A new Lake Orion tradition returns this Memorial Day with the Orion Veterans 5th Annual Run/Walk on Memorial Day.

This year’s event will start/finish on Anderson Street adjacent to the Children’s Park parking lot.

New for 2021 is the 5-Mile Distance race, which will take participants over the Van Tassel Pedestrian Bridge and along the new section of Paint Creek Trail pathway along Clarkston Road.

Registration and packet pickup is available Sunday, May 30 from Noon until 4 p.m. at Hanson’s Running Shop on the corner of Flint and Broadway streets in downtown Lake Orion.

Day of check-in will take place at 20 Front Street starting at 8 a.m. The 5-Mile race begins at 9 a.m. and the 5k Run/Walk will start at 9:15 a.m.

Event shirts are guaranteed to those who register by May 10. Each participant will receive an event dog tag at the finish line.

A virtual category is available for anyone who wants to support the event but does not want, or is unable, to participate in person.

Event proceeds support the long-term sustainability of the Orion Veteran’s Memorial.

Race day registration may be limited or not available, and has a $5 price increase.

Registration is available through eastsideracingcompany.com or Oriontownship.org. – J.N.