It’s time for the Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree and Crafts Festival, and with it comes an event that is in its 24th year, the Fiddler 5K and 1-mile Fun Run. Event organizers say the race is open to everyone, and is held each year for a very worthy cause.
The race raises money for Habitat for Humanity, which helps provide homes for deserving families, who help in the building process. Money raised from the race go towards building material for the project.
The race will be held on Saturday, July 2, at 7 AM, with the start line in front of the First Baptist Life Enrichment Center on Church Street. The finish line is right in front of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home.
Race organizer Tecia Puckett Pryor encourages everyone to preregister this year. There is a printable registration form at www.fiddler5k.com as well as a link to online registration. "Anyone can participate," Pryor said. "We have a 1-mile fun run for people of all ages. If you want to walk, that’s probably the best course, unless you’re a fast walker. We leave the 5K course open for an hour, so if you can walk 3.1 miles in an hour, you’re welcome to walk the 5K course."
"The fun run course is not a strenuous course. The kids really love that race, and the course stays in town. It doesn’t go down Town Hill, it stays in town where it’s very flat and ends where the 5K does."
PRE-REGISTRATION is open from May 1st until June 29, 2022, at Noon ($25 for adults 19 and up and $20 for ages 18 and under).
PRE-REGISTRATION PERKS: You can save money, are guaranteed a shirt and may pick up your packet early!
ONLINE RACE DAY REGISTRATION is open from Noon on June 29, 2022, until race day at 6:45 a.m. Paper Race Day Registration is available beginning at 5:45 a.m. on Race Day ($30 for adults 19 and up and $25 for ages 18 and under)
Shirts are only guaranteed to those who pre-register by June 29, 2022, at Noon. However, they usually have plenty! They will not hold shirts past race day at 7:00 a.m.
RACE DAY Check-In, Pre-Registered Check-In and Race Day Registration are from 5:45 a.m. until 6:45 a.m. on July 2nd in the parking lot of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home near the finish line on Church Street.
EARLY PACKET PICKUP for those who pre-registered before June 29, 2022, at Noon, will be held on July 1st, 2022, from 5-7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Life Enrichment Center on Church Street.
Fiddler 5K Awards are given to Overall Male and Female Finishers and the Overall Male and Female Masters (40+) and in age groups 9 and under, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+
Fun Run Awards are given to the Overall Male and Female Finishers age 12 and under and the top 3 male and female finishers age 12 and under.
The course is certified and professionally timed.
Strollers are welcome but should line up at the rear. No pets allowed. 5K course is open for 60 minutes.
