Fa­ti­ma Col­lege will host its an­nu­al five kilo­me­tre run on Sat­ur­day, start­ing at the school's com­pound on Mu­cu­rapo Road, St James, from 6 am.

Staff, stu­dents and their par­ents have been in­vit­ed to par­tic­i­pate. Stu­dents and staff can par­tic­i­pate free of charge, while par­ents will pay a reg­is­tra­tion fee of $40.

Reg­is­tra­tion takes place out­side the school hall, from 5 am on the morn­ing of the race.

Run­ners will take off on Mu­cu­rapo Road, make their way up Dan­ian Street, then on­to Ser­pen­tine Road from the West­ern Main Road. The route con­tin­ues on Wain­wright Street then right on­to Rapsey Street and on­to Sad­dle Road.

On Sad­dle Road, run­ners will reach Long Cir­cu­lar Road, where they will make the make the dis­tance back to the West­ern Main Road and on­to Luc­know Street and back down to the col­lege.

There will be prizes on of­fer for the top ten fin­ish­ers and the first placed fin­ish­ers from Forms One to Three, while medals will be giv­en to the top 100 fin­ish­ers.

The class and house with the most fin­ish­ers will al­so be re­ward­ed.