Montbello ALIVE! 5K Run and One Mile Walk

The Virtual 5k Race/Walk will kick off the 2020 Montbello Alive! festivities. The 5k Race/Walk will launch on September 20th at 9:00am and close on September 25th at 9:00pm. Since this event is virtual, participants will have time to plan their route and conveniently schedule a time to complete the race/walk. We have partnered with the Strava Running app which is free and can be downloaded to your phone or smartwatch to track your route, distance, and time. Join the Montbello Alive! 2020 club within the app, where all stats will be automatically displayed on the leaderboard! See your results in real-time! Prefer to manually record your stats? Don't worry, we've got you covered. 

This race is for all ages!

On Saturday, September 26th we will announce the winners for the following categories: 
- Most individual miles ran (by zip code)
- Fastest time (by age group) 
- Most miles ran (by school - open to all schools in Denver)

We hope you join us as we celebrate all runners of this event with our online audience and join in on the fun we have planned for the rest of the day. 
Each winner will be featured on our website for the entire year, receive a special medal to commemorate their win, and receive a special shout out on the day of the event. 
They'll also receive a prize of:
1st place - $100
2nd place - $50
3rd place - $25

About Montbello Alive! 
The vision of this annual event came ALIVE! after witnessing great success during the 50th anniversary celebration in September 2016. This community-driven annual event is designed to ensure all community members have a sense of belonging and seeks to change the narrative from within the diverse walls of the neighborhood. Members seek to create new, safe, and positive shared experiences in which all generations can gather around healthy food, various forms of physical activities, music, culture, community voice, and more. The community desires an awakening – to show the greater Denver-metro area that Montbello is ALIVE! with a vibrant, hopeful spirit.

Join us for the 4th annual celebration of Montbello ALIVE! This year's theme is resilience (re·sil·ien·ce): the ability to overcome challenges of all kinds and emerge stronger than before. Despite COVID-19 and the loss our community has faced, Montbello continues to fight to take care of our neighbors. We have banded together to feed our neighbors, connect one another to resources, lift each other up and so much more. This event is to celebrate the mountains we have been able to overcome. We can't wait to celebrate with you!