Run for the Plunge 5K - Rocky Gap - Sat., March 7

[kevinspradlin]

Runners and walkers can warm up before cooling off
FLINTSTONE, Md. -- In conjunction with the 5th annual Hooley Plunge in Lake Habeeb, the Mountain Maryland Marathon Club is coordinating the first Run for the Plunge 5K run/walk at Rocky Gap State Park in eastern Allegany County.

The event starts at 9 a.m. Registration forms will soon be available on the "Club calendar" page here at www.mountainMDmarathon.org. Race-day registration begins at 8 a.m.

Entry fee is $10 if received by Friday, March 6. Please allow time for mailing. Race-day registration is $15. Every penny of each participant's 5K entry fee goes towards the Allegany County Special Olympics and other programs that benefit the developmentally disabled in Allegany County.

For more information email [e-mail] or call 240-522-0276.

[kevinspradlin]

Please download and distribute the Run for the Plunge 5K run/walk entry
forms as you are able. Entry forms also should/will be posted at
www.mountainMDmarathon.org, www.mdmountainside.com, www.TriStateRunnur.com,
www.wmtiming.com , Washington Running Report (runwashington.com), Runner's
Gazette and www.hooleyplunge.com. I've attached the Mountain Maryland
Marathon Club logo if anyone would like to use the logo to link to the event
site with it.

Other outreach efforts include GO106 and other regional radio stations, the
Cumberland Times-News, the Hagerstown Herald-Mail, the Mineral News-Tribune,
Becky McClarran's "What's Happening in Downtown Cumberland" email blast (as
appropriate) and Michele Walker's County United Way email blast (as
appropriate). Announcements also will be made on a number of runner-friendly
online message boards.

In addition, I learned the Times-News sports magazine, which is released
early next week in about 28,000 newspapers (I think on Tuesday) had a spot
to fill and I was able to put in a 400-word article there. The magazine
article is the first of a series of outlets which highlights the
relationship between the Allegany County Special Olympics and Manheim Corp.,
which is sponsoring the Run for the Plunge.

If anyone has any other ideas, I'm all ears.

Here's the news brief that appeared in today's Times-News -
www.times-news.com/archivesearch/local_story_050232432.html.

Please distribute at will.:

Run or walk before Plunge
ROCKY GAP - In conjunction with the fifth annual Hooley Plunge in Lake
Habeeb, the Mountain Maryland Marathon Club is coordinating the first Run
for the Plunge 5K run/walk at Rocky Gap State Park.

The 3.1-mile event, sponsored by Manheim Corp., of Pittsburgh, Pa., is
scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 7. Registration forms will
be available on the "Club calendar" page at www.mountainMDmarathon.org.
Race-day registration begins at 8 a.m. at Rocky Gap State Park.

Entry fee is $10 if received by March 6. Race-day registration is $15. All
proceeds from each participant's 5K entry fee goes toward the Allegany
County Special Olympics and other programs that benefit the developmentally
disabled in Allegany County.

For more information, e-mail [e-mail] or call (240)
522-0276.

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Kevin Spradlin, executive director
Mountain MD Marathon Club - Sunday, April 19, 2009
P.O. Box 227
Ellerslie, MD 21529-0227
www.mountainMDmarathon.org
240-522-0276

[kevinspradlin]

1st 50 registered runners are guaranteed a unique event T-shirt (separate from the Hooley Plunge shirt).

Anybody planning on running? Got 9 so far. 100 percent of runner's entry fee goes towards Allegany County Special Olympics. See entry form for details at www.mountainMDmarathon.org.

Early entry is just $10 if received by March 6 - please allow time for mailing. Race-day entry is $15.

[ericjoe]

Do we have to do the plunge to do the 5k? I *hate* cold water.

[kevinspradlin]

No - it's not a mandatory two-fer. You can do one or the other or both. It's just another creative way to support Allegany County Special Olympics...

People who plan to do the plunge have to raise at least $50. A runner/plunger's entry fee can be considered a part of that $50.