The Peachtree City Running Club invites "closet" runners and "out of the closet" runners to join it's members in several upcoming activities that are free and open to the community. These include the one of the club's bi-weekly fun runs, known as "Grand Prix" runs, an upcoming Run and Brunch new member recruitment event, and the May monthly meeting.

Members and guests will convene for the Grand Prix event, the Bridge to Bridge Run, in front of Peachtree City Library on Saturday, April 17 at 8 a.m. and all participants will run at their own pace. Sub-five minute milers will be out in front and others will fall where they will in the pack according to skill, endurance and desire (or lack thereof) to take the event seriously.

The Run and Brunch event begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 24 at Huddleston Pond. Club member Teri Besch will host the post-run breakfast for members and guests. The next monthly meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Monday May 3, at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center. The guest speaker will be member and local chiropractor Ed Finucan, of Advanced Chiropractic, who will discuss the importance of good posture in preventing running related injuries.

The club goal of making events fun for all concerned is embodied in the humor of activities vice president Dave Piet, who jokingly takes a "survivor body count" after each run. Piet was tongue in cheek while explaining that people often join the group because they: have longingly eyed members laboring heavily along the trails in inclement weather or in extreme temperatures at either end of the thermometer; love putting one foot in front of the other (at whatever pace) and want to be part of the group that generously donated the well placed water fountains strategically placed along the trails; hear of the club's community service activities - like assisting at youth track meets and donating money for college scholarships - and want to use their spare time similarly promoting healthy lifestyles among Fayette County youth.

" Seriously," added Piet, "it's important that we be seen as a community service organization as well as one whose members have fun while promoting wellness. We are fortunate to call scenic Fayette County our home and take pride in our ability to show newcomers and longtime residents alike how to enjoy the place in which we live and work. Our ever growing membership roster allows us to harness the resources and talents of more individuals and businesses in the community and to target these resources to improve the welfare of all residents, but especially our kids."