About 10,000 runners will participate in Sunday's 10th annual Nike 5K For Kids Run in Waikiki.

The event, which starts and ends at Fort DeRussy Park, features a 5K run at 7 a.m. and one-mile walk at 8 a.m with presentation of school awards and age group awards at 8:30 a.m.

As in past years, 100 percent of the entry fees will be donated to O'ahu schools for athletic programs and playground equipment. The event has raised more than $890,000 for participating schools over the past nine years.

Runners are encouraged to use the free shuttle transportation that will be provided from Kapi'olani Park on Monsarrat to Niketown from 5:45 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.

Motorists are advised to avoid Kalakaua Ave. from 5 to 9 a.m. Hotels and area businesses have been alerted that the route will follow the standard parade route, from Fort DeRussy Park extended to Dillingham Fountain.

808 MARATHON SETS 3RD SERIES RACE IN KAILUA

A 25K (15.53 miles) race, the third in the 808 Race Hawai'i's Marathon Race Series and sponsored by the law firm of Starn O'Toole Marcus & Fisher, will be held Sept. 26 starting at 6 a.m.

The race will begin at Kailua Beach Park and will loop through Lanikai and Kailua, onto Kane'ohe Marine Corp Base and then head back to the park.

The law firm will have seven members participating, including Terence J. O'Toole, who was named one of The Best Lawyers in America 2010, and Wil Yamamoto, a former Olympic cyclist and the first Hawai'i finisher in the 2005 and 2006 Kona Ironman Triathlon.

More than 800 have signed up. For information, contact Boca Hawaii at 591-9839.

For an application: http://www.808racehawaii.com/Marathon%20Readiness%20Series%202009%20early%20entry%20-%20single%20entry.pdf.