Fancy yourself a runner? You can test out those runnin’ shoes at the 3rd annual Run With the Chiefs 5K at the Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta on Saturday, August 2. Brought to you by the Sequoyah XC Boosters, the Annual Run With the Chiefs event is the team’s primary fundraiser each year. Proceeds go toward uniforms, travel expenses, race entry fees and team equipment.
Prizes will be awarded to the top three male and female finishers, custom awards for the age group winners, and drawings for door prizes that will include gift certificates, mall merchandise and a FREE round-trip ticket on Southwest Airlines. The race starts at 8:30 a.m. and for the first time it is a Peachtree Road Race Qualifier!
About the Race 
The course will be mostly flat, beginning at the Outlet Shoppes and heading south along Woodstock Parkway before turning around at Cherokee Ford. The race will finish with a slight downhill stretch back into the parking lot. For a map of the route, click here.
Race packet pick-up will be located at the Asics and New Balance stores at the Outlet Shoppes from 6-8p.m. on July 31st and August 1st. To register, visit this link to print an entry form or register online on Active.com. You can also register the day of the race beginning at 7:30a.m. The fee is $30.
About the Team
In the past three years, the Sequoyah Chiefs Cross Country team finished as a top region contender, winning the 7-5A Region Championship in 2011 and placing 2nd by a slim margin in 2012 and 2013. The Team has also gone on to finish in the top 10 at the GHSA (Georgia High School Association) Cross-Country Championships three years in a row.
For more information about this event, please visit the Sequoyah Chiefs XC Booster Club website.
Photo via Sequoyah Chiefs XC Booster Club.
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