Hosted by the Sierra Vista West Rotary Club, the 5k and 10k event takes participants on a journey through the city’s oldest neighborhoods.
 
The fundraiser has grown from about 40 to more than 160 people and each year the club adds some pre-event entertainment to get the crowd energized.
This year, the Vigilantes will be bringing their distinctive style of rabble rousing to send the runners and walkers on their way.
 
“We’ll also have a photo booth where participants can have their pictures taken with members of the Tombstone Vigilantes. It should be a lot of fun,” said club member Cheryl Cervantes, who owns Cerendipi Tees, which provides t-shirts for early registrants.
The route starts and ends at Len Roberts Park, next to Carmichael Elementary School, at 101 E. Theater Drive, and meanders through the local neighborhood.
 
One of the goals of the event on October 1 is to showcase areas of the West End that most people probably never see.
 
“We go through the Soldiers’ Creek area and we utilize the multi-use paths,” explained club president Sharon Gilman. “It’s a beautiful route and one of the things we hear from just about everyone after the race is that they never realized what was there, and how pretty it is.”
 
The run is the club’s biggest annual fundraiser and all monies collected help to support the non-profit’s service projects.
 
“Our focus is the West End and that’s where we do our service projects,” Gilman said. “We do a lot for Carmichael Elementary School, and we’re hoping to do a project soon at Lori’s Place. We also buy dictionaries for third graders and we help with the West End cleanup. In fact, we try and help wherever we are needed.”
 
How The West Was Run is open to anyone who would like to run or walk the 5k and 10k routes and there will be awards for the top runners.
The entry fee is $30 before October 1, or $35 on the day of the event. There is a $5 discount for military personnel, and the cost for children aged 12 or under is $10.
 
You can register by visiting www.RunSignUp.com or at Len Roberts Park between 6:45 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. on race day. For more information email svwestrotary@gmail.com or stop by a club meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Thursdays at the Sierra Vista Chamber of Commerce.
 
Hosted by the Sierra Vista West Rotary Club, the 5k and 10k event takes participants on a journey through the city’s oldest neighborhoods.
 
The fundraiser has grown from about 40 to more than 160 people and each year the club adds some pre-event entertainment to get the crowd energized.
This year, the Vigilantes will be bringing their distinctive style of rabble rousing to send the runners and walkers on their way.
 
“We’ll also have a photo booth where participants can have their pictures taken with members of the Tombstone Vigilantes. It should be a lot of fun,” said club member Cheryl Cervantes, who owns Cerendipi Tees, which provides t-shirts for early registrants.
The route starts and ends at Len Roberts Park, next to Carmichael Elementary School, at 101 E. Theater Drive, and meanders through the local neighborhood.
 
One of the goals of the event on October 1 is to showcase areas of the West End that most people probably never see.
 
“We go through the Soldiers’ Creek area and we utilize the multi-use paths,” explained club president Sharon Gilman. “It’s a beautiful route and one of the things we hear from just about everyone after the race is that they never realized what was there, and how pretty it is.”
 
The run is the club’s biggest annual fundraiser and all monies collected help to support the non-profit’s service projects.
 
“Our focus is the West End and that’s where we do our service projects,” Gilman said. “We do a lot for Carmichael Elementary School, and we’re hoping to do a project soon at Lori’s Place. We also buy dictionaries for third graders and we help with the West End cleanup. In fact, we try and help wherever we are needed.”
 
How The West Was Run is open to anyone who would like to run or walk the 5k and 10k routes and there will be awards for the top runners.
The entry fee is $30 before October 1, or $35 on the day of the event. There is a $5 discount for military personnel, and the cost for children aged 12 or under is $10.
 
You can register by visiting www.RunSignUp.com or at Len Roberts Park between 6:45 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. on race day. For more information email svwestrotary@gmail.com or stop by a club meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Thursdays at the Sierra Vista Chamber of Commerce.