Palmer Chiropractic Clinics will present the fourth annual race at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 23
, 2016
DAVENPORT, Iowa (December 3, 2015) - For a fourth straight year, the Quad Cities River Bandits will have a running start to the baseball season. On Saturday, April 23, 2016, the River Bandits will host the fourth annual bi-state Bandits Race to Home 5K presented by Palmer Chiropractic Clinics to benefit the Bandits Scholars program.
Early race registration is available at getmeregistered.com/bandits through April and costs $25. The registration fee includes a T-shirt and a ticket to a 2016 River Bandits game. All participants who register before December 25, 2015, can save an extra $5 off with coupon code "BANDIT" and will be entered into a drawing for a free suite rental for 16 people at an April or May Monday through Thursday home game. More than 700 runners and walkers competed in the third annual Bandits Race to Home 5K and Fun Run presented by Palmer Chiropractic Clinics and finishing inside Modern Woodmen Park on Saturday morning, helping raise more than $15,000 toward the Bandit Scholars program. The program annually awards Bandit Scholarships to cover the entire first year of college tuition for three Quad Cities-area students.
The unique race route will again cross two bridges and incorporate two states. It will begin near the ballpark on West Second Street between Gaines Street and Western Avenue in downtown Davenport, cross the Centennial Bridge to Rock Island, head over to the Rock Island Arsenal, then back across the Arsenal Bridge before finishing at home plate inside Modern Woodmen Park.
A Kids Fun Run for children 12 years and younger, with River Bandits mascot Rascal, will take place at 10 a.m. on April 23. Contestants will race Rascal from near the party plaza to the field, then around the warning track of Modern Woodmen Park to finish at home plate. Each contestant will receive a Kids Fun Run ribbon. Registration for the Fun Run costs $10 and includes a T-shirt and a ticket to a 2016 River Bandits game.
The full schedule of registration fees for the 2016 Bandits Race to Home 5K presented by Palmer Chiropractic Clinics is as follows:
Rate Date of Registration Registration Fee (includes T-shirt)
Holiday Special Through December 25 $20 (with coupon code "BANDIT")
Early Bird Through April 1 $25
Standard April 2 - April 22 $30
Day of Registration April 23 $35
Packet pickup at Modern Woodmen Park will be Friday, April 22 from 8:00am-6:00pm as well as Saturday, April 23 from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Following the race will be music and an awards presentation. Individual prizes will be awarded to the top three male and female finishers, as well as to the top three males and females in each age group, each of the 12 age groups - 19 & under, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, and 70-plus.
Further race information will be available at www.riverbandits.com, by calling 563-324-3000 or by emailing Denise Clark at Denise@riverbandits.com.
ABOUT THE BANDITS: With the installation of the Ferris Wheel, the River Bandits ownership in 2014 made one of the biggest improvements to Modern Woodmen Park since the ballpark was first built back in 1931. In 2015 the club matched that effort by opening three new areas. A two-tiered special group deck immediately behind and overlooking the corn field opened in June. A new 11,000-square-foot concourse expansion down the third-base line will opened in late August. Finally, the club expanded the children's play area over the summer by an additional 5,500 square feet down the right-field line, with additional bounce houses and the newest ride - Spin Zone Bumper Cars - as the latest attraction. This winter, an expanded kitchen is already in the works for the 2016 season.
