Last Updated on September 14, 2024 by Brenda
Annual Quay County On The Move Fun Run/Walk
September 28, 2024!
Thank you to the 2024 Event Sponsors!
- Altrusa International of Tucumcari
- Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital
- KTNM 1400 AM and KQAY 92.7 FM
- Mesa Winds Healthmart Pharmacy
- Mesalands Community College
- Mis Amigos Family Services
- Pacheco Family Dentistry
- Partnership Addressing Substance Struggles
- PMS Quay County Family Health Center
- Roadrunner 4-H Club
- Ronald Sanders State Farm Insurance Agency
- Sunrise Clinics – Tucumcari
- Tucumcari Federal Savings and Loan
- Tucumcari General Insurance
- United Healthcare Community Plan
Want to save time at registration? Download the registration form and have it completed before you arrive. Bring it with you to a registration table and get your wristband assignment. 2024 Fun Run Registration Form
Download the Flyer Here 2024 Fun Run Flyer
Registration for the event on September 28th begins at 7:15 a.m. with wristband number assignments. Since the purpose of this event is to have families walk together for fun, there is not a charge to participate. The registration is a quick form that lists your contact information and t-shirt size. One form can be filled out for a family. Everyone needs to be registered by 7:45 a.m. A brief orientation is provided before participants start the walk. To expedite the registration process for the in-person event, you may also go to our website at qchealthcouncil.org and download one that you can bring to the site filled out. All participants under 18 need their registration form signed by their parent or guardian. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
The run/walk begins at 8:00 a.m. sharp! Participants walk a marked course; West on Hines, up 11th street and head East on Washington and South on 2nd street and then back to Kvols Park. Yes, the hill will be first, but that will be when we are the freshest. Then it is downhill the rest of the way. Volunteers from our school honor societies and the community are stationed along the course to stop traffic for safety or for other needs you may have. After you complete the course, turn in your wrist band at the finish line. T-shirts will be ordered for everyone that completes the walk. The shirts will be ready for you to pick up by the end of October. Shirt pick up will be at the Quay County Extension Office (216 E Center Street). Please plan on picking up your shirt before Thanksgiving.
A special shortened half-course (2.5 K/1.5 Miles) is available for new walkers and Senior Citizens. Those participants will be driven to the halfway point and begin the walk on the regular course. These finishers will also receive a t-shirt. To take advantage of this course, after you register, report to one of the marked vehicles on Hines Street facing 5th street
We gathered input from those that participated in the mobility impaired course Last Year and made several changes. For those with mobility issues, we ask that they park in the high school gym parking lot entering from the gate on 7th Street. Registration for the mobility impaired course will be on the corner of Hines and 6th Street. Please register before 8:00 am. This course will begin at the same time and will be on Hines Street. You will not need to step up on curbs and there is a driveway to exit the parking lot, so those in wheelchairs can participate. The course is short, but a participant can make as many laps as they would like. Once completed, turn in your wristband for a shirt to be ordered for you.
Since this is not a competition, bring out your whole family to walk and enjoy the morning. You can run, walk, roll or stroll the course. Wear a costume or fun hat to add to the excitement of the day. If you bring a pet, it must be on a leash. People walking with pets are asked to walk at the back of the group. Participants that choose to run the course will be at the front of the group to minimize passing walkers.
There will be a first aid/refreshment station on the course hosted by PMS Quay County Family Health Center. Altrusa International of Tucumcari hosts the refreshment station at the finish line. After you finish the course, hang out in the park, have some refreshments, listen to the music, cheer on the rest of the runners, and visit the information booths. We have several booths this year.
The HEAL committee will be set up after the start of the race with jump ropes for all of the children and youth. We will have someone to demonstrate how to jump too. Be sure to stop at their table when you complete the route.
The Fun Run/Walk is co-hosted by the Quay County Health Council’s Healthy Eating Active Living Committee and the Quay County Extension Service.
