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IIINNNSSSIIIDDDEEE TTTRRRAAACCCKKK Quarterly Newsletter for the Members of the

Road Runners Club of America

FALL 2008

IN THIS ISSUE: ! We May Have to

Delay the Marathon

! DRC Shares Growth Strategies

! Music Licensing

! Convention Preview

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RRCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Brent Ayer President

David Cotter Vice President

Dennis Novak Treasurer

Lisa Paige Secretary, At-Large

Director

Mark Grandonico Eastern Region Director

Mitchell Garner Central Region Director

Ken Bendy Southern Region Director

David Epstein Western Region Director

Bob Holmes At-Large Director

WE MAY HAVE TO DELAY THE MARATHON By: Betsy Ross, president, Game Day Communications The sports marketing & PR firm that manages the communications for the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, Ohio “We may have to delay the Marathon at least three hours.” Few words can put a chill down a Marathon staff’s spine quite like “delay.” For runners and walkers who have their pre-event routine timed to the minute; any kind of a disruption is upsetting at the least, and devastating at the worst. But that was what the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon faced the morning of Sunday, May 4, at the start line for the 10th annual Marathon. With a record field of more than 16,000 ready to go, a house fire along mile 22 of the route had just turned into a three-alarm inferno, forcing the closure of that stretch of the course. As the public relations firm for the Flying Pig Marathon, it was the responsibility of Game Day Communications to disseminate the information to various media outlets while keeping runners and walkers informed of the developments and assuring everyone that yes, the Marathon would go off as close to schedule as possible. So how do you do that while controlling your message to the media and keeping participants calm? By anticipating as many crisis scenarios as you can think of. The fire may have broken out at 5:30 a.m. on race morning, but the preparation for this moment started months earlier. Each winter the Marathon staff goes through every possible race disruption that comes to mind—from water main breaks to fires to excessive heat to a too-close-to-call finish. Those who have worked in the event business have seen these unforeseen events happen from time-to-time. How each staff deals with the crisis, though, separates the good events from the great.

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From the RRCA President

September 2008

The newly reconstituted Board of the Road Runners Club of America met for the first time last month. The Board has a nice mix of experience and newcomers, and we are particularly pleased with the talents and energy brought to the Board by David Cotter, Mark Grandonico, and Mitch Garner. However, with the convention in San Francisco in March, we have a lot to

do and not much time in which to do it. There will be a lot going on and we need your help.

In addition to the Board, we maintain our three person national office staff located in Arlington, Virginia. For an organization consisting of over 900 clubs and events representing hundreds of thousands of runners, this is very low overhead, and we have a lot going on.

In the time leading up to the National Convention, we will be selecting multiple national award winners in the important categories of road running, journalism, volunteers, and Hall of Fame. We have already selected a talented group of Roads Scholars for this year. Past recipients include Deena Kastor and Amy Begley, who represented the United States in Beijing.

The RRCA Coaching program is expanding. Last year, we added Mike Broderick and Janet Hamilton to the coaching staff and expanded our offerings from five courses in 2007 to thirteen by years end in 2008.

If there are programs or services that the RRCA provides that you would like to volunteer with or if you are interested in simply getting more involved, please contact the National Office to lend your time to our efforts.

Your Kids Run the Nation grant program is completing its first cycle. I hope you and your club will consider making a contribution to our children’s running program. Started with a generous contribution from David and Sharlee Cotter, the program provides “seed money” for innovative local programs that encourage youth running. Each recipient is asked to file a report at the conclusion of the funding cycle and these reports will be distributed to you in the form of a “best practices” guide. Contributions may be sent to the RRCA National Office.

Finally, we will be taking the next step in testing on-line voting at the next Annual Meeting of the Membership to determine if this is an accurate and fair method to empower our voting members and to be sure their voice is heard. Stay tuned to the RRCA News and Keeping Pace emails for more information.

Despite all of this activity, we need to do more. We need ideas for new programs and services, and we need your involvement, new ideas, and financial support for existing programs. Be a little patient with us, we are growing but anxious to serve you and your clubs and events.

Regards,

Brent Ayer

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The “Pig’s” crisis manual includes each possible emergency with a plan of action assigned to each. In each plan, the appropriate staff is consulted, then one Pig official is designated as the media spokesperson. For example, with a medical incident, the medical director meets the media; weather-related incident, the staff consults with the Pig’s TV partner’s meteorologist with the executive director as the media contact, and so on. Ironically this year, for the first time, we included ‘fire on the course’ as one of our possible crises, and put an appropriate plan in place just in case. Who would think it actually would happen? So when word of the fire along the course came down, Marathon Executive Director Iris Simpson-Bush, along with Don Connelly, race director, and the Cincinnati Police Department’s liaison to the Marathon, Sgt. Greg Lewton, met at the starting line to decide the plan of action. At the same time, the Marathon’s media partner, WLWT, the NBC affiliate in Cincinnati, was preparing to go on the air at 6:25 a.m. for live Marathon coverage. And, of course, thousands of runners were heading to the start line. While the early discussion surrounded how long it might take to clear the route, the next option was how to re-route runners around the danger. At 6:05 a.m., with the start of the Marathon less than a half hour away, Iris, Don and Sgt. Lewton decided to go to the scene of the fire to see for themselves just how the course might be re-routed around the emergency. So with sirens blazing in the police car, the Marathon decision-makers went to mile 22 to decide the safest way to detour the runners and walkers. At 6:20 a.m., the call came to the start line: The course would be re-routed a block, adding about ! mile to the Marathon, and the start would be delayed about 15 minutes while police and safety crews set up the detour. Only then, when the decision was made and the plan of action set, did the announcement go to the runners, the media and the Pig’s on-line audience through Twitter (www.twitter.com), a social media instant messaging service.!

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By: Libby Jones, Dallas Running Club President I was asked to write an article about the exponential membership growth the Dallas Running Club has experienced. In June 2006, the club was at a steady 1,000 members. Fast forward to today, where last month we hit 3,000 members, triple the membership of 2 years ago. This has made us the 3rd largest running club in the United States. Everything I’ve included here are straight forward ideas. The hardest part is spending the time to brainstorm new ideas, think them through from start to finish, and then implement and/or coordinate those volunteers that are making it happen. For me, this has meant 10-20 hour weeks for the last two years constantly coordinating and implementing new programs, benefits, and ideas for our members and the general local community to get more people active and keep them active, and many hours from dedicated volunteers and board members! I will outline briefly what has stood out to me the last two years as items that had a large positive impact on the club. I told my state rep that this is better suited as an annual convention seminar session where I could talk through some details, but I’ve tried to be brief here: Advertising In October 2006, we took a bold move and changed the name of the club from the Cross Country Club of Dallas (CCCD) to the Dallas Running Club (DRC). With the old club name, we had feedback from members that when they first learned of the club, some thought we only ran cross country and a few even said they were intimidated because they thought back to the very athletic cross country kids in high school. Add to the fact that the old name was quite a mouthful. A striking new logo was designed to go with the name change. We also created a new full line of runner-friendly merchandise, emblazoned with the club’s logo front and back. The old merchandise line was t-shirts and sweatshirts for the most part – I’m constantly amazed how many clubs are still in the habit of doing that for their club apparel, not recognizing that technical apparel is worth the only slightly higher cost because it will be worn repeatedly by their members. We have done short and long sleeve technical shirts, technical shorts, technical singlets, running caps, sport sacks, and even small promo items, like LED reflector lights with the club’s logo on it. When possible, we’ve tried to use name brands, like Brooks and New Balance, so they are things runners want to wear. In Dallas now you can’t go to a race without seeing the DRC logo everywhere! This actually led to the creation of my business, The Active Joe (www.theactivejoe.com) to help other running clubs and events create and provide quality, name brand logoed running apparel and gear to their members and participants at an affordable price so that we can move all clubs away from only having t-shirts and sweats to help members advertise the club or event effectively. Communication In May 2006, the club launched a new website. A lot of members initially find us via search engine, so it’s important to leave a great first impression. The website was hailed the last two years as one of the top 3 large club websites by the RRCA. What differentiates our website from many is that content changes every couple of days so that club members repeatedly visit the site throughout the month. You must prioritize and schedule when content will be posted on the website to continually keep it fresh. Knowing that there will be a new announcement or tidbit added often keeps members engaged in the club and keeps us in their thoughts! At the same time of our new club website launch, we also began using an online system that contains the member database and event registration system. It allows members to display their profiles, post classifieds, and chat on our message board.

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The system also lets us list our events and activities and handle event registrations by both members and the public. Our free-to-members monthly races never had pre-registration before this system. Other online systems had no way to differentiate who was a member so it couldn’t handle charging different prices for members and non-members. Members love the professionalism of having pre-registration for a race that’s free for them – it makes race day morning so easy. One reason for members expiring is that they don’t feel involved with a club if they are not able to get out to races or social runs for any reason. Even before RRCA partnered up with Constant Contact (CC), we started using CC in late 2006 for all of our mass emailing. We began a monthly e-newsletter for our members, which has been a great way to communicate, keep them up-to-date on announcements, and remind them of upcoming events. Putting together a print newsletter routinely and the production and mailing costs can be a huge pain. Dallas Running Club had a history of high turnover in the volunteers that would take on this task. In early 2007, we partnered up with Inside Texas Running magazine – they would include 4 pages in their magazine for our newsletter and we would pay a reduced subscription fee to give the newsletter to all of our members. We provide the pictures and text, they professionally lay out the content, and we send them a list of new annual subscribers each month.

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It’s another way to keep the lines of communication open with our members.

A Club President That Looks Like Me? After years of our running club having Presidents who were all male in their mid-50s or older who were fairly fast runners, many members who did a double take when I, a 26-year old female who runs between 10 and 12 minute miles, became President. Add to it that I first began my running career as a long-distance walker! I made it a point to make a prominent showing at all club events and to try to meet and remember as many members as possible. The word got around to many shy and newer runners – “wow, she’s just like me!” It took away the scariness of joining a new group or possibly being last in your age group or the entire race. A small thing but club membership is going to be mostly new and recreational runners – there are only so many elite or age group winners in a given geographic area. Personal Touches This is where it gets hard with a club of more than a few hundred, but it also means these touches surprise club members even more the larger the club is because they don’t expect any individual notice or mention. Examples of personal touches appreciated by members: • Heralding Race Achievements – for major Dallas

races and Texas marathons I run an analysis to pull which members ran the race, and then we list all our finishers on our website.

• Happy Birthday Notices – our online member database system automatically sends a happy birthday email message to each member.

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Personal Touches Continued

! Renewal / Expiration Notices – our online system will send automatic notices 30 days, 14 days, and 7 days from the expiration of their membership, and a notice when they are expired. The helpful thing here is that we have customized each notice to emphasize different membership benefits.

! Membership Discount emails - with our online pre-registration system it’s easy to capture non-members who paid the non-member fee to run one of our races. Immediately after the race, we send them a $5 off promo code for joining the club over the next few days. For local non-members, this has a high usage rate

New Membership Benefits Last fall we began a free half marathon training program geared towards the goal of the DRC Half Marathon in November. We had a couple hundred join. Then in spring 2008 we held a spring half marathon training program for only $20 and added a full marathon section as well. We had about 300 do that program. This year we also started a free Newbie Bootkamp to train folks to do a 5K in 8 weeks and had 100 participants. We have just begun our fall half and full marathon training program for $25 and hit our cap at 450 runners. In all cases, runners and walkers were required to be members of the club to participate and in our fall classes they must also register for the DRC Half. In Dallas, running stores have dominated the training program scene and charge between $150 and $250. Offering a low-cost training program has been a huge boost for club membership. The club had a dingy little storehouse as our “clubhouse” until we were evicted in May 2007 – it had mice and roaches and was not suitable for being a club meeting spot. We were able to negotiate for a 2300 sq ft storefront, complete with kitchen and bathroom, in a nearby shopping center. This allowed us a central location for our training programs and then we added a weekday member social run. For the 8 free-to-members monthly races held during the year we had untimed 5K fun runs also available at about half of them as a shorter offered distance. Almost all of our timed runs were 5 mile length or longer. At the time when I became President, we decided to pay a timing company to also time the short distance, 5K, race. This helped get more novice and recreational runners out to our races and wanting to join the club to run the races for free.

Again, this is just a summary of some of the major items that impacted our club in the last two years. Since we hit 3,000 members last month, we’re already up another 100 members, and we have big goals for our future membership as we’ll continue to advertise strongly and enhance membership benefits.

To learn more about the Dallas Running Club, visit them online at:

www.DallasRunningClub.org

2008 RRCA Roads Scholar" Class The RRCA is pleased to introduce the 2008 Class of Roads Scholars

Josh Moen: Ten-time All-American from Wartburg College and five-time National Champion

Jonathon Pierce: All-American from Stanford University, member of several national teams and competed in the 2008 Olympic Trials in the Steeple Chase

Brett Gotcher: Three-time All-American from Stanford University and competed in the 2008 Olympic Trails in the 10,000 M

Sally Meyerhoff: Three-time All-American from Duke University and competed in the 2008 Olympic Marathon Trials Julia Lucas: Five-time All-American from North Carolina State and competed in the 2008 Olympic Trials in the 5000 M

Emily McCabe: All-American from Duke University and competed in the 2008 Olympic Trials in the 10,000 M

For full athlete bio’s visit the RRCA News at

www.rrca.org/news/index.php?article=2309

Please contribute today to the development of US elite distance runners through the Roads Scholar Program. Mail your contribution check to the RRCA with Roads Scholar in the subject line. Your contribution is tax deductible.

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In fact, at the same time the delay was being announced to the runners at the start line and on live television, instant message followers were getting that same information so there were no opportunities for rumors or false information to be spread about the start of the event. Once the first delay message went out just before 6:25 a.m., start line announcements kept the runners informed every couple of minutes about the situation on the course and the adjusted start time. To the participants’ credit, everyone understood the reason for the delay, accepted the change and were more than gracious about the circumstances. Keeping the runners informed and updated as soon as the facts were known helped the situation. The delay was less than 15 minutes. Participants for the opening ceremonies stayed for the minimal delay and the pink fireworks to celebrate the Pig’s 10th anniversary went off just as the runners were hitting their stride along the riverfront. Crisis planning that took place months before, paid off in the 45 minutes it took to find out about the situation, deal with it, and disseminate the information to the affected parties. Because of the advance planning, staff were cool, calm and determined to find a quick solution. In all, there were three key components to working through this crisis:

Relationships with the city: If it had not been for the close working relationship between the Marathon and the police, finding a satisfactory detour around the fire would not have been as easy as it turned out to be. Having a close working relationship with the safety departments makes the big decisions a lot easier. Communication with the Media: Working with the Pig’s television partner to get the word out about the delay through announcements, interviews with selected Marathon staff along with regular news and start line updates made getting the correct information out easier and prevented false information from getting out. Technology: This was the first year to use Twitter as a way to directly communicate with Marathon followers (mostly spectators following their runners). Using this method of social media instant messaging, Twitter subscribers (it’s free) across the country knew instantaneously about the delay and were kept up to date on the course changes. Of course, none of this would have worked as smoothly as it did without the crisis manual formulated in advance. But at the end of the day, the relationships with key planners and media, along with the relationship between the Marathon and its record crowd, made the 10th anniversary Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon one to never forget.

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HOST HOTEL: HYATT-FISHERMAN'S WHARF 555 North Point Street

San Francisco, CA 94133 Book your room NOW for the 51st Annual RRCA Convention! The Convention room rate is only $172 per night for a room with either one or two beds. For more details about the hotel visit: www.RRCAConvention.org/hotelinformation.html. Want to share a room but don't have anyone to share it with? The convention organizers will match you up with someone of similar interests and gender. Visit the Convention website for more information.

Key Seminars Announced for 51st Annual RRCA Convention

San Francisco Steering Committee Assembles Informative Curriculum

The hosts of the 2009 Road Runners Club of America National Convention are pleased to announce a key list of seminars to be featured at the annual convention of the running community, which takes place March 26 to March 29, 2009. Seminars*, sure to appeal to both club officers and members alike, include:

• Careers in the Running Industry Panel - hosted by Runner’s World’s Bart Yasso • "How to Make a Race a Real Event" - presented by the Big Sur International Marathon • Ultrarunning Panel - highlighted by Western States 100 winner Tim Twietmeyer • Healthy Training Tips for Runners - presented by Presidio Sport & Medicine • Advanced Trail Running - Nancy Hobbs, Executive Director of the American Trail Running Association &

USATF Mountain Ultra Trail Running Chair • Runners with Disabilities Panel - highlighted by Harry Cordellos, national record holder in the Boston

Marathon for the totally blind & athletes from the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) • Issues in Diversity: Front Runners - presented by East Bay Front Runners • Marathon & Half Marathon Training Program - presented by San Francisco Road Runners • Insurance Issues - presented by Terry Diller • How to Utilize Active.com for Your Running Club/Race • Bay Area Olympian Roundtable Discussion • And more

“Our steering committee received many ideas from around the country, and we are thankful for those who took the time to submit them,” says Convention director George Rehmet. “But in the end, we decided to look in our own backyard for speakers and panelists. We have so much expertise and so many talented athletes in the San Francisco Bay Area, and we want to share that knowledge with runners from around the nation. In addition, we looked at a few of the seminars as a form of outreach, allowing us to serve often overlooked groups such as athletes with disabilities.”

Other seminars and workshops are currently in development and will be announced when registration begins in late September. Daily runs and walks will incorporate much of San Francisco’s scenic waterfronts along the Embarcadero and near the Golden Gate Bridge. Convention hosts warn Convention attendees to prepare for some steep climbs, as San Francisco is one of the most beautiful, but hilly, cities in the U.S. In addition city runs, the 2009 RRCA Convention will provide opportunities for attendees to sign up for a San Francisco Bay cruise and a run on the legendary Dipsea Trail guided by Marin County’s Tamalpa Runners. The companion race will be the Presidio 10, which includes a 10K (RRCA National 10K) and 10 Mile (RRCA Western Region Championship) races that go across both sides of famous Golden Gate Bridge.

For more information, go to www.rrcaconvention.org Contact: George Rehmet, Convention Director [email protected]

Registration Opening Soon!

Keep Pace at www.RRCA.org for Convention News!

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By: Jean Knaack, RRCA Executive Director Upbeat music has been a mainstay at running events for many years. Earlier this year, an RRCA member contacted me regarding a phone call they received from the licensing manager for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). This phone call was followed up by a licensing agreement from ASCAP. The member questioned if this was this legit? “It’s the first I’ve heard of this in 30 years of putting on the race,” he exclaimed. The answer to the question is simple. Yes, licensing music is legitimate and more important, if you plan on playing music at your event you could be subject to fines or even worse a lawsuit if you do not have a music license. According to ASCAP, music is valuable intellectual property. Ownership of this property remains with those who create it. In order to perform or play copyrighted music lawfully for the entertainment of others, you must obtain permission from the copyright owners or their representatives, such as ASCAP.

If you plan on playing music at your event, you need to obtain public performance rights to play recorded music. Just because you own a CD, or have created a mixed CD, or an MP3 play-list of your favorite pre and post race tunes does not give you the right to play it publically. If you have been playing music at your events for years without a music license, don’t panic. Obtaining a music license is not complicated nor is it terribly expensive. Public performance rights licensing is managed by two organizations, ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) and BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated).

After speaking with a licensing manager at ASCAP, she informed me that an ASCAP blanket license agreement is the most convenient and economical way to obtain permission to publicly perform any and all of the millions of copyrighted musical works in the vast ASCAP repertory, which boasts over 330,000 songwriters. Unfortunately, the RRCA cannot act as an agent for our members with ASCAP. So RRCA members that want to play music at their event will need to contact either ASCAP or BMI to obtain a blanket license agreement. The fees are reasonable to obtain a one-day license and are based on expected number of people that will be part of the event. This includes runners and spectators. The fees quoted are as follows: Audience Daily Fee 1 to 6,000 persons $50.00 6,001 to 12,000 persons $75.00 12,001 to 25,000 persons $100.00 25,001 persons and above $150.00 If you hire or have a volunteer DJ for your events, be sure they have a music license. RRCA members are encouraged to contact ASCAP or BMI for more information about obtaining public performance rights for music played at events. www.ascap.com/licensing/ www.bmi.com/licensing/

MUSIC LICENSING 101 !

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Dear RRCA Members,

Fall marks the start of our “busy time” at the National Office, however in reality we are always busy! Have you heard about our membership growth? By the end of August we had 940 club and event members; last year we ended the year with 863 clubs and events.

In my last note I outline the project we undertook to learn more about the events our members produce throughout the year. The state of Florida is leading the way with the number of RRCA member hosted events. They are followed closely by the state of New York. Now I know what you’re thinking, the state of New York includes the New York Road Runners who produce a robust slate of events. While we would never count the NYRR as an outlier, for this case the state of New York is still second even without the NYRR events. New York also boasts the highest number of race participants per state, however NYRR plays a large role in this bragging right for NY. Without them participation in RRCA events in NY drops to the 7th place. Our top ten highest event producing states in the RRCA, in size order, are: FL, NY, VA, TN, CA, PA, MD, TX, CO, LA. Our top ten participant numbers in RRCA events, in size order, are: NY, FL, CA, VA, GA, TN, TX, MD, MI, LA. I’ll report more information from this project in the next issue of Inside Track.

This time of year we start getting the question, “when are renewals going to be mailed?” We hope to mail renewals at the end of October, and the forms will also be posted online at that time. We will make an announcement about renewals in the RRCA News and in the Keeping Pace email in October.

Fall also marks some important deadlines for RRCA activities. As announced in the RRCA News, we are accepting nominations for the RRCA National Grassroots Running Awards. Please nominate a deserving individual from your club or event. We have developed an easy to use online form, which means immediate submission. No more printing and faxing, mailing or emailing a nomination form. If you are interested in serving on one of the RRCA National Awards Selection Panels, please contact Jessica Sleight at [email protected] to volunteer your time to the awards program. We also have a new online form for our National Volunteer Recognition Certificates so you can easily submit certificate requests for your outstanding 2000+ hour volunteers. As part of the National Volunteer Recognition program, we provide a commemorative patch. This month we launched a design contest for a new patch design for the program. See the information posted in the RRCA News “Nominations Open for 2008 National Award” for more details.

The application deadline for the 2nd round of Kids Run the Nation Grants is October 1st. See our website at www.rrca.org/programs/kids/for criteria and application details. To start the school year off right, the RRCA has issued the FUNdamentals of Youth Running. The FUNdamentals are basic guidelines for parents, teachers, and coaches to follow when engaging their children or students in a youth running program or event. Please share these with your youth running program directors.

The RRCA is currently accepting bids to host the 2011 RRCA National Convention. This will be the 53rd Annual RRCA Convention. For more information visit our website at www.rrca.org/services/convention/. Bids are due by October 31st.

In closing, I want to extend a big thank you to Betsy Ross, Libby Jones, George Rehmet for content and photos, and I want to thank our advertisers in this issue of Inside Track. If you have an article that you would like printed in the next issue of Inside Track, please contact me.

Happy Running,

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S NOTE

[email protected]

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RRCA PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT

Since 1974, the RRCA has been helping motivate runners through the Personal Fitness Program (PFP). From beginning runners to experienced endurance athletes, we all need a little motivation now and then. To reward individuals for their dedication to living a healthy life and incorporating running as their regular exercise, we invite you to join the Personal Fitness Program. Program fees are varied based on your goal.

How the Program Works:

1. Select your 6 month total mileage goal from 300, 600, or 1000 miles 2. Log onto www.RRCA.org/Running/Tools. 3. Create your FREE account to map your run & log your miles 4. Start running and logging your miles 5. After six months, indicate your total on the Personal Fitness Program form online at

www.RRCA.org/programs/personal or mail along with your payment to receive your reward (embroidered patch, golf shirt or fleece vest)

6. Celebrate your accomplishment! You can directly link this program on your club’s website to expand your program offering to your members. You can include the text from the RRCA website and provide a link directly to www.RRCA.org/programs/person. If you would like to use the Personal Fitness Program logo as a clickable icon on your website directly to the PFP page on our site, email Jean Knaack at [email protected].

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RRCA National Ultra Championship Tahoe Rim Trail 100 M Endurance Run Spooner Lake State Park, Carson City, NV www.sagebrushstompers.org/trt50/

RRCA National Marathon Championship Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon Napa, CA www.NapaMarathon.com

RRCA National 10 Mi Championship Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Washington, DC www.CherryBlossom.org

RRCA National Half Marathon Championship Parkersburg News & Sentinel Half Marathon Parkersburg, WV http://extras.newsandsentinel.com/halfmarathon/ Bid On & Find RRCA Regional & State Championships www.rrca.org/programs/championships

RRCA National 10 K Championship Presidio 10 K San Francisco, CA www.rrcaconvention.org/presidio10race.html

RRCA National 5 K Championship Woodstock 5K Anniston, AL www.annistonrunners.com/woodstock/

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!!!ROAD RUNNERS

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Running the Nation for 50 Years!

In the Next Issue: Kids Run the Nation Program

Convention Preview

And More!

On September 19th, the RRCA kicked off a nationwide contest for a new Run@Work Day logo. Submissions must be original work, represent the

goals of Run@Work Day, include the wording

“Run@Work”, design should translate well to various

printed forms such as posters, fliers and t-shirts, and

logo must be royalty-free for the RRCA. Submit a

design in a high resolution JPG file (1MB) along with

your contact information to [email protected] by

December 31st.

Be sure all of the leaders in your club or event are getting a copy of our monthly Keeping Pace email. Sign them up today at www.RRCA.org/join/join! We won’t sell or give your email address to anyone.

Run@Work Day Logo Contest

The RRCA Etiquette brochure is great for beginning running and marathon training programs, race bag stuffers, and more. The RRCA will gladly co-brand the brochure if you orders 1500 copies or more. Contact Jean Knaack at [email protected] about co-branded orders and pricing.

The brochure outlines general running etiquette for road and trail running, the race start and on-course etiquette, aid station etiquette, and awards ceremony etiquette.

To place an order today at:

http://store02.prostores.com/rrca

RRCA Etiquette Brochures

RRCA Email List