FRUITPORT OLD FASHIONED FUN DAYS (Fruitport - 2019 - 5K)

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  Fruitport Old Fashioned Fun Days 5K 2019 Photos

172 Mile Drive



There are six cities in the state of Michigan with Smiley water towers and I love that Fruitport is one of them.  It made the 2019 Old Fashioned Days 5K much more awesome!  :)  We got a late start to our super early morning.  With the long drive I got to registration just minutes late. Registration was a good distance from the start of the run.  It got my bib and shirt at a concession stand.  The race start was 300 feet down the track, around the viewing bleachers and through a gate into a neighborhood. I ran to the start line and started late with no chip timing in place. I was out of breath before I began the race.  Of course the one run I miss the start to had no timing mats making me destined to have an inaccurate finish time.  There were cool people in Fruitport in lawn chairs supporting us on the course.  The course was on pavement through neighborhoods.  It had a few hills.  The finish line was on the track.  We ran past the start point back onto school grounds, around the bleachers to an epic finish.  The kids raced one another doing 100 meter dashes on the track.  They had nice overall  finisher plaques and cool tiny medals for all finishers.  They had tons of fruit at the finish line!  It was very fitting with the city name. The watermelon was amazing!  I’ve never had watermelon at a run before.  Fruitport had an awesome Old Fashioned Days Festival for their 150th anniversary.  We went to local garage sales then to our favorite Pronto Pups in Grand Haven where we watched amazing para-sailing wave riders.  Will  found a monkey plush and robotic fish tank from a garage sale for his birthday.




Location: 3113 E Pontaluna Rd, Fruitport, MI 49415, USA

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