Paul Greer, San Diego’s USATF Long Distance Co-Chairman, has released the official flyers for the 2012 San Diego Summer Nights Track and Field Series. The series begins on June 6th. Download the official flyers from San Diego Runner, and be sure to share them with your friends.
The 2012 USATF/ASICS Dirt Dog Cross Country Series is back for another year of racing! The series begins with a 5K at Guajome Park on Saturday, August 25, and finishes with the championship 8K race on Saturday, November 10 at Mission Bay Park. The series includes seven races total. Overall series winners in each major age division will receive Championship Singlets at the final race. Runners who participate in all seven events will be honored as Iron Dogs. Cash awards will be presented to the highest scoring individual runners and teams.
San Diego’s 2012 St. Patrick’s Day 10K was cold, wet, and windy! The 6.2 mile race, which is celebrating its 32nd anniversary, began on Mission Bay Drive near the Hilton Hotel, and led runners and walkers around one full lap of Fiesta Island before finishing in Mission Bay Park. Beer from Stone Brewing Company, fresh Domino’s Pizza, and Irish-themed medals awaited the finishers. Call it the luck of the Irish, but the rain held off for the 2-mile and 4-mile run/walk, which started at 7:45, 10 minutes before the 10K.
Who says San Diego track and field events are only for students? Now in its third year, the San Diego Summer Nights Track and Field event series welcomes runners of all ages and abilities. The four-meet series will include sprint, middle distance, and long distance track races as well as hurdles, shot put, and long jump field events. The location of the events will change for each meet and are spread around San Diego County to encourage area-wide participation. The series runs bi-weekly beginning on June 6 and ends with the championship event on July 25.
The 2012 Mission Trails 10K and 5K trail race, held on March 3 and organized by the Sun Strides Foundation, led runners through a challenging 6.2 or 3.1 mile course over dirt, rocks, bridges, and even mountains. The race began and ended at the equestrian center on Mast Blvd. The 10K route presented runners with some challenging hills and terrain, although the 5K kept its elevation gain to a more reasonable amount.
Meb Keflezighi will start the 2012 San Diego Half Marathon and speak at the post-race festivities. To add to his already impressive running resume, the local running hero recently won the 2012 USA Olympic Marathon Trials, which were held in Houston, TX. Meb also won the 2009 ING New York City Marathon, and was the Silver Medalist in the 2004 Olympic Marathon. His book, “Run To Overcome” is the tell-all story of his roots in Eritrea to his rise to running fame. More information about upcoming race can be found on the San Diego Half Marathon site. More information about Meb can be found on his site.
The Guiness record-holding couple, Bob and Trish Evans, are coming to run San Diego! The Brooks Running sponsored duo hold multiple records for joggling – running and juggling at the same time. As a part of the “Joggle Happy” tour, the two will make an appearance on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Max and Jake’s Big Race, a 5K and 1 mile trail race that raise funds and awareness for detecting heart defects in young children.
The rain held off and the skies remained overcast. Saturday, February 11 was a another perfect morning for some San Diego trail running. The 2012 Sun Strides Black Mountain Summit 7K trail run started shortly after 9 a.m. The race began at the end of Sundevil Way, next to Mount Carmel High School. The challenging course sends runners a couple hundred meters down Sundevil Way before making a u-turn and heading up the mountain. The 4.4 mile out-and-back course leads runners and walkers to the summit of Black Mountain and back down again. Nearly 200 runners and walkers participated in the event, which raises money to support clean energy in the developing world. Race results have been posted on the Sun Strides site. Race photos can be found in the San Diego Runner Photo Galleries. High resolution digital image downloads are $5 each, or you may purchase every image of a single runner for only $10.
South Shores Park hosted over 700 runners and walkers on Saturday morning, February 4th, for the 2012 Super Run 10K and 5K run/walk. The event, which is organized by Kathy Loper Events, raises funds to support Water for Children Africa and Compassion for African Villages. Race results have been posted here. Photos are available on Opix.
Race photos from the 2012 Sun Strides Lake Hodges 5K trail race have been posted in the www.sandiegorunner.com photo galleries. Photos are $5 each for full resolution downloads, or $10 for every photo of one racer. Race results also have been posted on the official race site here. Registration for the Black Mountain 7K trail race on February 11th and the Mission Trails 5K and 10K trail race on March 3rd is now open on the Sun Strides website.
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