Run the Runway 5K gives the public a rare lap around Baxter County Airport on Oct. 24

Runners who want to say they raced down a runway have until Oct.

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18 to lock in the early price for Run the Runway, a 5K and 1-mile walk on the Baxter County Airport runway set for Saturday, Oct.

24. The race starts at 7:30 a.m., and registration is $25 for either event at pirateperryevents.com before the price goes up.

The course is the draw.

Baxter County Airport’s single runway stretches 5,000 feet, nearly a mile of asphalt that is normally off limits to anyone without a pilot’s license or a reason to be on the field.

Volunteers will guide runners and walkers around the airport grounds and down the runway, with one partial bonus loop near the half-mile mark on the 5K course.

The 5K is chip timed from a gun start.

Everyone who finishes gets a medal, and the top three men and women overall will take home awards along with the top three in nine age divisions, from 9 and under to 70 and older.