NextThreeDays: Event Display

2024 Draper Mile and Kid's Fun Run
Venue: Downtown Blacksburg, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Friday, August 2, 2024
Time: 6:20 - 7:30 PM
Event Types: Sports, Family Friendly
Cost:
Regular Entry: $25.00 Race Day Entry: $30.00 Immediate Family Discount (before July 22, 2019): $50.00

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Description:
RunAbout Sports presents the 42nd annual Draper Mile on Friday, August 2, 2024 in downtown Blacksburg, VA.

Schedule:
• 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM: Packet Pickup at RunAbout Sports
• 4:30-6:00 PM: Packet Pickup at Kent Square
• 6:20 pm: Kid's Fun Run for Ages 8 & Under
• 6:30 pm: Draper Mile - Men's Elite
• 6:35 pm: Draper Mile - Women's Elite
• 6:40 pm: Draper Mile - Open Race
• ~7:20 pm: Awards Ceremony In Parking Lot at Draper Road and Jackson Street

The Draper Mile is a one-mile downhill race held in conjunction with the Steppin' Out Festival and part of the 2024 RunAbout Race Series. The course is mostly downhill, starting and ending on Draper Road in Blacksburg, with the finish in the middle of the street festival. Times are about 10–12 seconds faster than for a track mile.

The fun run is free to enter, but you must sign up. The fun run route covers the final 300 meters (less than a lap on a track) of the mile course. The start line is at Washington St and the finish is Jackson St - same finish line as the mile. All fun run participants receive a medal.

Cash award of $200.00 will be given for the 1st place overall male and female. Overall male and female 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive $100.00. Only participants entered in the elite races are eligible for overall awards. In the case of ties, cash awards are split.

The top three finishers in each age group will receive age group awards. Masters, grandmasters, super grandmasters plus age group awards will come from the elite and open race merge results.

To register online, visit: https://runsignup.com/Race/VA/Blacksburg/DraperMile.

Come race or cheer on the runners!

Race shirts are guaranteed to all who register during the early bird period which ended on Friday, July 26th. Extra shirts will be printed to the best of our abilities and calculations, but due to printing time constraints we can only guarantee a shirt to those who register before the deadline.

For more information, visit: https://runsignup.com/Race/VA/Blacksburg/DraperMile or http://blacksburgstriders.com/drapermile.html or https://www.facebook.com/runaboutsports or call 540-552-9339.