Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K - 3/7/10
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Photo (and shadow) by Allison Craft
She must be manning the Craft family Wave and Water station.
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.
It warmed up quickly. A beautiful day! Congrats to all who participated.
Note to self: register early.
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!
