Heart run and walk 2022 utica ny

After you submit the form above, you will receive a welcome email (within the week).  Please check your email for updates and information right up to the run/walk.

Please also register online with the AHA to be a part of the Slocum-Dickson Medical Group Team.  You can register here: 

http://www2.heart.org/goto/SDMG

Click on the Join a Team Button Our team name is Slocum Dickson Medical Group

This will connect your fundraising page to the SDMG run/walk team and will allow you to start raising money for the AHA! Welcome to the team!

The annual America’s Greatest Heart Run & Walk fundraiser for the American Heart Association will return in-person Saturday, May 7, starting off at Accelerate Sports in Whitesboro.

The goal for this year's event is $750,000. Last year's fundraising walk/run was held virtually, with some 500 participants raising $479,000, said Katherine McCarthy, the American Heart Association's senior director of communications for the Capital Region, Upper Hudson Valley and Mohawk Valley.

2021 Heart Run & Walk:America’s Greatest Heart Run & Walk raises $425k to fight heart disease

Participants in the event will be able to walk 3 miles, or run 5 miles, starting any time they wish between 8:30 a.m. and noon. The route will incorporate parts of the Accelerate Sports grounds and parks in Whitesboro and Oriskany. People also can walk or run on their corporate campuses or in their own neighborhoods.

Birnie Bus will transport participants to the start of the event, with pickup locations to be determined. Registered participants will receive route maps.

This year’s Red Cap Ambassadors, all survivors of heart disease, are John Nogas, who survived a heart attack in 2019; Ryan Leogrande, who, after watching himself flatline in the hospital, made lifestyle changes and lost 100 pounds; and Tara Davis, who has Down Syndrome and had open-heart surgery as an infant and is now 36.

The logo for the 2022 event was chosen by public vote and designed by Amber Matys, a student at PrattMWP College of Art & Design in Utica.

To register for America’s Greatest Heart Run & Walk, and to stay updated on upcoming activities and details of the event, call 315-580-3965 or visit UticaHeartRunWalk.org.

UTICA, N.Y. – Some roads will be temporarily closed Saturday morning as America’s Greatest Heart Run and Walk returns, in person, after going virtual last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The 5-mile run will start at Accelerate Sports, located at 5241 Judd Road in Whitesboro at 8 a.m. The walk will begin at the same location at 8:30 a.m.

The following roads will be closed between 6:45 a.m. and noon:

• Judd Road from Westmoreland to Halsey roads
• Halsey Road from Gibson to Judd roads
• Gibson Road from Halsey to Westmoreland roads

Participants should park at MetLife off of Second Street.

Pre-registration events will be held Wednesday and Friday. For more information, click here.