This year the race starts at 8:00 A.M.!!
The GATE River Run is the largest 15K race in the United States and will once again serve as the USA 15K Championship with America’s top Olympic athletes competing for $85,000 in prize money. Last year over 24,000 runners and walkers participated in one of our featured events including the 15K, The Florida Times-Union 5K for Charity, the Junior River Run, and the Brooks Rehabilitation Challenge Mile. To enter click HERE!
The Jacksonville Athletic Club is thrilled to partner with the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens to host what we think is the world’s first pole vault competition inside of a Zoo. This will be a fun experience for athletes, fans, and animals alike! JTC Running is a sponsor.
Entry fee is $40 per vaulter, which includes a t-shirt AND free entry into the Zoo for the entire day. The entry deadline is midnight, Friday, July 13th.
Schedule: 10:30 am- Girls Pole Vault 2:30 pm- Boys Pole Vault
A table will be at the zoo entry for the athletes to pick up their bib numbers and zoo tickets.
Results will be posted at www.jactiming.com
Help us get pumped up for this year’s Tijuana Flats Summer Beach Run with a fun run and social at Title Sponsor Tijuana Flats Lakewood store at 6:00 PM, Monday, August 6. After the fun run enjoy a social with discounted beer!
Signup will be available for the five mile race at Jacksonville Beach August 25 provided by 1st Place Sports. If you can’t make the kickoff, sign up for the race HERE!
** We will have 3 girls/womens races and 3 boys/mens races
** The course will be all on grass
** Each loop will be 500m approx — everyone in the JV races stays in for at least 3-4 laps (1500m–2000m) and everyone in the varsity race stays in for 5-6 laps (2500m — 3000m) – (with the exception of any runner who is just too far off the pace; we will pull him/her sooner)
** After that, we will have the option of eliminating the runners who are falling off the pack. That option could range from not eliminating anyone on the 4th lap (because they are all still together) to eliminating up to ten on the 6th lap (because they have fell too far back from the main pack).
The number we eliminate will depend on the number of the main pack and the number of stragglers who have fell off from the main pack.
** As the “race” unfolds the goal is to eliminate runners who fall off the main pack until we are left with a small group – anywhere from maybe 4-6 going into last lap.
** We will have a zone area at the finish line that the leaders must remain in that zone area until the last runner has crossed a mark which will be about 100m or so before finish line (goal posts at San Jose side of field) – as soon as the last runner has crossed that marker the leaders can begin the next lap.
***** However, we have the right to change and make up rules as we go along – because in an event like this we need to be somewhat flexible.
Schedule – **** the times after the first race are approx.; we will go on a rolling schedule after the Boys Varsity race
Boys Varsity starts at 7:30 AM – up to 10 laps, 5000m
Girls Varsity starts at 7:55 AM – up to 10 laps, 5000m
Boys JV (JV runners) – 8:20 am – up to 8 laps, 4000m
Girls JV (JV runners) – 8:40 am – up to 8 laps, 4000m
Boys JV (novice JV runners) – 9:00 am – up to 6 laps, 3000m
Girls JV (novice JV runners) – 9:20 am – up to 6 laps, 3000m
**Distances are also approx.
** Coaches: please try to have at least 7 runners in the varsity races (obviously you can have more if you wish)
**Please keep in mind that the 3k races are meant for newer (slower) runners who will have difficulty with the pace and distance of the 4k races.
The Fall 2018 Half Marathon Class is a 12-week program preparing individuals to participate in a half marathon this fall. The class starts on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 1st Place Sports, San Marco Store (2018 San Marco Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32207) at 6:15 PM (come prepared for a short run that evening). The $65 cost includes a one year membership in JTC Running. Current member price is $50. Previous class members receive a $5 discount.
The class can serve as a stepping stone for those planning to complete a marathon in December or January. The target half marathon is the Community First Half Marathon on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2018. If not able to participate on Thanksgiving Day, a good alternate half marathon would be the Ameris Bank Half Marathon on December 15, 2018.
