5K Family Run/Walk, held directly on the Midway Airport Airfield, to benefit Special Children’s Charities/Special Olympics Chicago
CHICAGO, 2016-Jul-12 — /Travel PR News/ — One of the most exciting and unique 5k races in the city – The Midway Fly Away 5K Run/Walk – will return to the airfield of Midway International Airport on Sunday, September 18, with an all-new one-mile kids race, “The Midway Miler”, added to the festivities. Now in its fourth annual year, the Midway Fly Away 5K Run/Walk offers runners and walkers of all fitness levels the opportunity to walk directly on the airfield of Midway International Airport. The Midway Fly Away 5K will once again benefit Special Children’s Charities/Special Olympics Chicago.
Registration in advance of the event is $40 for adults and $20 for children 16 & under; “The Midway Miler”, open to kids 10 and under, is $15 per child. New this year, on-site registration will be available for $50 for adults. Registration is now open by visiting www.sochicago.org. At that website, participants can create a personal fundraising page where supporters can make tax deductible donations.
Registered participants will receive a souvenir race t-shirt, post-race refreshments and free parking in the Midway Airport Economy Parking lot. A variety of pre-race activities, including raffles with amazing prizes, as well as a myriad of family activities such as face painting, balloon animals, and much more, will take place at the event hangar on the airfield.
The Midway runner, the person who places in the middle of the race, will also win Southwest Airlines tickets. Those who raise more than $250 will automatically be entered to win two round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the continental United States that Southwest Airlines flies – with no restrictions or blackout dates. First place male and female winners will also be awarded a prize package. New this year, medals will be awarded to the first, second and third place male and female winners in a variety of age groups.
The Midway Fly Away 5K is presented by the Chicago Department of Aviation at Midway International Airport,Southwest Airlines, and Special Children’s Charities/Special Olympics Chicago.
###
The Midway Fly Away 5K Run/Walk returns to the airfield of Midway International Airport on September 18