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December 15 Enhancements will include: Features will include: New ChildcareDevelopment Center* New ExpandedWellness Center* e Special Family membership e Discounts on birthday parties New Family Lockers* New Rehabilitation Center- operated beneits with free and expanded e Family nights program offerings Th New Outdoor Basketball Court by Lawrence General Hospital e Free child watch e Signiicant savings on specialty New Saunas,* Steam Rooms and New Activeliving Center forOlder e Members Earn aFREE Month - y program fees e Whirlpool Adults Referafriend to theY e NewEngland Reciprocity* New Childwatch (Babysitting) New ExpandedAquatics center e Priority registration forall * ® (3 pools)-Lap Pool,* Therapy e Free yoga, aquatics, Zumba and programs, classes and kids’ camps is New Outdoor Playground INVESTED Pool &Family Pool other classes New ActiveLearning Center-(Active * e Exclusiveoffers and communications New Café and Member Lounge e Free open gym and open swim via our members-only e-mail Science-STEM) * times New 4(four) Group Exercise Studios New Men’s &Women’s Locker e FREE Guest Passes Rooms e Fitness Orientation New Spin Room * e Financial Assistance available We invite youtocome in and visit our newfacility.Toschedule atour call 978-685-3541. Email: [email protected] u in unity. comm ur yo and FINAL-2 Mon, Nov 16, 2015 7:42:04 PM S3 FEASTER FIVE ROAD RACE FACTS TOWNSMAN & THE ANDOVER THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE DATE: Thanksgiving Day, Striders. Thursday, Nov. 26. SANCTIONER: Road Runners FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON THE WEB: www.feaster- Club of America. five.com. REGISTRATION/NUMBER For 2015 the Feaster Five will RACE HIGHLIGHTS: PICK-UP: Pre-registration recognize the biggest team Bands along the course and number pick-up is at with a “biggest team” T-shirt Digital clocks placed at Merrimack College, Sacko- for friends and families who every mile for accurate split wich Center: run/walk together, so get the times Monday, Nov. 23: Noon to whole clan together — Moms, Light refreshments 7 p.m. at Sackowich Center, Dads, Kids, Grand-kids, Best served following the race Merrimack College Buddies, old College room- Free parking Tuesday, Nov. 24: Noon mates, neighbors — and start Full results posted on to 7 p.m. at Sackowich Center, the Thanksgiving Day celebra- the Feaster Five Website or Merrimack College tions with family, friends, fit- a few hours after the race on Wednesday, Nov. 25: ness, and fun. www.coolrunning.com Noon to 6 p.m. at Sackowich DISTANCES: Kid’s K; 5-mile; Center, Merrimack College and 5K races and walks. Thursday, Nov. 26: 7 a.m. be mailed. Walkers are encouraged. to 8:15 a.m. at Woodworth TIMING AND RESULTS: Granite LOCATION: Brickstone Motors, 339 N.Main St., State Race Services. Square, Andover. Andover HOST: Merrimack Valley TIME: Kid’s K 7:45 a.m.; 5K PAUL BILODEAU/Staff photo Online registration clos- Striders. • run and walk and 5-mile run Children run past the crowd in last year’s Kids K race, part of the annual Feaster Five ing date is Saturday, Nov. 21, HOST HOTEL: Wyndham Bos- FIVE 2015 FEASTER and walk, 8:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Day Road Race in Andover. About 800 boys and girls, 12 and under, are expected at 5 p.m. ton Andover, 123 Old River ENTRY FEE: $40; Kid’s K to participate in the big pre-Feaster Five event, which begins at 7:45 a.m. AWARDS: Top three in each Road, Andover. $5. Make checks payable to age division in both the RACE MANAGEMENT: DMSE “DMSE/Feaster.” served. race T-shirt. BENEFITS: Merrimack 5-mile and 5K races. Cer- Inc., 77 Bear Hill Road, REFRESHMENTS: Fruit, T-SHIRTS: The first 9,000 PIES: The first 9,000 finish- Valley YMCA, Ironstone tificates will be given to all North Andover, MA 01845, bagels and other tradi- entrants who register are ers receive a homemade Farm, Bellesini Academy children participating the 978-258-8226 or dmse@ tional holiday treats will be guaranteed a long-sleeve apple pie. and the Merrimack Valley Kid’s K. Age-group prizes to dmsesports.com. Getting you better quickly is our number one priority.You’ll see aboard-certiied medical professional at our center immediately, without an appointment, seven days aweek. That’s our promise. Eaglewood Plaza Route 114 129 Turnpike St. 380R Merrimack St., North Andover,MA01845 Methuen, MA 01844 978.470.0800 978.975.0700 DoctorsExpressNorthAndover.com DoctorsExpressMethuen.com Open 7days: M-F 8-8, S-S8-5 FINAL-2 Mon, Nov 16, 2015 7:42:06 PM S4 Where kids are kings FEASTER FIVE FEASTER • KIDS K INFO Though it’s a non-scored fun run (each child sports bib #1), the kids race around the track with the look of mini-Olympians. The fun run, for many children, plants the seed of good health and physical fitness. As they grow older, many of these kids move up to the 5K or 5-mile race, some even become great road racers. More importantly, they all will have a better sense of how important family, fitness, and fun is in their lives. Here is the race info: Race time: 7:45 a.m. Entry fee: $5 Feaster Five has something for every member of the family, including kids 12 years old or younger. Grouped by age, over 700 children will demonstrate their fitness at age-appropriate distances that range from 100 yards to 600 yards: 4 and under: 100 yards. Ages 5-6: 200 yards. Ages 7-8: 300 yards. Ages 9-10: 400 yards. PAUL BILODEAU/Staff photo Ages 11-12: 600 yards. The children’s race starts off the festivities at the annual Feaster Five Thanksgiving Day Road Race in Andover. THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE & THE ANDOVER TOWNSMAN & THE ANDOVER THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE Run forpie and acause! IRONSTONE FARM Andovernonproit forchildren with special needs and others Oicial Feaster Five beneiciary • Sign up to run at feasterive.com • Join team“Ironstone Farm Trotters” • Collectdonations for Challenge Unlimited (Orprintout apaper sponsor form at IronstoneFarm.org/feaster and go to work!) Good luck, runners and walkers! Youcan also donate to Challenge Unlimited at Ironstone Farm when yousign up. We’ll be sending you some positive energy on race day! Therapy with morehorsepower. 34 Sunset Rock Road, Andover,MA Learn moreatironstonefarm.org www.pikeschool.org FINAL-2 Mon, Nov 16, 2015 7:42:09 PM S5 Simply the best TOWNSMAN & THE ANDOVER THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE If they could bottle and distribute the energy of Thanksgiving Day morning in Andover, the world would be a nicer place Bill Burt to the charities (Merrimack Valley park the car, even in the bitter cold, YMCA and Ironstone Farm), to is one you feel lucky to get. sleek long-sleeve tech T-shirt, to the Bodies are running by. Dogs are About a dozen “shorter” 3.1 mile course, to Billy barking (lots of dogs ... on leashes of years ago, I started and Joannie (no last names needed), course). Kids are edgy (it’s early!). penning a Feaster to the inspirational Hoyts ... there Music is blaring. And hearts are Five column about are more than an abundance of rea- beating twice as fast. “reasons” you sons to be in Andover on Thursday Basically, excitement is in the air. should run or morning. Sure, this is a good chunk of nervous walk the annual If you’ve lived in this area or read energy about the running/surviving. road race in down- The Eagle-Tribune the last three But most of the excitement is due to town Andover decades, you can pretty much gather family. on Thanksgiving that I am a sports junkie. I love com- Almost everybody is at the race morning. petition and I enjoy seeing others try with somebody they are either At 15 years, I wrote 15 reasons. to win. related to by blood or by love. Pretty pithy of me, right? While this event in Andover is dif- In my book, it doesn’t get better Well, Thursday will be the 28th ferent — it’s not Bourbon Street, one than Thanksgiving. Race, religion annual race and in my annual of my favorite sports trips — and not and social class don’t matter on this • Feaster Five column, which was quite the “competition” I enjoy fol- day. FIVE 2015 FEASTER printed in the commemorative race lowing in the billion-dollar pro sports It’s really the one day we try, some program last year, I came up with 27 enterprise, this ranks as one of my harder than others, to be thankful reasons. favorite events of the year. for what we have. And you know what? It was easy.