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Orion 5K

May 11th, 2024

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Saturday, May 11th @ 8:30 a.m.

The EDGE and Downtown Memphis
Orion Federal Credit Union
400 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN 38103

Join us near the Wonder Bread for a 5K and a 1-mile Family Fun Run that will be the best thing since sliced bread—ha, see what I did there. Bring your mama, your best friends and all the kiddos! There will be music, food, beverages, pickleball and fun for all ages.

You heard us right! COME FOR THE RACE AND STAY FOR THE PICKLEBALL! From 10am to 4pm, join us and play the fastest growing sport in the city. Newbies, pros, and players of all skill levels are welcome to play! Meet us on May 11th in the EDGE district for a street party unlike any other.

The Orion 5K falls on Mother’s Day weekend, and offers special awards in the categories of fastest Mother/Daughter, Mother/Son, Father/Son, and Father/Daughter teams.

In addition, the first 500 Orion 5K finishers will receive a commemorative medal. The overall male and female winners will also walk away with the Orion 5K championship belt, a keepsake of Memphis running excellence.

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620d17ef6f3c7.png Join Orion in supporting our neighbors! Your support of this race will benefit the MIFA Meals on Wheels program.

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Memphis has the third highest senior food insecurity rate in the nation—10.8% of seniors in our community lack access to adequate nutrition. Since 1976, MIFA Meals on Wheels has provided hot lunches for homebound seniors. In the last year, they have delivered more than 700,000 meals to 4,400 seniors in the city. Your support helps reach more of the neighbors who need us most.

Meals on Wheels Serves Memphis Every Day.

•2,100 Seniors Served Each Month

•100 Volunteers Needed Daily for Meal Delivery

•10.8% of seniors in the Memphis area are food insecure—the third highest percentage in the nation.

•You can help! Find out more at MIFA.org/seniors.

Course Map

Packet Pickup

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Race Day Schedule

7:00AM - Race day packet pickup opens
8:20AM - National Anthem
8:30AM - 5K Begins
9:00AM - Street Party Begins
9:30AM - Family Fun Run & 5K Awards Begin
10:30AM- Pickleball Begins

M-Town Series

M-Town Race Series
Presented by:
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Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics has been in the business of keeping people healthy for over 115 years in the Mid-South. With the M-Town race series we are able to educate the Memphis running community on leading sports medicine care and offer both preventative measures and treatment of sports-related injuries. As the official team physicians for professional, collegiate, and high school teams in the city – we are a valuable resource for athletes and runners participating in this series. We’ll get hands-on for our participants on race day with onsite access in our swag tent to Normatec recovery therapy provided by our performance and wellness facility, Accel.

We hope you will join us for each of the 4 events in the 2024 M-Town Series.

Orion 5K - May 11th
Zoom through the Zoo 4 Miler - May 23rd
HarborTown 5K - May 31st
Memphis Stars & Stripes 5K - July 3rd

Series registrants will each receive a M-Town Series Finisher Medal, each races individual shirt and or swag, as well as special M-Town swag at the final event in the series!

Don't miss out on the 4 BEST races this summer!

Series Awards:

Awards will be based on cumulative points. Each placing in an age groups will receive points for placing. The most points wins the series. Must compete in 3 of the 4 races to be eligible for the series points. Overall series and Series Goodies will be given to all series participants.

Contact information

Event contact
Start 2 Finish Event Management
Email
mem@s2fsupport.freshdesk.com

Sponsors

  • Title Sponsors

  • Event Sponsors

  • Special Thanks To

    • The Edge Motor Museum
    • LEO Events
    • MIFA Meals on Wheels
    • MPD Special Events
    • Campbell Clinic

  • M-Town Series Presented by