Health and fitness calendar: Aug. 20, 2012 ? Memphis Commercial ...

Fitness events

Forrest Spence 5K: 8 a.m. Saturday in Overton Park (at pavilion). A 100 Yard Dash 9 a.m.; 1 Mile Fun Run 9:05 a.m. Packet pick-up and walk-in registration 3-7 p.m. Friday at Fleet Feet, 4530 Poplar-Suite 102. Race day registration 6:30-7:30 a.m. Fees: $ 20 before Tuesday, $ 25 after, $ 30 race day. The 1 Mile Fun Run for ages 12 and under: $ 15 before Tuesday, $ 20 after. 100 Yard Dash free for kids up to 6. 901-270-0977. forrestspencefund.org

Strategic Financial Partners 5K: 8:30 a.m. Saturday outside the Strategic Financial Partners building at 795 Ridge Lake Blvd. $ 25 ($ 15 for ages 5 to 18); $ 2 discount for Memphis Runners Track Club members. The 4th annual event benefits Le Bonheur Children?s Hospital Neuroscience Institute. Race-day registration and packet pickup 7:30-8:20 a.m. 901-767-5951. sfp5k.racesonline.com

Midnight Classic Bike Tour and Lunar Festival benefiting Meritan: Saturday at Poplar Plaza Shopping Center. Festivities preceding tour begin at 10 p.m. A 17-mile noncompetitive bicycle ride through heart of Midtown and East Memphis begins at midnight. Registration fee $ 35. Registration forms at Meritan, 4700 Poplar and at local bike shops. Ride-night registration (10 p.m.) $ 50; Children under 18, college students and military with current ID, $ 25/$ 20 pre-ride registration. 901-766-0658. midnightclassicbiketour.com

National Kidney Foundation of West Tennessee ?Cadillac Golf Classic?: Tee-off 12:30 p.m. Aug. 27 at TPC Southwind (11:30 a.m. registration). Fees: $ 250 individual, and $ 1,000 foursome. 901-683-6185 or e-mail: info@nkfwtn.org for more information.

Big Bison Butt Adventure Race: 7:30 a.m. Sept. 1 multisport at Shelby Farms. Registration fees (individual): $ 65 in advance, $ 80 after Aug. 25. Two-person team $ 130 in advance, $ 160 after Aug. 25. Three-person team $ 195 in advance, $ 240 after Aug. 25. No race-day registration. 901-458-9141. bigbisonbutt.racesonline.com

Chick-fil-A Charity 5K: 9 a.m. Sept. 3 at corner of Gayoso Lane and Front (8:30 a.m. opening ceremony). Proceeds benefit Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South. Registration packet pick-up: 3-7 p.m. Aug. 30 at Fleet Feet, 4530 Poplar; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 31 at Junior Achievement Office, 307 Madison; 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 1 at YMCA, 7950 Club Center Cove, Cordova; 1-4 p.m. Sept. 2 at Junior Achievement Office, 307 Madison. Race day registration 7:30 a.m. at entry plaza of AutoZone Park. Online: chickfila5k.com

Health Events

?Train Your Blood Pressure?: 4-6 p.m. Monday at Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar. Learn about keeping your blood pressure within normal limits, new techniques, medications, dietary needs. Free blood pressure screening. Registered dietitians available for guidance. Free. 901-830-6326.

American Cancer Society?s Look Good ? Feel Better Program: Free service teaching female cancer patients beauty techniques to help restore self-image. Call 800-227-2345.

Monday: 2-4 p.m. Baptist Memorial Hospital, 7601 Southcrest Pkwy., Southaven.

Aug. 27: 2-4 p.m. at The West Clinic, 100 N. Humphreys.

Sept. 10: 5-7 p.m. Methodist Germantown Radiation, 1381 S. Germantown Road, Germantown.

Surgical Weight Loss Options: Noon Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis (seminar area), 6019 Walnut Grove. 901-226-LOSE (5673). baptistonline.org

Lifeblood Blood Drives: Open to the public.

Friday: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, 999 S. Shady Grove Road.

Saturday: 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at Marion (Ark.) United Methodist Church, 81 Military Road.

Sunday: 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Getwell Road United Methodist Church, 7875 Getwell Road in Southaven; 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Germantown United Methodist Church, 2331 S. Germantown Road; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. St. Luke Lutheran Church, 2000 N. Germantown Pkwy., Cordova.

Foot Health Talk with Dr. W. Murray: 11:30 a.m. Aug. 31 at YMCA at Schilling Farms, 1185 Schilling Blvd. E., Collierville. Free and open to the community. Call 901-850-9622.

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