Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K - 3/7/10

**SGB** · 11-05-2009, 02:33 PM

Hi All - The Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K is on Sunday, March 7th 2010. Vera Bradley is our presenting sponsor again, so all racers will get a great Vera Bradley tote bag. Both races, especially the 5K, are filling up already. We don't want a lot of disappointed locals or other runners, so if you are planning on racing, register ASAP.

You can visit us at seasideschoolhalfmarathon.com or on Facebook at Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K | Facebook. Register at active.com at: Seaside School Half Marathon and 5K | Santa Rosa Beach, Florida 32459 | Sunday, March 07, 2010 @ 7:00 AM

**Gidget** · 11-05-2009, 02:41 PM

Hope to do this!

Thx
G

**beachmouse** · 11-05-2009, 03:04 PM

It really is a well-run race at a good time of year for the New Year's resolution crowd, even if you're not in it for the tote bag.

Can I please request that it not be 38F and raining next year, though?

**SGB** · 11-06-2009, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by beachmouse

It really is a well-run race at a good time of year for the New Year's resolution crowd, even if you're not in it for the tote bag.

Can I please request that it not be 38F and raining next year, though?

I have put in the request. Let's hope it's granted! What was interesting last year was that it was warmer at 4am than it was at 7:30am. But not much warmer! Luckily we haven't had any rain on the day of the race for as long as I can remember.

**Smiling JOe** · 11-06-2009, 08:00 AM

Three years ago was perfect weather. Nice and sunny for lounging around after the race. Last year's weather was awful, and as soon as racers finished, they boarded the shuttles and got the heck out of Dodge.

Okay, so let's say I gave up running a few years ago due to my body no longer being able to handle the pounding on the joints. I'm interested in participating in the race, but am not at all interested in running more than the 5K. If I started training next week, is that enough time to work up to running a 5K by race date. Not sure that I want to "walk it."

**beachmouse** · 11-06-2009, 08:29 AM

Cool Running's Couch to 5K plan is for 8 weeks and a lot of people seem to have good success with it:

Cool Running :: The Couch-to-5K Running Plan

**Gidget** · 11-06-2009, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by beachmouse

Cool Running's Couch to 5K plan is for 8 weeks and a lot of people seem to have good success with it:

Cool Running :: The Couch-to-5K Running Plan

FAB link!

**beachmouse** · 11-06-2009, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by SGB

I have put in the request. Let's hope it's granted! What was interesting last year was that it was warmer at 4am than it was at 7:30am. But not much warmer! Luckily we haven't had any rain on the day of the race for as long as I can remember.

Okay last year was more light drizzle and heavy cold wind than rainstorm, but still I'm hoping for much better this time

**Gidget** · 11-06-2009, 11:03 AM

One thing I've learned to not worry about is the weather! I did a triathlon last March in Louisiana and froze to death coming out of the water and on the bike - but the year prior it was shorts and like summer!

It is the standing around waiting for the even to begin that will get you. Once you start running it doesn't matter!

SOUNDS LIKE FUN!

G

**SGB** · 12-02-2009, 07:22 AM

Just want to remind everyone that if you are planning to run in the Half Marathon or the 5K, to sign up ASAP. Just got an update on our numbers and they are phenomenal. We are filling up faster than we ever have.

Also saw the Tshirt artwork for this year and it's gorgeous. A little different than years past, but still along the same lines. One of the students at school worked with Billie Gaffrey on it. Wow, we have some talent at our little school.

If you'd like to get updates on the race join us on Facebook at: Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K | Facebook

**SGB** · 01-05-2010, 06:33 PM

Final reminder for the 5K registration! We will be closing out the 5K registration sometime this week. If you want in, register NOW!

The Half Marathon registration is also filling up very fast. I think we'll sell out before the end of the month.

**rajs4** · 01-07-2010, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by SGB

Final reminder for the 5K registration! We will be closing out the 5K registration sometime this week. If you want in, register NOW!

The Half Marathon registration is also filling up very fast. I think we'll sell out before the end of the month.

Just saw on Facebook that the 5k is sold out! I signed up for the half.

**SGB** · 01-13-2010, 06:34 PM

The Half Marathon is now completely filled. We hope all our locals that wanted to run signed up on time! Thanks to everyone for supporting our race. It means so much to the committee members, teachers and staff, and the students at Seaside Neighborhood School.

The race is organized and staffed completely by volunteers, (with a few minor exceptions where we need experts, such as the timing company) and all proceeds go directly to the school to support many of its outstanding programs.

A special thanks to all our wonderful sponsors!

Let's all hope for great weather and that the construction around the Seaside Post Office and stage is complete by March!

**bluemtnrunner** · 01-25-2010, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by SGB

The Half Marathon is now completely filled. We hope all our locals that wanted to run signed up on time! Thanks to everyone for supporting our race. It means so much to the committee members, teachers and staff, and the students at Seaside Neighborhood School.

The race is organized and staffed completely by volunteers, (with a few minor exceptions where we need experts, such as the timing company) and all proceeds go directly to the school to support many of its outstanding programs.

A special thanks to all our wonderful sponsors!

Let's all hope for great weather and that the construction around the Seaside Post Office and stage is complete by March!

Can anyone get me in to the seaside half or have a registration they can transfer to me if they can't run it and want their money back? I don't need a bag, don't need a tshirt really but I have to run. I promised a friend I would run it with her, I have been training but I didn't get to sign up due to major family crisis and now it is closed.

**Teresa** · 01-26-2010, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by SGB

The Half Marathon is now completely filled. We hope all our locals that wanted to run signed up on time! Thanks to everyone for supporting our race. It means so much to the committee members, teachers and staff, and the students at Seaside Neighborhood School.

The race is organized and staffed completely by volunteers, (with a few minor exceptions where we need experts, such as the timing company) and all proceeds go directly to the school to support many of its outstanding programs.

A special thanks to all our wonderful sponsors!

Let's all hope for great weather and that the construction around the Seaside Post Office and stage is complete by March!

Congrats! that is wonderful news! what an outstanding community event and all proceeds go to educating children of our community - there is no better investment. way to go.

**SGB** · 02-20-2010, 09:28 AM

The Seaside School Half Marathon and 5K will take place in 2 weeks, on Sunday, March 7th. More than 3000 runners and their families will be staying in the area and we need about 300 volunteers to make this annual event successful. The race is organized completely by volunteers and is the major fundraiser for the Seaside Neighborhood School.

If you have a few hours on the morning (from about 6:45am to 10am) of March 7th, we'd love your help. We need people to give out water and man intersections along the race course. All volunteers get a free Tshirt. If you're interested, please email Jessica Duggan at jessicaduggan@msn.com.

**Pirate** · 03-05-2010, 08:35 PM

We are coming down this week and didn't realize there was a 5k. If anyone is not running and is registered I would love to beg steal or borrow your number at a greatly exaggerated price! I need 3 entries if I can come up with them! Call me 404-642-8180 or e-mail at chuck@prudames.com. Thanks!

**beachmouse** · 03-05-2010, 09:10 PM

Please don't bandit. The lack of a properly signed participant waiver from the bandits puts the very nice race directors in a legally tricky position in terms of liability.

**Jdarg** · 03-06-2010, 10:23 PM

Good luck to all the runners tomorrow, and a big thanks to all the organizers and volunteers. This is such a great SoWal event, and these people put so much time and effort into making it great.

**Beach Runner** · 03-07-2010, 07:33 AM

Good luck to everyone during their "Cool Running." Accuweather said it was 31 degrees at 7 AM. BURRRRR! Who would have predicted that?

**kurt** · 03-07-2010, 07:39 AM

Photo (and shadow) by Allison Craft

**Jdarg** · 03-07-2010, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by kurt

Photo (and shadow) by Allison Craft

She must be manning the Craft family Wave and Water station.

**Beach Runner** · 03-07-2010, 10:28 AM

I couldn't believe how many cars I saw parked at the Publix on 395, plus other places. Just out of curiosity, how many entrants were there in the half maraton? The 5K?

It warmed up quickly. A beautiful day! Congrats to all who participated.

Note to self: register early.

**SGB** · 03-08-2010, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by Beach Runner

I couldn't believe how many cars I saw parked at the Publix on 395, plus other places. Just out of curiosity, how many entrants were there in the half maraton? The 5K?

It warmed up quickly. A beautiful day! Congrats to all who participated.

Note to self: register early.

We had about 900 registered for the 5K (we could have registered about 300 more but we wanted to keep the course safe). There were about 2300 registered for the half. As always, there were some no shows, but not many.

We are so happy that everyone seemed to have a great time and we had awesome weather for the runners. Thanks to everyone that volunteered! We couldn't do it without you. The number one comment we're hearing, other than the weather, is that our volunteers make all the difference to the racers. Everyone was so gracious to the runners and the cheering on along the course helps more than you could know. When we delivered the stop watches along the course after the race started, we saw that every intersection was covered by dedicated volunteers that got out there very early in the morning.

Our sponsors went above and beyond again for us this year. Vera Bradley provided bags to every one of our racers and were amazing to work with. They are so generous and giving. More than half our runners are women and we don't know if it's because of Vera Bradley or not, but I can tell you that getting that bag at the end of the race made many of them very happy. Even some of the men were amazed at how nice of a gift they were about to give their wives or daughters.

Jim N' Nick's Bar B Q not only provided lunch and beer for everyone totally free of charge to us, but they also allowed us to sell lunches to non-racers and the school kept all proceeds. If you have run in the past, you will have noticed that the sandwiches were huge this year and you had a choice of a sandwich or tacos. Oh, and Jim N' Nick's also provided food during our expo on Saturday. All proceeds went to the 8th graders for their graduation trip.

We still don't have all the numbers in, but I'm hearing that the silent auction did very well. Many thanks to all the locals who generously donated wonderful items, and coming out and bidding!

The county, sheriff's office were so supportive and made the race possible. We are so grateful that the firefighters' union donated their time yesterday.

It really does take the whole community to make this event happen. The support we get really makes it very special. Thanks everyone!