Chattanooga Track Club President Bill Moran is recruiting runners to sprint ahead to assist Ringgold High School athletes and band June 25.
“We are targeting to try to raise $25,000,” he said. “All the money raised will go to the Ringgold Boosters Club.”
Ringgold Run officials estimate enlisting 500 runners from adolescents to senior citizens to raise funds to replace Ringgold High School athletic and band equipment destroyed by the April 27 tornado.
Runners can sign up in advance or the day of the race at 6:30 a.m.
“The race will start at 8 a.m. at the intersection of Robin Road and Highway 151 between Walgreen’s and Northwest Georgia Bank in Ringgold,” said Moran, who is co-directing the race with Ringgold’s Denny Marshall. “It will go left down Alabama Highway a quarter of a mile and turn left onto Lafayette Street and cross over Nashville Street onto Sparks Street and go on down to Tiger Trail by Ringgold High School. Runners will stop at the school for ice water and run back to Robin Road where it started.”