The Chocolate 5k comes to St. Joseph, MO

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Oct. 29, 2013 - PRLog -- NR Road Racing will hold The Chocolate 5k in St. Joseph on Saturday November 16, 2013 at 10:00 AM to benefit Second Harvest Community Food Bank. The event will be held at Krug Park, 3500 St. Joseph Ave, St Joseph, MO. Race registration is $35 for individuals and $30 for teams of 4 or more. All ages are welcome, however, you must register anyone six and older. We also welcome volunteers!

NR Road Racing presents a chocolatey good time. We are offering you sweet treats to keep you going throughout the 5k. Yes there will still be water stations, but for those of you with a sweet tooth, you can also have a little piece of joy. Enjoy a family friendly three mile course with your friends, family, and other choc-aholic strangers. Doesn’t matter how fast or old you are; everyone is welcome to participate and join in the fun! After the race, we’ll be still partying and filling up with chocolate. You are invited to hangout and party to the music and have some more (or your first) chocolate on us! Family and friends are always encouraged to join in the party at the end!

Second Harvest Community Food Bank is a nonprofit food Distribution Center serving 19 counties across Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas. They distribute food through a network of over 100 Partner Agencies located throughout our service area and through our direct service programs. Second Harvest is a proud member of Feeding America, the Missouri Food Bank Association, the Kansas Association of Food Banks and the Hunger Coalition.

“We are very excited to be able to partner with NR Road Racing to offer St. Joseph an opportunity to participate in the Chocolate 5K,” said Aaron Smullin, Director of Marketing at Second Harvest Community Food Bank. “We are fortunate to have a vibrant running community in our area, and we know that providing an opportunity to run, while also building hunger-free communities will be a win-win for everyone.”

Visit http://nrroadracing.com/ to register and for more information. For more information about Second Harvest Community Food Bank visit: http://www.ourcommunityfoodbank.org/. (http://www.ourcommunityfoodbank.org/) To stay up to date on all the latest races and happenings follow @NRRoadRacing and their events on Facebook and twitter.