Race held earlier this year due to UT Men’s Basketball Game

The UT Graduate Student Senate continues their tradition of raising funds for the UT Libraries with the 14th annual “Love Your Libraries” 5K run and one-mile fun walk through the heart of the UT campus.

The race will occur on Saturday, February 25th. Race start time is 8:30 AM this year, due to the UT Men’s Basketball game scheduled for that afternoon.

Monies raised by the race are used to purchase library materials that are crucial to student research and will help build the UT Libraries’ digital collections.

Registration is 7:00-8:00 am in Circle Park. Interested participants can pre-register with a form available online at old.lib.utk.edu/funrun/. Registration is $15.

Send the completed form and a check made payable to “GSS Fun Run ” to GSS Fun Run, 315E University Center, 1502 West Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-4800.

The race is sanctioned and emceed by the Knoxville Track Club. An awards ceremony will follow the race; awards will be given to the top three runners overall, 1st Masters (40+) and 1st Grand Masters (50+), male and female — as well as awards given by age and gender. T-shirts are guaranteed to all pre-registered runners.