Get Your Rear in Gear - Arizona

Gilbert, AZ

 

Join the Colon Cancer Coaliton for this year's Get Your Rear In Gear - Arizona on Saturday, March 2nd at Freestone Park in Gilbert!!

In 2004, Kristin Lindquist started planning for the very first Get Your Rear in Gear® run after losing her best friend and sister, Susie Lindquist Mjelde, to colon cancer. What started as one woman’s vision has since grown into a national coalition of people determined to end colorectal cancer deaths by increasing screening and educating others about the signs and symptoms of this treatable disease. We want all people to understand their risk factors and get the right screening at the right time.

Our Goals

We achieve our goals by encouraging screening and raising awareness of colorectal cancer’s signs and symptoms through our signature Get Your Rear in Gear run/walk events and Tour de Tush bike rides. Our primary goals include:

Raising Awareness

By focusing on the patient and local communities, and providing outlets for all persons touched by this disease to share their stories, we are able to educate the public about the importance of colorectal screening. By making the words colon, colorectal, and colonoscopy a part of the everyday language, we believe we can overcome the fear and decrease deaths from this largely preventable cancer.

Achieving Eighty Percent Screening

Although the survival rate for colon cancer is 90% when it’s caught in the early stages, only 40% of cases are being diagnosed during this window. As a member of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable, we are committed to raising screening rates to 80% in every community. By reaching that collective goal, more than 200,000 lives could be saved in the next decade.

Keeping Funds Local

Money raised through local events are granted back to the communities in which they are held. Annually, we grant over $1 million to local community programs that will raise screening rates, increase awareness, and educate the public about the signs and symptoms of the disease, and provide support for patients and caregivers.

Thank You To This Year's Sponsors

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Race Day Information

  • Race Day Check In and Registration will be available beginning at your assigned arrival time.

    • We accept cash, check, and credit card on race day.  Race day prices are:

      • Adults - $40

      • Youth - (18 & Under) - $20

    • All shirts sizes may not be available on race day (please register online before race day to guarantee your shirt size choice).

  • Wheelchair, stroller, and leashed pet friendly event.

    • All wheelchairs, stollers, and leashed pets must start at the back of the start line coral.

      • All participants are chipped time, so your time will not be affected by starting at the back of the coral.  Your  time will not start until you cross the start line.

  • The course will take you along the dedicated running trails in and around Freestone Park (a mixture of packed dirt and asphalt/concrete surfaces).  Please note - this is an open use trail system and does not close for our event.

  • Due to the common start/finish line there will be no bag check for this event.

Event Schedule

  • March 1 4:30PM - Packet Pick-Up at Road Runner Sports Tempe from 4:30 - 6:30pm

  • March 2 7:00AM - Race Day Packet Pickup & Registration Begins at Freestone Park

  • March 2 8:30AM - Opening Ceremony & Team Awards

  • March 2 8:50AM - Kid's Fun Run Begins

  • March 2 9:00AM - 5K Run / Walk Begins

  • March 2 10:15AM - Post-Race Finisher Awards and Raffle Winners Announced (approx).

When & Where

Mar 2, 2024

Saturday

8:30 AM

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Gilbert, AZ

Freestone Park

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