Our Healthy UCity Race Series heads to school on April 1, with the Race2Educate 5K and Fun Run in University City’s Governors Village learning campus. Then the series heads to the hills – and we mean HILLS - of University Research Park on May 6, for the challenging...
University City Duathlon
Annual Duathlon brings runners, cyclists to Research Park
One of the biggest athletic events in University City not involving Cougars, Mavericks or 49ers returns May 7 to University Research Park. Hundreds of athletes will run, then bike and then run again in the University City Duathlon. Organizers would love you to...
Saturday’s University City Duathlon started with a question: Why don’t we?
Saturday’s University City Duathlon will draw hundreds of athletes to run and bike through University Research Park. We love how the event showcases the URP and grateful that business owners Chris Elkins and Shane Hockensmith dreamed it up and keep it growing. It’s...
Upcoming events in URP will benefit our kids
Most of us know University Research Park as our No. 1 corporate center. On three upcoming Saturdays, URP will host events that help our kids, too: the Governors Village 5K on April 18, the YMCA Healthy Kids Day on April 25 and the University City Duathlon on May 2....
University City events will help you get fit on foot, fast!
Four University City events over the next eight weeks will help you become a better person … or at least a more fit person! And if you sign up today (Jan. 27) for the first one, you can even save three bucks! We’re talking about the UNC Charlotte 49er Gold Rush 5K Run...
Run, bike or volunteer at UC Duathlon
Here’s your chance to take part in a unique local sports event in our University Research Park. The Peak 10 University City Duathlon on May 3 features a 5K run on the greenway, a 12-mile bike ride on nearby streets and a 3K dash to the finish. Sign up now to compete,...