Race Info

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Date:
Saturday, June 4, 2005
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Time:
Registration/Check-In: 7:45-8:45 AM
Start time for both the 5k and 1 mile: 9:15 AM

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Location:
Start/Finish Lines, Bathrooms, Awards Ceremony, and much more is located at:
Upper Bucks YMCA
451 California Rd.
Quakertown, PA 18951

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Parking:
All participant parking will be in the First American Title Insurance Company lot
across California Rd. from the YMCA. The address of the company is 472 California Rd.
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Directions:
CLICK HERE for a map from Mapquest(TM).
From 309 (From the North): As you enter the Quakertown area, get into your left lane,
prepared to make a left turn. You will come to a stoplight where a fitness center is on the
right with a large dumbbell in the parking lot. Turn left at that light onto Pumping Station Road.
The road will come to a "T" at a stoplight; make a right onto California Road at that point.
Travel down California Road, and just after Penn Am Drive is the Upper Bucks YMCA, on the left side.
From 309 (From the South): As you enter the Quakertown area, stay in your right lane,
prepared to make a right turn. When you come to a light where, on the left side, a fitness
factory store has a large dumbbell in its parking lot, make a right onto Pumping Station Road.
The road will come to a "T" at a stoplight; make a right onto California Road at that point.
Travel down California Road, and just after Penn Am Drive is the Upper Bucks YMCA, on the left side.
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Awards:

1-Mile Fun-Run/Walk: Trophies to top 3 male and female finishers
5-Kilometer Race: Trophies to top 3 male and female finishers, medals to top 3 male
and female finishers in each age group
5k Age Groups:

13 & Under
14-18
19-24
25-29
30-34 35-39
40-50
51-60
60 & Over

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Amenities:

Bathroom Facilities
Food supplied by: Derstine's Produce, Yum Yum Donuts, Subway, Tastykake, Emmaus Bakery, and more to come!
Water and sports drinks
Coupons
T-shirts handed out to all pre-registered participants, and most (or all)
post-registered participants, depending on what supplies last.

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Courses:
Mile Fun-Run/Walk Course: Out and back course; starts in YMCA parking lot,
makes right onto Penn Am Drive, makes right onto Pacific Drive, then loops back
to the YMCA parking lot for the finish.
5-Kilometer Course: Out and back/loop course; begins in YMCA parking lot,
makes a right onto Penn Am Drive, then turns right onto Pacific Drive, then
you cross a stone, dirt and grass path after which runners bear right onto the bike
trail (which goes around the soccer and midget football complex); the course then follows
that path until it reaches 9th Street and Cemetary Rd.; it then makes a right onto Cemetary Rd.
runners will then follow Cemetary Rd. until they reach Pickett Ln. where they will turn left.
After a short stint on Pickett Ln., runners will make a left onto Mill St.
They will follow Mill St. until 9th St. and make a left onto 9th St.
This leads back to the park entrance, where runners will pick up the bike
trail where they left it before going onto Cemetary Rd. The course backtracks
along the bike trail, Pacific Drive, and Penn Am Drive until the race finishes
in the YMCA parking lot.
*Both courses will be well-marked on race day.*
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Event Description:

Hello and welcome to the official website for the Wieder Memorial Run! This event continues with its Fourth Annual appearance on June 4, 2005. The Wieder Memorial Run continues to be a graduation project of Quakertown Community Senior High School students. This year, three sophomores from QCSHS are organizing the event: Zack Woodard, Sean Tomlinson, and Cody Peters.
Graduation Projects are required of all Pennsylvania high school students in order to graduate after their senior year. Each student must complete an acceptable graduation project by the fall of their senior year, and the project must involve at least sixty (60) hours of work.
Mr. Wieder was a fourth-grade teacher at Quakertown's Neidig Elementary School until he was tragically killed in a car accident with his wife, Rae Ann, in an April 2001 automobile accident.
Why are two residents of Macungie, PA special enough to remember with a community event? An average teacher does not sing in front of the entire school each Christmas, decorated and illuminated as a candle. Mr. Wieder was no average teacher. He stood out as a role model as he worked countless hours to improve his community with his wife, Rae Ann, in addition to his engaging style in the classroom. Mr. and Mrs. Wieder exemplified the values of honesty, integrity, equal treatment of all people, and a strong work ethic. Beyond that, the Wieders were so enthusiastic about serving others that these great qualities rubbed off on nearly each person they knew. It was this inspiring quality of the Wieders that drove Lucas Brommer to create the Wieder Memorial Run in 2002 to serve as an annual celebration of the Wieders and all of the wonderful things they stood for throughout their lives.

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Goals:
The Wieder Memorial Run serves as a celebration for the positive values Mark and Rae Ann Wieder exemplified in their community. A sense of service, strong character, and caring for others provides the foundation for this event. The Wieder Memorial Run strives to gather communities of people to be inspired by these qualities, which will in turn benefit the spirit of a good community. We dream of seeing the runners, walkers, volunteers, and sponsors coming together to make the Wieder Memorial Run a lasting impression to each individual participant.
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