The Five Trails Half Marathon will be involved in raising funds to help the families of fallen military through TAPS, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. Organizers hope to have a number of runners sign up to join the TAPS Run & Remember Team and raise funds to help the families of fallen military.
“We are very excited to have the Five Trails Half Marathon become a TAPS Run & Remember Team partnering race this year,” said Marie Campbell, director of the TAPS Run & Remember Team. “All the funds raised will support Good Grief Camps for children, grief seminars for adults and services that help anyone grieving the death of a loved one who served in the military.”
Each runner who opts to be part of the TAPS Run & Remember Team will run in memory of someone who has died while serving in the military. TAPS will help runners connect with families, enabling runners to learn about the person who died. Runners will display photos showing the person who died on their racing singlets.
Since its founding in 1994 by bereaved military families, TAPS has helped more than 30,000 surviving family members and caregivers supporting families coping with a military death.
“It's about honoring and remembering our fallen military heroes,” said Carol Bazemore, race director for the Five Trails Half Marathon. “We are pleased to partner with TAPS to help the families of our fallen military heroes and we believe our runners will enjoy connecting with surviving families and raising funds to help.”
“As someone who recently ran the Army Ten-Miler in memory of a fallen service member, I know the personal connection that comes with dedicating a run to honor someone who has died who served our country,” Bazemore continued. “I found it added meaning to my run and it meant so much to a family to know that their loved one was not forgotten. The funds raised help so many who have given so much for our country.”
The Five Trails Half Marathon celebrates the courage demonstrated by the immigrants of the westward expansion on a loop course through Leavenworth, which welcomed pioneers as they crossed the Mighty Missouri River to the west. Five of these historic westward trails — California, Oregon, Santa Fe, Mormon and Pike's Peak — marked through Leavenworth County by early settlers trekking from the known to the unknown.
On the race course, runners start with a climb followed by three miles up and down hills until cresting “Pike's Peak” featuring a mounted country farm bell which runners toll to mark the conquered climb. On the descent is the best view of the “Big House,” the U.S. Federal Penitentiary Leavenworth, which has been home at times to Al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde, and more recently NFL quarterback Michael Vick.
Between miles five and six runners can pose along a historical roadside commemorative marker of the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails. Miles six through seven boasts two historic districts and feature beautiful historic homes dating back to the trails period of the 1850s.
Runners can sign up for the race, join a training program or get more information on the Five Trails Half Marathon website www.fivetrailshalfmarathon.com.
To raise funds for TAPS as part of the Run and Remember Team, runners can sign up through www.taps.org under the Run & Remember Team link.
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The Five Trails Half Marathon will be involved in raising funds to help the families of fallen military through TAPS, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. Organizers hope to have a number of runners sign up to join the TAPS Run & Remember Team and raise funds to help the families of fallen military.
“We are very excited to have the Five Trails Half Marathon become a TAPS Run & Remember Team partnering race this year,” said Marie Campbell, director of the TAPS Run & Remember Team. “All the funds raised will support Good Grief Camps for children, grief seminars for adults and services that help anyone grieving the death of a loved one who served in the military.”
Each runner who opts to be part of the TAPS Run & Remember Team will run in memory of someone who has died while serving in the military. TAPS will help runners connect with families, enabling runners to learn about the person who died. Runners will display photos showing the person who died on their racing singlets.
Since its founding in 1994 by bereaved military families, TAPS has helped more than 30,000 surviving family members and caregivers supporting families coping with a military death.
“It's about honoring and remembering our fallen military heroes,” said Carol Bazemore, race director for the Five Trails Half Marathon. “We are pleased to partner with TAPS to help the families of our fallen military heroes and we believe our runners will enjoy connecting with surviving families and raising funds to help.”
“As someone who recently ran the Army Ten-Miler in memory of a fallen service member, I know the personal connection that comes with dedicating a run to honor someone who has died who served our country,” Bazemore continued. “I found it added meaning to my run and it meant so much to a family to know that their loved one was not forgotten. The funds raised help so many who have given so much for our country.”
The Five Trails Half Marathon celebrates the courage demonstrated by the immigrants of the westward expansion on a loop course through Leavenworth, which welcomed pioneers as they crossed the Mighty Missouri River to the west. Five of these historic westward trails — California, Oregon, Santa Fe, Mormon and Pike's Peak — marked through Leavenworth County by early settlers trekking from the known to the unknown.
On the race course, runners start with a climb followed by three miles up and down hills until cresting “Pike's Peak” featuring a mounted country farm bell which runners toll to mark the conquered climb. On the descent is the best view of the “Big House,” the U.S. Federal Penitentiary Leavenworth, which has been home at times to Al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde, and more recently NFL quarterback Michael Vick.
Between miles five and six runners can pose along a historical roadside commemorative marker of the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails. Miles six through seven boasts two historic districts and feature beautiful historic homes dating back to the trails period of the 1850s.
Runners can sign up for the race, join a training program or get more information on the Five Trails Half Marathon website www.fivetrailshalfmarathon.com.
To raise funds for TAPS as part of the Run and Remember Team, runners can sign up through www.taps.org under the Run & Remember Team link.
