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DRIVING DIRECTIONS
The Spinx Run Fest event site is downtown and is easy to find. If you’re coming from Charlotte on I-85, take Exit 51C and follow I-385 to downtown and turn left on Main Street. If you’re coming from Atlanta on 1-85, take Exit 42 and follow I-185 to Augusta Street and turn left. If you’re coming from Columbia on I-385, follow it downtown and hang a left on Main Street. If you’re coming from Asheville on US Hwy. 25, take Hwy. 25 Business to downtown and hang a right on Main Street.
FREE PARKING
Free parking in designated lots is available within walking distance of the Stadium and spaces can also be found on surrounding streets. On race day, shuttles will run from 6:00AM - 8:00AM between County Square and the Stadium.
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ABOUT SPINX RUN FEST
KIDS’ MARATHON
The KM helps get elementary and middle school students involved in a regular running program. Six weeks prior to the KM, students run a total of 25.2 miles in PE class or on their own. After running the 1 mile KM course, these students have a total of 26.2 miles to their credit and earn a finishers medal and official certificate. Parents can run with their children without registering themselves, but they won’t get the cool bling like the kids do. Students registered in the KM are automatically entered in Fit’s School Challenge (see below).
HELP WANTED
It takes hundreds of volunteers to make Spinx Run Fest happen. We need volunteers before the event (set up, race packets, Expo), during the event (aid stations, course monitors, handing out medals), and to clean up after the event so the City will let us come back again. In spite of the work involved, it doesn’t feel like work since you’re having fun. We’d love for you to join our Volunteer Team. Click below to learn more. Once you decide, send us an e-mail & we’ll sign you up.
LOCAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
GTC Steps. The GTC Steps program is a phased adult beginners running program with the initial goal of preparing you to run your first 5K. After completing a 5K, you are encouraged to train for and enter additional GTC races including Spinx Run Fest.
iRun. This highly successful running program was started about 2 years ago. It starts with a ten week “Walk to Run” program, then progresses to a 5K and longer distances.
FIRST. Not just a program, this is an Institute! FIRST has great training programs (PDF) on their website. The staff offer free lectures on a variety of running/training topics. Their bestselling book, Run Less Run Faster is a terrific training guide for Spinx Run Fest.
Spinx Run Fest has arranged for a special pre-race pasta dinner to be served at the Hyatt Regency from 6PM-9PM on Friday Oct. 28. Click on this link to learn more: PASTA-DINNER
FIT’S COOL CHALLENGE
The Fit’s Cool Challenge by Earth Fare is open to all elementary and middle schools in the area. Any student, family member, or faculty member entered in the Kids’ Marathon, 5K, Half, or Marathon or working as a volunteer is “counted” as a participant from their school. We then award a total of $1000 dollars to the elementary schools (1st place $500, 2nd place $300, 3rd place $200) and $1000 to the middle schools (same award breakdown) based on a formula that takes into account the school’s total participation and the school’s official size/enrollment.
+ Volunteering counts in the Fit’s Cool Challenge!
ACCOMMODATIONS
Greenville has plenty of great places to stay. Hotels in the downtown area within walking distance of the stadium include the Holiday Inn Express, Hyatt Regency, Westin Poinsett, Hampton Inn & Suites, and Courtyard by Marriott. A great resource for learning about what Greenville has to offer is the online CVB Guide. Click on the button below and search under “Accommodations”.
DINING & ENTERTAINMENT
Downtown Greenville has well over 60 choices for dining, and there are many places to enjoy live music or catch a play. Use the CVB Guide to find out more. For dining, select “Downtown-Main Street area” for your search. For entertainment, select “Downtown-Main Street area” and “Nightlife” for your search.
