Team DetermiNation Run Coach Wanted

Charlotte Running Club is honored to post the following on behalf of the American Cancer Society and their endurance program called Team DetermiNation.  

They are currently searching for a coach to inspire and encourage athletes of all abilities to either half or full  marathons this fall.  Details below:

DETERMINATION RUN COACH for American Cancer Society – Charlotte, NC

The position of Run Coach is a contracted position that provides coaching services to participants for the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) DetermiNation Program.  Athletes will be training and fundraising to complete either the Marine Corps Marathon (10/28/12) or the Rock ‘n Roll Savannah Marathon & 1/2 (11/3/12).  The coaching contract will begin in May, 2012 and conclude on Tuesday, November 5, 2012. 

We are looking for the following qualifications:

1. Develop weekly training schedules for participants to run a half marathon or marathon at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.
2. Attend 6 Informational Meetings (to be scheduled in June 2012) to review and discuss the training program with potential participants.
3. Assist with recruitment through contacts within the fitness market. 
4. Develop training courses and secure park permits, if necessary, with the help of staff from ACS.
5. Lead group training sessions Saturday mornings over a 16 week training program.
6. Establish water stops at appropriate mile markers along route for group training sessions.
7. Each group training session is started with stretches and last minute information for a successful run training session.
8. Ensure that all participants are supported throughout group training session. Coach is to stay until every person finishes safely.
9. Organize clinics throughout the season to teach participants on correct clothing, shoes, hydration, stretching, race day preparation, etc.  Guest speakers are highly encouraged. 
10. Be available for staff and participants weekly via email, phone and in person for any questions relating to training for a half marathon or marathon
11. Assist staff and participants as necessary during event weekend (October 25 - 27, 2012) and ensure that all participants finish their race safely. All coaches on site event weekend to support all DetermiNation athletes for ACS
12. Assist staff and participants as necessary during event weekend (November 1 - 3, 2012) and ensure that all participants finish their race safely. All coaches on site event weekend to support all DetermiNation athletes for ACS
13. Athletic certification and/or 5 years of experience preferred

  

Please submit cover letter and resume via email to:

                Kellyn Klug

Event Manager, DetermiNation

kellyn.klug@cancer.org

704-574-6611

If you're not interested in coaching, but want to help make a difference in the fight against cancer then please check out their info-sessions coming in June around the Charlotte area.  DetermiNation - Charlotte

St. Patrick's Day/Sharksbite Memorial celebration

It's time for the 2nd annual St. Patrick's Day/Sharksbite Memorial run! The 4.5 mile Thursday Night run from the Dilworth Charlotte Running Company is the first group run I ever attended (v-e-r-y nervously) back in the day (2008) when it was run by Tim Long. So on Thursday March 15th at 6:00 pm, please come along and join the festivities:

• a timetrial! 
• awards for all!! 
• a raffle with a cool prize from the store (thanks, Mark!)!!!
•  a "predict your time" competition!!!! 
• the giant green tinsel shamrock!!!!! 

and refreshments afterwards with authentic Irish soda bread baked by an authentic Irish runner; and quite possibly some of this); and Bill Shires (thanks, Bill!) will be taking embarrassing photographs and posting the results; and all the cool kids will be there (as well as me)

Special prize (don't get your hopes up - my standards are quite low) if you wear an old Sharksbite t-shirt.

Thanks to Mark and Dana at the store, and Gina and all the Thursday Night runners. I hope you can join us, and tell all your friends too. I'll be marking the course with my trusty can of green spray paint, so no-one will get lost - just follow the trail of shamrocks!

g'wan g'wan g'wan etc.

Eimear emgoggin at gmail

CRC "Pilot" Mileage Program presented by TrySports - Feb. Summary

We are another month into the year and those miles just keep piling up. With a few late entries, we tallied 20,007.1 miles for January. Feb is the shortest month of year but there was still a full extra day for us to tack on some additional miles. Again, the club put in some impressive numbers with 17,517 to date.

For year as a club we crested the 37,000 mile mark with 37,524.2 miles.

 
Feb. also saw our first 1000 mile achiever - Mrs. Hovis has run 1003.3 miles. While she has reached her 1000 mile goal for this year, there are still 10 more months for the rest of us to hit the roads, accumulate miles, and push our yearly total to 1000.
 
I know you can do it so now "Get out there and do it"

Please send all questions and comments to run.charlotte.miles@gmail.com.

CRC Member Jan. Feb. Total Mileage


Adam Mayes 208.00 238 446.0

Adam Mull 122.33 78 200.3

Adrienne Anetrini 90.00 93 183.0

Alex Wernikoff 31.90 20.4 52.3

Allen Strickland 156.10 175.9 332.0

Allison Reed 177.76 193.82 371.6

Andrea Beigay 5.00 2.2 7.2

Andrew Bishop 130.60 138 268.6

Andrew Fletcher 101.50 99.8 201.3

Andrew Swistak 175.00 56.7 231.7

Anna Donlan 303.30 232.26 535.6

Anne Marie Martin 142.20 131.9 274.1

Ashley Warren 66.70 44.86 111.6

Audrey Ashkin 76.00 86.5 162.5

Ben Dyke 68.10 50.6 118.7

Ben Hovis 248.30 220.3 468.6

Ben Huffman 149.00 153.3 302.3

Bill Shires 244.70 285 529.7

Billy Morton 50.00 50.0

Billy Shue 277.00 107.1 384.1

Bjørn Erik Norman 206.00 169 375.0

Bob Drury 90.80 90.8

Brad Popple 21.00 21.0

Butch Holt 178.00 204 382.0

Caitlin Chrisman 222.90 322.1 545.0

Caleb Boyd 273.10 271.1 544.2

Carl Patty 43.50 89.2 132.7

Chad Crockford 48.40 193 241.4

Chris Jones 236.00 229 465.0

Chris Lamperski 184.10 130.6 314.7

Christi Carter 51.00 46.5 97.5

Chuck Player 148.30 174.5 322.8

Clayton Venhuizen 185.70 201 386.7

Colby Schwartz 42.60 69.2 111.8

Daniel Matena 239.70 203.6 443.3

Daniel Norton 121.00 121.0

Danielle Crockford 267.70 273 540.7

Dave Knavel 84.20 105.6 189.8

David Brinkley Jr 163.17 164.89 328.1

David Dye 428.90 379 807.9

David Forrest 236.00 180.5 416.5

David Przybyla 106.00 106.0

Deb Rubinich 155.80 167.2 323.0

Dennis Livesay 243.00 183.7 426.7

Emily Barrett 152.60 146.8 299.4

Emily Hansen 176.00 203 379.0

Gordon Bynum 184.90 176.3 361.2

Heather Wachtler 116.75 64.5 181.3

Hollis Blank 62.52 63.69 126.2

Jacky Olin 53.00 53.0

Jacob Dordick 308.10 302.7 610.8

Jade Laughlin 76.00 50 126.0

Jamaar Valentine 171.20 169.4 340.6

James Haycraft 261.80 197 458.8

Jason Benoit 103.00 88 191.0

Jason Blackwood 181.00 166 347.0

Jason Chalmers 139.00 140 279.0

Jason Fish 11.90 43.2 55.1

Jason Holder 339.90 355.4 695.3

Jason Martin 152.50 193.2 345.7

Jason Meulemans 202.40 155.8 358.2

Jen Marcus 146.00 167.2 313.2

Jinnie Austin 90.00 35 125.0

Jocelyn Sikora 104.10 145.3 249.4

Joe Schlereth 410.00 295 705.0

John Compton 277.80 268.5 546.3

John Fernandez 10.70 22 32.7

John Fillete 171.00 163 334.0

John Fyfe 55.10 55.1

Jonathan Wise 111.61 82.83 194.4

Jonathon Halter 212.00 126 338.0

Josh Lemke 191.60 155.5 347.1

Joshua Kollmann 150.59 126.6 277.2

Justin Breland 142.70 142.7

Justin Gutierrez 351.00 363 714.0

Kara Colucci 39.00 52.8 91.8

Karen Brown 85.76 100.14 185.9

Karin Helmbrecht 130.80 111.8 242.6

Kathi Russo 216.30 190.3 406.6

Kathy Rink 35.00 35.0

kathy seavers 156.50 153.4 309.9

Kelly Rusk 21.00 47 68.0

Kevin Ballantine 112.60 82 194.6

Kevin Lisska 131.10 127.2 258.3

Lana Torkildsen 106.00 96 202.0

Lat Purser 82.80 10 92.8

Laura Gray 120.00 55.25 175.3

Lauren Taylor 121.00 121.0

Lauren Tilton 27.10 30.9 58.0

Lindsey Hikes 330.70 316.6 647.3

Lisa Costa 100.20 128.82 229.0

Mark Mcgeough 163.00 175 338.0

Mike Smith 248.00 188 436.0

Maureen Hoffmann 148.30 148.3

Megan Hovis 462.50 540.8 1003.3

Melanie Becker 63.00 63.0

melinda law 83.70 88.6 172.3

Michael Bard 52 52.0

Michael Downing 107.40 18.9 126.3

Michael Kahn 199.00 199.0

Michael McWhirter 260.60 155 415.6

Michael Miller 137.40 133.3 270.7

Michael Vance 186.00 164.3 350.3

Mike Beigay 141.10 146.4 287.5

Mike Mitchell 280.90 278.2 559.1

Mike Schutman 121.20 111 232.2

Mike Slaney 117.20 120.9 238.1

Mike Taylor 93.00 73.8 166.8

Paul Mainwaring 290.30 225.5 515.8

Peter Browne 253.00 226 479.0

Randall Bard 72.80 88.9 161.7

Reeves Davis 52.50 52.5

Rob Ducsay 190.10 180.6 370.7

Rob Gannett 41.10 73.8 114.9

Sarah Hannon-Iwanusa 48.40 62.3 110.7

Sheila Olds 61.00 73 134.0

Sommer Baucom 133.00 125.7 258.7

Sonja Earnest 45.30 30 75.3

Stacy Langston 51.40 48 99.4

Stan Austin 158.00 101 259.0

Stephen Spada 312.80 302 614.8

Steven Holman 25.60 25.6

Susan Sutherland 74.78 74.8

Tim Baucom 130.40 138.9 269.3

Todd Capitano 130.70 139.3 270.0

Tom Patania 103.00 87.86 190.9

Tom Patch 182.00 175.5 357.5

Tom Ricks 133.60 149.6 283.2

Tom Torkilden 168.00 170 338.0

Tracy D Rabon 23.30 32.5 55.8

Troy Eisenberger 51.40 51.4

Ulrich Blank 85.08 77.5 162.6

Valerie Matena 231.00 150 381.0

Walt Guyer 231.30 249.7 481.0

William Kennedy 79.90 97.8 177.7

William Weimer 102.00 134 236.0

Totals 20007.1 17517.1 37524.2

Tracking the Board

On February 23, your Board of Directors met to discuss current affairs affecting the club and more for the near future. The monthly meeting was held at the Dowd Y, and we even had a special guest visitor for an important topic. While there were good times and lots of opinions, when we get down to business, we want you to know what we're working on for you.

From the beginning of the year, we discussed what we can do to work on our membership renewals. Notably, the Winter Classic 8k benefited membership and increased club funds by almost 13%. The club recognizes that one significant part of our respectable RRCA membership is the newsletter. While Caitlin has done great work, the board70 recognizes that it is a lot of work for one individual to edit the whole newsletter. We have committed to finding others committed to producing a quality newsletter.

As staying motivated is a key tenant of the club's mission, last month, we introducted the CRC Pilot Mileage Program sponsored by Try Sports. While more and more members are voluntarily involved we discussed a potential quarterly group run for the mileage program based around Try Sports and the program. In lieu of the volunteer program we covered our volunteer involvement for the Corporate Cup Previews and the continual need for course monitors for upcoming races such as Corporate Cup.

For the camaraderie that we all love, the sub-committee for social affairs laid out more developments for the year's social calendar. For the more urgently approaching, Emily presented tentative plans for our St. Patrick's Day run which does not have a set date yet given the race-heavy weekend that St. Patrick's Day falls this year. As the board has discussed more group events/ run at the US National Whitewater Center with the warmer seasons, we are looking into using the center for our Spring Social as a more family friendly outlet and the potential for an epic all-day experience for some. In conjunction with this year's summer olympics, the board wants to have a nice olympic/field-day inclined event in the summer. We believe that we have learned some lessons from last year's rained out experience with member turn-out for these events increasing.

So that people do not have to wonder how we afford to provide these social events, the board tries to maintain transparency with our use of club funds. There was nice growth with the big membership pushes the club found over the winter and the spike in gear purchases over the winter as well. As we have rolled into this new year, in order to retain as much as possible in years to come, we enlisted the help of members to stay on the up-and-up with our tax filing. As different organizations and retail outlets in the community have changed their structure, we realize a quality news publication correlates with quality advertising. For upcoming newsletters, there is a change in advertising structure to ensure that we all receive the best.

There are quite a few items on the table for upcoming meetings, and you can rest assured, as the club is growing exponentially, so will the experience we intend to provide our members. It's going to be huge. If there is anything you would like the board to consider before our next board meeting in a few weeks, just e-mail the board of directors at Run.Charlotte@gmail.com.

March 10th - Good Racing and Training Options

Howdy Folks

Temps are supposed to dip a little back to normal winter this week but since we have all had a taste of warmer weather, it gets you thinking about Spring races. No better way to find out where your fitness is than to jump into one of the great races this coming weekend.
Saturday March 10th offers several fun options.

Corporate Cup Half Marathon
http://www.ymcacharlotte.org/branches/childressklein/socialresp/events/corpcup/overview.aspx

Volunteers, volunteers, volunteers! Can’t run on the 10th? Injured? Please consider volunteering asa course monitor with Charlotte Running Club. Help keep the course safe and cheer on the competitors. Volunteer information at: http://www.ymcacharlotte.org/branches/childressklein/socialresp/events/corpcup/volunteer.aspx

Corporate Cup also has a 5k course that is fairly flat and fast for Charlotte.

Get Your Rear in Gear 5k
Within a 1 block of part of the Corporate Cup half marathon is The Get Your Rear In Gear 5k
http://getyourrearingear.com/events/list/2012/charlotte-nc-2012/


River Bound 5k and 8k
The trail stuff is more your thing? Well your in luck as the River Bound Series has a 5k and 8k for you. http://www.riverboundraceseries.racesonline.com

Jason Holder Memorial Run
Just do not feel like a race? Still want to push yourself hard Saturday morning? Club co-founder Jason Holder will be back visiting Charlotte and has been challenged to a duel by Brit, Paul Mainwaring. This epic workout will take place from Old Bell McAlpine Saturday at 8am. More details at the 7 minuter pace group on facebook.

Need More?
Still not satisfied? Goodness you are hard to please! Look to our meetup site for our standard weekend runs and any additional ones posted.
http://www.meetup.com/CharlotteRunningClub/
Last, check facebook and the new facebook pace groups for runs that fit.

Basically, find a place and people to run with the weekend of March 10th! Happy Running!!!