McLean County Relay for Life to again include 5K run

Posted on June 13, 2016

Relay for Life Sign — *This year’s McLean County Relay for Life is scheduled for Friday, June 24 and Saturday, June 25 at Normal Community High School. (WJBC file photo)*

By Greg Halbleib

While walkers raise funds to fight cancer next weekend, runners will also lace up their shoes for the cause.

The McLean County Relay for Life takes over the Normal Community High School campus next Friday and Saturday, June 24th and 25th. The American Cancer Society fundraiser features a 5K run on Saturday morning. Organizer Catina Struble tells WJBC’s Scott Laughlin the Normal Community campus accomodates the 5K.

“We wanted to do it when we were at Normal West but there’s always a big softball tournament there,” Struble said. “At Normal Community they said they would block off the roads for us. It’s actually become something big and we hope it grows over the next few years.”

Struble asks runners to register this week at www.fleetfeetbloomington.com to guarantee a T-shirt, although registrations will be taken next week.

More information on the run and the relay is on the relay’s web site found here and on its Facebook page, found by searching McLean County Relay for Life.

Greg Halbleib can be reached at [email protected].

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