Run where your feet take you

This time last year, the Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan was geared up to celebrate their 20th anniversary with a new course and schedule of events for the 2020 Run for the House. Unfortunately, the House cancelled that race in order to ensure the health and safety of their community.

This year, the Run will take place anywhere jogger’s feet will take them, with a three-day virtual race and open course options, on March 26-28, 2021. “At the Ronald McDonald House, it’s our job to care for families during some of the hardest times in their lives — and the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t an exception,” said Carolyn Hurst, executive director of the Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan. “That’s why last year, we decided to cancel our usual, in-person Run.”

The 2021 Run for the House has two race options for participants to choose from: a virtual, run anywhere option and an open course at Michigan State Federal Credit Union’s Headquarters in East Lansing.

The open course offers runners the opportunity to run their chosen 5K or 10K at a pre-marked course. Runners will choose a “corral” or timeframe they’d like to run sometime over the three-day race period. Each corral is capped at 50 participants to keep participants safe and socially distanced.

Those who select the virtual race option can run any time over the three-day period.

Registration for the Run for the House event is open now through the race dates on RunSignUp.

Participants must register before March 14, 2021 if they’d like a race t-shirt and packet delivered to their home for race day. Use the code “EmergentBioSolutions” for half off your packet shipping cost!

For more information and registration details for the Run for the House event, visit https://www. rmhmm.org/about/events/2021run-the-house. For more information about the RMHMM visit www.rmhmm. org.