Registration opens for Duke Dash 5K at N.C. Research Campus

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, August 23, 2017

KANNAPOLIS — Registration is open for the Duke Dash 5K & Healthfest, the Murdock Study’s fourth annual community appreciation event at the N.C. Research Campus.

The Duke Dash 5K will begin at 9 a.m. Sept. 23. Healthfest will be from 9 a.m. to noon. The dash part of the Run Kannapolis Race Series.

More information is on the Murdock Study website.

Register for the 5K at racesonline.com. The first 250 online registrants will receive a free T-shirt.

On-site registration will begin at 8:15 a.m. the day of the race.

The morning will include other healthy activities including Walk With a Doc, line dancing, Zumba, yoga, face painting and more.

Participants can bring a chair and sit on the lawn. Food trucks, a DJ and vendors will be on hand.

The Duke Dash and Healthfest are hosted by the Murdock Study and the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, located on the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis. For more information, call 704-250-5861.