With more than 15 inches of precipitation so far this year, there’s no doubt this spring will bring out swarms of mosquitoes, experts say.Today
Parkview Field
1 to 9 p.m. – Race packet pickup; Fort4Fitness Festival Expo; 4YourHealth Festival
4 to 7 p.m. – Entertainment
5 to 6 p.m. – Kids marathon check-in; Senior marathon check-in, fitness evaluations
6:30 p.m. – Start of the Kids and Senior marathons (kids and seniors complete the last 1.2 miles of their summer-long training series)
6:35 to 7:30 p.m. – Finish of Kids and Senior marathon events at home plate; presentation of finisher medals
7:30 to 8 p.m. – Post-race fitness evaluations for Kids marathon participants
Saturday
Race start, Baker Street Station
Television coverage of races on Comcast Channel 81
6:30 a.m. – Start corrals open
6:30 to 9 a.m. – Start-line entertainment (provided by radio station WMEE) and announcements
7:05 a.m. – 4-Mile Run/Walk participants in corrals
7:10 to 7:23 a.m. – Opening ceremonies; welcome by Fort4Fitness president and guests, Mayor Tom Henry; invocation by World Relief representative; national anthem sung by Jocelyn Redmond, Voices of Unity Choir; final instructions by F4F race director
7:25 a.m. – 4-Mile wheelchair division starts
7:30 a.m. – 4-Mile Run/Walk starts, with firing of Fort Wayne Historical Society cannon
7:45 a.m. – Half Marathon participants in corrals
7:50 a.m. – Official welcome; Half Marathon final instructions by F4F race director
7:55 a.m. – Half Marathon wheelchair division starts
8 a.m. – Half Marathon starts, with firing of Fort Wayne Historical Society cannon; entertainment resumes
8:40 a.m. – 10K participants in corrals
8:45 a.m. – National anthem sung by Fort Wayne Children’s Choir
8:50 a.m. – Official welcome; 10K final instructions by F4F race director
8:55 a.m. – 10K wheelchair division starts
9 a.m. – 10K starts, with firing of Fort Wayne Historical Society cannon
Parkview Field
7 a.m. to noon – Fort4Fitness Fifth-Year Celebration; bands playing in amphitheater area, food and beverages, charity partner reunion areas
7:50 a.m. (approximate) – First 4-Mile Run/Walk finishers arrive (finish-line announcements of finishers provided by radio stations WBCL and Star 88.3)
9:10 a.m. (approximate) – First Half Marathon finishers arrive
9:35 a.m. (approximate) – First 10K finishers arrive
