The Milwaukee Brewers will host the inaugural "Brewers mini-marathon" on Sept. 22, beginning at Miller Park.
Fundraising proceeds from the race will benefit the MACC Fund.
The race route will take runners through and around a variety of Milwaukee landmarks including the Miller Valley, the Harley-Davidson Museum, "The Domes" at Mitchell Park Conservatory and others.
Runners will also run through Miller Park and be shown on the scoreboard.
Participants and volunteers will receive a free Brewers ticket voucher good for select 2012 or 2013 games at Miller Park, a participant medal, a "tech" shirt and a post-race tailgate party outside Miller Park with live music.
Runners will be supported by 10 aid stations with liquids, misting stations and entertainment. Spectator parking is free at Miller Park.
Proceeds from the mini-marathon will benefit the MACC Fund. Participants can organize their own fundraising page and donors can make donations online.
A complete list of fundraising prizes can be found here, but some notable prizes are tickets to Opening Day in 2013, holding the finish line tape for the sausage race, private dinner for two at home plate, opportunity to toss a first pitch during the 2013 regular season, two tickets to the MACC Fund's "An Evening with Aaron Rodgers" and a Miller Park roof tour.
Participants can register for the race today. The cost of the race is $65 for those registering by April 30, $75 for those registering between May 1–July 31 and $85 for those registering between Aug. 1– Sept. 19.
For those registering on packet pick-up day, Sept. 21, the cost is $100. Race packets can be picked up at Miller Park on Friday, Sept. 21.
Jim Owczarski is an award-winning sports journalist and comes to Milwaukee by way of the Chicago Sun-Times Media Network.
A three-year Wisconsin resident who has considered Milwaukee a second home for the better part of seven years, he brings to the market experience covering nearly all major and college sports.
To this point in his career, he has been awarded six national Associated Press Sports Editors awards for investigative reporting, feature writing, breaking news and projects. He is also a four-time nominee for the prestigious Peter J. Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism, presented by the Chicago Headline Club, and is a two-time winner for Best Sports Story. He has also won numerous other Illinois Press Association, Illinois Associated Press and Northern Illinois Newspaper Association awards.
Jim's career started in earnest as a North Central College (Naperville, Ill.) senior in 2002 when he received a Richter Fellowship to cover the Chicago White Sox in spring training. He was hired by the Naperville Sun in 2003 and moved on to the Aurora Beacon News in 2007 before joining OnMilwaukee.com.
In that time, he has covered the events, news and personalities that make up the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Hockey League, NCAA football, baseball and men's and women's basketball as well as boxing, mixed martial arts and various U.S. Olympic teams.
Golf aficionados who venture into Illinois have also read Jim in GOLF Chicago Magazine as well as the Chicago District Golfer and Illinois Golfer magazines.
