Community Corner
Annual Jail Break Run a Success
The Alameda County Deputy Sheriff's Association hosted its 9th Annual Jail Break Run Sunday to benefit Special Olympics of Northern California.
On Sunday morning, hundreds of runners from around Dublin and Alameda County awoke bright and early to participate in Alameda County Deputy Sheriff’s Association’s 9th Annual Jail Break Run.
Well, maybe not so bright, because as many of the officers joked, it was the first time ever that the weather was foggy during the run. In fact, it was the first time that the temperature had been below 80 degrees.
Despite the foggy weather, more than 375 men, women, and children turned out to participate in this event.
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The Jail Break Run is hosted by the Sheriff’s Office every year as a fundraiser for the Special Olympics of Northern California. On Your Mark Events helped the sheriff’s office plan and put things together.
Mark Aiton from On Your Mark Events was the race manager for the run. When a captain in the sheriff’s office approached him nine years ago about doing a run as a fundraiser for the Special Olympics, Aiton agreed, and set about meeting with people in the sheriff’s office and planning out race routes. The event was an initial success, and nine years later, it is still going strong.
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“It went very well,” said Aiton. “Everyone was all smiles, very happy.”
According to Aiton, there is not only a race manager, but also a race director involved in the coordinating process. Race director is Greg Morgado, who works in the sheriff’s office. Morgado described the organization process and explained that there is a committee that meets from the start of the new year in order to begin coordination of the event and get permission from the city to host the event.
“We’re very happy to do it,” Morgado said. Morgado got involved because he was working for the captain who came up with the idea for the run, and when the captain retired, Morgado took over as the race director.
“I do a lot of organizing, but he’s really in charge,” Aiton joked.
Runners agreed that despite the gloomy weather, the race was again a success.
“It’s a tradition and it’s fun. I’m happy and I’m healthy, even though I was a little slower than last year," said Runner Juan Gomez with The Fit Potato, a local fitness program.
