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EL PASO, TEXAS/CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO (July 8, 2016) — Make a run across the border when the Run Internacional: U.S.-Mexico 10K returns for its second year at 7 a.m. Saturday, August 6. A press conference will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, July 11 in the El Paso Community Foundation’s Foundation Room, 333 N. Oregon, to discuss this year’s run, sponsored by the Community Foundation and Madero Abogados, S.C..

Run Internacional, which received international media coverage last year, is a flat, fast 10K that starts in El Paso and ends in Juarez. The El Paso leg begins at the International Bridges Department, 1001 S. Stanton, winds past Southwest University Park, San Jacinto Plaza and the Courthouse, goes through Segundo Barrio and over the Stanton Street Bridge.

The Mexican portion passes Juarez’s city hall, Plaza de Toros Alberto Balderas (bullring), MUREF museum (the old Customs House), the Mexican Revolution Museum, the Juarez Cathedral and Mision de Nuestra Senora de Guadallupe, turns on Avenida Juarez past the Kentucky Club to the top of Paso Del Norte Bridge.

Entry fee is $25 through August 3; $30, August 4-5. Packet pickup is from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. August 4-5 at Up and Running, 3233 N. Mesa, Suite 205. There will be no registration or packet pickup on August 6. The race is limited to 1,500 people. Entry forms are available at international10k.com, Up and Running and Powershots at Ave. De La Raza #5385, Local 45 in Centro Comercial Plaza Grande in Juarez.

To cross the border, runners must have government-approved crossing identification — passport, passport card, enhanced drivers license (EDL), visa, border crossing card (BCC), trusted traveler program card (SENTRI and/or Global Entry), or U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident card. U.S. Customs and Border Protection staff will be available during packet pickup to advise runners.