The Cole Climb

The mission of the Norris Cole Foundation is to encourage academic achievement, health and well-being, community service and leadership development in order to build the character of youth.

Runners will climb 30 flights of stairs or 600 steps (10 flights or 200 steps for kids). Climbers are lined up in the order the entry was received and start every 10 seconds. Order and approximate start times will be posted at norriscolefoundation.org on March 4th. Race participants who register the day of the event will start after the last pre-registered runner.

Parking is included with registration. Invite your friends—share the event!

Pre-race Activities—Watch our Facebook page for practice stair climb and training dates.

Start a race team and compete in one of three divisions: Female, Male or Co-Ed. All teams must consist of 4 team members. Co-Ed teams must be 2 females and 2 males. Top 3 teams in each division receive awards. 

Received by March 4, 2017
Pre-Registration—$30
Kid’s Climb—$15

Onsite
Registration—$40
Kid’s Climb—$20

Team/partner registrations must be received by March 4, 2017 and submitted in one envelope or email. Team/partner registrations cannot be taken onsite.

Registration includes: t-shirt, recovery bag and after-party 

Schedule*
Registration opens at 8:30am
Fun climb begins at 9:45am
Race begins at 10am
After part opens at 11am
Kids Fun Climb begins at 11:15am
Dayton Police and Fire Challenge begins at 11:45am

*schedule based upon the number of participants

PRACTICE CLIMB: March 4, 2011 @ 10AM 

Tons of Goodness LLC will be there as a vendor. Tons of Goodness is a small business located in Springboro, Ohio dedicated to providing delicious, high fat, low carb snacks using simple ingredients that everyone can enjoy. We believe that food should be nourishing and taste amazing. Our bites are friendly to paleo, ketogenic, and primal diets and are free of gluten, eggs, dairy, peanuts, grains, and soy. They are packed with super foods like almonds and coconut oil and are free of fillers and preservatives.