Wellington Community Fitness features 5K Run & Walk

After taking a year off the Wellington Community Fitness 5K Run & Walk is back.

Co-chair Terri Priore said it will be the same great community event that Wellington residents have come to love.

"This is truly a community event…and it was missed," she said.

The Palms West Community Foundation took the event over this year and it will become the organization's first community event.

"This will be our inaugural event," said Maureen Gross, director of development for the foundation. "We've had so many sponsors step up and fund this event. It really shows that Wellington really wanted it. Despite the economy businesses are coming out in a big way."

While Priore added: "We've been overwhelmed with people wanting to get involved. I hope that the Palms West Community Foundation will keep the event going for many years to come."

The event is taking place 7:30 a.m. Nov. 7. Participants will gather at the Wellington Plaza. Runners and walkers will head west along Wellington Trace, turn south onto Big Blue Trace until they reach the half-way point and then loop back around to the Wellington Plaza. The fitness run features a USTAF certified 5k Run and a noncompetitive walk.

This year Priore said they're anticipating about 800 runners and walkers and decided to not set a fundraising goal.

"Our goal was just to bring it back," she said. "It wasn't necessarily designed to be a fundraiser, just a fun time. We want to encourage fitness and healthy lifestyles."

Call Maureen Gross at 561-790-6200 for more information.

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Although not a native Floridian, Wellington/Royal Palm Beach Forum reporter Nadia Sorocka has called Florida her home for most of her life. She went to school in Palm Beach County graduating from John I. Leonard High School and Palm Beach State College. After receiving her Associate of Art degree she attended the University of North Florida in Jacksonville and graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Communications in 2004.

Nadia was able to combine her two passions - education and journalism - when she became a staff writer for Forum Publishing Group. Her column, Class Notes, allowed her to voice concerns with the education system as well as highlight positive aspects.

In February 2011 she became the reporter for the Wellington and Royal Palm Forums. She enjoys getting to know the people who call the western communities their home.

She may reached at nxsorocka@tribune.com or 561-351-6112.