September 11, 2007

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — The 17th annual HeartBeat Run, consisting of a 10K run, 5K run/walk, a kids' fun run and free health fair, is set for Sunday, Oct. 14 at UC Davis Medical Center  in Sacramento.

Interested runners, walkers, and their families can get more information or register online at www.heartbeatrun.org/. The event has a new location this year. After being held since its inception at the UC Davis School of Medicine on the Davis campus, the event will begin and end at the school's new home in Sacramento, at the Education Building, 4610 X St. The course runs through the flat, tree-lined streets of neighborhoods surrounding UC Davis Medical Center.

Race-day registration also will be available, from 6:45 to 7:50 a.m. The 5K/10K run/walk begins at 8 a.m., while the kids' fun run starts at 10 a.m.

The HeartBeat Run features a team challenge. Entrants may register in teams of three, with the best total time of all three members determining the winner of the challenge. The team challenge has four categories: corporate, health professional, student and family/friends.

A free health fair held during and after the run will offer health screenings, massage therapy, body fat testing, lung function testing and more.

All proceeds from the event go to support UC Davis student-run medical clinics, which provide free health care to medically underserved populations of Sacramento and training for medical students. The event is organized and produced by the UC Davis School of Medicine chapter of the American Medical Student Association.

Below are descriptions and locations of the clinics:

• Clinica Tepati  (1500 C Street, Sacramento) serves the impoverished and Spanish-speaking populations of Sacramento.
  
  
• Imani Clinic  (3415 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Sacramento) serves the medically uninsured in the Oak Park Community of Sacramento.
  
  
• Joan Viteri Memorial Clinic, a mobile clinic (location varies), provides health care for injection drug users and sex workers, two of Sacramento's most underserved and medically indigent populations.
  
  
• Paul Hom Asian Clinic  (776A Revere Street, Sacramento) has the distinction of being the oldest active Asian clinic in the mainland United States. It serves housing project residents, immigrants and others without resources.
  
  
• Shifa Community Clinic (419 V Street, Sacramento) provides primary health-care services at no charge to patients who either have no form of health insurance or difficulty obtaining health care in the traditional health system due to language or cultural barriers. The majority of Shifa's patients are Muslim and do not speak English.