5k's on the weekend are popular this time of year, they are a great way to get some exercise in for a charity or fundraiser. But what if people want to support a cause, but don't want to run? There was an opportunity on Saturday for people with the Inaugural 0.5 K, "The Race for the Rest of Us."
Jenn McMillen and her husband Bryan Parker were some of the over 100 people who came out for the race. As McMillen said, "We have been training, we have been training for two hours for this. We are prepared. We wore good shoes and we heard there were donuts at the end."
Joe Lang, the Development Director for Lakeshore Community Services explained, "People love it, there are so many people that compete in real athletic events and today is not a real athletic event, so they love it. It's really about raising money about the people we serve."
All the funds raised goes to help Lakeshore Community Services', The Everyday Living Fund. As Lang explained, "For the people in our intellectual disabilities community and our mental health community. They are all on fixed incomes, sometimes they have emergency expenses and that's what this fund helps out with."
The 0.5K consisted of running three laps around the turf at Dick's Sporting Goods.
Before any race, people need to make sure they are fueling their bodies, in this race it came in the form of Mighty Fine Donuts.
Some people may train for months for a marathon and participants took this race just as seriously. "To prepare for this, I put on clean clothes and some fashion sneakers, not even good running shoes", said McMillen.
They made sure they were ready when the race began. In addition to the Mighty Fine Donuts, people could also enjoy ice cream from Niagara Creamy, soda and beer after the race.