Sam Lapidus Montclair Run returns, adds 5K

The annual Sam Lapidus Montclair Run will once again take place on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, and will include a 10K, 5K and a Fun Run.

The run, hosted by the Levite Jewish Community Center and in its 39th year overall, will for the seventh year honor Sam Lapidus, who passed away in 2008 at age 14 from Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare pediatric bone cancer. 

Proceeds from the run will benefit the LJCC fitness program and the Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s of Alabama in downtown Birmingham.

This year, race organizers at the LJCC decided to add a 5K event, sponsored by the Schaeffer Eye Center.

“We thought that by adding a 5K we’d be able to get more participation,” Dan Tourtellotte said.

Tourtellottee, who is the director of operations and development at the LJCC, said he hopes the new race will attract those interested in fitness that are not necessarily runners.

The 10K and 5K will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the LJCC, with the Fun Run beginning at 10 a.m. Entry fees are $36 for the 10K and 5K, and $18 for the Fun Run, with long-sleeve T-shirts for 10K and 5K entrants, and short-sleeve T-shirts for Fun Run entrants. 

Entrants can register in person at the LJCC, by mail or online at bhmjcc.org. 

For more information, contact Tourtellotte at 879-0411, or by email at dt@bhamjcc.org.