Registration Open For TCM Race Series

Twin Cities In Motion (TCM), the organizer of the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon and a host of year-round running events in Minneapolis and St. Paul, opened registration for five TC Challenge race series set for 2014, four of them new to the TCM line-up.

TCM launched its first race series, the TC Loony Challenge, earlier this year.  The event groups three marathon weekend events – the Saturday TC 10K, TC 5K and Sunday Medtronic TC 10 Mile.  The TC Loony Challenge returns in 2014 along with four new options: The TC 5K Challenge, which includes three 5Ks scheduled throughout 2014;  The TC Ultra Loony Challenge, which includes the TC 10K, TC 5K, and Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, all on Oct. 4-5, 2014; The TC Summit Challenge, which includes four races throughout 2014, culminating in the Medtronic TC 10 mile; and The TC Ultra Summit Challenge, which includes four races throughout 2014, culminating in the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon.

“We did focus groups and research studies last year and heard loud and clear that our runners want race series,” Twin Cities In Motion Executive Director Virginia Brophy Achman said.  “Runners are always looking for new ways to challenge themselves, and our series offer them an opportunity to push their fitness to a new level. Race series make sense for us as an organization – in maximizing our current race calendar – and make sense for our runners, as they provide value and convenience.”

The series launches came as the organization opened registration for its winter events – the TC Kids Fieldhouse Fun Run on Feb. 1, the Valentine’s Day TC 5K Run/Walk, presented by Marathon Sports, on Feb. 8, and the 100% Irish for a Day TC 5K and TC 10 Mile, presented by Marathon Sports, on March 8.

TCM, in partnership with Grandma’s Marathon and the American Birkebeiner, also organizes the Upper Midwest Endurance Challenge which groups those events and the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon into a running and skiing series.

For more information on TCM and its race series and individual events, visit tcmevents.org.