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My article is on time this month!

 

Peter

The Central Piedmont Grand Prix Series Begins!

 

The Central Piedmont Grand Prix Series kicked off in Asheboro Saturday with over 160 runners participating.  Tonya Droessler and Angie Harrison from the Salisbury Rowan Runners Beginning Runners participated in the 13th running of the event. Teams participating in the team portion of the event were the Uwharrie Running Club, Denton Pavement Pounders and Randolph Road Runners.  The Randolph Road Runners won the team event.

 

Each of the six races in the Grand Prix Series have unique charcteristics that make them stand-out.  The Randolph Road Runners organize the race well, have plenty of door prizes and treat all finishers with a hot Chick-fil-a sandwich.

 

 

The next race in the Central Piedmont Grand Prix Series is the Beach Blast 5K in Albemarle on May 10h.  Albemarle is less than thirty miles from Salisbury. The Salisbury Rowan Runners will time the event.  We welcome those of you that are not involved in the timing of the event to come down and run.  Here's the top ten reasons to run the Beach Blast 5K.

 

 

1)  Top Three Men and Top Three Women finisher get a Custom Gourd with their name and time engraved in the gourd.

 

 

2)  Top Five Male and Female Finishers get a Vac & Dash Racing Team Top Five Finisher Cool Max Singlet

 

3)  Awesome Goodie Bags

 

4) Great after race food, including custom 5K Cookies baked at The Sweet Shop

 

5)  First 300 to register get a Beach Blast 5K Zippered Tote Bag

 

6) If you are the first person from your county to pre-register, you get a $5.00 Gift Certificate from Vac & Dash

 

7) If you are the first person from your state to pre-register, you get a University of Albemarle Fighting Catfish t-shirt valued at $10.00

 

8)  Weekly Prizes  will be given to early-bird registrants

 

9)  The Beach Blast 5K is part of the Central Piedmont Grand Prix Series.

 

10)  Fantastic downhill and flat finish!

 

Register Today At www.active.com