Registration Open for Anderson County's Fastest Citizens Event
Greg Wilson/Anderson County
The race is on to find the fastest people in Anderson County.
On Aug. 19 citizens of the county will be able to test their footspeed in the first annual Anderson County’s Fastest Runners event, offering runners of all age groups-discover their personal best time in sanctioned speed events starting at 9 a.m. at the Anderson Lights of Hope/Anderson County Recycling property. The event is set to have the last races at 11 a.m. with winners announced at noon.
Sponsored by Anderson County, the 400-yard timed runs will begin every few minutes beginning at 9 a.m., for ages five and up, with races grouped by age. Only manual wheelchairs will be allowed in the time events and a first-place medals will be awarded-the male and female winners in each category.
The age categories are: Under 5; 6-8; 9-11; 12-15; 16-18; 19-21; 22-25; 26-30; 31-35; 36-40; 41-45; 46-50; 51-55; 56-60; 61-65; 66-70; 71-75; 76-80; 80-85; 86-90; and 90 and up. Overall male and female winners will also be recognized.
Food trucks will be on hand in the Anderson Christmas Lights Christmas Village, along with other merchandise vendors and representatives from local running clubs.
All runners must be a resident of Anderson County and provide proof of residency and age (birth certificate or South Carolina Driver’s License or DMV ID).
Advanced registration is $25 for adults, $20 for students, (day of event registration $35), which includes an even t-shirt and a racing bib which displays the runner’s race number, and which must be fully visible at all times and worn on the front of your torso on your outermost garment. A timing device (B-Tag) is attached-the back of each bib-record each runner’s time.