June 22, 2013 marks the day after the summer solstice and, more importantly, the hottest race of the year. Westworld in Scottsdale will be hosting Beat the Heat Scottsdale 2013, starting in the dead of the afternoon at 2:47p.m. marking the exact time on June 26, 1990 when the Phoenix Metropolitan area reached its highest recorded temperature ever, a scorching 122 degrees. There will be two races- the 11K and the 5K for runners to participate in. Beat the Heat was originally created by Jason Rose, co-owner of the Scottsdale Polo Championships who is organizing the race, founder of Rose+Moser+Allyn Public and Online Relations, and recent co-owner of Innovative Racing Events  who is producing the event, as a way to celebrate the iconic heat of Arizona rather than hide from it.