The Atlanta BeltLine East Side 10K Tailgate Challenge is set for Dec. 3. Running series director Don Popovic answered some questions about the event and how alumni associations can get involved.
What is the Atlanta BeltLine East Side 10K Tailgate Challenge?
A friendly competition between local Atlanta Alumni Chapters to showcase what an active collegiate town Atlanta is home to. There will be prizes to the top three associations that best show their school spirit and the top Alumni Association can take home BeltLine bragging rights for a year
My alumni association is too small…
Size doesn’t necessarily matter; it’s how school colors and spirit are best displayed.
How do I participate?
By having someone from the local chapter, board member, officially contact the race director and state their support and then send out emails to their community just letting them know about the event, it’s as easy as that! We don’t want to put more event planning tasks on an already active association with all the football watching that occurs during the year.
We merely ask that the competing associations sign up to do one of three things:
Run: You’ll get a great shirt, two free beer tickets at Park Tavern, medals – if your fast enough – free food and a chance at some really great prizes such as tickets to the Nutcracker, Alliance Theatre and various restaurants.
Volunteer: Contact the race director, but you will also get a great shirt, two free beer tickets, free food from Chipotle and a chance to win some great prizes.
Watch: We’d love to have you setup a tent along the route to cheer the runners on, we just ask that the chapter contact coordinate this effort closely with the race director
How do I register?
Simply go to run.beltline.org.
If I don’t want to participate in the tailgate challenge, is it worth my time to run?
Absolutely! Aside from this being a BeltLine run and seeing new developments along the corridor and adjoining communities, it’s a very family friendly event. We are allowing dogs and strollers and have some great post-race activities lined up that should make for some cool pictures.
What will my association win if we place in the top three?
We are lining up some really cool happy hour events at some great establishments such as Deckard’s American Tavern and Park Tavern. We are also working with Chipotle to provide free food for the top three associations. These prizes are redeemable at a later date and we truly hope they will be something you and your association can enjoy for being a part of this.
What made you think about a tailgate challenge?
We thought it would be cool to see a sea of school colors, as we know this town is big into college football. When the fall arrives everybody gets excited about a great game, to me having this event on Dec. 3, the same day as the SEC Championship, what better way to start the day with some fun activities, exercise and, of course, some fun smack talking to other schools.
