About the Boone FLEXgivin' 5K
The course runs a mostly flat route and is self-timed, so there is no clock pressure and no one tracking your pace. It starts outside the Boone FLEX facility on Thanksgiving morning, and the atmosphere is more about getting outside before the meal than racing anyone. Bringing a non-perishable food item to donate to a local food pantry is part of the morning.
Packet pickup and the start are at the same spot, the Boone FLEX on Carroll Street, so there is nothing to figure out ahead of time. The self-timed format means you can go at whatever pace the morning calls for.
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