5K Run & Walk and 11th Annual Kinetic Sculpture Race

After 11 years of racing kinetic vehicles, this years' event will also include a 5K Run and Walk to be held at the Ventura Harbor on October 25th with on-site registration starting at 7am and the race starting a 8am. Event proceeds will benefit Turning Point Foundation. The 5K run and walk will start at the Boat Launch on Schooner Blvd. behind the Four Points Sheraton and go thru the Harbor. Awards will be handed to the top male and females in each division. Racers may sign up online at www.active.com or in person at Inside Track at 38 W. Main St. in Ventura. Pre-registration is $25 and includes a t-shirt. For more information contact Jane Lax at 805-652-0596 ext.11. Following the race entrants will have the opportunity to see the kinetic vehicles and meet the pilots prior to launch time at 10:25 am.The Kinetic Sculpture Race is a FREE event and is a great opportunity for the entire family to spend the day at the beautiful Ventura Harbor. This unique event features people-powered works of art built to travel over an exciting all-terrain racecourse beginning with the launching of the vehicles into the water at the boat ramp on Spinnaker Drive, continuing across the sand and around an oval track and ending with a drive through the Mud Pit. These Kinetic Sculptures can have over 100 gears, ingenious treading, flotation and propulsion, athletic pilots and mechanically advanced pit crews. These uniquely engineered machines are transformed into moving artful sculpturesTurning Point Foundation serves more than 500 clients each year through its shelter, supported housing and rehabilitation programs. Turning Point improves our communities by helping those facing mental illness remain or become functioning, integral community members. Our social, vocational, and residential programs focus on the development of practical skills needed to live and work successfully in our community. People diagnosed with mental illness can and do recover; by making positive choices and assuming responsibility for their own lives they can fulfill a meaningful role in the community.