Freedom Run

Thank you for sharing the morning of the 5th with us. We hope you had an enjoyable time. We sure did! We loved the costumes and the overall energy that you all brought to this run. God bless America!

Photos of the run are now available from Zazoosh! There are tons of great photos – click here to see them.

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If you would like to give us some feedback, we would love to hear from you. We have a very short survey and really want your feedback – click here to take the survey.

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 WWII. 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 4,500 runners this year. Now wouldn’t that be an awesome sight! Tell your friends! let’s break 4,500.

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. One of them is a cool running shirt. Not only is is made of advanced fabrics, it also has a built in hidden pocket for your ID, keys, or ipod device. The back of the pocket has a button hole to allow your headphone cords to snake out of the back of the pocket under your shirt up to your ears. The finisher’s medal is pretty neat as well. It has a built in spinner! 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!