- A ‘behind the scenes’ challenge presented itself at South Rowan High School when previous bad weather forced RSS to hold school on Saturday morning, March 1, 2003, the very morning of the Ain’t Hogs Great 5K. Once school was scheduled, the only options for SRR were postponing the race, canceling it altogether, or moving the start time to early afternoon. Since the shirts and trophies were already printed with a race date, the food was already bought and the volunteers were already committed, race officials did the only thing they could do—move the start time. With two days notice, they scrambled to get the word out by telephone, word of mouth, newspaper announcements, emails, flyers, etc. As it turned out, there was only one irate runner. $3,000 was raised for the South Rowan Booster Club!
2003 – Race Challenges
Upcoming Calendar Events
Events in October 2025
| MonMonday | TueTuesday | WedWednesday | ThuThursday | FriFriday | SatSaturday | SunSunday |
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| September 29, 2025 | September 30, 2025 | October 1, 2025 |
October 2, 2025(1 event)
All day: Fall Beginning Runners ClassAll day: Fall Beginning Runners Class All day Beginning Runners' Class: Online Registration - Beginning Running Class Fall 2025 Printable Registration Form - Beginning Running Class Fall 2025 Fall 2025 Flyer - Beginning Running Class Fall 2025 |
October 3, 2025 |
October 4, 2025(1 event)
All day: Back Creek Church Harvest Run 5KAll day: Back Creek Church Harvest Run 5K All day Printable Brochure - Harvest Run 5K Online Registration - Harvest Run 5K |
October 5, 2025 |
| October 6, 2025 | October 7, 2025 | October 8, 2025 |
October 9, 2025(1 event)
All day: Fall Beginning Runners ClassAll day: Fall Beginning Runners Class All day Beginning Runners' Class: Online Registration - Beginning Running Class Fall 2025 Printable Registration Form - Beginning Running Class Fall 2025 Fall 2025 Flyer - Beginning Running Class Fall 2025 |
October 10, 2025 | October 11, 2025 | October 12, 2025 |
| October 13, 2025 | October 14, 2025 | October 15, 2025 |
October 16, 2025(1 event)
All day: Fall Beginning Runners ClassAll day: Fall Beginning Runners Class All day Beginning Runners' Class: Online Registration - Beginning Running Class Fall 2025 Printable Registration Form - Beginning Running Class Fall 2025 Fall 2025 Flyer - Beginning Running Class Fall 2025 |
October 17, 2025 |
October 18, 2025(2 events)
9:00 am: Race to the River 5K & Fun Run9:00 am: Race to the River 5K & Fun Run – Online Registration - Race to the River 5K Event Brochure - Race to the River 5K 4:00 pm: China Grove Rotary Fall Crawl and 1/2-Mile Fun Run4:00 pm: China Grove Rotary Fall Crawl and 1/2-Mile Fun Run – Printable Brochure - China Grove Fall Crawl 5K & Fun Run Online Registration - China Grove Fall Crawl 5K & Fun Run Online registration coming soon! |
October 19, 2025 |
| October 20, 2025 | October 21, 2025 | October 22, 2025 |
October 23, 2025(1 event)
All day: Fall Beginning Runners ClassAll day: Fall Beginning Runners Class All day Beginning Runners' Class: Online Registration - Beginning Running Class Fall 2025 Printable Registration Form - Beginning Running Class Fall 2025 Fall 2025 Flyer - Beginning Running Class Fall 2025 |
October 24, 2025 |
October 25, 2025(1 event)
All day: St. Matthew's 5K Run/WalkAll day: St. Matthew's 5K Run/Walk All day Online Registration - St. Matthew's 5K Run/Walk |
October 26, 2025(1 event)
All day: Spooky Sprint 5KAll day: Spooky Sprint 5K All day Printable Brochure - Spooky Sprint 5K Online Registration - Spooky Sprint 5K |
| October 27, 2025 | October 28, 2025 | October 29, 2025 | October 30, 2025 | October 31, 2025 |
November 1, 2025(1 event)
All day: Fill the Food Banks 5KAll day: Fill the Food Banks 5K All day Printable Brochure - Fill the Food Banks 5K Online Registration - Fill the Food Banks 5K |
November 2, 2025 |
