Cahaba Medical Care 5K

EVENT SCHEDULE:

Same-day registration will be available from 5:00-6:00 PM at the Cahaba Medical Care tent on the front lawn of the Community Center.

All pre-registered participants must check in at the Cahaba Medical Care tent by 6:30 PM.

Directly across from the Community Center will be the Celebration on the Green, which starts at 5:00 PM and includes vendors, food, live music, games, and other fun activities!

The 5K will start promptly at 7:00 PM. Racers should be in place at the starting line by 6:45 PM.

The awards ceremony will take place between 8:15 and 8:30 PM, and be sure to stick around for the Independence Day Fireworks Show at 9:00 PM!

PARKING:

Parking will be available in front of the Olon Heights Shopping Center located at 155 Birmingham Road. If needed, additional parking is available at Cahaba Medical Care (405 Belcher Street) and neighboring Bibb Medical Center (208 Pierson Avenue).

COURSE/ROUTE INFO:

From the starting line, racers will run west and make their way around the block, up through the Hospital Campus and onto Pierson Avenue.

Crossing Birmingham Road will be assisted by volunteers and the local police department, where they will then take a left onto Park Drive and make their way through the Bibb County High School Campus along the Cahaba River.

Runners will find the first water station behind the Bibb County Chamber of Commerce and take a left onto Walnut Street to cross the Cahaba River, then run a short but steep incline into the heart of historic uptown Centreville. (Note: There will be volunteers and/or a local policeman helping runners through the traffic light just over the bridge.)

Runners will then turn around just past The Studio and the second water station and come back down the hill toward Cahaba Medical Care and the Bibb Medical Center campus.

Racers will turn right by the Chamber of Commerce and make their way down to the scenic Cahaba Riverwalk trail. Just after passing the scenic overlook and canoe launch, they'll take a left to go back behind the school and back onto Park Drive. Runners will then cross over Birmingham Road again, make a left, and then a quick right onto Nicholson Ave. Runners will continue on Nicholson as they make their way past Cahaba Medical Care, BMC, and the Nursing Home, then take a left onto Library Street for one block, then another left onto Alexander Avenue. The finish line will be just up ahead near 195 Hospital Drive where the race began.

The FINISH LINE will be just before the intersection of Alexander Avenue and Hospital Drive. Racers will be able to rest up, hydrate and enjoy cold watermelon slices and a delicious meal at the final station located on the front lawn of the "old" Cahaba Medical Care, now serving as the Cahaba Community Center.