CHECK-IN

For everyone working at the start and finish: check in and meet up with the rest of your team in the lake parking lot (GPS - 929 Lake Hollingsworth Dr, 33803).

If the weather is accomodating, we will have the LRC tents set up, and there will be signs near the tents to direct you to the correct registration table. 

For most of those volunteering along the hill streets - you will check in with Bob & Sherry Harter on Johnson Ave.

Click on your specific task to review your instructions.

FRIDAY

• LOAD / UNLOAD SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT

• PACKET PICK UP & WALK UP REGISTRATION

SATURDAY

• SETUP CREW 1 - REGISTRATION & FINISH

• SETUP CREW 2 - FIRST 1/4 MILE CONE BARRIER

• SETUP CREW 3 - FIRST MILE TAPE BARRIER

• SETUP CREW 4 - START LINE & COURSE MARKERS

• PACKET PICK UP & WALK UP REGISTRATION

• ANNOUNCER & SWEEPER
• COURSE MONITOR - HILL STREETS & TRANSITION
• COURSE MONITOR - START/FINISH
• WATER STOP
• FINISH AREA - SUPPORT POST RACE AMENITIES
• WATERMELON CREW
• LOAD / UNLOAD SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT

PARKING

For everyone working at the start/finish - parking at the lake will be first-come, first-served. Anyone parking in this lot will be required to stay onsite until the race is finished and the exit reopened. 

For those volunteering as course monitors along the hills, see your task specific information for parking details.

VOLUNTEER SHIRT and SAFETY VESTS

All volunteers need to wear aorange LRC Volunteer shirt.  

If you don't have one, we'll give you one when you check-in.

Volunteers in some positions will also need to wear a reflective safety vest.

RESTROOMS

There are Portalets on site for volunteers and participants to the east of the boat ramp at the lake parking lot.

A LITTLE EXTRA

There will be coffee and volunteer snacks available at the near the registration area. If you'd like to take some coffee with you to your volunteer location, please bring a mug. 

Course monitors, you may be at your position for over an hour waiting for the sweeper to pass. You may bring a camp chair if you would like to sit waiting for the race to start.

MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

If you see a medical emergency, call 911.

If you see anyone that needs basic medical care, direct them to the EMTs stationed near the finish line area.   

EMS will be at the finish line with an automated external defibrillator (AED) and first aid kit.

Volunteers will be provided contact information for the Race Day Point of Contact to call if someone needs basic first aid on the course.

Founded in 1974, the Lakeland Runners Club (LRC) has grown from a small social organization to an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit and one of Lakeland’s largest fitness organizations. The LRC reaches over 3,500 people annually within 10 miles of Lakeland, and over 4,500 throughout Florida. Over 150 volunteers donate more than 2500 hours annually to achieve the LRC’s mission to promote running and fitness for people of all ages and abilities in the community.

The LRC’s commitment to providing opportunities for people of all ages and abilities features seven races of varying distance and difficulty, weekly community group runs, free youth running initiatives, and training programs that provide motivation and knowledge to set and achieve personal goals. 

The LRC’s premier event is the Summer Sunrise Watermelon 5k Series. The race welcomes a wide population of runners, from local elite to a competitive age group and recreational runners, to run three 5ks each summer and fund scholarships for high school runners throughout Polk County. The LRC also holds the oldest race in Polk County, the Lake to Lake 10k which started in 1977, the Mayfaire 5k which started in 1980, the Aching Quad Challenge – Four Races in 24 hours, and the Mean & Green 5-Mile Trail Race.