(Submitted photo) The Potomac Valley Audubon Society’s 10th annual ‘Race is for the Birds’ will be held April 9. For full information, go to the race website at www.raceforthebirds.org. Online registration is available there through a link to Active.com.

The Potomac Valley Audubon Society’s 10th annual “Race is for the Birds” will be held April 9 on the campus of the National Conservation Training Center near Shepherdstown.

As it did last year, the event will feature two professionally timed races – one 4.9 miles long and another 7.7 miles long.

There will also be a self-timed 2-mile community jog/walk for families and individuals who prefer a slower pace, and a 1-mile “Fun Run” for children under 10 years of age.

The 4.9- and 7.7-mile races will follow trails that wind through the forests and fields of the 538-acre NCTC campus.

The 2-mile jog/walk will follow a course that will be very user-friendly for families with small children, and trail-friendly baby joggers will be appropriate and encouraged.

The trails on the NCTC campus are not normally open to the general public, so this event is a good opportunity to visit and enjoy the facility’s beautiful trail network.

The two races will begin at 9 a.m. The jog/walk will begin shortly afterwards and the children’s Fun Run will be held at about 10:45 a.m.

The children’s Fun Run will be free. Fees for the other portions of the event will range from $15 to $25.

All proceeds will be used to support the society’s programs for children, and all fees will be tax deductible.

For full information, go to the race website at www.raceforthebirds.org. On-line registration is available there through a link to Active.com. Or contact the race directors, James and Suzy Munnis, at jmunnis@earthlink.net or 304-876-6784.

The Potomac Valley Audubon Society is a United Way of the Eastern Panhandle partner agency and a member of the Combined Federal Campaign.