1st Place Sports | Financial Fitness 5K
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Upcoming Jacksonville Races

Financial Fitness 5K

Sunday, October 10, 2010

  • 5K • 5:00 PM
  • 1 Mile Fun Run • 6:00 PM
  • San Marco Wachovia Bank

In Celebration Of Financial Planning Week!

Title Sponsor:

Community Wellness Partner:

To Benefit:

Registration Information

Entry Fees

Until October 2nd
$20.00
October 3rd - 9th
$25.00
Day of Race
$30.00
  • There is a $2.00 discount if you own your own chip, but chip number must be entered on entry form.
  • 1 Mile Fun Run is $12.00 at all times
  • Make your checks payable to: FPA of Northeast Florida and mail to: 3931 Baymeadows Road Jacksonville, FL 32217
  • Sorry, No Refunds!

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Packet Pickup

Packets will be available at your selected 1st Place Sports location on Friday, October 8th and Saturday, October 9th from 10 AM until 6 PM and at the Race Site at 3:30 PM on Race Day.

  • 3931 Baymeadows Road, Jacksonville, (904) 731-3676
  • 2016 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville, (904) 399-8880
  • 424 South 3rd Street, Jacksonville Beach, (904) 270-2221
  • 2186 Park Avenue, Orange Park, (904) 264-3767

Be sure and check the box on the entry form where you plan to pick up your packet. If you do not check a location, your packet will automatically be at the Baymeadows store.

Race Timing

The race will be timed using the ChampionChip (chip must be worn on your shoe during the race). Your entry fee covers the cost of the chip rental. If you have your own chip, you need to enter your chip number on the entry form, and deduct $2.00 from the entry fee. You must cross the timing mats to be included in the results. Do not wear your personal chip if you sign up on raceday!

Awards

Awards will be given to the top three male and female overall, and top masters finishers. Age group awards will be presented to the top three male and female finishers in the following age divisions: 10 & under, 11-13, 14-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74 and 75 & over.

Course

The race will start in front of Wachovia Bank on Atlantic Blvd. in San Marco. The race course runs through San Marco Square, down River Road and through shaded residential neighborhoods to finish back near Wachovia Bank on Mango Place. Digital clocks will be located at each mile. An on-course water station will be located half way, and water will also be available at the start/finish.

Financial 5K Course Map

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Achieving and maintaining physical fitness and financial independence share in common the need for planning, goal-setting, and discipline, and the FPA of Northeast Florida wants you to know about three resources that can help you reach your financial fitness goals:

FPA’s PlannerSearch® can connect you with CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals in our area. This is just one feature of the FPA’s robust financial planning web site that includes online personal finance brochures, articles, blogs, audiocastst, and webinars on a variety of topics. The site also includes “Ask a Planner”, an e-mail hotline to ask general financial planning questions and receive answers by FPA members, the financial planning experts. For additional information about FPA and its resources, visit www.FPAforFinancialPlanning.org.

The Financial Planning Association is the leadership and advocacy group for those who deliver, support, and benefit from financial planning. The FPA of Northeast Florida is your voice and resource for financial planning on the First Coast!

The Real$ense Prosperity Campaign, an initiative of United Way, is a community coalition of organizations focused on increasing the prosperity of the Northeast Florida community by increasing the prosperity of each of our citizens. For more information about their free financial education classes, free income tax preparation, and $2 to $1 matched saving developmental accounts, visit www.realsensejax.org.

Family Foundations is a member of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC), a member network of more than 1,000 agencies nationwide that provide financial and credit counseling, debt management, homeownership counseling, and consumer education. They have helped over 120,000 families in the last 50 years take control of their financial future, buy a first home, save their marriage, cope with a troubled child or pay off debts and restore their credit. Visit their website to learn more: www.familyfoundations.org.

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