Session 3 of the FCRC’s Running U training program is taking registrations now! Session 3 is dubbed is “Zero to 5K,” and will be roughly May 1-July 4, culminating in the FireKracker 5k as the goal for members. Registration for Session 3 of Running U is free to all FCRC members. Sign up now!
Here is a note from the Community Outreach Coordinator of Altitude Running about the store’s first group run for 2015. Don’t forget to “spring” forward your clocks this weekend! We wanted to let FCRC know that Altitude will be starting up our group runs once the daylight savings time kicks in! So we are planning […]
The Tortoise & Hare 10k race for Sunday, March 1, will start at Spring Canyon Park (instead of Lee Martinez Park as in years past), run to Cathy Fromme, and the return to Spring Canyon Park. The move is due to the closure of various parts of the Poudre Trail. Here is the course: So […]
Ever wonder how running was in Northern Colorado was 18 years ago? A message longtime FCRC member (and board member) Tom Shipper gives a little insight. As he explains in the first paragraph, he found the message from January 1997 while cleaning up files in an old computer. His words of wisdom in the last […]
Below is information for the Flying Pig 5k (April 12). It is offering a discount to FCRC members. Hi Felix, We are planning our 7th Annual “Flying Pig” 5K charity run/walk to be held on April 12, 2015. Race time is 9:00 at Spring Canyon , and again is a certified race course. John Lonsdale […]
This Sunday (Super Bowl Sunday) is the next Tortoise & Hare race. This time we are going down in distance, to 5 km. The race will be held at Fossil Creek Park. Meet at the parking lot off Lemay, about a mile south of Harmony. [Map] The race begins at 8, followed by FREE bagel/coffee […]
The Beat Beethoven 5k race on March 29th has kindly offered a $5 discount to FCRC members! We will be e-mailing FCRC members the discount code soon so look for it in our next (February 2) e-mail newsletter! Here’s a description of the event: The Annual Beat Beethoven 5k will be held on March 29, […]
The Fort Collins Running Club is an Road Running Club of America member. The RRCA has over 2,300 member clubs and represents over 250,000 running club members. It provides insurance for our events. Here is the latest Club Running magazine published by the RCCA: Also, here is the RRCA’s January 2015 Inside Track newsletter:
The Tortoise and Hare race this Sunday, January 11th is an 8k. It will start at the Edora parking lot off of Stuart Avenue at 8 am by the baseball fields. Please be there no later than 7:45. If you have not run a T&H race in the last two years, please enter a predicted […]
Green Events is offering Fort Collins Running Club members a discount for the Sweaty Sweater 5k & Polar Bear Plunge on January 24! The discount schedule is as follows: Jan 5- 10th – FCRC members save $10 on registration for any event. Jan 11th-23th – FCRC members save $5 on registration. Look in your inbox […]
Rebound Sports & Physical Therapy, one of the sponsors of our Running U program, is once again putting on a Runners Exercise Clinic. It is “an exercise class for runners that will focus on activating and strengthening the proper musculature in order to prevent injuries and improve running efficiency. Each week’s class will progress to […]
Do you want to run the Horsetooth Half or another spring half marathon? Train with the Fort Collins Running Club’s Running U! Training will be designed to get brand new half marathoners ready for the Fort Collins Running Club’s Horsetooth Half Marathon (FCRC members receive $20 off registration when you register in person; details coming […]