An evening, outdoor trail race at Binder Park in Jefferson City, hosted by Jefferson City Rotaract on August 10, 2013. The event includes food, beverage and lots of live music. Funds raised support HALO & the Food Bank's Buddy Pack Program.

Slang for Shoes. Rhymes with more stuff than Shoes.

Kicks.

Probably the most unique aspect of the face is it is on a narrow bike path through the woods.

http://www.jeffcitymo.org/parks/documents/20070522MountainBikeTrails.pdf

one AWESOME event.

This will be the SECOND annual event.

Thank you for all you do for the community.

https://www.centralbank.net/

According to G2 Gallery:
All of our meals are prepared on-site, in our full-service kitchen. Our chef prepares every dish with care to ensure our customers enjoy the best experience possible.

http://g2gallery.net/

Thank you to G2 for your continued support and sponsorship of this event.

For over 80 Years Fechtel Beverage has proudly served Central Missouri with the finest beers available.

Thank you to Fechtel Beverage for your continued support and sponsorship of this event.

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Bohl & House CPAs
http://bohlandhouse.com/

CVB Athletic Events Committee
http://visitjeffersoncity.com/sports-planners/athletic-events-committee/

Hy-Vee
https://www.facebook.com/hyveejcmo

JCMG Rheumatology Stephen Sides, D.O.
http://www.jcmg.org/jcmg.nsf/PhysiciansSearch/Stephen-Sides

Jefferson City Music Academy
http://www.jeffersoncitymusicacademy.com/

Jefferson City Parks & Recreation
http://www.jeffcitymo.org/parks/

Kohl's
http://www.mystore411.com/store/view/503648/Kohl's-Jefferson-City

Paddy Malone's
http://paddymalonespub.com/

The Rocket Group
http://rocketgroupllc.com/

With 644 acres, the city's largest park Binder Park, is located off Rainbow Dr. and Henwick Lane, 5840 Rainbow Dr., west of Jefferson City. When combined with the adjacent 66-acre Joseph C. Miller Park, a huge, beautiful, and largely natural park emerges and provides for a wide variety of activities.

http://www.jeffcitymo.org/parks/binderpark.html

This should make getting to the awards process a lot faster, so we can get to the fun part: the food, beverage and live music!

We have also taken steps to make sure the distance markers on the course are correct.

The cost includes the run, your chip timing, a t-shirt, food, beverage and live music.

Rotaract is essentially "young" Rotary. Rotary is a service organization.

Rotaract partners with one community focused service organization and one internationally focused service organization.

HALO, founded by JCMO Native, Rebecca Welsh, seeks to employer youth in the greatest need to become contributing members of their communities..

HALO Jefferson City was started with a goal of funding the HALO Mengo home in Kampala, Uganda. This home provides food, water, shelter, clothing, education, art therapy, and mentors for 20 girls who once lived on the streets. The children at this home will be able to live a life without fear or worry about where their next meal will come from.

HALO recently opened a HALO Center for homeless and at-risk youth of Jefferson City. The center will serve as a safe-haven with future-focused programming and educational workshops.

http://www.haloworldwide.org/

Approximately 25,000 students in The Food Bank’s service area qualify for free and reduced-priced school meals. For many of them, breakfast and lunch at school offer the only source of reliable nutrition and they are at risk of hunger over the weekend.

To alleviate this risk, The Food Bank partners with elementary schools in each of the 32 counties it serves to provide Buddy Packs to school children. Buddy Packs are backpacks filled with kid-friendly, nutritious food that students take home over the weekend or holiday periods to supplement their meals when there is not enough for them to eat at home.

During the 2012-13 school-year, the Buddy Pack program helped feed more than 6,600 children each week.

http://sharefoodbringhope.org/buddy-packs/

Simply Register for the 1.2 Mile Walk for $20. You aren't required to walk.

This grants you an all-access pass to the food, beverages and live music. It also grants you access to feeling good that you are supporting such great causes!

Feel free to cheer on the runners and give out free high-fives!

This is an especially good option for our friends who are saving up their energy to race in the Missouri State Criterium the next day!
http://bigshark.com/articles/2012-missouri-state-championship-criterium-pg8...

but before, during AND after. Hate waiting around for the race to start? Enjoy some tunes while you wait!

Jefferson City MO's genre-bending American roots string band, The Dirt Leg Benders, have been spreading their "Home-grown" sound across the show me state. The 5 piece acoustic group combines folk, blues, ragtime and progressive bluegrass with Americana-infused rock and roll to make a sound all there own. D.L.B. is Stuart (guitar, harmonica, kazoo, vocals,) Scott (upright bass, vocals), JD (mandolin, vocals) Nick (banjo), and Gary (Drums, washboard).

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dirt-Leg-Benders/

Deep in the Missouri Ozarks, an indie rock group formed that refused to be pigeon-holed as a small town, small sound band. Fusing elements of rock, indie pop, pyschadelia, and dirty blues, Moon Jr. has developed a sound which can only be described as “contagious”. After winning the 2011 KKID (92.9 FM)’s Battle of the Bands, Moon Jr. has gone on to entrance listeners in St. Louis, Chicago, Indianapolis, and Memphis, been featured on the Fox 2 Morning Show in St. Louis, and embarked on a 2013 Midwestern Tour. As Josh Noe, DJ for KFLW the Fort (98.9 FM), aptly described the group, “Moon Jr. is what music should be. True musicians who love what they do.”

With intelligent melodies, tight harmonies, heavy groove, and an electric energy, Moon Jr. is capable of captivating listeners of nearly any genre. The group has shared the stage with bands of all backgrounds, including Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas (Detroit, MI), Old You (Charleston, SC), it! (St. Louis, MO), Not A Planet (Kansas City, MO), Seventeen Sisters (Champaign-Urbana, IL), and Modern Motion (Indianapolis, IN).

http://www.moonjrband.com/

The members of Driving Wheel might not be on a mission from God. But that doesn't keep them from existing as blues brothers, driven by a family vibe and a passion to perform for any crowd that will have them.

And many have delighted to do so — the band has played at Roots N Blues N BBQ festival, shared a recent bill with Tab Benoit and held hands with fellow local standouts such as The Mojo Roots. The duo that makes up Driving Wheel's core — guitarist Ryan Tomlinson and bassist Jeremy Hunsaker — has fine-tuned a sound that's indebted to torchbearers in the blues, Southern rock and alternative camps. Yet, to hear Hunsaker tell it, the pair's biggest musical influences are one another.

http://www.reverbnation.com/drivingwheel

Bobby Showers Band is a Jefferson City Missouri based 4-piece who' s genre is not always easy to define. Their latest release, Zero Sum Game, includes songs with roots, blues, reggae, and funk influences, all with pop hooks that make you want to sing along. As you can imagine, the band's live show is a nice mix of genres as well. It all comes together to create an original sound that makes people smile and move in a rhythmic fashion. The band consists of Bobby Showers on rhythm guitar and vocals, Dave Jordan on lead guitar, Jason Reimund on bass and Tom Reichart on drums.

https://www.facebook.com/bobbyshowersband/

Kids are welcome to come out and enjoy that festivities.

We ask that all kids be accompanied by adults.

The 1.2 walk is perfect for older children.

Please note: The course is a bike trail, and so is not ideal for strollers.

The children of HALO hand make all of the medals.

You won't want to go home empty handed.

Start training now: http://www.halhigdon.com/training/

Seriously, people had an awesome time last year.

we didn't pay them for these comments.

Read the full blog entry here:

http://climbingthosehills.blogspot.com/2012/08/kicks-in-sticks-race-report....

we didn't pay these people.

And last year was just the first year! We can't wait to see what this year brings!

We appreciated everyone's honest input about the race!

We have made several improvements for this year.

Read Kate's blog here: http://kate-my-mind.blogspot.com/2012/08/kicks-in-sticks-trail-race.html

Last year we raised almost $5,000 for HALO & Buddy Packs.

We know we can do better this year -- but we need your help!

(1) Register now for the race:
www.kicksinthesticks.com

(2) Please SHARE this slideshow on your facebook page, your twitter account, and with your friends & neighbors.

THANKS!