Labor Day “Labor Your Legs” Fun Run Returns to Washburn University to Honor Late Professor and Spouse

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The Sunflower Striders Running Club, in partnership with the Washburn University Foundation & Alumni Association and the College of Arts & Sciences, will host the seventeenth annual “Labor Your Legs Fun Run and Walk” on Labor Day, Sept. 1, at Washburn University. The free occasion begins at 8 a.m. on the Student Recreation & Wellness Center (SRWC), 1726 SW Durow Drive. Check-in begins at 7:30 a.m. The route winds northeast and circles the campus, ending again on the SRWC, with a clock out there for timing. Light refreshments might be supplied afterward.

Participants unable to attend in particular person can be part of just about, submitting their occasions by way of the registration web site for as much as every week after the occasion. Registration is on the market at runsignup.com/Race/KS/Topeka/The16thAnnualLaborYourLegs.

This yr’s run/stroll honors the late Washburn University Professor Dave Provorse and his spouse, Marcia, who impressed others to prioritize well being and wellness. Donations will fund a memorial statue on Topeka’s Shunga Trail and assist the Provorse Educational Fund, which supplies scholarships for graduate psychology college students.

Dr. Dave Provorse served almost 34 years at Washburn, incomes the Ned Fleming Teaching Award, coaching lots of of scholars, and chairing greater than 60 grasp’s theses. He taught marathon coaching for 23 years and supported student-athletes throughout a number of sports activities. The Provorses have been tragically killed in a automotive crash on Dec. 20, 2024, however their legacy continues to affect the college and group.