Saturday, March 28, 2009
Limit 35,000

Date and Time
Saturday, March 28, 2009
First Market Mile Kids Run – 8 a.m.
Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k – 8:30 a.m.

Wave Starts - Seeded Waves Now Available!
The Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k utilizes wave starts. Participants start in waves with others of the same general speed. You will select your wave on your registration form. If you are planning to run faster than 56 minutes, and want to be seeded in one of the first waves, proof of qualification is required. All qualifying waves require proof of a qualifying time, either your 2007 or 2008 Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k finish time or a finisher’s certificate, printed race result, a website result, or a newspaper clipping from another race (5k or longer) which you’ve run since March 31, 2007. Click here for more information on seeded waves and running with others.

Walkers Welcome!
The Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k welcomes and encourages walkers. Enjoy a beautiful, scenic walk on an early spring day and help support the VCU Massey Cancer Center. Walkers will start in separate waves, so please check the box on your entry form to indicate if you only plan to walk the course.

YMCA 10k Training Team
The Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k has again partnered with Richmond-area YMCAs to organize a 10-week training program for runners and walkers that begins on Saturday, January 17, 2009. For more information about the YMCA 10k Training Team (which includes entry in the 10k) click here or call (804) 285-9495.  Registration for the Training Team must be received by January 23, 2009.

To Register:
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Want to Register a Large Group (Bulk Registration)?
Do you or your company want to pay the entry fees for a group of members or employees to participate in the 10k? Using our Bulk Registration feature, you now have the ability to pay for 5 entries or more. You are then given a special code that will allow members of your group to register themselves online without having to pay the entry fee. Click here for more information and to set up your Bulk Registration code.

Already Registered?
Search for your name on our entry confirmation page.

First Market Mile Kids Run presented by Minute Maid
Kids ages 5-12 will want to take part in this exciting event. The First Market Mile Kids Run begins prior to the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue10k and features all of the same excitement. Participants will each get a t-shirt and race number and will all line up for the starters gun in waves based on age. The course starts on Cathedral Place and takes them up Park Ave. to Lombardy St., around Stuart Circle and down Franklin Street to Monroe Park. Youngsters will cross the same finish line as the 10k, where they will be greeted by cheers from the crowd and awarded with commemorative finishers’ medals. Then it’s on to post-race food and the Minute Maid Race Festival. Registration is limited to the first 2,000 who enter. For more information, click here.

Anthem Health & Fitness Expo (Packet Pick Up)
Every participant receives a short sleeve race T-shirt. T-shirt and packet pick up will be available at the Anthem Health & Fitness Expo at the Arthur Ashe Athletic Center, 3001A N. Boulevard (for directions, click here), on Thursday and Friday, March 26 & 27 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. There is no packet pick up available on Race Day. A photo ID is required to pick up your race packet. You may pick up a race packet for another pre-registered runner, provided you have a copy of their photo ID.

For more information on how to have your company’s products being sold at the Expo, call 804-285-9495 x248 or email Meghan Keogh for an exhibitor’s package.

Minute Maid Race Festival
The Minute Maid Race Festival will be the site of the best post-race party anywhere. It takes place adjacent to the finish line in Monroe Park, where Ukrop’s will provide great food and beverages for all participants following the race. Live Healthy Be Healthy! With Ukrop’s.

Prize Money/Awards
Prize money will be awarded to the top seven overall male and to the top seven overall female finishers in the 10k.  Age Group Awards go to the top five finishers in all age groups. All First Market Mile participants also receive a medal.  Age groups are: 9 & under, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64 and 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84 and 85-89.

Prize money will be awarded to the top 7 overall male and female finishers as follows: 
Place                           Amount
1................................$2,000
2................................$1,000
3................................$800
4................................$600
5................................$400
6................................$200
7................................$100

The top overall awards (male and female) will be presented in the Finish Line area immediately after finishing. Age group awards will be mailed in late April.

Performance Food Group 10k Healthy School Challenge
Here’s a simple way for you to raise funds and make the students at your school healthier at the same time. The Healthy School Challenge awards prize money to middle and high schools with the highest percentage of participation based on total school enrollment for both middle and high schools. Click here for more information.

AT&T Dash for the Cash
This exciting contest will feature one random participant selected from everyone registered by March 1 to race for the $2,500 bonus prize. This person will be given a pre-determined head start on the course and, when the 10k begins at 8:30, will try to out-run the rest of the field to the finish line. The person who crosses the finish line first will win the $2,500 AT&T Dash for the Cash prize. Click here for full contest rules.

Amica Insurance Bag Check
Amica Insurance will provide a bag check area in Monroe Park for all registered participants. Volunteers will be on hand to help clearly mark your bag with your race number.

Anderson & Strudwick Party Stops Cater to Spectators
Friends or relatives wanting to spectate along the course will want to visit one of the four Anderson & Strudwick Party Stops along the course. Each location will feature a band, drinks, race programs and sign-making materials for spectators to show their support and enthusiasm. Party Stops can be found at the following locations:

Please click here for driving directions on how to access each Party Stop (taking into account road closings).

Hirschler Fleischer Spirit Contest
This year the most enthusiastic Spirit Groups along the 10k course will receive special recognition from the Hirschler Fleischer Law Firm. A Spirit Group's goal is to show the most enthusiasm through cheers, dances, and encouragement given to the runners and walkers in the race. A $300 Grand Spirit Award will be given to the winning group, with cash prizes going to nine other groups. All groups must be registered and approved with the Richmond Sports Backers to compete for the awards. There are a limited number of locations, so please sign up early. Visit our web site for details. Click here for more details.

Richmond Times-Dispatch Dress Up & Run Contest
Dress up as your favorite Comic Strip Character or anything else that shows your wild side! Prizes are awarded in the individual/duo and group categories. For more details and contest rules, click here.

CBS6 Race Coverage
CBS 6 will provide comprehensive coverage of the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k and the YMCA 10k Training Team runs leading up to the March 28 event. On Race Day, CBS 6 will broadcast from several locations along the race course, offering two hours of live coverage of the event…only on CBS 6!

Race Technology provided by CapTech
CapTech is the Official Technology Partner of the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k and will be providing the latest in technology to enhance CBS 6’s live coverage of the event.

Hotels
The official Host Hotel for the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k is the:

Doubletree Richmond Downtown
301 W. Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23220

The Doubletree Richmond Downtown is located ½ mile from the Start and Finish of the race.  Mention you are reserving your room for the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K to receive the special race rate of $99/night. Call the hotel for reservations at 804-644-9871.

The following hotels are also offering special rates for 10k participants. Be sure to mention you are reserving your room for the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K to receive the discounted rate.

Event Debuts New Disposable Timing Chip
The Ukrop's Monument Avenue will feature the debut of the new ChronoTrack "D" Race Timing Tag, a light-weight disposable timing device that will replace the old ChampionChip.  The "D" tag will come attached to your race bib.  Instructions on the back of your bib will explain how to attach the adhesive tag through your laces.  Please follow them carefully in order to help insure you are timed properly.

Volunteer
Volunteers are the core of any successful event.  We will need many volunteers to make this event a winning tradition!  Please visit our volunteer page, email us or call us at 804-285-9495 x230.

Event Day Parking
Paid parking ($5 per vehicle) is available in parking decks located at 801 W. Main Street (between Laurel and Cherry streets), at 1101 W. Cary Street (corner of Cary & Harrison St.), 609 Bowe Street (next to the Siegel Center) and 100 S. Jefferson Street (between Cary and Canal Street).

Please note that Broad Street (between Belvidere and Lombardy) and Franklin Street/Monument Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic on race morning. To access the above parking decks, please use:

• Main Street deck: Take I-195 to the Idlewood exit. Make a left turn onto Cherry Street to the entrance to the deck.
• Cary Street Deck: Traveling east on Cary Street, the deck will be located on your right at the intersection of Harrison Street.
• Bowe Street deck: Exit I-95 at the Boulevard and head south (right). Make a left turn onto Leigh Street. Travel east to Bowe Street and make a right turn(one block east of Lombardy). Go south and the parking deck will be on your left.
• Jefferson Street deck: Traveling east on Cary Street, the deck will be located on your right at the intersection of Jefferson Street (two blocks east of Belvidere Street).

Special Incentive
A $2,500 bonus will be paid to the first place male American finisher who comes within a minute and a half of the course record.

Important Information

• Entry fees are non-refundable and entries are non-transferable, no exceptions.

• There is no packet pick up available on Race Day.

• A photo ID is required to pick up your race packet. You may pick up a race packet for another pre-registered runner, provided you have a copy of their photo ID.

• This race is sanctioned by, and conducted under the rules of, USA Track & Field. In consideration of the safety of all participants, NO Hand CYCLES, STROLLERS, BABY JOGGERS, BABIES IN CARRIERS/BACKPACKS, ANIMALS ON LEASHES, SKATEBOARDS, SKATES, HANDCYCLES or BICYCLES will be allowed on the course. This will be strictly enforced.

For additional information, please call the Sports Backers at 804-285-9495 or e-mail us.