Freedom Run

We hope that part of you Independence Day celebration includes our Freedom Run 10K, 5K or the Mayor’s one mile Fun Run. The annual run has become an integral part of America’s Freedom Festival as thousands of participants at all levels and abilities join this invigorating event. We did some inquiry about the history of the Freedom Run and have come to the conclusion that the Freedom Run has been held in Provo since about WW1. If you have any information about the early history of the Freedom Run, we would love to hear from you.

These past several years have been really fun! The race has improved each year and the number of runners has increased as well. We believe that there is a possibility that we will have 5,000 runners this year. Now wouldn’t that be an awesome sight!

We encourage you to get decked out in patriotic garb for the run. We have seen a lot of great costumes and would love to see more. Did you see “Uncle Sam” on stilts running the race last year? Give us some Red, White and Blue!

We are working on some great additions for the race this year. We don’t want to let the cat out of the bag yet, so stay tuned. We aim to be the best running event in Utah. If you have an idea of how we can improve, please send us your suggestion. Also, if you would like to get involved with the rest of us volunteers, drop us a line. We would love the help.

Since the federal holiday and Grand Parade will be on July 5^th, we will be running on the morning of the July 5^th.  Fifth of July Folks. That’s when the action is!

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Chairperson(s): Scott Summers - summers@byu.edu, Craig Simons - jcraigsimons@gmail.com

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