We are looking forward to the 12th Annual Pounding the Pavement for Pink 5K and Kid’s Run this coming weekend!
If you are running LIVE with us, our event is rain or shine – bring the sunshine with you! Please take note of parking & race day schedule information below.
If you are running virtually, you can download your race bib through your RunSignUp account – make sure to load your results and tag us on social media!
Make Sure to Bring:
Sunshine, smiles, enthusiasm, your camera AND YOUR PINKEST OUTFIT…Awards for the PINKEST OUTFIT will be judged BEFORE the 5K begins at 8 AM at the main stage. Get there early if you want to enter!
Get social! Tag us on Facebook @SeymourPink or Instagram @seymourpinkct and use hashtags #seymourpink and #PPP2023
Our Pink Gift shop will have race day swag & other pink items available for sale and we will accept credit cards this year.
There will NOT be a gear tent, so bring only what you can carry with you.
LOST AND FOUND is at the Pre-Registration/5K Information booth.
Race Swag:
If you are on a team of 5+ people, and did not elect shipping your captain should have your swag – please coordinate with him/her. If you are participating virtually or chose optional shipping, your swag was mailed by last Wednesday and should be to you by the middle of this week.
Please note, if you registered after August 15th there was no shirt or medal option available due to lingering supply chain issues and lead time for our order entry. You can check your race registration date through your confirmation email or RunSignUp account.
If you are an individual or small team you can pick up your race bib & swag race morning at the 5k Info Booth.
Reminder…there is NO SAME DAY registration.
Encourage friends or family who inquire about the race to come cheer you on as a spectator this year.
Help us prevent race bandits! You must have a bib on in order to be on the course.
We reserve the front of our start line for our running participants. If you are walking the course please move to the back of the starting area, for your safety and the safety of our runners. We know many of you registered on teams and may want to be together, however there is plenty of time for that before or after the race.
Race Morning:
Arrive Early. The 5k race starts at promptly at 9 AM.
***Leave plenty of time before hand to park, meet up with your team, get your team picture taken and join in the pre-race festivities.
Road Closures will begin at 5:30 AM!
Broad Street & River Streets will be closed starting at 5:30am on Saturday.
Our Race Hub layout is:
Schedule of Events
7:00 am – Team Village opens, Pre-Registration/5k Info Booth opens for pre-registration bib pick-up
7:30 am – Face Painting for Kids Run participants open through 10:30 AM
8:00 am – Survivor’s breakfast begins; Sponsor Tents Open
8:00 am – Opening Remarks at the Main Stage; Pinkest Outfit Contest Judging; Spirit Awards
8:15 am – Kids Run on River Street
8:25 am – 5k Warm Up with Debbie Russell (Main Stage)
8:35 am – Runners head to start line
8:40 am – Walkers head to start line – Walkers please move to the back of the starting area down River St
8:50 am – Honor Guard Procession and National Anthem
9:00 am – 5k Race Begins
Approx. 10:20am – Race ends
Approx. 10:30am – Awards Ceremonies
Parking & Shuttles:
Shuttle service is provided (at no charge) from Seymour High School, Chatfield-LoPresti Elementary School and Bungay Elementary School.
Click here for directions to Seymour High School.
Click here for directions to Bungay School.
Click here for directions to Chatfield-LoPresti.
The Seymour High School/Bungay School buses will drop off at the Seymour Historical Society at the corner of Church and West St. All who board this bus will walk down the hill to the festivities from their point of drop-off.
Chatfield-LoPresti bus will drop off at the corner of Broad and South Main Streets (near Zois Pizza).
Shuttle service starts at 7 AM. The last shuttle to the race site leaves the school parking lots at 8:20 AM SHARP. Buses will not return to the school parking lots until after the race is over.
After the race, the shuttle service returning to the school parking lots will begin at approximately 10:30 AM. You will pick up your shuttle where it dropped you off. Last shuttle leaving the race site returning to the school parking lots will be between 11:45 am and noon.
Handicap Parking:
The Parking Lot at the corner of Main and Broad Streets is a handicap parking lot for this event.… located just before the train trestle. You will use your “state registered” handicap sticker to enter this parking lot. Click here for directions to this lot.
Teams & Team Village
Our Team Village is open for all teams to gather before or after the race starting at 7 AM. Meet your teammates in the Team Village!
Team Photos by our photographers will be taken between 7am-8am only.
Post-Race Festivities
We have Stani Yogurt, Ice Cream Emergency, Rose’s Family Restaurant Pizza, Valley Nutrition/Riverside Nutrition/Charged Ansonia Specialty Teas, Starbucks, and of course… the usual – bananas & water for your post-race snacks.
Keep moving from the finish line!
*This year we have a water truck from Aquarion which will be located past the finish line on River Road. When you finish your race, please move expeditiously out of the finish chute and away from the finish area for the safety of our other incoming runners and walkers. Head directly straight ahead from your finish to grab a reusable water bottle and fill up at the truck.
Adam Rivers from KC101 / Kiss 95.7 will be our Master of Ceremonies and the iHeart Radio promo team will be onsite too. It’s going to be exciting pre- and post-race!
Spectators
We welcome and encourage spectators out on the course and at our finish line. If you are gathering near the finish line please be mindful that runners will be coming full speed ahead – stay ON THE OUTSIDE of the security fencing and stay out of the race chute!
Wear pink, bring your voices and come cheer on our 2,000+ live participants this year.
Results & Awards
This year you will be able to scan a QR code to view results from your own phone. These will be posted around the finish and celebration area. Additionally, we will be posting results across from the ice cream truck near Team Village.
If you are identified as a top finisher in your age division you will pick up your medal at the 5K Info Booth after the race.
Awards will be presented both before and after the 5K. Please stay after the race, enjoy some great food, and support our special award winners and race winners.
Course Photography
If anyone you know is an amateur or professional photographer that might be willing to volunteer race morning we are looking for a few more photographers to capture the race. We’ll need still photography for awards, survivors, teams before and after the race, and action shots around the course. Please send an email to seymourpink09@aol.com if you know of anyone who can help!
House Decorating Contest
Especially if you live on our race route we encourage you to decorate in pink! We award prizes for the Top 3 homes bringing the PINK SPIRIT to our runners & walkers as they pass by. Please submit photos of your entries to poundingthepavementforpink@gmail.com Our race judges will be out and about after the race so please leave your decorations up until Saturday evening.
DONATE
Donations will be accepted through Friday, October 20, 2023. We appreciate all contributions!
Let’s surpass last year! We currently, as of this posting at $85,000!
THANK YOU for all you are doing to secure donations! These continue to help us fulfill our mission to assist those during their breast cancer treatments.
Let’s have fun, be safe and bring HOPE and SUPPORT to those who are FIGHTING the FIGHT!
Thank you,
Your all volunteer 5k Race Committee: Mary Deming, Christine Conroy, Dawn Supranovich, Kathy Supranovich
