Group Runs - All Paces Welcome!

Monday
10:00am From TrySports in Blakeney. 3-6 miles; all paces welcome. Contact

6:30pm The Fabulous Reedy Creek Monday night run has started up again. It's 5.2 trail miles. Contact david.petroski@siemens.com and be sure to ask for his All New Confusing Map! All paces and all numbers of legs accommodated. What I'm trying to say is, you can bring your dog if it's on a leash.

7:00pm From the University Run For Your Life store. 4 - 6 miles; all paces welcome; Drinks and dinner afterwards. kara@runforyourlife.com

Tuesday
5:45am Fort Mill, Baxter Village Run all paces and distances welcome Contact Jamie Dodge sunshinejmd@hotmail.com

6:00am From Downtown Davidson CVS. 6 miles @ 8+ pace. Headlamp recommended. Coffee at Summit Coffee post-run. Contact Chad Randolph davidsonarearunningteam@gmail.com

6:30am From Water fountain at Christ Church on corner of Providence and Colville. 4-6 miles @ 9 pace Contact Lauren Robbins laurobbins@gmail.com

6:15pm From TrySports in Blakeney 3-6 miles; all paces welcome. Contact http://www.trysports.com/location/charlotte

Wednesday
10:00am From TrySports in Blakeney 3-6 miles; all paces welcome. Contact http://www.trysports.com/location/charlotte

5:45pm From Alexander Graham Middle School 1800 Runnymede Lane
Charlotte, NC 28211 Track workout for ALL PACES Welcome on the oval of love!
Contacts caleb_boyd@yahoo.com and Emily Barrett, emilylpc@gmail.com

6:00pm From Promenade Charlotte Running Company. 4 miles; all paces welcome. Typically 10 min pace with optional extra miles at quicker pace. 15% off purchases at store. Contact Aaron Linz amlinz@yahoo.com

6:30pm From Dilworth Charlotte Running Company. 4-8 miles; all paces welcome. 15% off purchases at store. Headlamp &/or reflective gear recommended. Contact Audra at the Charlotte Runners Meetup Group http://www.meetup.com/CharlotteRunners

Thursday
6:30 pm From Dilworth Charlotte Running Company. 4.5 miles (occasionally the 6.5 mile loop); all paces welcome. Note that we've moved the start time back by 30 minutes in the vain hope it might be a bit cooler! Occasional carb-loading afterwards. Contact Eimear Goggin emgoggin@gmail.com
6:15pm From TrySports in Blakeney. 3-6 miles; all paces welcome. Contact

Saturday
6:30am From Queens and Providence Road (the gold statue guy - good parking) 9:30+ pace for 8-12 miles. Contact Fred Wood fmwjr@yahoo.com

7:00am From the Caribou Coffee at Cochran Commons in University. All paces welcome. Contact University City Road Runners ucrun.com

8:00am Omega Sports @ Park Road Shopping Center - Omega Sports lead run.
Meet at Park Rd Shopping Center store. Runners will head towards Freedom Park. All runners welcome. Hydration will be provided. Contact Dan Keller at dkeller@omegasports.net for more info or questions.

Sunday
7:30am From the main parking lot of McAlpine Park, 8711 Monroe Rd. Stop in lot every 4-5 miles for hydration/nutrition. All paces welcome. We park in the lower left hand corner of the lot, near where a water fountain is located. Please be there a few minutes before 7:30, especially if you need to use the restrooms. Contact Larry Seavers larry.seavers1@gmail.com or Tom Torkildsen Tom.Torkildsen@wellsfargo.com

7:30am Meet at McMullen Creek Greenway/Hwy 51 entrance. Runners will run on greenway. All runners welcome. Hydration will be provided by NUUN and Omega Sports. Contact dkeller@omegasports.net for more info and questions,

Other Options

Charlotte Runners Meetup Group
They offer run options that cater to a bit shorter distances for beginner and casual runners. We have CRC members who get a run or two in a week with Meetup and participate in our runs as well. A few of their runs are integrated into our full listing above. See their link for a complete list of runs.

CarolinaTrail Runner
Carolina Trail Runner & Mountain Biker Meetup group. All skill levels and various runs. All off road. The new home of the "Almost 10k" group runs.

Icoachurun - Fort Mill
icoachurun run group in Fort Mill/Tega Cay area. They have several meeting times. Currently Tuesday am (545) and Sunday am (730) They are adding more times in January. All levels of running, walk/run beginners to marathon finishers. Led by club member Jamie Dodge

Fort Mill Fast Feet
All levels of runners are invited, some are 7min pace, most are 9-10min pace all the way to a few 12min pace.
Saturday at 8AM, run from Fort Mill YMCA in Baxter Village.
Tuesday at 9:15AM at the Gold Hill YMCA, Tega Cay.
Monday at 6PM at the Fort Mill YMCA in Baxter Village.
Contact club member Paige Kell

Charlotte Firecracker 5k - CRC Water Stop Assistance Needed

Start 2 Finish Charlotte presents the 1st Annual Charlotte Firecracker 5k and Fun Run. The race will be held July 3, 2011 starting at 7:00pm. The run will start on Windyrush Road next to Olde Providence Elementary School and end at the Windyrush Country Club pool. The 5k is chip-timed using the state-of-the-art Jaguar timing system. The 1/2 mile fun run will start at 7:45 from the finish line.

Join us after the race for a pool party, music, food and drinks. Entry fees for the 5k are $20 through 6/26/11, $25 after 6/26/11, and $30 race day. Family fun run fees are $10 through 6/26/11, $12 after 6/26/11, and $15 race day.

Proceeds will benefit the Olde Providence Elementary School Foundation. Please visit our website for more information and to register: www.charlottefirecracker5k.com. Contact Rachel with any questions 908-216-8920 or rachel@s2fcharlotte.com.

Charlotte Running Club will be helping with water distribution during the event at the 1.5 mile mark. We would love to get some assistance from as many of you as we can. Contact run.charlotte@gmail.com if you can assist. Thank you.

June 25 Charlotte Area Race Options

Lots of race options the weekend of 6/25 as you can see on our website race calendar:
http://charlotterunningclub.racesonline.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=site.display&page_id=4257

1)
For something a tad bit different, head on down to Rock Hill to Westminister park for a trail 15k or enter the 5k. http://milesformarines.org

Don't want to run? How about helping out? Contact Aaron Linz (amlinz@yahoo.com ) if you can help before/during or after the race. Thx u and hope to see u there.

2)
Another nice option is the LifeStyle Upgrade 5k up in Huntersville, NC. Our very own Megan Hovis and Kelly Fillnow work for LifeStyle Upgrade and I am sure welcome seeing alot of you up at this race.

Best of luck to all of you that race.

Masters Smackdown

In the Summer Breeze 5k, CRC is entering a Mixed Masters team - the 5 fastest times count. We thought there would be separate men's and women's masters teams, and these people signed up:

Gordon Bynum, Butch Holt, Michael Lemmons, Allen Strickland, Clayton Venhuizen
Dianne Allen, Beth Carey, Eimear Goggin, Kathy Rink, Deb Rubinich

To add some excitement to my bland existence, here's a challenge to the men's masters - I bet the average # of Grand Prix points earned by these masters women is higher than the average for the men. The winning team gets bragging rights, or BEER, or Credit in Heaven (I guess you need an Irish Catholic upbringing for that to work, though ... )

So, there's my challenge ... of course if the guys are scared to take it on, that's perfectly understandable ...

New Summer Schedule for the Charlotte Kids Running Club

We hope to encourage kids in the Charlotte community to lead a healthy lifestyle - by being active, setting goals and encouraging one another. Charlotte Running Club has its own Kids' Section - it doesn't matter if you are a beginner or have already run a 5k, all ages and abilities are welcome!

Look for the Charlotte Kids Running Club on facebook and request to join (with your name and your child/children's name; or show up at a run and ask Rebecca to add you.

New summer schedule: meet Mondays at 9:30 am at Latta Park. The kids run on a marked and monitored course. and after, if they want, they can stay and play in the splash ground - so they should bring a towel if they want to stay and splash! Also, the ice-cream truck comes at 10:30, so if they want a frosty treat, they should bring a dollar or two.

Contact: Rebecca Thomason runnergirl@carolina.rr.com

call 704-458-5594 if you need directions

For more information: kids.run.charlotte@gmail.com

Charlotte dominates Running Journal Grand Prix Series

The Charlotte Running Community did fantastic in the Running Journal Grand Prix series (http://running.net) that just ended this past Monday (Memorial Day) in Huntsville, Alabama.

The RJ GP is a series of ten races held throughout several Southeast states and all runners who live in those states are eligible for the GP. There are three races in NC (Charlotte Racefest 10k, Southpark Turkey Trot, and Asheville Citizen-Times Half Marathon), two in South Carolina (Myrtle Beach Half Marathon and Midnight Flight 10k in Anderson), one in Tennessee (Germantown Half Marathon in Memphis), one in Florida (Gate River Run 15k), and three in Alabama (Rocket City Marathon and Vulcan Run 10k in Birmingham and the Cotton Row Run 10k in Huntsville).

Only the top 8 runners in each age group receive points in each race, and for overall only the top 20 runners (M/F) in each race receive points. Here's a link where you can get a better idea of how points are counted:
http://running.net/grand-prix-xxxiii-rules

We had 7 winners from the Charlotte area this year including the top 2 overall male and female (Alejandro Arreola and Alice Rogers). This is the 33rd year of the RJ Grand Prix.

Here are the other Charlotte area winners for this year:
Richard Hefner -- 1st place, 55-59 age group
Jerry Sofley -- 1st place, 60-64 age group
Bob Heck -- 2nd place, 40-44 age group
Bob Nelson -- 2nd place, 55-59 age group
Margaret Hagerty -- 1st place overall Veteran Female