The 17th Race Street Run is Saturday, June 24 in Jim Thorpe.

The 15K races begins at 8:30 a.m. with the 4 mile race at 8:45 a.m. Registration begins at 7 a.m. in the Tolman House, across Race Street from St. Mark’s.

The events benefit the St. Mark’s & St. John’s Episcopal Church building fund.

Races begin in front of Carbon County Court House and end in front of St. Mark’s.

The 4 mile runners traverse Broadway, West Broadway and a portion of the Switchback Trail, turning around and retracing their steps just before coming to the borough water treatment plant.

Runners in the 15K race will continue on the Switchback Trail to the Mauch Chunk Lake entrance where they turn around and retrace their steps back to town. Both 4 mile and 15K runners join Race Street at the Opera House and finish in front of the church. The course surface is blacktop for the first and last miles and a combination of improved and unimproved trail for the rest of the course.

There are water stops at the 2 mile and 4 mile points outbound and between the 5 and 6 mile and between the 7 and 8 mile marks on the return trip.

There are trophies for the top 3 men and women finishers in both events and medals for 5-year spaced age groups.

Broadway, West Broadway and Race Street will be closed to vehicular traffic during the race.

More information may be found at www.racestreetrun.org. Online registration is available at this website and is strongly encouraged.