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To Sidney, With Love 1M 5K 10K 13.1 26.2


*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 05/29/2022
On January 6th, the world lost an amazing man, Sidney Poitier. The Hollywood star was known for films including Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night and Lilies of the Field, for which he became the first Black man to win a Best Actor Oscar. One of our favorite Sidney Poitier films is To Sir, With Love. So to honor Sidney we are celebrating with our To Sidney, With Love 1M 5K 10K 13.1 26.2.

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On January 6th, the world lost an amazing man, Sidney Poitier. The Hollywood star was known for films including Guess Who’s Coming to DinnerIn the Heat of the Night and Lilies of the Field, for which he became the first Black man to win a Best Actor Oscar. One of our favorite Sidney Poitier films is To Sir, With Love.  So to honor Sidney we are celebrating with our To Sidney, With Love 1M 5K 10K 13.1 26.2.
  
Poitier was also very involved in civil-rights activism, so at least 15% of every registration to the  Equal Justice Initiative, an organization that is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American Society. 
 
What: This is a 1M, 5K, 10K, 13.1, 26.2 virtual run (or walk) to celebrate Sidney Poitier! You choose which distance you want to complete!
 
When: Complete your race any time in April or May 2022!
 
*Medals and bibs will start shipping out March 31st! After that they will ship out within 2 to 5 days of signing up.
 
Where:  You choose the course and you time yourself (you’ll report your finishing time to us).
 
Why:  Because this is our way of honoring a great human being!
  • Official “To Sidney, With Love” race swag is available HERE for a limited time only
 
Cost:  The price is $18 and that includes your medal, bib and at least 15% of every entry will be donated to Equal Justice Initiative*We are in no way affiliated with this charity, we like to choose a different charity for each of our races and are happy to raise funds for them.
 
* Don’t forget that if you sign up for our main 2022 event, PLUTO: King of the Kuiper Belt – Running and Walking Challenge, you will be given a discount code that will allow you to save 25% on ALL EVENTS throughout 2022 (which makes races less then $14)! The code starts at the start of 2022 and doesn’t expire until December 31, 2022! So be sure to sign up for PLUTO now and get your discount code now! SIGN UP HERE!

*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.

Location:

ONLINE ONLY
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United States
Contact name: 
Moon Joggers
Email address: 
The event has already taken place on this date: 
05/29/2022
Time: 
All Day