2009 Race Announcements
THE RACE IS FULL - NO RACE DAY ENTRIES ARE AVAILABLE!!!!!!
Kevin Scanlon and special guest to preform
Kevin Scanlon is a versatile artist, songwriter, and musician who lays his talent
on a myriad of music genres. Over the years, Kevin has learned many traditional
songs and tunes which led him into playing bluegrass and claw hammer banjo. He also
plays guitar with a personally developed and unique finger picking style. It is
common to see a harmonica resting on his chest while performing, which adds depth
to his songs.
Kevin has been in many different bands with various styles of music. He has played
bluegrass, rock, folk, Irish punk, old-timey and been in vocal ensembles. Kevin
has performed all along the East coast including New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine,
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina
where he currently resides. Please visit his website for more information:
www.kevinscanlonmusic.com
T-Bone, America's Health & Fitness Ambassador, to Run the Kids Hill Climb!
In the guise of T-Bone, a brightly colored costumed running enthusiast and educator
Tim "T-Bone" Arem, M.Ed., shares the benefits of children's health and physical
fitness. To learn more about T-Bone, please visit his website:
www.tbonerun.com
"Running excites, inspires and enriches children as it teaches them important
life lessons like discipline, coordination, teamwork and self-esteem," says
Tim. "The best part of being T-Bone is seeing the children's smiles as they
cross the finish line. I feel very fortunate to be playing a role in many families
lives through fitness. That is the kind of contribution that makes my job so fulfilling!"
On race morning, T-Bone will:
- Warm up the kids before their race as my fitness character T-Bone.
- Perform a health & fitness stage show for the families 15 -30 minutes in length.
- Run with the children as a role model
Parking
Parking will be available in the upper and back lots of Isaac Dickson Elementary
School at 125 Hill Street. This will most likely fill up quickly. Your best for
parking is the Asheville Chamber of Commerce lot which is located just off of Montford
Avenue at Hill Street. Please don't park in their 30 minute guest parking located
in their top lot. Additionally, there will be street parking and a church parking
lot across the highway(240) directly across from the school off of Haywood Avenue.
Use the foot-bridge to cross 240 for easy access to the school!
Packet Pickup - Friday Night Lights
This year's friday night packet pickup will hopefully be made less confusing with
the aid of Christmas lights. That's right, follow the string of christmas lights
down to the gym to pickup your number and race bag.
Race Awards and Commemorative Mugs
Local potter, Brian Hill, of Warren Wilson College has been commissioned to create
signature hot chocolate mugs for the top race awards. In addition, we have decided,
this year, to offer 2009 Hot Chocolate 10K commemorative mugs and Brian has agreed
to create these for us. He will be available to at packet pickup and on race morning
to take orders. While the specific details, such as pricing, shipping and whether
you can have your race time inscribed on the bottom, haven't been worked out yet,
we are very excited to be able to offer this benefit.
Still looking for Christmas gifts???
Why not finish your shopping and support our sponsors at the same time? A gift certificate
from Tod's? A book from Malaprop's? Jewelry from Baker Place Originals? Music lessons
from Asheville Music School? A house cleaning from Pristine Clean? Running shoes
and clothes from Jus' Running? Do you have a budding gymnast in the family? Try
High Flight Gymnastics! And there is always cookies from Sugar Mommas. Please don't
forget to tell them WHY you're supporting them! Please check out the bottom of our
website for links to each of our sponsor's pages.
Course Change!!!
We have listened to you folks and adjusted the course to begin at the upper parking
lot of Isaac Dickson school. This means you will spend more time on Hill St. going
out and less time on it coming back. The final uphill to the finish line will be
shorter, as a result, ending a short distance after passing the highway offramp
and turning into the IDES lower parking lot driveway. I hope you all don't mind.
Sugar Mommas Cookies for 10K Age Group Awards
We are pleased to announce that your 10K Age Group awards are going to be edible!
That's right, Sugar Mommas Cookies will be providing their deliciously rich cookies
to serve as your race awards. So train hard and reward yourself!
Late, Late Registration Surcharge of $2
What is Late, Late registration? Simply put: registering for the 10K during packet
pick-up and race morning. We want to encourage every one to pre-register for the
race. More than anything, this helps us plan for the event and to ensure that it
is fun and rewarding for all. In order to help facilitate this and to ease the stress
of packet pick-up, we are adding a $2 surcharge to entries during packet pick-up
and on race morning. So, save $2, help us out and pre-register now!
Free running socks by PowerSox!
PowerSox is donating enough of their high quality running socks for us to be able
to put a pair of socks into each of this year's race bags! That's 500 pairs! So,
register early to make sure you get a race bag and a pair of these great running
socks! Bags will be handed out in order of registration. When they're gone, they're
gone.
Race Series Points to be Awarded!
The Isaac Dickson Hot Chocolate 10K & Kids Hill Climb is the first race in the
Asheville Track Club's
2009 Grand Prix race series! What a great way to start the new year off
on the right foot!
Additionally, the race has been added to the 2009 Blue Ridge Cup Race Series.
With footraces scheduled in almost every major city from Baltimore to Atlanta, The
Blue Ridge Cup is the largest race series in the Southeast. Earn points to win some
great stuff! Please visit their website for more information.
Registration/Packet Pickup
Online:The preferred method of registration for this race is Active.Com.
Online registration powered by Active.com is safe and secure and provides an immediate
email confirmation.
Drop Off: Entry forms can also be picked up, as well as dropped
off, until January 23rd, 2009, at the Isaac Dickson Elementary School office located
at 125 Hill Street in Asheville, NC.
Mail-In: Entry forms can be
downloaded here and mailed in. The Mail-In entry deadline is Wednesday,
January 14th, 2009. Entries must be postmarked no later than this date. Please send
to:
The Isaac Dickson Hot Chocolate 10K
c/o Tim Grotenhuis
17 Sylvan Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801
Race Morning: Race morning registration will be between 7:30 and
8:30 a.m. at Isaac Dickson Elementary School.
Packet Pickup: Packet pick up and additional pre-registration will
be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday evening, January 23rd at Isaac Dickson
Elementary School (IDES) in the Gym located at 125 Hill Street in Asheville. On
race morning Packet pickup will also be located in the IDES Gym from 7:30 to 8:30
a.m. Timing chips will be distributed the morning of the race in the same place.
Race number must be presented in order to get your timing Chip.
Entry Fees
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Type
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To 1/15/2009
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After 1/15/2009
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On 1/23 & 1/24
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Adult - 10K
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$17.00
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$20.00
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$22.00
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Youth - 10K (14 or under)
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$12.00
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$15.00
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$17.00
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1K Hill Climb
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$6.00
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$6.00
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$6.00
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Start Times and Course
The 10K begins at 9:00 a.m. on Hill St. just above the upper parking lot at IDES
(125 Hill St.) and travels down to Hill St. and then to Riverside Drive. It then
continues south on Riverside Dr. and on Lyman St. until it reaches Amboy Road. The
course crosses the French Broad and does a short loop of French Broad River Park
before returning back to IDES.
The 1K kids Hill Climb starts at 9:45 a.m. and finishes in the IDES parking lot.
Course Map (Click to View)
Awards
10K: Prizes will be awarded to the top three male and female overall
finishers and to the first male and female in the Masters Division (40+). Awards
will go to the top three finishers in each of the following age divisions: 14 and
under; 15-19; 20-24; 25-29; 30- 34; 35-39; 40-44; 45-49; 50-54; 55-59; 60-64; 65-69;
and 70 and over. Overall placers not eligible for age group awards. See www.hotchocolate10k.com
for rules.
1K Hill Climb: Every child gets a shirt and a medal!The 1K Kids
Hill Climb is limited to children 12 and under (although parents can run along side
for free, of course!)
Restrictions
Please No Strollers or Dogs in the 10K race. Strollers are allowed in the 1K, but
dogs are not.
Contact Us
If you want to email us with questions about the race, use:
info@hotchocolate10k.com, otherwise feel free to call (828)301-3071.
Thank you to Our Sponsors!
It takes a lot of supplies to entertain a large group of runners for the morning.
The sponsors listed below helped in more ways than they could ever imagine.
One Cup
Bronze Sponsors
53 Baker Place; Asheville, NC 28806; (828) 252-7027
17 Sylvan Ave; Asheville, NC 28801; (828) 301-3075
Jus' Running; 523 Merrimon Ave; Asheville, NC 28804; (828) 252-RUNR (7867)
Asheville Music School; 250 Charlotte Street; Asheville, NC 28801; (828) 252-6244
63 Monticello Road; Weaverville, NC 28787; (828) 645-3066
50 Coxe Ave. Asheville, NC 28801; 828-252-8746; info@highflightgym.com;
NEW LOCATION!!! Suite LL100; 22 S.W. Pack Square, Asheville, NC; 828-251-7277;
