18th RUN FOR THE PAWS 5K, 5K WALK & 1M DOG WALK (SS Summer Series #10)

Packet Pickup 

Please plan on picking up your packet which will make race-day much smoother.   Parking passes will be handed out at packet pickup.

Packet Pickup Update…

Packet Pickup will be at Dewey Lions Club on Dagsworthy St on Friday July 31st from 6-8 pm. 

Proceeds to Benefit HUMANE ANIMAL PARTNERS

Known formerly as Delaware Humane Association and Delaware SPCA, Humane Animal Partners is committed to connecting people with animals, building strong relationships to better the community, and preventing cruelty to animals. These values are brought to life through programs that provide shelter and adoption for unwanted and homeless pets, reduce pet overpopulation through low-cost spay/neuter, and enable pet retention by providing low-cost wellness services. Visit humaneanimalpartners.org to learn how to adopt, volunteer, donate, foster, and more.

RACE WEBSITE

• Additional race information can be found at http://seashorestriders.com

LOCATION

• Dewey Beach Lions Club...115 McKinley St;  Dewey Beach, DE 19971 

DESCRIPTION

• Join the Seashore Striders for for a great four-legged cause as the 18th Race for the Paws 5k, 5k Walk & 1m dog walk.   The 10th event in the popular Seashore Strider Championship Series, The Race for the Paws is in memory of all the 4-legged friends we have loved over the years, is a great event where proceeds go towards the Humane Animal Partners (HAP).  
  
   

RACE LOCATION

• 115 McKinley St;  Dewey Beach, DE 19971 

RACE TIME

• 7:30 am...Dogs will go off at the same time from the back of the pack

RACE REGISTRATION                                                                          

• $30.00 "Early Bird" Registration...through July 19th at midnight  
• $35.00 "Pre" Registration July 20th through July 31st at midnight
• $40.00 "Last Chance" Race-Day Registration  at 6:00 am and will close at 7:15 am 

Registration will be done online through runsignup.   All participants registered by Monday, July 27th will be guaranteed a t-shirt, while registrations received after July 27th are "first come"
Registration can also be done through the mail by printing out the universal entry form, filling it out, including payment and mailing to Seashore Striders C/O Paws 5k, 9 Gander Lane; Lewes, DE. 19958.  Please mail early so that it arrives by Monday, July 27th  to secure your shirt.

2 WAYS TO REGISTER FOR A SEASHORE STRIDER EVENT

• ONLINE REGISTRATION through RUNSIGNUP here at this site."The easiest & most popular way to register for Seashore Strider events.
• MAIL-IN REGISTRATION...form can be downloaded from seashorestriders.com on the Run for the Paws race page.  Please fill out the form completely & neatly, double checking Age, Gender, Entry Fee Price (some events have different fees) & Event Choice.
• Mail completed paper registration to: Seashore Striders; 9 Gander Lane, Lewes, DE. 19958   Please mail by Monday of Race Week to be guaranteed an event t-shirt/swag. (Depending on when we receive it, your t-shirt may be ordered on the Monday following the race)  
• Make checks payable to “Seashore Striders”                                                                                                       
   

TO BENEFIT

• Humane Animal Partners (HAP)
   

SPONSOR/HOST

• Seashore Strider Event Production, Inc.
   

RACE COURSE

• The 18th Run for the Paws 5k is a flat & fast course through the Seabreeze Development of Dewey Beach
• This is a USATF Certified 5k Course and the distance will be 3.11 miles

SAFE RUNNING & RACING

• NOTE- THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT ALLOWED IN A SEASHORE STRIDER EVENT...THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL PARTICIPANTS...RD TIM-SS

  • BIKES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE ON THE COURSE RIDING ALONG/PACING ANY REGISTERED RUNNER

  • BANDITS (NON REGISTERED) RUNNERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE IN THE RACE RUNNING ALONG/PACING ANY REGISTERED RUNNER

  • HEADPHONES/EAR PODS ARE DISCOURAGED WEARING IN BOTH EARS DUE TO SAFETY OF HEARING TRAFFIC 
    COURSE SAFETY

  • ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUIRED TO RUN ON THE COURSE THAT IS MARKED WITH ARROWS AND CONES.   PLEASE STAY ON THE ROAD WHERE IT IS MARKED AND POLICE ARE STATIONED...DO NOT RACE ON THE SIDEWALK, RUN THROUGH PRIVATE PROPERTY, OR RUN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD.   IN MOST CASES YOU SHOULD BE RACING WITH TRAFFIC.   (FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE COURSE IS MARKED WITH ARROWS & CONES SO RUNNERS ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF WILMINGTON AND CHRISTIAN STREETS, THEN NO RUNNER SHOULD BE ON THE LEFT SIDE FACING TRAFFIC).  ALSO, WHEN THE RACE IS DIRECTED AROUND A CONE OR CONES, FAILURE TO DO SO COULD RESULT IN CUTTING THE COURSE.

    FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE RACE INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN A DISQUALIFICATION FROM THE EVENT.   THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN THIS MATTER.   RACE DIRECTOR TIM-SS

    
     

RACE TIMING

• Timing will be done by the Seashore Strider Event Production team and will be using the Chronotrack B Chip system.  

RACE AMENITIES

• Finish line produced by “Seashore Strider Event Production, Inc.,” Post-Race awards ceremony within 20 minutes following the final finisher, custom t-shirts, custom awards, post-race refreshments & post party at the Dewey Beach Lions Club.
• Register by Monday of Race Week to secure your t-shirt...

• After party: …We’re  having Bloody Mary’s courtesy of Tito‘s vodka, Dogfish Beer, Dewey Crush, an assortment of non alcoholic beverages, Kona ice, fruit from Fifer Orchards and Giant and much more. 

  Bring extra cash to buy raffle tickets as we will have many raffle prizes from local merchants with all proceeds benefiting Humane Animal Partners. 

  Custom hand made wooden 
  awards By Half Stockley, to all age group winners(5 year age groups) 9 under to 80 and over. 

  Parking hours will be extended to 11am, so you don’t need to feed the meter!
  
  

  
   

AWARDS  

• Awards will be presented to the Overall Male & Female Champions, Overall Male & Female Masters (40+ yrs.), as well as the top three (3) Male & Female finishers in the following age categories: 9 & under, 10-13, 14-19, 20-24, then 5-year age groups through 80+.   Top 5 awards to the 5k Walk.  Awards will be presented within 20 minutes following the final runner crossing the finish.

36th CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES INFO

• There is no extra fee to enter the Championship Series- just the regular entry fee per race...automatically entered
• To QUALIFY for the Championship Series one must do the following 3 items:
  • 1. Runners must complete one (1) 5 mile race (2 to choose from)
  • 2. Runners must complete five (5) 5k's (9 to choose from) 
  • 3. NEW in '26...Runners must complete at least one (1) of the following
    • "Strider Be Kind Good Deeds" listed below sometime during the Series...e-mail "Be Kind Good Deed" to tim@seashorestrider.com
      • Volunteer for a Seashore Strider Series Event 
      • Make a Donation to the Seashore Strider Youth Cross Country Team
      • Make a Donation to the Event you are taking part in
      • Help out with any "post-race" refreshments, making the event even better
• The Final series standings is determined by fastest 5 mile race and 5 fastest 5ks. Runners are placed in age group by their age on 1st race entered.
  • Example: If you run as a 39 year old in your first 3 races and then turn 40 for your final three races, then you will be in the 35-39 age group for the championship series.  
  • Runners must register using exact same name for each race if they want accurate results compiled. 
  • Series Weekly Standings will be posted at www.seashorestriders.com
  • Seashore Strider Statistician Tim Young.

WALKER NOTE...

• The Seashore Striders are going to add a separate 5K WALK DIVISION in all of the eight (8) series 5k events for this summer as a trial basis for the future.  If participants show responsibility, fairness and honesty and WALK correctly by USATF Standards then it may continue in the future.   If it turns into a "DQ fest" then it will not continue.  
• As the Seashore Strider Race Director, I am not interested in creating more work for myself and I know I can not and will not patrol 3.1 miles of the course, but what I am interested in doing is providing an opportunity for those who simply do not run and would rather walk and still be involved in the event.  That is my goal & mission with this decision.
• "Race walking differs from running in that it requires the competitor to maintain contact with the ground at all times and requires the leading leg to be straightened as the foot makes contact with the ground. It must remain straightened until the leg passes under the body. Judges evaluate the technique of race walkers and report fouls which may lead to disqualification. All judging is done by the eye of the judge and no outside technology is used in making judging decisions."...USATF
• The 8 5k EVENTS will be the following: 
  • Race for the Ribbon 5k on 5/31/26
  • Bill Degnan 5k on 6/7/26
  • Fathers Day 5k on 6/21/26
  • Jungle Jim's 5k on 6/27/26
  • Beebe Hero's 5k on 6/28/26
  • Firecracker 5k on 7/4/26
  • Dam Mill 5k on 7/26/26
  • Race for the Paws 5k on 8/1/26

• This NEW Walk Division will allow a participant to qualify for the Championship Series by completing all five of the 5k Walks and 1 of the two 5 mile runs.  
• The two 5 mile runs will not have a separate WALK division and you can run or walk or do a combination.  Because of the longer 5 mile distance, you are encouraged to run or run/walk, rather than walk the whole five mile distance.
• Awards for the WALK will be the top 5 male & the top 5 female in those five WALK events.
• For the Championship Series Awards you are either in the WALK division or you are in the Age Group Run Division.   You can not be in both and you can not go back & forth.  With this change in adding a walk to all of the summer 5k events in the series, you should have plenty of events to become a qualifier.
• WALK QUESTIONS can be directed to tim@seshorestrider.com

REFUNDS/DEFERRAL  

• The Seashore Striders have a "No Refund" policy, however we make every possible attempt to please our client with the following options:  1. Transfer to a future Seashore Strider owned event of equal value before the end of the current year.   2. Donate your entry fee to the charity associated with the event or to the Seashore Strider Youth Running program.  3. Transfer/Defer to the following year at the same event.  Thank You for your cooperation & understanding as some situations are beyond the control of the Seashore Striders.
   

RACE DIRECTOR 

• Tim Bamforth, Seashore Striders/Seashore Strider Event Production, Inc.   tim@seashorestrider.com
   

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