RUN THE CULTURAL MILE

On April 23, 2011, between 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., near the corner of 12th Street and North Tryon, participants will run 5,280 feet passing McColl Center for Visual Art, Discovery Place, and Spirit Square, and ending in front of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art and the Mint Museum of Art. Levine Avenue of the Arts will be closed for post-race festivities.

Runners will be divided into age and gender categories based on projected running time, with races starting every 10-15 minutes. An official pace car and clocks every ¼ mile will alert runners to their pace. The fastest runners in each division will receive medals with the overall winners receiving cash prizes and being crowned the Fastest Man in Charlotte™ and Fastest Woman in Charlotte™. Any man or woman breaking the world record will win a BMW 1 Series convertible provided by Hendrick BMW. Each participant will receive a performance race shirt designed by Charlotte artist Ashley Lathe. The Charlotte Museum Mile will benefit the Arts & Science Council. Entry fee for the race is $25.

And be sure to swing by McColl Center for Visual Art on your way to the starting line, the Center will be passing out refreshments to runners and playing some tunes to rev up the adrenaline. After the race at the Levine Avenue of the Arts, the Center will be passing out post-race fruit. Runners will also have the chance to register to win a Center T-Shirt and their choice of a woodcut print by Dan Allegrucci or ½ off enrollment in the Summer Arts Institute. 

Runners can registers at http://www.QueenCityTiming.com/.