Greenville Track Club, Greenville, SC
Established 1972
 The date for the 50th Anniversary/51st running of the Paris Mountain Road Race is set for December 5, 2020. Barring an unforeseen circumstance, it will be in person.
Participants will be asked to wear face masks and/or socially distance up until the start of the races. This year will have a 10K and 20K, but the start and finish will be on Old Buncombe Rd. at Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Early entry fees are $35 for the 20K and $25 for the 10K. Additionally, current GTC members will receive an automatic $5 discount when registering on Run Sign Up. For more information and to sign up, please go to: https://runsignup.com/Race/SC/Greenville/ParisMountainRoadRace
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 The 2020 edition of the TD Bank Reedy River Run, which had initially been rescheduled for September 5, has now been cancelled due to safety concerns related to COVID-19.
“We are extremely disappointed that we will not be able to conduct the TD Bank Reedy River Run this year due to concerns and restrictions related to the uncertainty presented by COVID-19,” stated race director Mike Caldwell. “We explored all options to hopefully provide a safe event utilizing physical distancing protocols, staggered starting processes, etc. However, with anticipated size limitations on group gatherings and other concerns, we must cancel the event for this year. The safety of our participants, volunteers and sponsors is our primary concern.” We will be contacting each registered participant via email with several options regarding their registrations, including deferral to the 2021 event, a partial refund of entry fees or a donation to the Greenville Track Club’s Youth Running Program. While we won’t celebrate with the Reedy River Run this year, the Greenville Track Club is already looking ahead to April 17, 2021 to conduct the 43rd edition of this historic road race.  Due to the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic the GTC monthly meeting scheduled for June 1 has been cancelled. We look forward to the future and in-person monthly meetings.
We hope that you are still running during this difficult period. Please stay healthy.  We just wanted to provide a quick update during this time of uncertainty. We have 100 days before our 43rd TD Bank Reedy River Run. As you should be aware our event was postponed from the original date of April 18 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While many events have been postponed or cancelled, we have continued to plan for our event to occur on Saturday, September 5. That is Labor Day weekend and our current plans are to start the weekend with a bang.
Our primary concerns revolve around providing a safe event from all aspects. While we don't have all of the details worked out yet, we anticipate some changes to our event. The temperature may be warmer than what we anticipated for our April date, so the start time for the 10K has been moved to 7:10 am instead of 7:55 am. We will also use a new/alternate course due to the TD Essential Market occupying a portion of Main Street. The good news is that the last half of the major hill in Falls Park on Furman College Way will be eliminated. Our current plans have both the start and finish on the Main Street Bridge. The course will continue to highlight the Reedy River and crosses the river seven times. We are developing plans for the 5K, which will start approximately at 8:00 am and will have the same finish line as the 10K. While we do not know what the health policies and guidelines will be at that date regarding size of gatherings, we are planning on using multiple starting waves with Social/Physical distancing. Therefore, it will be necessary to impose size limits on the number of participants. Those numbers are still unknown, but those previously registered are secured. We will continue to update the race website @ www.tdbankreedyriverrun.com as more information becomes available. Please train smart and stay healthy.  Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) the 43rd TD Bank Reedy River Run was postponed from April until September 5. That allows potential participants time to prepare and train for this historic Greenville event.
We asked Coach Victor Pataky to develop training plans for beginners and more advanced runners to train for the 10K race. Victor is the coach of the GTC-Rabbits--the Youth Running Program of the Greenville Track Club. He is also a member of ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE and has run a 2:22 marathon among other notable performances. To access the training plans please click on http://www.tdbankreedyriverrun.com/training-program.html. The plans begin on May 17th. and are complimentary and provided by our sponsors.  Due to the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic the GTC monthly meeting scheduled for May 4th has been cancelled.
We hope that you are still running during this difficult period. Please stay healthy.  Due to the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic the GTC monthly meeting scheduled for April 6th has been cancelled.
Please stay healthy.  Established 1972The March GTC Monthly meeting will be on Monday, March 2 at World Piece located at 109 W Stone Ave Suite A1, Greenville, SC 29609
6:00-6:30 Ordering and Social Time 7:00 - Club Business and Program February 3, Monday
GTC Monthly Meeting and Annual Awards Evening Hampton Park Baptist Church, State Park Road 6:15 pm - Food line opens 6:45 pm - Awards Presentations Come and join the fun as we present our annual awards and enjoy some time with our running friends. There will be food, too. |
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