A fantastic run. A spectacular event.

Registration for the second annual West End St Patrick's 5k opened January 7 and will close March 14. We will limit the field to 400 runners with no race-day registration. We look forward to another great race in 2010.

Join us on Sunday, March 21, 2010, for the second annual West End St. Patrick's Day 5k in one of Allentown's most charming neighborhoods.

You'll run the same course as the St. Patrick's Day Parade and get cheered on by hundreds of people lining the streets and partying in their front yards.

Then hang around after the awards for the Allentown St. Patrick's Day Parade, the largest in the Lehigh Valley. Enjoy marching bands, entertainers, local groups and much more. It starts at 1:30 p.m. and will pass the race start/finish area by about 2 p.m. It's an ideal post-race event for your family.

Proceeds from the race benefit the West End Alliance, a group of neighbors and merchants dedicated toward the continued emergence of Allentown's West End business district.