100 training days remain for Rose City Run
Published 9:06 am Tuesday, January 7, 2025
- START TRAINING TODAY: Runners take off at the 2024 Rose City Run 10K after prepping for months for the big race. (Jill Holloway/The Thomasville Times- Enterprise)
THOMASVILLE- On Wednesday, January 8, there will be 100 training days remaining for the 46th Rose City 10K Run.
Dr. And Mrs. Jim Story, race directors of the Rose City Run events, have announced this year’s events will start the Saturday before the Rose Show and the Saturday after the Rose Show.
The 46th Rose City 10K Run will be on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at 8 a.m. Following the 10 K run, the annual Rose City one-mile Run for participants 12 years of age and younger will be at 9:30 a.m.
The annual Rose City 5K Walk is scheduled for April 26, 2025, at 8:30 a.m.
The Rose City 10K Run once again is a qualifying race for the Atlanta Peachtree Road Race on July 4, 2025. The 10K, 5K, and one-mile course are all certified by the USA Track and Field.
Each competitor in this year’s events will receive a performance t-shirt and a specially designed medal.
Registration will begin at the end of January in a special edition of The Thomasville Times—Enterprise, online, and in person at the Thomasville YMCA on Dawson Street.
In 2024, 865 competitors registered for the Rose City Run events. They represented more than 50 towns and cities in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, and Washington.
