Road Runners,
I’m encouraged by the excitement and enthusiasm I see at our races. Winter is the time of year when many runners turn into couch potatoes. But not all of you. 109 of you came out for the February race. Unlike most years, it was actually nice – little wind and warm temperatures for February. We ran a new course, which meant a PR for everyone who ran and three new club records. Congratulations to Marcus Corbett, Sarah Szymanski and Mike Blanchard for beating out the competition on their way to victory.
Our club is getting stronger. Membership has increased to 506 members, our largest total in several years.
Enthusiasm is also building for the 50th anniversary this year. We’ve got some great events planned for this summer. The 50th anniversary week’s worth of events has two purposes:
1. Celebrate 50 years of running.
2. Introduce RMRR to a new generatin of runners.
You can help us be successful by talking up the club – take some of our green flyers to your favorite health club or rec center to distribute, talk up the club to your running friends. Tell them about our little freebie. It’s not a huge prize, but everyone who comes to a RMRR event this year will get one of our spiffy new club keychains. They’re useful and a great way to promote the club. If you didn’t get yours, come out to our March race.
You’ll be hearing more about the 50th as summer approaches.
We’ve also got Track coming up, a new racewalking group, and new member runs – lots of ways to do what we do best.
See you all out there.
Deb