Roxanne Tmberlake will perform in the Park Place Teen Center Saturday from 10:00 to Noon.

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1 Saturday, April 1: 8:00 am to 1:00 pm Tuscora Park Pavilion Health & Fitness Fair: Exhibits Registration and Packet Pick-Up for all events 9:45 am Kids Run (around the park rides area) 10:00 am Super Fitness Tenth Anniversary 10K 10:10 am One-Mile Fun Run/Walk Roxanne Tmberlake will perform in the Park Place Teen Center Saturday from 10:00 to Noon. Sunday, April 2: 8:30 to 10:45 am Tuscora Park Pavilion Registration and Packet Pick-Up 11:00 am Half-Marathon, Team-Relay, Five-Mile Walk All proceeds from the Union Hospital Run for Home benefit Habitat for Humanity of East Central Ohio. All participants and spectators are encouraged to participate in the Vertical Runner Prediction Contest. The person who comes the closest to predicting race director Matt Ritzert s finish time in the Super Fitness 10K will win a $250 Vertical Runner gift certificate. An entry form can be found at the end of the participant instructions. The entry fee of $5 will go directly to Habitat. Matt will donate an additional $1 for each entry.

2 Participant Instructions for the Super Fitness 10K, one-mile fun run, kids run on Saturday, April 1: The 10K will begin on Second Street on the hill leading to the softball field. Water will be available on the course and timers will be posted at the two and four mile marks. Awards will be presented in the park pavilion as soon as possible after the race. The use of baby strollers or baby joggers is prohibited. The one-mile fun run will begin and finish in the park near the pavilion and park rides. Awards will be presented in the park pavilion as soon as possible after the race. The kids run at 9:45 am is a free event and no registration is needed. The kids run is intended for children age seven and under and will take place around the park rides near the pavilion. Refreshments will be served after the Saturday events in the park pavilion. Awards will be presented as soon as possible after each event. Participant Instructions for Half-Marathon, Team Relay, Five-Mile Walk on Sunday, April 2: Most roads on the Run for Home route will be open to traffic. Runners must stay to the side of the road! Please run on the side of the road as instructed by the volunteers and signs along the route. Please note that for approximately the first four miles of the race, runners will be on the right side of the road. For most of the next nine miles, runners will be on the left side of the road (starting on Race St in Dover). The Road Runners Club of America and the Run for Home Road Runners Club regard the use of headphones to be a safety hazard. The use of headphones is strongly discouraged. Runners must be alert to traffic and be able to hear the volunteers! Walkers are encouraged to use the sidewalks wherever possible. The use of baby strollers or baby joggers is prohibited in the Run for Home 10K, half-marathon and team-relay. The inclusion of strollers increases the chance of injury for runners and children. The half-marathon and team-relay course will remain open for three and one-half hours. Showers, locker rooms, drinks, massages, medical assistance and other services will be available at the stadium locker room area at the finish line for Sunday events. Post-race food and entertainment will be available in the park pavilion. Awards will be presented at the park pavilion as soon as possible after each event. There will be nine aid stations along the route offering water and sports drink. Each aid station will be staffed by emergency medical personnel. Up to six aid stations will be equipped with an AED device. Port-a-johns will be situated at the relay exchange zones and several other locations on the route. The locations are listed below. The half-marathon route is a certified, 13.1 mile course. PLEASE LISTEN TO THE VOLUNTEERS AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE SIGNS. Wherever lanes are closed by cones, runners must stay within the closed lanes.

3 Special Notes for Relay Participants: At packet pick-up, one team member will receive an envelope with the team bib and belt to be worn by each relay runner. The belt and bib must be passed forward to the next runner in the relay exchange zone. The belt and bib should be returned to race officials in the finish line bullpen area. We strongly encourage one person to pick up all materials for the team at packet pick-up. The finishers medals given to all relay runners will also be used as the baton in the exchange zones. Runners in exchange zones one and two will be given finishers medals by volunteers at those sites. Runners starting a new leg of the relay will then hand the medals to their partner as the partner completes his or her leg of the relay and passes forward the belt and bib. The medals must be passed back from one runner to the other within the exchange zone. The person running the final leg of the race will receive his or her medal at the finish line. PLEASE RETURN THE BELT IN THE FINISH LINE BULLPEN AREA. A shuttle bus service will be available to take relay runners to the exchange zones. Two buses will leave Tuscora Park at 10:15 and 10:45 PM to take runners to the relay exchange areas. Please note that with approximately 100 relay teams entered in the Run for Home. we cannot guarantee space on the buses! Starting at about 11:30 AM, the buses will make several trips to the exchange areas to pick-up runners for the return to Tuscora Park. The first relay exchange point is on E. Second Street, approximately 3.5 miles into the race. The second relay exchange zone is at Crater Stadium, approximately 7.5 miles into the race. At both relay areas, relay runners will be instructed to stay to the left. Special Notes for the Five-Mile walk: The five-mile walk route follows the same route as the half-marathon and team-relay for nearly three miles, then turns right on to Iron Ave. near the county fairgrounds. While walking on Iron Ave. and the Boulevard, you may the use sidewalks for safety. The walk will be timed and the top three men and top three women walkers will receive awards. Walkers cannot run to be eligible for an award. If you see a walker run past you, please report it to a race official. At aide stations, volunteers fill water and sports drink cups only half way for the runners. If you want more, just ask! As you enter the park and stadium near the finish line, please stay to the left and be alert to runners coming up behind you. Aide Stations for Sunday events: There will be eight aide stations on the half-marathon/team-relay route. Each aide station will have water and Gatorade. Each aide station will be staffed with emergency medical personnel. The aide stations are located at: Cats n Us Shelter on Union Ave. (about 2.3 miles from start) S. Wooster Ave at the Be Yoga studio (about 3 and 10.8 miles from start. This location will see runners twice going out and coming back) Race St. one block after turn off 2 nd St. (3.5 miles from start, just after relay point #1) Race Street and 15th Street where participants turn right from Race to 15th. (4.7 miles) Park Road near bottom of the hill, after six mile mark East School - (7.7 miles from start, just after relay point #2) Blacksnake Hill Road near the 9 mile mark Union Hospital - just before hospital parking lot in grassy area (11.5 miles from start)

4 Gotta Go! (Sunday events) Miller Portable Toilet Company will provide port-a-johns at Tuscora Park and along the Sunday race route. Participants in the half-marathon will pass port-a-johns five times: South Wooster Ave and Broadway in front of the Union Hospital Auxiliary building, a little more than three miles into the race and about 10.8 miles into the race heading back East Second St. at relay exchange #1, about 3.5 miles into the race Dover City Park, near the pavilion at the top of the hill, about 5.8 miles into the race Crater Stadium at relay exchange #2, about 7.5 miles into the race. Union Hospital near the aide station in the grassy area by the parking lot. Medical Services: Bob Smith of Smith Ambulance is teaming up with the Union Hospital Run for Home to make the Run For Home as safe as possible. With the great assistance of Bob and Smith Ambulance, we will have a first aid trailer at the finisher line, every water station will be staffed with emergency medical personnel, many water stations will be equipped with AED devices, and several emergency medical vehicles will patrol the route. As in the past, more than a dozen law enforcement officers will be on the route and members of the Tuscarawas County Bicycle Club will also patrol and route and escort the lead runners to the finish line. Parking: There is limited parking directly in front of the Tuscora Park pavilion off Tuscora Ave. NW. There is additional parking at the stadium, along Second Street NW, and at the softball field at the end of Second St. Parking is also available at Tuscarawas Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School at 777 Third St. NE.

5 Union Hospital Run for Home Vertical Runner Time Prediction Contest It s our tenth anniversary and we want to celebrate by giving you a chance to win a $250 Vertical Runner gift certificate and raise more money for Habitat for Humanity of East Central Ohio. It s the Vertical Runner Time Prediction Contest. Run for Home race director Matt Ritzert will run in the Super Fitness 10K on Saturday, April 1. For a $5 entry fee, you predict Matt s finish time. The person with the closest prediction time will win a $250 Vertical Runner gift certificate. (In case of a tie, the winner will be determined by random drawing.) All entry fees will be donated directly to Habitat and for every entry, Matt will make an additional one dollar donation. The Vertical Runner Time Prediction Contest is open to everyone, you do not have to be registered for a Run for Home event to participate. Take a chance to win a $250 Vertical Runner gift certificate and help us raise more money for Habitat! Name: Address: Phone: Your prediction for Matt s finish time in the Super Fitness 10K : (Please make your prediction down to the second: For example: 58:23) Entries may be submitted during packet pick-up before the race Saturday, April 1 or Send your entry with $5 to: Run for Home 213 Lloyd St. Dover, OH (Checks should be made payable to Run for Home.)

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