Aptos Women's Five-Miler

03/19/2019

Aptos Women's 5 miler unfortunately is cancelled this year. More information for the future will be posted by the end of the year.

06/11/2018

Congratulations to all who raced today! Here are a few shots I managed to take. Feel free to add more pics in the comments. Race results are here:
http://aw5m.weebly.com/2018-results.html

06/10/2018

All done with the overall finishers awards AND this tote bag for the raffle! And it’s not even 2am yet! 🎉
Rest well everyone! See you tomorrow morning!

06/10/2018

Our fantastic logo designer, Trisha Liu, joined us race directors (Sarah and Laura) for packet pickup! We love her and her art! See you tomorrow at Aptos Village Park for the race! Plan to arrive an hour before your race. Here’s the schedule again:
Kids’ race 7:45
Women’s race 8:00 (NEW TIME)
Men’s Race 9:00
Awards Ceremony 10:25ish
Raffle 10:45ish

Thank you to everyone who came out to get your bibs today. It should make tomorrow morning go smoother for everyone. We will have race day registration and packet pickup starting at 7am. Sleep tight everyone!

06/07/2018

Online registration is now closed. You can register at packet pickup this Saturday at Fleet Feet from 3-6pm. Or you can register on race day starting at 7am. We’ll be sending out detailed instructions in an email to preregistered runners that we’ll post on AW5M.com.

The main points of the email:
Kids race 7:45am
Women’s race 8:00am (NEW TIME)
Men’s Race 9:00am

—plan to arrive one hour before your race
—Park in the Fleet Feet parking lot (there’s very limited parking next to the train tracks on Soquel Dr or in the dirt lot by the Nisene entrance)
—you’ll get your shirts at packet pickup or before the race if you preregistered, those who register at packet pickup or on race day will get shirts after the race
—there is one aid station with water near the turnaround
—you’ll get a goodie bag at the finish line that includes a 20% off coupon from Sports Basement!
—you’ll get your beautiful wooden finishers magnet with our logo by Trisha Liu at the finish line
—we’ll have goodies from New Leaf
—The Olive Garden will have goodies at the finish line for you including BREADSTICKS!
—Awards ceremony will be at 10:30 followed by a small raffle
Thank you all for registering!
Questions?
[email protected]

06/06/2018

Online registration is open until 6pm PDT tonight 6/6! (We’ll be looking for mail-in registration in our P.O. Box through Friday 6/8.) Visit AW5M.com for all the info! Here’s the online reg link:

Join me at 37th Annual Aptos Women's 5-Miler on June 10, 2018!

06/04/2018

Super Duper Fast People, your awards are done! 😀👍🌈🌴 These mini quilts were made with batik fabric that is an exclusive design only available at Kapaia Stitchery on the island of Kauai. There’s lots of Aloha in these babies. I am going to try my hardest this week to use the rest of my Kauai fabric stash for raffle items so we can spread the Aloha around! 🌺☀️🍍
Everyone gets a raffle ticket with registration, and you can buy more raffle tickets for $1 each or 6 for $5. I will post later this week with a list of our raffle goodies. All proceeds benefit the Santa Cruz Track Club youth club and the Advocates for the Forest of Nisene Marks. The Advocates will have an info table at the finish line. Please stop by and say hello. 😀
Have you registered? Just three more days until online registration closes!
https://www.active.com/aptos-ca/running/distance-running-races/37th-annual-aptos-women-s-5-miler-2018?int=

06/01/2018

This is how I have to sew the overall finishers’ awards. The Siamese is quality control. 😆 🐱 👑🌴
AW5M.com

05/30/2018

Very stoked to share that former SCTC president Larry Berg and his band, The Ginormous String Band, will be serenading you near the steel bridge! You will pass them two times, once at mile 2 as you’re getting close to the turnaround, and again when you’re heading back toward everyone’s favorite part of the race, The Infamous Buggy Trail! They’ll be there for both the women’s and men’s races! Have you registered yet? Less than one week left to register online!

Be a part of a local running tradition! We started this race 37 years ago to give women a chance to race with other women, back when most race participants were men. A lot has changed since then, but the Aptos Women's 5-Miler is still a volunteer-run, not-for-profit, community-supporting event put o...

05/29/2018

The magnets for all finishers arrived today and they are SO COOL!!! Thanks to our friends at Elevation Culture for crafting such beautiful works of art with Trisha’s design!

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