Organizer Jim Ferrera said proceeds from the event will go toward planting more trees along the lakefront. It is the tree planters of each generation who bear the gift of trees for future generations. From Greenleaf Street, the race route heads north on Sheridan Road. At Lincoln Street it turns east through the Northwestern campus and then south through several lakeshore parks until it reaches Greenleaf Street again. Racers will be separated into age and gender divisions.
Competitors also can register in the wheelchair division.
One of the trees will be dedicated to the race winners with a marker.