The 2016 Kids Triple Crown will officially kick off with the April 16th running of the Run For Autism at the Charlottesville High School Track.  The series is open to all children ages 3-12, and annually awards a special medal to anyone who completes three of the four qualifying races.  Besides the Run For Autism, the series consists of The Family Fitness Runs at Panorama Farms, The Discovery Dash for Kids at Monticello High School and the Bruce Barnes Mile in Greenwood. Registration for all four events is now open. (Bruce Barnes Mile is race day registration only.)

Due to the overwhelming success of last year's inaugural meet at Charlottesville High School, we are thrilled to announce that the second annual running will take place at UVA's state of the art facility at Lannigan Field. The meet will be held Wednesday, April 20th from 5:00-7:00pm and is free and open to any middle school aged child in the area (public, private or home school). In addition to the venue change, we have also recruited the services of Fork Union coach Winston Brown and his FAT (fully automatic timing) crew to handle our results, which will ensure the highest level of accuracy, especially in the shorter sprint events. 

The 434: The Hub of HS and College T&F in Central VA

Two of our longtime area favorites kicked off the spring racing season these past few weeks, raising a tremendous amount of money for local non-profits thanks to the hard work of countless volunteers. The Haven 8K (formerly the Martha Jefferson 8K) took place on Saturday, March 5th and saw over 320 runners and walkers complete the challenging, downtown 5 mile loop as race directors Kevin & Maureen O'Shea raised over $13,000! Two weeks later, 1,775 runners toed the line for the area's oldest and most prestigious race, the Charlottesville Ten Miler. A great race recap by Mark Lorenzoni appeared in The Daily Progress and complete results for both races can be found on the CTC's website.

Upcoming not-for-profit events in April...
2th - Zeta Run For Life 5K
9th - Camp Holiday Trails 5K
10th -  Run For Yeards
16th - Run For Autism 5K
23rd - Martha Jefferson 5K
23rd - Masters Mile
30th - Montalto Challenge

UVA Virginia Challenge and Masters Mile

Open to all abilities (but you must have a solid running mileage base), this free program is for anyone looking to improve their 5K, four miler, 10K, ten miler, half marathon and marathon times. The group meets Wednesday mornings at 5:30am (currently at CHS, normally at UVA track). Sign up to receive weekly workouts!

This recently opened park is in the northern part of the County and features over 10 miles of gently rolling trails that are open to walkers/runners, mountain bikers and horses.  Open 7:00am to sunset, year round.

We are still in need of volunteers for both the Run For Autism on April 16th and the Montalto Challenge 5K on April 30th.  If you are able to help at either event, please email or call us at 434-293-3367.

Local Runners in the Spotlight
Natalie Kretzer (2:59 win at Tobacco Road), Joan Bienvenue (3:28 p.r. at T.R.), Linda Scandore (age group win and course record at TR), Travis Pickell (3:36 p.r. at Shamrock, Ashleigh Nordt (12 year old won her age group at 10 Miler with a 86:26...she was in our Ten Miler training program and attended every week), Matt Barresi (who won both the Haven 8K and 10 Miler).