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Tom's Run Relay |
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A 200-mile team building fitness event in memory of CWO4 Tom Brooks, U.S. Coast Guard June 3, 4, and 5, 2010 |
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Welcome
to the Tom’s Run Web Site. This is the only
place to find the official Tom’s Run Relay |
Don't
Forget the Pre-race dinner at the Holiday Inn at 6:00 PM on
Thursday!
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Event
News |
Welcome!! to the Tom's Run Relay web site. Tom's Run is an annual event held on the weekend after Memorial Day. As always, I welcome your comments and suggestions. See news bits below. |
| For questions or information about Tom's Run, please write: Admin@tomsrunrelay.org |
Check
the tool box for leg planner, equipment list and others. All
team members must sign a Disclaimer. The |
| 2009 Washington Post article 2009 Report from Peter Shoemaker, a solo runner 2009 Report from Rob Holzhauer, a solo runner 2008 Report from Ultrachelle, our solo runner US Coast Guard Academy article |
Feburary 22, 2010 - The team applications are due no later than April 23, 2010 to make sure we have enough time to order shirts, medals, and lunch. February 8, 2010 - The Web Site has been updated. All the forms should be current. The team application has been revised to help team leaders keep track of their members' t-shirt, meal, and medal orders. In the next few months, I'll update the GPS coordinates for transition points. We are changing our fees a little bit this year. The registration goes up from $5 to $10. That fee includes a medal and lunch at the end. Cotton t-shirts are $10 and the Under Armour Technical Ts, men's and women's, are $20. The pre-event dinner is $15 and we are hoping folks participate in the pot-luck desert like last year. Where else can you enter a race for $10.00! January 5, 2010 - The 2010 Tom's Run is set for June 3, 4, and 5. I am very interested in feedback from last year's event to help make this year's Tom's Run even better. Extra shirts and hats are available at a discount. I'll put a link to an inventory this week. Shirts and hats sell for $5.00, plus the cost of any mailing. Stay tuned for news and updates throughout the year. Don't forget our blog!! BM1 Aaron Sorensen is planning to run solo this year and is looking for support crewmembers. Please contact admin@tomsrunrelay.org if you can help. |
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Tom’s Run is held annually to promote fitness, team building, community, and raise awareness of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The event is named in honor of CWO4 Tom Brooks, USCG(Ret.), who contracted ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig‘s disease) in early 1999. Tom was an avid fitness promoter. He had a reputation for persuading couch potatoes to get up and get moving. When Tom was diagnosed with ALS, his friends decided to show their appreciation for the inspiration Tom had given them by organizing this event in his honor. |
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The Course |
The
race starts in |
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The Point |
Surprisingly, Tom's Run is NOT a race!!! It is a team-building, memorial fitness event. The POINT is not to reach the finish line first, but to reach it together. Oh! .... and to have a lot of fun along the way. |
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Events |
The
run kicks off with a group dinner at the Holiday Inn, Cumberland, MD
at 6:00
PM on Thursday.
T-shirts will be presented to the participants at the dinner.
A luncheon and post race ceremony are held at the
finish line inside the cafeteria of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,
at National
Naval Medical Center in |
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Accommodations |
The best place for reservations is probably the Holiday Inn, Cumberland, MD. Federal government rate for a 2-person room is about $70.00. They have been very good to us. To make a reservation for this room, or to make a reservation for other rooms at the regular rate, please contact the hotel. |
If you need other information e-mail - Admin@tomsrunrelay.org