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Announcements
Reminding all members our potluck meetings are resuming for the Spring and Summer at Murray Park Pavilion #2 at the same time-starting at 6:00 pm on April 15th. Since most will be have gotten their taxes done by then, you can come and celebrate. Not sure on theme yet-wanted members to speak on their Boston experience to prepare those about to run the Boston on the 19th , so please bring medals, jackets, and stories and contact me at tcoutu@att.net if you would like to speak. And if no one wants to speak, we will just fellowship. Our May 20th speaker will be Mike Dupriest and June 17th is elections.
The board positions that are open for nominations this year are President-Elect, Secretary, and Membership Chair. You may send the nominations to the above address or give them to me at the April meeting. Here’s the actual wording from the by-laws: (View them at www.littlerockroadunners.com)
In the spring of each year, the LRRC shall run a notice in the newsletter and on the website announcing the Board of Director positions that are open for nominations that year. All club members in good standing may submit nominations. Nominations must be received in writing (letter or email) to the current LRRC President and Secretary at least 30 days prior to the June LRRC meeting by the close of business on the 30 th day before the meeting. Nominations are thereafter closed unless no nominations are received. If no nominations are timely received for any position, then the Board of Directors as a whole may nominate a person for that Board position. The President will contact all potential nominees to verify that they are interested in the position. Verified nominees will be listed on the LRRC website prior to the June meeting
.Go! Running has opened a new store in the Heights and present Prez-Elect Brian S-ski reports that owners Gary and Erin Taylor want to join the LRRC and Gary wants to run for us (yeah us-he is very fast)! Brian also reports that Gary will offer LRRC members 10% off.
April is a busy month for fund raising for our club-more than one way to give back and rest and recover from the Boston Marathon…..The club is of course sponsoring the Capital City Classic on April 3rd and many have signed on to run and assist this Grand Prix championship 10k.
The club is doing the finish line and timing for funds for the club at two races: -April 17th is the Miles for Missions 5K at Pulaski Heights Methodist church and on April 24th is the Catholic High Rocket 5K at the school. Please help if you can on these dates.
Thanks for your support of running, community, and the club!
T
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Posted by: Preztc
Since last newsletter something happened that had never been done before-The Saints won the XLIV Super Bowl, this was a good game where the “underdog” won. Also at February 18th’s LRRC’s “presidential” meeting we almost got 30 years’ worth of past presidents together at one time. All but a few came to share the running lore with a large crowd of old and new members. For those who could not make it, we missed you! I wish this meeting and some moments in life were like a football game where we could make an approx. 1 ½ hour event into typical three. If we could stop the “clock” every so often or take time outs we could have listened to more stories and heard more advice and history on how good clubs are made. The LRRC started in 1977 with eight members and today there are over 200.
Lou (Ole Gristle) and Charley (Harley) Peyton were part of the founding group and they graciously sat on a panel along with Bob Hilts, Paul (Galloomphing Gourmand)and Bill(Ole Runner)Hoffman. They answered questions and told stories of beginnings of the LRRC. Bob Hilts offered the comment of how things have changed with all the gadgets and technology to improve running, where in the “old” days they relied on running groups and training partners to improve. They also shared that there were a lot of splinter groups at the beginning and yet I find that is the case now. They focused on creating and organizing races and training groups, like primarily focusing on marathons and certain time goals, particularly for example the White Rock Marathon. T-shirts and photos were brought out as evidence; Lou and Charley had t-shirts from the first LR marathon and women’s run and 3:20 training group. Bill Hoffman had some neat photos of the existing Sunday morning run and the first Arkansas Running Hall of fame inductees. Paul Johnson and Bob Hilts recounted humourous events. There was fierce competition its seems, but also camaraderie and encouragement were evident. I hope we can foster this and when the next generation takes over the club we tell the same kind of lore. Three past presidents received a much deserved award for the years of repeat service and they continue to promote and encourage and support this club. Tom Barron, Steve Hollowell, and Bill Harrell received the coveted plaques. While the president’s were recognized as they are due, this was also member appreciation dinner for we could not have the best club without the best people bringing it all together for volunteering, cheering, racing etc. Thank you all members and presidents.
Running offers many opportunities for people to try something they have never done before, and having a network from joining LRRC will help. You will find many training groups and people available to assist you in a first time 5K up to a marathon, as such as the LR marathon training group (Tom and Hobbit offer an encouraging environment to lead people into new territory.) Running offers things that will change your life for the better. As the Little Rock Marathon event is next weekend,-good luck participants and all those supporting the race!
I hope you will attend this month’s meeting for motivation and a reminder about the important things and not letting excuses get in the way of having and living a full life by listening to Randy Oates recount his progress since last year’s meeting.
Another positive force out there is the splash we are making with our new hoodies with the LRRC logo. While in Texarkana for the Run the Line half marathon, most of us wore them, showing team and club pride. I had someone ask me how many we had attend this event. So there was good publicity for the best club in the state!
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Posted by: Preztc
The past few years, the outgoing president has had dinner for club members as a new president has taken “office” at the June meeting, and some of these outgoing presidents were “recognized”. As the third Thursday in February takes place close to a holiday for national presidents would like to honor all presidents of Little Rock Road Runners at this meeting.
Members attending will be treated to dinner sponsored by the club and a panel of the first few presidents if you are able to attend but need head count for Whole Hog. Members can ask questions and get a personal account/history of the founding members.
MEMBERS: RSVP and let me know if you are able to attend by February 12th to: tcoutu@att.net
Date: February 18th at the Whole Hog Cafe on Cantrell Rd, LR 6:00 pm to eat/6:30 to have intro’s/panel discussion.
Posted by: Brian S-ski
Okay LRRC, it’s time to sign up for the 2010 Grand Prix Series!
In 2009, we had a total of 64 LRRC members on our GP team. That was an all time state record for greatest participation by one club! Let’s beat our own record and get at least 65 in 2010.
So far we have 14 men and 10 women signed up for our team:
Dan Belanger
David Conrad - new to our team for 2010!
Mark Hagemeier - new to our team for 2010!
Greg Helmbeck
Robert Holmes
Bryan Jones
Hillary Kogo
Joseph Nichols - new to our team for 2010!
Joel Perez
Ron Sanders
Billy Shurley - new to our team for 2010!
Brian Sieczkowski
Roy Smith
Steve Yanoviak
Allison Acott
Alesa Davis
Kenya Doucette - new to our team for 2010!
Alea Humes
Becky Humes
Lisa Luyet - new to our team for 2010!
Ginea Qualls
Andrea Sieczkowski
Rhonda Smith - new to our team for 2010!
Eileen Turan - new to our team for 2010!
If you’ve run for the LRRC in the past, we need again for 2010. If you’ve never entered the Grand Prix before, this could be your year. You can find out more information on the Arkansas Grand Prix Series at www.arkrrca.com, but in a nutshell it is a series of 20 races all across the state. For every race you finish you accumulate points in your age group and help out the LRRC in the team competition. We were able to win both the men’s and women’s team competitions in 2009 largely because we had great participation from club members and that helped us score points at every race. No matter your speed or racing frequency, you can help out the LRRC and probably have a lot of fun in the process.
There are two ways to sign up for the Grand Prix:
Click here for Online Registration
-or-
Click here for a printable entry form that you can mail in
That’s all it takes. Your Grand Prix entry just has to be received 5 days before a race. The first race is the One Hour Track Run on January 24th, so if you plan on running that race then make sure you sign up for the Grand Prix by January 19th. But there is no benefit to waiting, so just sign up today - the data entry personnel for the GP Series (me) would be very happy if everyone didn’t wait until the last minute!
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Posted by: Preztc
Just something here to let you know about “what’s happening”…..First we have a meeting on Thursday, November the 19th where we will vote on the drafted by-laws. We will have a nice slide show of Arkansas photographs from Steve Twaddle.
I have to call out our past president (sorry Ginea) she asked via posting on forum if we were to have a Thanksgiving day run. Now I have had several customers come into Gary Smith’s Easy Runner store asking the same thing and I of course direct them to our newsletter and website to read the info on line.
The Thanksgiving Day fun run will start with Paul Ward being the Head Turkey at the Full Moon parking lot on Kavanaugh Blvd at 7 am. So far a lot of interest for this run so good way to talk up club and help get new members, please spread the word.
The Christmas Party also is listed in the newsletter and will be held at the Capital City Room, Capitol and Woodlawn next to State Capitol Bldg. December 19th. This will be just LRRC (whereas before we have had a joint party with the bike club and ARK) but please bring a guest to enjoy the company and spirit of our club and Christmas. Our club provides soft drinks, wine, beer and will supply ham and turkey. Please bring a side dish (of food) to accompany and of course YOU.
We may organize other fun runs around Christmas and New Years so would like to hear from those interested. More later 
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Welcome to the LRRC Blog, the newest feature of littlerockroadrunners.com! It looks a bit sparse now, but it will soon increase our club’s online content and get more members involved.
Blog Tour:
Starting at the top of the page, we have the wonderful club logo. Just beneath you’ll find a row of sliding-door pictures. Click on any of these pictures to view blog posts within any one of the six categories:
Race Reports - club members sharing their experiences at local or far-away races
Upcoming Events - Get current, up-to-date information on what’s coming up in the Little Rock running world: races, club meetings, etc…
Board Reports - News from the LRRC Board of Directors
Training - Blog posts detailing training techniques and tips, training programs, or members’ experiences preparing for a big race
Racing Team- News about the LRRC Grand Prix Series competition
Miscellaneous - All that doesn’t fit anywhere else
Clicking on the left-most picture at any time will return you to the LRRC Blog’s home page where you will find the most recent blog posts in all categories. At the bottom of each blog post is a link to comments. Click this and you can read any comments that other blog readers have written and be able to leave a comment of your own.
The left sidebar has a series of links for easy blog navigation. There is also a search box and a subscribe to link. By subscribing to this blog you will receive email notification each time a new blog entry is posted.
That’s pretty much it for the tour, so subscribe today to get be notified about new posts, or just check back with us every now and then and see what’s new.
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