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The Peachtree City Running Club invites "closet" runners

and "out of the closet" runners to join it's members in several

upcoming activities that are free and open to the community. These include

the one of the club's bi-weekly fun runs, known as "Grand Prix"

runs, an upcoming Run and Brunch new member recruitment event,

and the May monthly meeting.

Members and guests will convene for the Grand Prix event,

the Bridge to Bridge Run, in front of Peachtree City Library on

Saturday, April 17 at 8 a.m. and all participants will run at their

own pace. Sub-five minute milers will be out in front and others will

fall where they will in the pack according to skill, endurance

and desire (or lack thereof) to take the event seriously.

The Run and Brunch event begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday,

April 24 at Huddleston Pond. Club member Teri Besch will host

the post-run breakfast for members and guests. The next

monthly meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Monday May 3, at

the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center. The guest speaker will

be member and local chiropractor Ed Finucan, of Advanced

Chiropractic, who will discuss the importance of good posture in

preventing running related injuries.

The club goal of making events fun for all concerned is

embodied in the humor of activities vice president Dave Piet, who

jokingly takes a "survivor body count"

after each run. Piet was tongue in cheek while explaining that

people often join the group because they: have longingly eyed members

laboring heavily along the trails in inclement weather or in

extreme temperatures at either end of the thermometer; love putting one

foot in front of the other (at whatever pace) and want to be part of

the group that generously donated the well placed water fountains

strategically placed along the trails; hear of the club's community

service activities - like assisting at youth track meets and

donating money for college scholarships - and want to use their spare

time similarly promoting healthy lifestyles among Fayette

County youth.

" Seriously," added Piet, "it's important that we be seen as

a community service organization as well as one whose

members have fun while promoting wellness. We are fortunate to

call scenic Fayette County our home and take pride in our ability

to show newcomers and longtime residents alike how to enjoy

the place in which we live and work. Our ever growing

membership roster allows us to harness the resources and talents of more

individuals and businesses in the community and to target

these resources to improve the welfare of all residents, but especially

our kids."

Piet would not, however, divulge additional information

when pressed for insider info about the Bridge to Bridge Run. Are

we talking about the Brooklyn Bridge? London Bridge?

Golden Gate? He cryptically replied, "Come out and see for

yourself. There will be sweat and there will be water."

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