Dave Cunningham, Author at Rocky Mountain Road Runners

November 16, 2008June 19, 2012

“Footnotes” from Road Runners Clubs of America

Rocky Mountain Road Runner members are also members of the Road Runners Clubs of America. Each month RRCA publishes an online magazine called “Footnotes” full of running tips, upcoming events, race results, and articles on member clubs. The November issue, available here, features a lovely article on the 30th anniversary of the Colorado Columbines Women’s Running Club. In the righthand column of our News on the Run page you’ll see the RSS feed from the RRCA, which allows you to keep up with the news from the national organization.

Also, one of the benefits of being a member of the Rocky Mountain Road Runners (as a RRCA member club) is a 15% online discount from Fuelbelt. To obtain the FuelBelt discount, type “RRCA” in the discount field when completing your order.

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November 11, 2008November 12, 2008

Jim Chow conquers the Sahara Race!

Jim Chow is back in the states after finishing the Sahara Race, a 6-day, 250-km trek through the Egyptian desert. Jim finished this incredibly grueling race in 53:02:24. Jim will eventually write up a race report, but he’s supplied us with some highlights: Continue reading “Jim Chow conquers the Sahara Race!”

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November 7, 2008

Races in Other Places: 10/19/08 – 11/4/08

Fewer races this time of year, so the Races in Other Places posts will be less frequent. This post will include races from October 19th (excluding the Denver Marathon) to November 4th, 2008. That includes the New York Marathon, which had several Road Runners participating. You can watch the entire New York City Marathon — from the Verrazano Bridge to Central Park — archived on Universal Sports here.

Results from the NYC Marathon and other races results below.

Continue reading “Races in Other Places: 10/19/08 – 11/4/08”

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November 6, 2008December 1, 2008

October Volunteer of the Month — Olga Hnizdil

This month, the Board voted Olga Hnizdil as our Volunteer of the Month. Olga has helped out the club numerous times in the past few months. She was a non-running volunteer at both the Waterton Canyon 10 miler and at the Westminster 9 mile race. She was passing out water at the 2.5 mile stop at both races. Olga also helped out at the Denver Marathon, helping RMRR man the water station at mile 22. Thank you Olga!!

Olga has been a member of RMRR for almost 20 years. She is an amazing runner – having run 10 marathons and even qualifying for Boston. She ran the Pikes Peak marathon 4 times, and the Ascent another few times. She lives in Lone Tree at the end of a cul-de-sac, where she can access open space just yards from her back door. In addition to running, Olga also is quite the adventurer. She has climbed many of Colorado’s Fourteeners, including Longs Peak.

RMRR is grateful to Olga for all she has done for the club. As you all know, RMRR is a volunteer driven club and we can’t put on our races without volunteers. So, if you can’t race some month due to injury, consider coming out to help volunteer. And if you can race, you can always sign up to come early to help set up or help with registration. Thanks!!