Registration open for Crab Fest 5K Fun Run next month in Port Angeles
Published 12:01 am Wednesday, September 2, 2015
PORT ANGELES — Early registration is open for the Crab Fest 5K Fun Run at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10.
The run is one of many activities planned during the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival, set from Oct. 9-11 at City Pier in Port Angeles.
The run is sponsored by Peninsula College Athletics. Event proceeds will support student athlete scholarships.
Registration is $30 before Oct. 1 and $35 thereafter.
Runners also can register on the day of the race beginning at 9:30 a.m.
The annual Crab Fest, now in its 14th year, will offer a community crab feed; arts and crafts; food from eight local restaurants; cooking demonstrations including master chef Graham Kerr, who is known as “The Galloping Gourmet”; the Captain Joseph House Chowder Cook-off; a grab-a-crab tank derby; Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association rowing exhibitions; and live music.
Registrants in the fun run will receive a gift bag with a T-shirt, a $5 coupon toward a crab dinner, a free run at the Crab Derby and a drink ticket good for one beer, wine or soft drink.
To ensure they get the right size T-shirt, runners are urged to register in advance.
The 5K is open to all ages and running styles and will be an out-and-back along the waterfront trail starting at City Pier in downtown Port Angeles.
Prizes will be awarded in four divisions: Under 40/Over 40 women and Under 40/Over 40 men.
The winning runner in each category will receive two free crab dinners and season passes for the men’s and women’s Peninsula College basketball 2015-16 season.
To register for the run in advance, see http://tinyurl.com/PDN-crabfestfunrun.
For more information about the run, contact Alison Crumb at acrumb@pencol.edu or 360-417-5697.
