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Central Jersey Road Runners Club P.O. Box 1863 Cranford, NJ 07016 |
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CJRRC Meeting Dates for 2012 January 1st—Hangover 5k January 19th—Annual Awards Banquet February 23rd—Regular meeting March 29th—Regular meeting April 26th—Regular meeting May 31st—Regular meeting June TBD—June Moon 5k August TBD—Not Quite The Fall Classic 4M September 27th—Regular meeting October 25th—Regular meeting November 29th—Regular meeting July and December—NO MEETINGS
All meetings are at 7:30 PM and are held at the Cranford VFW 479 S Ave E, Cranford Township, New Jersey 07016
CJRRC Races: 2012 CJRRC’s 30th Annual Hanover 5k: New Year’s Day January 1st 2012 CJRRC’s 14th Annual June Moon 5k: Date TBA 2012 CJRRC’s 35th Not Quite Fall Classic 4 mi: Date TBA
President’s Message: A Few Thoughts for Your Consideration We got 2012 off to a great start with the Hangover 5K and the annual awards banquet. Besides the fact that these were successful and well attended events, it was a great relief that they took place as scheduled without the weather related rescheduling that occurred in 2011.
We all know about the weather related issues we had in 2011. That’s enough about that. Many good things also occurred in 2011. This was brought about by increased participation by veteran and new members in our club’s activities. For example, we had increased attendance at our (more or less) monthly club meetings and a generous willingness of many members to volunteer at the club’s events.
Of the many ways to measure this, here are a few statistics that show increased member participation:
CJRRC Triple Award: 31 club members ran in and/or volunteered at our club’s three races.
USATF Championship Race Participation: 9 club members ran on our teams or volunteered at 9 or more USATF Championship races to get a sweatshirt and 5 did between 6 and 8 races to get a tee shirt.
USATF Teams: 37 club members ran on one or more of the club’s teams at USATF Championship races.
And last but certainly not least, the impressive list of our USATF New Balance Grand Prix winners for 2011 is presented on page 11 of this newsletter. Of special note, our Men’s 80 – 89 team swept the overall individual category with Nat Finestone 1st; Joe La Bruno 2nd and Bill Welsh 3rd. A few photos from the Annual USATF-NJ Awards Banquet can be found on page 10.
Thanks to all for what you did in 2011 and let’s keep it going in 2012.
Tom Brand
CJRRC Member Exclusive Event Beat Bob Boyd 5k report
The Third Annual Beat Bob Boyd 5 K was held on December 18, 2011 at Colonia High School. Although there were only 13 runners, many were repeat contestants and tried their best to beat me. Actually, 6 beat me, and I beat 6. Mark Leary won the race for the third time to continue his dominance. Joe LaBruno got lost, and we had to send out some search parties. It was comforting to see the runners willing to delay receiving their coveted Beat Bob Boyd awards to find Joe, but he came first. He missed a turn and ended up running about 4 miles. The runners liked the low key, low pressure atmosphere with focus on camaraderie. Hopefully this event will grow next year. Mark your calendars for December 23, 2012!
Join us for the CENTRAL JERSEY TRIPLE! What is the CENTRAL JERSEY TRIPLE? All people (members and non-members of CJRRC) who run and/or volunteer in all three of the following club races will receive a commemorative coffee thermos. For the 2011 CENTRAL JERSEY TRIPLE our three club races are: CJRRC’s 29th Annual Hanover 5k: (rescheduled) Sunday February 27th CJRRC’s 13th Annual June Moon 5k: Friday June 17th CJRRC’s 33rd Not Quite Fall Classic 4 mi: (rescheduled) Saturday November 5th:
If you missed the Spirit of the Marathon Movie Public Broadcasting’s NOVA has an hour long episode called MARATHON CHALLENGE. It’s presented online in 5 chapters. Click Here for link. |
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