Run For Your Life Summer Track Meet 5/30/17
The start of summer track in the Charlotte area officially
kicks off the beginning of summer for our runnning community. If you didn’t know this, then you already
missed the first night. Yesterday, Run for Your Life held their first “All
Comers” track series meet last night at Myers Park High School.
Registration opened at 5:30, and events kicked off at 6:15
with the 50 and 100 meter runs. 6 minute+ milers raced around 6:40 PM with the
sub 6 minute guys going off 6:50. James ran a sub 4:30 open mile. His legs were
a blur coming off the last turn and heading down the final straightaway.
The 4 x 100 is always a special event and draws teams from
all age groups. This event especially pulls in my attention because unlike most
events in track and field, the relay events provide a team aspect to running. Seeing
a group of runners work as a cohesive unit to transfer the baton around the track creates a
lot excitement.
After a couple heats of the relay, the 400, 800, and 200
heats ran. Ending the evening was the 3200 meter run. Here, three lead runners making a mad dash for
the line. Great seeing the next generation of runners out on a Tuesday night
showing off their running abilities.
As a heads up, kids run the untimed events for free. For
just $10 and $7 students, you can run any or all of the events.
Kudos to Tim for sharing his equipment for the series and to
Tom for being the meet director. They have been doing this for many years now,
and our running community hopes to have their continued participation for many
years to come.
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