{"id":1722,"date":"2012-07-03T18:15:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T18:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2012\/07\/03\/firecracker-run-celebrates-30th-year\/"},"modified":"2012-07-03T18:15:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T18:15:40","slug":"firecracker-run-celebrates-30th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/firecracker-run-celebrates-30th-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Firecracker Run Celebrates 30th Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are a few things we can count on in the Quad Cities when the month of July comes around.  Scorching hot weather is one and the East Moline Firecracker Run is the other. <\/p>\n

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Race director and avid runner, Joe Moreno organizes the event and this year marks the 30th<\/sup> anniversary of the race. <\/p>

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\u201cThe Firecracker Run has always been a race that has been on the cutting edge of things and this year is no different.\u201d said Moreno.  \u201cWe were the first race in the QC area to have music on the course and also the first race to use timing chips on shoes.\u201d  The new addition for this year is that the 10k participants can either run solo or on a 2 person relay team. <\/p>\n

For Joe Moreno, the road to being a runner was a very bumpy one.  \u201cI was kind of a troubled kid when I was young, and a couple of guys from the Youth Service Bureau invited me to run in a race,\u201d said Moreno. \u201cFrom then on, I started volunteering at races and then with help from John Perez of Adolph\u2019s restaurant, directed my first Firecracker Run.\u201d  Since then, Moreno has helped direct over 10 different races, the biggest being the Quad City Marathon.<\/p>\n

 As running was a piece of the puzzle that helped mold Moreno into a successful adult, he took notice of some Arrowhead Ranch runners at a race a few months ago and invited them to participate in this year\u2019s race.  \u201cWhen I was a troubled youth, I took the easy road,\u201d said Moreno.  \u201cAnd the easy road, many times, is the wrong road.\u201d  So this year, if you are going to participate in the run or simply watch as a spectator, take a minute and think of all of the hard work that was put into the race and appreciate all the training that the runners put into this race in hopes that it stays around for 30 more years. <\/p>\n

\u201cRunning a race is like life,\u201d explained Moreno.  \u201cThere are up hills and down hills and times you can coast, but you always want to finish it with dignity.\u201d<\/p>

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For more information on the event, please visit www.firecrackerrun.com.<\/p>\n

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