Local kids run to reach the bricks

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For the past six weeks, the Eagle Elementary Running Club has been logging miles and preparing for the Hit the Bricks race. The club has 48 members.
For the past six weeks, the Eagle Elementary Running Club has been logging miles and preparing for the Hit the Bricks race. The club has 48 members.

By Abby Walton

Twice a week for the past six weeks, several third and fourth graders at Eagle Elementary have been logging a 2 mile run, and that’s just before school. Their instructor, Nicole Seiler, said besides running those two days, they also train at home on off days.

“It’s a wide range. Some kids are running 18 miles a week while others are running around four miles a week,” Seiler stated. At the beginning of the season, each student sets a goal they want to achieve.

“Most students’ goals were to reach our marathon club of 26.2 accumulated miles for the six weeks, but others chose higher goals of 50 to 100 accumulated miles,” Seiler said.

For the third year in a row, the culmination of the season will take place with the students running the 5K during Zionsville’s Hit the Bricks event.

“This year, we have 45 students running in the event along with another 35 family members who will run with them,” Seiler said.

Organized by the Zionsville Optimist Club, the 31st annual Hit the Bricks race will take around 300 runners through the streets of downtown Zionsville.

Participants can either run a five-mile race or a three-mile fun run. The event is being managed by the Zionsville-based run coordinators Tuxedo brothers. To register for Hit the Bricks, visit http://www.tuxbro.com/calendar.html. Until Oct. 5, the cost to pre-register online for the five mile run is $20 and $15 for the three mile run. The cost for families to pre-register for the three mile run only is $25.

After the race, gift certificates from the Athletic Annex will be awarded to the top three overall finishers male and female. There will be age-group awards for the top two finishers in each age group. Age groups will be divided into five year increments starting at 14 and under, 15 to 19, 20 to 24 on up to 80 plus. All proceeds from the run are then used to support local youth projects such as scholarships, after prom activities, tri star basketball and other charities that support the community’s youth.

 

Hit the Bricks

Oct. 5

Registration at 7 a.m.

Zionsville High School

1000 Mulberry St.

First race at 8:05 a.m.

Five mile run or three mile fun run


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