**Amelia Island Runners Club Featured Event**
Announcing first year we are memorializing Doug Stuber for the Turtle Trot: Doug was a major contributor to the preservation of sea turtles and worked hard for the Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch organization to bring awareness to the public. More details on his legacy will be posted on ameliarunners.com website in the near future.
All Beach Route on Amelia Island!
5K Awards- Male & Female: Overall, Masters (40+) Three Deep age group awards: Under 9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75+.
SWEET TREATS: Fantastic Fudge will be providing Fudge Turtles for 1st Place in each age division as well as Overall & Masters winners.
Performance T-Shirts with Artwork by Sandra Baker-Hinton; guaranteed to all PRE-REGISTERED 5K Runners!
All 5K finishers will receive a finisher award (type still TBD).
Proceeds Benefit AI Sea Turtle Watch and Amelia Island Runners Club.
The race starts and ends on the beach just south of Main Beach at 7:30 a.m. with an out-and-back course, going south at the start during low-tide. Water will be available at the 1 & 2.1 mile mark (same location). Walkers are Welcomed! Please don't run/walk on the sand dunes; enjoy viewing the sea turtle nests along the route, but please don't disturb them.