
7th Annual Running with the Balloons 5K
The QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning in Association with PNC Bank presents its 7th annual race on Sunday, July 31st. at Solberg Airport in Readington, NJ. Race time is 8AM with 1,000 runners expected to participate in conjunction with Sunday's early morning mass ascension. An exciting race combining the elements of cross-country with a traditional road race and picked as one of the Top Ten 5K's in the USA by theactivetimes.com. Fun, flat, fast, low-impact USATF-NJ certified 5K course. All runners' entries include a full-day pass to the Festival, which includes Festival admission ($35 value), free parking ($10 value), and lawn seating for Sunday afternoon's concert double-bill: Foghat and John Kay & Steppenwolf. You also get access to both the morning and evening scheduled hot air balloon mass ascensions. The top male finisher and the top female finisher will each win a free ride in a hot air balloon. The top 3 overall male and female finishers will receive non-cash prizes, with medals presented to the top 3 finishers in their age group. You can register here:
https://register.compuscore.com/runningwithballoonsPrices go up on July 1st.