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Des Plaines invites runners to get back in 'The Chase'

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Runners can get back in "The Chase" on June 17 in Des Plaines.

The Des Plaines Park District is hosting its eighth annual 5K run, rain or shine, beginning at 8 a.m. at Prairie Avenue and Pearson Street, according to the district's website.

The top three male and female finishers in each of several age divisions will receive awards.

Early registration is $30 per adult, while race-day registration, from 6:30 to 7:40 a.m., is $35. Proceeds from the race go to the park district's scholarship fund.

Packets can be picked up from 3 to 8 p.m. on June 15, and from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 16 at Prairie Lakes Community Center, 515 E. Thacker St., or before 7:40 a.m. on race day.

Refreshments will be available at the race. Participants with strollers must start at the back of the race lineup, and no dogs will be allowed.

For updates on the event, go to DPParks.org.

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