The 5-kilometer run scheduled for Wrightsville Beach on Oct. 10 has morphed as a result of the week of storms that battered North Carolina’s coast. The annual Son Run race isn’t canceled or postponed; it will still run this weekend as scheduled. However, it will merge with the Run for the Ta Tas race that was previously scheduled for Oct. 3 and was canceled due to severe weather and flooding.
Combining the two 5K races will move the 17th Annual Son Run off of its traditional course in Wrightsville Beach, which followed a route that starts at the town municipal complex and continues around the John Nesbitt Loop. The Son Run is a public outreach project of the Wrightsville United Methodist Church.
Instead, the expected 150 participants in the Son Run will join more than 1,000 other runners in the Run for the Ta Tas, a run organized to bolster breast cancer support groups, including the Pink Ribbon Project, the Pretty in Pink Foundation and Love is Bald. The run is scheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 at Mayfaire Town Center.
Moving Run for the Ta Tas created a conflict with the Son Run, event organizer Kathleen Barber said. The breast cancer awareness event features plenty of runners in pink outfits and other costumery.
“It’s better for us to partner with them,” Barber said. “It should be some extra fun this year. The Run for the Ta Tas participants have a lot of fun.”
While paired with the Run for the Ta Tas, the Son Run participants will still have the opportunity to win the coveted pies awarded to winners in each division. Pies are donated by Apple Annie’s Bake Shop. The top overall men’s and women’s division winners will also win a $100 prize.
Proceeds from the Son Run are awarded to three organizations: Methodist Home for Children, A Safe Place and The Carousel Center.
The Methodist Home for Children is an organization that focuses on serving foster children who have been through revolving short-term placements, who have suffered abuse and neglect or who were born addicted to drugs. The charity helps stabilize the family situation and helps provide higher education grants and vocational training. A Safe Place is a Wilmington-based organization that provides assistance to victims of sexual exploitation by providing transitional housing, counseling and access to education and vocational training. The Carousel Center provides assistance to victims of child abuse by providing critical care services to children in southeastern North Carolina.
Registration for the Son Run is available through Friday at Gold’s Gym at 200 Racine Drive or at the race site on Saturday.
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