{"id":14588,"date":"2014-04-03T13:21:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T19:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=14588"},"modified":"2014-04-03T13:21:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T19:21:04","slug":"rec-center-to-host-13th-annual-bash-the-bluffs-5k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=14588","title":{"rendered":"Rec Center to host 13th annual Bash the Bluffs 5k"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/d32a2763cd52602359ee5a341d9f5631ffe779d3.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14594\" alt=\"d32a2763cd52602359ee5a341d9f5631ffe779d3\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/d32a2763cd52602359ee5a341d9f5631ffe779d3-300x232.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/d32a2763cd52602359ee5a341d9f5631ffe779d3-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/d32a2763cd52602359ee5a341d9f5631ffe779d3-555x429.jpg 555w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/d32a2763cd52602359ee5a341d9f5631ffe779d3.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The UCCS Campus Recreation Center will host the 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0annual Bash the Bluffs 5K Run\/Walk on April 12.<\/p>\n<p>The race will start at 9 a.m. in front of the recreation center. Participants will either walk or run along the marked course through campus. Aid stations will be provided along the route\u00a0for water and medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>Following the race, an awards ceremony will recognize the top three overall male and female winners, as well as the male and female winners within five separate age groups.<\/p>\n<p>Registration costs $25 until April 11, and will be $30 on race day. All participants will receive a Bash the Bluffs t-shirt.<\/p>\n<p>The annual event is in honor of Ed Burke, professor,\u00a0 Department of Biology, who died in Nov. 2002 from a heart attack while on a mountain bike ride. Each year, a biology student majoring in exercise science is awarded a scholarship in his name.<\/p>\n<p>Free parking is available in Lot 8 adjacent to the UCCS Recreation Center with overflow parking available in the Four Diamonds Sports Complex.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Bash the Bluffs 5K, please visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/campusrec\/special-events.html\">http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/campusrec\/special-events.html<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/campusrec\/fitness\/bash-of-the-bluffs-5k.html\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/COURSE-MAPweb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"312\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bash the Bluffs 5K course map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The UCCS Campus Recreation Center will host the 13th\u00a0annual Bash the Bluffs 5K Run\/Walk on April 12. The race will start at 9 a.m. in front of the recreation center. 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