03-19-06
River City Ten Miler roars back to life!!
More participant feedback:
"THANK YOU for organizing such a fun, great race! I had a blast and even though I'm a slow runner, did a personal best! This race was very well organized...The water stops were so much fun, and the APD was stellar. Thank you for your hard work in getting this race together, and I look forward to doing it again next year!" - Christie
"Just wanted to reiterate how I thought this was a real first-class race. From the port-a-lets (quantity and quality) to the course and water stops, all the way to the keg of beer and sausage wraps - you really outdid yourself. I had been looking forward to this event for some time, and you certainly did not disappoint. Heard a lot of glowing comments - one of my favorites was: "I actually smelled better when I came out of the port-a-let than when I went in!" Way to go, Man!" - John
"I am writing to let you know how enjoyable the race was yesterday. I ran with a few friends, including one who had come into town from Virginia, and we all had a great time!" - Lisa
3-02-06
The Men's Fitness Getting America Fit Tour 2006 has
become a sponsor of the River City Ten-Miler. The fitness tour stops in
Austin on March 19th and will be held in conjunction with the River City
post-race party at RunTex Riverside. For more information about the tour
check out the official website.
02--02-06
We are very pleased to announce County Line has graciously come on board to provide their famous sausage wraps after the race. The post-race food will be hosted by County Line BBQ. Be sure to visit them for the best BBQ in town!
01-20-06 -
RunFAR is offering complimentary shuttle service back to the start after you finish and reload at the post-race festival. Buses will run starting at 9:00am until 11:00am and will pick up runners on Riverside Dr. Northcross Mall has opened their parking lot to all participants so feel free to park at the start and let RunFAR take care of you getting back to your car. A clothing drop at the start will be a available to send clothes to the finish.
01-09-06 -
Official Kick Off Party is this week. The party is Wednesday, January 11, from 7:30pm - 9:30pm at RunTex Riverside.
RunFAR has organized an eventful evening for runners of all levels. The party will have 80's and 90's playing all evening thanks to DJ Rich and Hooters' famous wings will please the appetites. For the evening, Raul Najera of RunFAR, will host a great program. John Ferguson, official USAT&F course certifier and former RCTM race director, will gives us the history of the River City Ten Miler and the how it evolved to a nationally acclaimed race in the early nineties.
Also, John Conley, the Race Director of the Freescale Marathon, will be present to give his take on the upcoming event. Finally, the Water-Stop Challenger will be drawn for their assigned stop in the course. RunFAR will have door prize drawings throughout the evening for comped entries, River City Ten Miler (early edition) cool max shirts and lots more.
12-28-05 - River City 10 Miler Blast From The Past
Kickoff Party
by Wish
To get things rolling for the return to the spring racing calendar of
the River City 10-Miler, race director Raul Najera of RunFAR is inviting
the Austin running community to a kickoff party--the Blast from the
Past--on January 11th from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the downtown RunTex at 422
W. Riverside. There will be plenty of food, drinks and music, courtesy
of DJ Rich.
Najera is revamping the River City 10-Miler which was an Austin classic,
famed for its lightning-fast course and elite competition. But sadly,
the race died in the mid-90s, leaving a void in the Austin running
community. Najera--former president of the Austin Runners Club and now
the owner of RunFAR Racing Services-has always wanted to revive this
race. And now he finally is.
The River City 10-Miler is scheduled for March 19th at 7:30 a.m.
Keeping with the River City tradition, Najera has lined up a
spectacular, mostly downhill course which will start at Northcross Mall,
go down Shoal Creek and Lamar to Cesar Chavez before winding up for the
finish on the S. 1st Street Bridge. All post-race activities will be at
RunTex.
"Our goal is to re-establish River City as one of the premier
competitive events in town," says Najera. "We want to make this a race
for the elite runners as well as the weekenders, 5-K runners and
marathoners who may have finished Freescale a month before."
The Blast from the Past party on January 11th at RunTex will feature
memorabilia from all the previous River City races as well as speakers
such as John Ferguson, who was the race director, and John Conley, race
director for the Freescale Austin Marathon.
There will also be sponsor booths at the party and Najera will conduct a
drawing for which water-stop groups get which of the six water stops
during the race.
Najera urges everyone who has one of the River City T-shirts to wear
them to the party. He'll also be giving away special River City shirts
at the party as well as offering a $10 discount on the entry fee for the
first 100 runners who sign up at the party.
For more information on the race or the party, call RunFAR at 326-1600.
Thanks to
for supplying the food for the Kick Off Party!!
Thanks to
for providing our beverages.
