CLUB NEWS:

JANUARY 20 > The Sharin O The Green 5K is coming up on March 13th at 8:30 at Library Park.  Volunteers are needed.  If interested, please call race organizers.

NOVEMBER 25 > The Holiday Lights Run will take place at Ginger & Tom Bryan's home (819 Warren Landing) on December 17th at 6 PM.  Please bring a dish to share after the 4 mile run through the nearby neighborhoods.  Headlamps, safety blinkers, or reflective clothing is required.

NOVEMBER 16 > The club's annual Holiday Breakfast will take place at Avogadro's (605 S. Mason) on Sunday December 6th.  The breakfast is free to all members and will start at 9:30 AM after the Tortoise & Hare 8K at Edora Park.

SEPTEMBER 16 > Volunteers are needed for the Crossroads Half Marathon & 5K this weekend on September 20th.  Call Foot Of The Rockies to help out 377-8005.

SEPTEMBER 9 > Check out the new Tortoise & Hare race schedule for the upcoming series on the "Upcoming Races" page.  Join us for the series kickoff on October 4th at Pineridge Open Space for the debut of our first trail Tortoise & Hare!

JULY 21 > The 2009 Rocky Mountain Masters Games will take place at the CSU Track on August 29 & 30.  For more info contact Jim Weed (303) 451-8727 or their website.

JULY 17 > Join us our annual Summer Picnic Breakfast at 8 AM on August 2 at Spring Canyon Park.  Arrive at 8:00 AM for a 4 to 6 mile run then breakfast starts at 9:00.  We will be in one of shelters on the northwest side of the park.  Go south on Overland to the end at the park's maintenance building.  Walk over the bridge to one of the picnic shelters.  RSVP to Paul Patterson: plpatterson3@earthlink.net

JUNE 9 > The club's Tortoise & Hare Race Series will be changing it's format.  It will now be run from October to April and will be a 7 race series.  The club has found it has been difficult organizing the summer series around the busy local race schedule every summer.  Running the series during the "off-season" will give runners a great excuse to keep fit during the winter.  We are even considering a longer 10 mile race to finish the series in April just before the Horsetooth Half Marathon.  Check back for updates! 

MAY 31 > On Sunday May 24, the following club members ran the Wyoming Marathon Races on a foggy, cool Wyoming day and made a great showing for our organization:
Double Marathon: Holley Lange
Marathon: Alene Nitzky, Ron Michaels, Nick Clark
Half: Pam Iyer, Roger Rybicka
Congratulations to Nick Carter who won the Marathon!

MAY 28 >  The annual FireKracker 5K is fast approaching on July 4th.  You can register online at Active.com - check out the link on the "Upcoming Races" page.

MAY 5 > Congratulations to the Fort Collins Latino Running Club for getting age group awards at May 5th Cinco Cinco 5K.  Our club has been supporting these youths for the last few months and you may have seen them at recent Tortoise & Hare races.  For many of them, it was their first race ever and we wish continued success in upcoming races.

APRIL 21> FCRC member Connie DeMercurio completed yesterday's Boston Marathon in an impressive 3:43:27.  Congratulations Connie!!