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GTC Memorial Day - Honor Tower Mile
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GTC Memorial Day - Honor Tower Mile

Greenville, South Carolina, United States
May 27, 2024
Running

About this race

The third annual GTC Memorial Day Mile, renamed this year as GTC Memorial Day - Honor Tower Mile will be held this coming Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2026. The event pays tribute to our fallen service members, and to our first responders. As a competitive 1-mile race, it is in good alignment with a national movement afoot - to Bring Back the Mile - America's distance (1-2). Not as fast as you'd like to be yet? No problem, all speeds are welcome.     John Hart
Race Director
Email: MDMdirector@greenvilletrackclub.com    References 1. Bring Back the Mile: America's Distance. Available at: https://www.bringbackthemile.com/home   2. NPR. A Campaign To Bring Back 'America's Distance': The 1-Mile Race. Available at: https://www.npr.org/2014/06/06/319512432/a-campaign-to-bring-back-americas-distance-the-1-mile-race    The plane in the photo above is part of a memorial in Cleveland Park in Greenville, South Carolina honoring Major Rudolf Anderson Jr., United States Air Force for his service and ultimate sacrifice during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962). Major Anderson, from Greenville, SC, was the only combat casualty during the standoff, and is credited with saving the lives of millions, as explained by historians here:    How the death of a U.S. Air Force pilot prevented a nuclear war. History. Available at:  https://www.history.com/news/the-cuban-missile-crisis-pilot-whose-death-may-have-saved-millions 

Join fellow runners on May 27, 2024 for the GTC Memorial Day - Honor Tower Mile. It's a fantastic 1.6K featuring a flat and fast course in Greenville.

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Memorial Day Mile

A competitive 1 mile race where all speeds are welcome.

May 27, 2024 1.6K 7:30 AM
$19.00
Closed

Weather Overview

These values reflect historical conditions on the race dates in Greenville in 2024, from Open-Meteo archive data.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (monthly average) 19.4° / Maximum temperature (monthly average) 27.9°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like (with wind chill; monthly average) 19.4° / Maximum feels like (with wind chill; monthly average) 32.3°
Wind (km/h)
Average wind speed (monthly average)
23.4
Precipitation (mm)
Average precipitation (monthly average)
8.5mm

About Greenville

GTC Memorial Day - Honor Tower Mile takes place in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. The local timezone is America/New_York.

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