The 5th Annual Earth Day Houston 5K is at 8 a.m. The race will be a chip-timed run on a flat, fast loop course certified by USATF, followed by a 5K walk and a Kids’ K. What starts as a Party on the Pavement sets the pace for Houston’s Party for Our Planet. The 5K kicks off Earth Day Houston, a free day-long festival and Green Expo taking place at Discovery Green as part of the nation’s 40th anniversary celebration of Earth Day. The Earth Day Houston 5K competition begins at 8 a.m. followed by the 5K walkers. At 9 a.m. the kids hit the streets for the Kids’ K (for children ages 11 and under). Participants may register online at www.earthdayhouston.org or pick up a race brochure at Green Bank, Diet Gourmet, Memorial Park, and local running stores. Entry fees paid by March 26 are $20 for adults and $10 for Kids’K participants (ages 11 and under); fees paid March 27 to April 2 are $25 for adults and $10 for kids; and race day entry fees are $30 for adults and $10 for kids. 5K Team fees are $15 per person if paid by March 26, $18 if paid by April 2 and $23 on race day. Packet pickup and onsite registration will be held at Urban Harvest Bayou City Farmers Market in the back parking lot at 3000 Richmond, 77098 on Saturday, March 27 from 8 a.m. to noon, and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney, 77010 at the Andrea and Bill White Promenade. Green Bank will host packet pick up from 8 am. to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 1 and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, April 2 at the Green Banks located at 4000 Greenbriar at US 59, 77098 and the Houstonian at 109 North Post Oak Lane, Suite 100, 77024. For complete information about the 5th Annual Earth Day 5K, visit www.earthdayhouston.org or call (713) 528-3779.The Earth Day Houston 5K benefits Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), a non-profit whose mission is to improve Houston’s air quality and educate the public about the hazards of air pollution.

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