Reminder for Sharin’ O’ the Green 5k Living Social users

Remember that if you managed to score one of the 51% off Living Social vouchers for the Sharin’ O’ the Green 5k, you still have to sign up on active.com for the race (using your voucher number so it doesn’t cost you anything additional)!

http://www.active.com/register/index.cfm?EVENT_ID=1997124&CHECKSSO=0

Select the Individual Registration w/ T-shirt option if you want the T-shirt. Or if you don’t want it, you can select Individual Registration (no T-shirt) and Living Social users will be given the option of donating the T-shirt cost to Partners Mentoring Youth.

51% off Sharin’ O’ the Green

Living Social has a 51% off special going on for the Sharin’ O’ the Green. ($17 instead of the normal $35 price.) This is relevant for all of you who’d like to run the 5k race right before our club walks in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade just a couple blocks away in Old Town!

The catch is you must purchase this deal through this Living Social link by Friday, February 17 before 11:59 P.M. So don’t delay!

Horsetooth Half-Marathon & Sharin’ O’ the Green News

The first climb of the Horsetooth Half Marathon is quite steep!

Tomorrow—Sunday, February 12—some FCRC’ers will be meeting at the Maxwell Open Space parking lot and start heading up the first hill of the Horsetooth Half Marathon at 7:30 A.M. While this run is open to anyone, note that this is an informal, “unorganized” training run and that representing it as otherwise could get us in trouble with the county! Please run while being courteous and respectful to others on the road and in surrounding neighborhoods.

Other information, including registering for the Horsetooth Half Marathon and Sharin’ O’ the Green 5k (after which the FCRC will be walking in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade) is below, as written by Connie.

Speaking of the Horsetooth Half, if you are going to sign up for the race, in order to take advantage of your $20 FCRC discount($45 instead of $65) you will need to sign up in person at either Runner’s Roost or Foot of the Rockies and not online.

If you are planning on running the Sharin’ O’ the Green this information was passed on to me by Libby J. “Everyone needs to sign up through Active.com but no fee will be charged. The race organization is picking up the fee. The other thing is that it is possible to register a second person. After you have registered yourself, a little doodie comes up and asks if you’d like to register another person.”

That’s all for now. Hope to see you tomorrow!

Connie D.
FCRC Prez

Edora Park 8k Results

Thirty-one runners showed up for today's Edora Park 8k.

After Fort Collins received about eight inches of snow, FCRC President Connie warned everyone that “yes, it will be cold.” But it turned out not to be that bad: the sun was shining, the air was still, and the humidity was virtually zero.

Thirty-one runners showed up today, earning the right to much on lots of chips and guacamole during tonight’s Super Bowl. Here are results from today’s Tortoise & Hare race. Enjoy the game!

Leap Day Challenge!

Longtime Fort Collins Running Club member Alene Nitzky would like to extend a personal challenge regarding the extra day (Leap Day) we have this year. Basically, it amounts to using the extra 24 hours for the following:

  • Volunteering your time
  • Donating your extra day of pay
  • Using it for fitness

Sounds like a good idea to me! And if you are in need of ideas, you could start with FCRC President Connie’s 2nd Annual Leap Day 5k.

Not only do the registration dollars benefit Project Self-Sufficiency and the race would give you some high-intensity exercise, but there is a volunteer option as well. Connie is looking for volunteers to be course marshals and to help with race day registration, so please consider helping me out!