2008 RUN SUMMARY -
Thanks to Mother Nature and all of our wonderful participants ande sponsors, we set a new attendance record of 410, after our previous max of 300 last year. Below are posted the results.
We are busy taking input on how to make next year's event better, and that includes more than enough food, t-shirts and registration lines! If you'd like to provide any input, just email Jonathan at jgoverly@utk.edu.
Adam Stout shot this for us in 2008 and did a great job! The wind made some of the spoken audio difficult to hear, but it's a great video of what all was going on. Thanks to Adam, and to Sheila Webster of the ISSE for loaning us his talents! This is a resized, high-def (large file size) video. You might try starting the video and then pausing it to let it finish loading (you'll see a color bar continue moving across the bottom), so that it will run more smoothly; click play again when it's finished loading. Click the Run title below to see it at Vimeo.
What: Community event centered around a 5k (3.1 mile) run/walk (walkers are welcome!) When: Saturday, April 12, 2008; registration starts onsite at 8am, run starts at 9am Where: Beautiful Cherokee Boulevard in Knoxville, TN. See the maps page for more information on the exact location.
Why: To celebrate the wonderful outdoor environment that we have in East Tennessee and raise awareness for work that is on-going to keep our air clean and clear! This begins with what community citizens can do to help, and that is what you will find here.
Who: Anyone is invited to attend! You can even put together your own team to participate! See the Teams page for more info on teams. Cost: RUNNERS
$20 preregistration (before end of day 4/2/08); $30 registration thereafter and onsite. $5 discount for preregistered KTC members and preregistered teams of 4 or more! WALKERS
$15 preregistration/registration (for walkers, the $15 fee is good right up until race time on the 12th!) - Walkers will receive t-shirts, but will not be timed (and thus will not need or receive bibs).
Awards: 3 deep in almost all age categories, plus several other categories!
Here's a sampling of the wide variety of PRIZES we expect to have this year (all of these we had in 2007) that you will be competing for!
Eight 18" x 20" matted Jim Gray prints
Two free pair of running shoes
A Great Smoky Mountains fleece vest
Local favorite restaurant gift certificates (e.g., Tomato Head, Peddler/Park Grill)
Several sets of two or three Great Smoky Mountains books (e.g., hiking trails, birds or trees of the Smokies)
Soltronix solar-powered headsets
Passes to Dollywood and Splash Country
Gift certificates from all kinds of places like Gander Mountain, Three Rivers Market, and Vagabondia
Two tickets to the Knoxville Opera
a $75 bag of goodies from Yeehaw!
4 passes to the Knoxville Museum of Art
quality, clear pint glasses with the 2008 Run for Clean Air logo
and more!
In addition, we have team prizes this year for the team that brings the most participants and the team that has the fastest time. The prizes will be:
Cascade Outdoors is providing several sets of two-person tickets to go rafting down the Ocoee River!
another set of passes for a winning team to go whitewater rafting as a team in the wonderful rivers of the southern Appalachian Mountains!
2007 RUN SUMMARY -
The rain held off and we had a record crowd of exactly 300 registrants, so thank you very much to all our attendees, sponsors and other partners!