by Bob Rosebrough
Imagine with me what it would be like on a beautiful fall day to gather out at Red Rock Park with family and friends. The sky is clear and blue and the temperature is perfect for a hike with just a hint of coolness in the air. In prearranged waves, groups head out from the park up toward the top of Pyramid Rock, with the slower walkers and runners heading out first and the fast runners being the last to leave. The objective is to get the entire group up on the top of Pyramid Rock together before heading back down to gather for some live music and healthy post-walk/run fruit and snacks.
Welcome to the Gallup Family Fitness Series: a family-oriented series of events developed to give families a chance to exercise and develop fitness habits in a fun, non-competitive atmosphere. Each event is recreational and not competitive: participation will be rewarded, not results. Each event will feature live music and healthy post-event snacks.
The schedule of events for the inaugural year of the Gallup Family Fitness Series is:
- GALLUP TRIATHLON, JULY 30 – A special category will be created for Family Fitness Series participants who can do all, or part, of the triathlon course at their leisure.
- CEREMONIAL PARADE ROUTE, AUGUST 13 – Come run, walk or bike the Ceremonial parade route after it has been blocked off to traffic, but before the parade starts. What a blast!
- SQUASH BLOSSOM CLASSIC, SEPTEMBER 24 & 25 – We will have a special run/walk course and a bike ride in conjunction with Gallup’s fall running/biking classic out on the eastern side of High Desert Trail near Gamerco.
- PACK THE PEAK, OCTOBER 15 – We will wrap up our first year by packing the top of Pyramid Rock’s peak and begin planning for an expanded schedule of events for next year.
No pre-registration necessary. Just show up on the day of the event, about an hour ahead of time, to sign up. For more information, please email gffs2011@yahoo.com or call Jenny at 505 862 1865. Please mark your calendars and plan to bring the whole family out to join us!!!
