Sign-up for the Bacon 5K Challenge

Coca-Cola Park to Host "Bacon" Events on Sept. 19-20

July 8, 2014

The Bacon 5K Challenge is on Friday, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. and will start and end at Coca-Cola Park while also introducing the greatest caveat in 5K history - a midway point pit stop to complete the half-pound bacon challenge! After devouring the heaping of mouth-watering bacon, the hardest part of the race awaits as challengers run the final 2.5 kilometers back to Coca-Cola Park to complete the Bacon 5K Challenge. Immediately following the evening race, celebrate and unwind with your friends and family at Coca-Cola Park's post-race party (until 9 p.m.) featuring live entertainment, bacon-related food offerings and beverages for purchase.

Sign-up for the Bacon 5K Challenge today for just $45 and receive a commemorative "Scratch and Sniff" bacon race Dri-Tech t-shirt, chip timing featuring results via text message as you finish, a half-pound of bacon at the halfway point and one beverage ticket good for either a beer, bottled soda or water during the post-race party! For participants not wishing to participate in the bacon challenge, entry is just $40 and includes all of the other race day offerings, except the half-pound of bacon.

There will also be prizes for overall male and female winners who successfully complete the Bacon Challenge. Sign-up by Aug. 15 to guarantee your "Scratch and Sniff" bacon race Dri-Tech t-shirt. Registration will end on Friday, Sept. 12. Race packet pick-up is available at Coca-Cola Park beginning on Mon., Sept. 16 through Wed., Sept. 18 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Coca-Cola Park ticket office. Race packet pick-up will also be available on the day of the race from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Click here to register for the Bacon 5K Challenge or click here to purchase tickets for the Bacon and Brews Bash. You can also register for both events by calling (610) 841-PIGS (7447) or visiting the Coca-Cola Park ticket office during normal business hours (Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.). The total number of participants will be limited for both events and interested parties are encouraged to sign-up today to take advantage of both "Bacon Days" events.

"Bacon Days" is inspired by the success of the IronPigs' brand-new bacon-themed uniforms unveiled earlier this year at www.SmellTheChange.com. The IronPigs' new on-field Saturday cap, emblazoned with a strip of bacon across the front, is Minor League Baseball's top-selling cap in 2014 and has been sold to all 50 states as well as over a dozen countries on four continents making Coca-Cola Park the unofficial, "Home of Bacon".

Single-game tickets, mini-plan packages and group tickets for all IronPigs home games presented by Capital BlueCross, are on sale now and can be purchased at the Coca-Cola Park Ticket Office, online at www.ironpigsbaseball.com or by calling (610) 841-PIGS (7447).

The 2014 IronPigs season is presented by Capital BlueCross.

Click Here to view the Bacon 5K Course Map!