registrations and hand out bib numbers. (Must be at least 16-years-old.)
  • Shift – 5:30 – 7:30 a.m. (20 volunteers needed)
• Finish Line Controlled Zone – Distribute water to 20-mile runners as they pass back through William B. Pond Recreation Area; direct runners to the Finish Line or outbound onto the 20-Mile course; distribute food, water and medals to runners once they’ve crossed the Finish Line; and help with post-race clean-up.
  • Shift – 7:30 – Noon (10-20 volunteers needed)
• Course Marshal – Direct vehicle traffic and race participants throughout the course to ensure everyone stays on course and maintain course safety.
  • Shift – 6:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (37 volunteers needed)

Location: Discovery Park Archery Range

Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

It’s time to continue our Discovery Park Archery Range cleanups. The wooded area near the archery range still looks beautiful. What an improvement. It doesn’t look like anyone has cleaned in this area since we left. There are a couple new camps but several camps are now abandoned. With just a little more SPIU love we will get it done. County Parks will have the bobcat there to help.

Location: 575/601 University Avenue, Sacramento

Time: 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Difficulty Level: 2 – 4

This is an urgent event to clean up some more of the abandoned campsites near the closed Campus Commons Golf Course. These campsites are right along the American River and we need to clean them up so that all the garbage doesn’t get wash into the river when it rises in the spring.

These campsites were cleaned up by SPIU volunteers earlier this spring. Unfortunately, these sites were reoccupied shortly after we had cleaned them and had remained occupied all summer long. We need to get these campsites cleaned up again before the rainy season starts up.

We will be teaming up with Sacramento County Parks. Waivers will be required and this will be for over 16 only.

This will be a “dirty” cleanup and you should be prepared to get filthy for a really good cause. If we have any time left after cleaning these campsites we will be doing some maintenance on this area to clean up some of the trash that has accumulated before the rainy season hits.

Please note, we will be parking in a different spot to avoid any issues from parking on Northrop. The new parking will be at my office complex (more secure parking) and we will walk to the cleanup site from there. This will give everyone a chance to see the work being done to improve the levees in this area.