Tour deCatur This Saturday: Register Online By Midnight Tonight

Saturday, March 24, 2012 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk: 8:45 a.m. 5K Road Race/Walk: 9:15 a.m. Tot Trot (age 4 and under): 10 a.m.

Online registration for the Tour deCatur closes at midnight tonight! Avoid the lines on Saturday and register today (you are more likely to get a t-shirt if you register now). After you register you will receive an email with important information about race number and t-shirt pick-up. Click here for more information and to register.

Tour deCatur is a qualifying event for the Team Decatur Grand Slam Fitness Challenge. Wear your Team Decatur T-shirt and enter into a drawing for a $50 gift card.

 

Congratulations to Team Decatur Grand Slam Fitness Champions!

Congratulations to the 32 Team Decatur members who completed the 2011 Team Decatur Grand Slam Fitness Challenge. Team Decatur was formed in 2010 to compete in the Kaiser Permanente Corporate 5k held each September in downtown Atlanta. In 2011, Decatur Active Living  issued the Grand Slam Fitness Challenge which encouraged team members to compete in three of six designated local races and the annual KP 5K.

This year’s Grand Slammers are Bill Adams, Bill Ainslee, Liam Ainslee, Kylie Ainslee, Kathy Allen, Nick Anziano, Jason Bellamy, Jerry Brown, Sally Brozek, Clara Farley, Gary Garrett, Michael Harbin, Joanna Harbin, Coleman Hayes, Don Hooten, Leigh Hooten, Jeanne Johnson, Michael Kavanaugh, Tom Lauth, Elaine Lauth, Diane Loupe, Mamie Mabery, Mike Matics, Kelly McMichael, Kathy Morelock, Al Natanagara, Lucia Pawloski, Kayla Pruett, Pamela Pryor, Karen Scarborough, Carolyn Train and Nolan Vickers.

The Grand Slam Fitness Champions were presented with a Team Decatur jacket and an award certificate at this past weekend’s Run With the Dogs. Thanks to sponsors DeKalb Medical Center, Eye Physicians and Surgeons and Phidippides Running Store who made the awards possible.

If you are interested in joining Team Decatur, visit www.decaturga.com/teamdecatur or contact Cheryl Burnette at 678-553-6541.

Run For Justice This Saturday

The Run for Justice will be held this Saturday, November 12 in Oakhurst. The 5K run/walk is the last in the series to qualify for the Team Decatur Grand Slam Fitness Challenge.  Runners and walkers who ran or walked in three of the qualifying races and the KP Corporate Run/Walk will receive a special award in January. So far, 10 participants have completed the challenge, and we expect more after this weekend’s race. If you complete the challenge, click here for the “official” form.

For more information and to register, click here.

Have you Registered Yet?

Have you signed up for Tour deCatur yet? I have and am quite excited- this is the first run/walk I have participated in since the 1980s! As you may guess, I will be walking the 3 miles, and will be happy to finish. As you may know, I am a yoga lady, so this is stepping out of my comfort zone. So step out of your “zone” and join us as we walk and run to support the Decatur Education Foundation. The run/walk is a qualifing event for the  Grand Slam Fitness Challenge races.

For more information and to register for Tour deCatur, click here.

Run With the Dogs A BIG Success

Over 200 Runners "Ran with the Dogs"

Last weekend’s Run With the Dogs,  hosted by the Decatur Booster Club, was a resounding  success. (Yes, I have to say it: “It was a dog-gone success”!) Chair Bill Ainslee reports that the race was a success in both terms of participation and money raised for the high school and middle school sports programs. The race drew approximately 220 runners, a  number much higher than past years. Mr. Ainslee said that one of the contributing factors to the higher number of runners was the participation of the City’s Active Living Department and our Grand Slam Fitness Challenge. The Run with the Dogs was the first in the series.

Active Living Board Members MIchael Harbin and Bill Adams

 

Healthy Snacks Awaiting the Runners and Walkers

 

What would a run with the dogs be without dogs?

 

MC Doug Aholt and his Children

 

Awards for the Winners

Run With the Dogs This Coming Saturday

From Michael Harbin of the Decatur Active Living Board:

Start now on the Grand Slam Fitness Challenge by running or walking this coming Saturday at the Run With the Dogs! The six events of the Fitness Challenge can be a fun way to set some goals for this year. This Saturday is the first opportunity to complete one of your four run/walk events that will qualify you for the 2011 Team Decatur Grand Slam Fitness Challenge Award. The Run With The Dogs, a 5K run/walk event, begins in front of Decatur High at 9 AM, Saturday, January 8. All proceeds from the event go to support the athletic programs at Decatur High and Renfroe Middle School. For more information click here.

 Get your friends and neighbors (and dogs) together and start 2011 “on the right (or left) foot.”

 Be sure to wear your Team Decatur t-shirt. There will be a special drawing for a nice prize for which only Team Decatur t-shirt wearers will be eligible.

 We hope to see you there! Help us build interest in Team Decatur for the 2011 Kaiser-Permanente Run/Walk!!!

Grand Slam Fitness Challenge

Join Team Decatur, run four selected races, and hit a “Grand Slam!”

 The City of Decatur formed Team Decatur to participate in the annual KP Corporate Run/Walk which was held this past September and received the award for Most Fit City! Decatur Active Living wants to keep the city fit and has offered a new challenge to both runners and walkers.

 Register for and participate in four out of six upcoming Decatur-based races in 2011, and hit a “Grand Slam”. All you have to do is run or walk in four of the following races between January and November, 2011: the Run with the Dogs – Frostbite 5K  on January 8, Tour deCatur on March 26, DRCC Take Back the Night on April 23, KP Corporate Run/Walk on September 8, the Oakhurst Arts Run on October 8^th or the Run for Justice on November 12.  Then register the four races by November 30 and you will be honored in early 2012, receive a special award, and be featured in the Decatur FOCUS. Other incentives are also being planned, so start getting fit (or fitter) now and prepare for the first race in January! The KP Run/Walk Challenge is mandatory to receive the Grand Slam Fitness Challenge Award.

 Didn’t get a chance to participate in Team Decatur this year and still want to join the “Team”? We have a limited number of Team Decatur t-shirts left and one can be yours for a small donation of $10. You can wear it proudly while participating in the Grand Slam Challenge!

 Looking for someone to train with? Join the group of runners at FleetFeet on Wednesday evenings at 6:30pm or Saturday mornings at 8 am.

 For more information contact Cheryl Burnette, 678-553-6541 cheryl.burnette@decaturga.com.

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