Desert Challenge 5k / 1mile Fun Run

The Organ Mountain Cross Country Program has a legacy of developing both athletes and people. The program has enjoyed success at both the State and District levels, and this can be attributed to a positive encouraging environment where student athletes can grow and thrive as people and runners. The program believes in supporting their community and giving back and contributing when possible. The Organ Mountain Cross Country team has much gratitude for all that have supported the program.

Best way you can help raise funds, is to register for this event!

This event is a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign event where participants ask friends and family to donate to a cause via our fundraising platform.

UNLIKE old school pledge drives which are a ton of work: with our easy to use platform:

• No calling friends and family
• No walking the neighborhood knocking on doors
• No Pledge sheets to keep track of
• No tracking down or collecting of funds after event.

INSTEAD when you register, you will be given a Unique Personal Fundraising Page then just:

• Set up your personal pledge page! (How to set up pledge page)
• Determine the amount you wish to raise.
• Share your pledge page with family and friends to donate on your behalf. (How to share pledge page)
• Challenge your friends and family to participate as well as donate!

5k racers will receive a t-shirt if registered by Tuesday, July 23; after that there will be a limited supply

NO Refund on race entry fees. Organ Mountain Cross Country Booster Club does allow for race fees to be transfer to other race events if available with a transfer fee.

We strongly suggest you purchase the race insurance during the registration in case you are unable to attend the race or race is cancelled. You can only purchase the insurance during registration!

Disqualifying participants for using other someone else Bib. Any participant who runs under someone else’s bib will be disqualified and will not be scored. For the safety of our runners, and in case of a medical emergency, it is imperative that the registration data associated with the race number belongs to the person wearing the bib. If race organizers become aware that a runner has participated in one of our events with a bib that is not registered to that runner, both the runner and the person to whom the bib is registered will be prohibited from participating in subsequent Plant a Seed events for a minimum of two years.

Course Description:

Course starts on southwest grass field next to the track, then transitions into payment road which lead to the front of school, cross the entrance to school parking lot into to the desert. Do the large loop and then a small loop. You will then exit the desert and return back to where you started the race to finish on the field inside of the track.

Packet pick dates and times

August 2nd- 4-7pm Blue Bird running, 136 s water st, Las Cruces, NM 88001

RACE DAY- starting around 730 am near start line.