Fort Mill Area Running Races: Oct-Dec 2012

16th Annual Komen Charlotte Race For the Cure 5K

• Uptown Charlotte- around Marshall Park, start line at 3rd St and Davidson
• Festivities begin at 6am
• 17,000 participants last year
• Recreational event- $30
• Competitive- $35
• All participants encouraged to raise at least $100
• 7:15 competitive race start
• 7:50 recreational race start
• Wells Fargo Kids FunZone
• more info

3rd Annual Fast and Flat 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run

• Oct 13
• Steele Creek area
• Proceeds benefit 2012 YMCA Community Support Campaign
• 8am start
• 8:50 Fun Run
• Register before Oct 1 for $20; after Oct 1 $25; Race Day $30.
• more info

The Run For Attention

• Oct 13
• 9am start
• Knights Stadium
• USATF Certified 5k run
• 1 mile Fun Run/Walk
• strollers welcome
• Food and Prizes
• Benefits the Chidren’s Attention Home Charter School
• more info

Big South Road Race

• October 20
• Blakeney Shopping Center (corner of Read Rd and Ardrey Kell)
• 8am start
• One of fastest 5K courses; rolling hills first half and downhill and flat second half
• Food, music, beverages, and giveaways following race
• Fundraiser for Middle School Sports
• Baby joggers permitted
• Registration: $20
• 6th Annual Blakeney Boo! Bash at 10am
• more info

Hog Jog 5K

• Oct 27
• location: Center City Charlotte
• 8am start
• Entertainment and Bloody Mary Contest at Finish Line
• $25 early registration; $30 Race Day
• Halloween Costume Contest
• more info

Freaky 5K

• Oct 27
• NoDa Neighborhood in Charlotte
• Race begins and ends at Chop Shop located behind Cabo Fish Taco (399 E 35th St)
• Race starts 6pm
• Early Registration $20
• Prizes for best Costumes
• Part of NoDaWeen Festivities
• more info

JWL Gobble Wobble 8K and Fun Run

• November 3 in Rock Hill
• Proceeds benefit All American Athletes- a league for individuals with disabilities who are not able to participate in mainstream sports
• Start line on Main St in front of Wachovia
• 8am start, 8:15 Fun Run
• Register before 10/20 for $25; 10/21-11/2 $30; race day $35
• more info

SpringMaid Road Race 5K

• Springfield in Fort Mill
• 8am start
• Nov 3
• register at Leroy Springs Recreation Complex

Charlotte 5k Pajama Run

• November 10
• Presented by Levine Cancer Institute
• Raising money for Cancers Below the Waist
• Fundraising goal- $10,000 for Carolinas Ovarian Cancer Fund
• 8am start
• Registration $25; race day $35
• Location Promenade on Providence
• more info

ThunderRoad Marathon and 1/2 Marathon and Presbyterian 5K

• November 17
• 7:45 Marathon start
• more info

8:15 5k start

Running of the Turkeys 5k

• 8am Thanksgiving morning in York, SC
• Hosted by First Prebyterian and Trinity United Methodist Churches
• Race starts at corner of E Liberty and Roosevelt Sts
• Benefits PATH (People Attempting To Help)
• $20 entry fee- includes long sleeve t-shirt
• Pre-registration ends Friday November 11
• Race day registration between 7:15 and 7:45 morning of race
• Non-perishable food donatons are encouraged

Inaugral Checkers 5K

• November 24
• Begins at Time Warner Cable Arena
• Post-race Party presented by Bud Light
• Early Bird Registration $25- includes ticket to that night’s Checkers game and a t-shirt (until Nov 9)
• Registration after Nov 9- $30; Race Day Registration- $35.
• more info

Reindeer Romp 5k

• December 1
• Downtown Rock Hill
• Race starts at 9am
• Benefits Girls on the Run
• more info www.gotrtricountysc.org