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How to sign up for the Alaska Run for Women

Although it's too late to enter the timed 5-mile run, girls and women can still entered the untimed 5-mile and 1-mile events in Saturday's Alaska Run for Women.

As of Thursday, 4,592 people had signed up and donated $124,863 to the race, which raises money for the fight against breast cancer.

Online registration for the untimed events run ends at 5 p.m. Friday at akrfw.org. On-site registration for the untimed events is available from 6:45-8 a.m. at Anchorage Football Stadium.

There is no entry fee, but a $25 donation is recommended.  Since 1993, the race has raised more than $4 million.

Participants in the 1-mile event will leave the Sullivan Arena parking lot at 8:30 a.m.  The timed 5-mile run begins at 8:45 a.m. and will be followed by the 5-mile untimed event at 9:05 a.m. and the untimed 5-mile party wave at 9:20 a.m.

The race is limited to girls and women, although men who have been diagnosed with breast cancer can also enter.

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