January 8th, 2014 is Take the Stairs Day! The first annual Take the Stairs Day was January 9, 2013. The USA Stair Climbing Association declared the 2nd Wednesday in January as the annual Take the Stairs Day for all of us to take the stairs rather...
Read moreJanuary 7th: General Meeting
The club’s next General Meeting is on Tuesday, Jan. 7. This is our anual awards meeting. Awards will be presented for Don Cordisco (highest club honor), Volunteer of the Year, George Wodicka Inspiration Award, Runner of the Year (male and female)...
Read moreAthlete Recovery Center Winter Deals
The Athlete Recovery Center in Piermont is offering up some great deals for runners training through the winter months! Recovery is key and in the colder months a warm cup of french pressed coffee doesn’t hurt either! Holiday Season...
Read moreThe First Irishman’s Suffern to Bear Mountain Race
Suzy Allman is a professional sports photographer (New York Times, Sports Illustrated) and founder of CharlieDog and Friends. She is also the creator and manages the www.MyHarriman.com website. Starting Out on the “Race of the Living Damned” It...
Read moreHarriers Rally for One of Their Own at Alumni Cross Country Run
By Jamie Kempton As seasons go, late autumn is not a traditional time of renewal. But for participants in the Bill Markiewicz Memorial Rockland Alumni Cross Country Run, the last Saturday in November is a time to renew old friendships, retrace...
Read more2013 Turkey Trot – A Message From Our Race Director
Thanksgiving Day 2013 was a great day for children with cancer. Almost 3400 participants signed up to run/walk in the 22nd Annual 5 Mile Turkey Trot for The Marisa Fund. It is always my hope that the dollar we need to find the cure for pediatric...
Read more22nd Annual 5 Mile Turkey Trot, November 28, 2013
1 Carlos Jamieson M 972 26 Garnerville NY 25:12 5:03 25:09 2 Jerry Greenlaw III M 1831 25 Alexandria VA 26:39 5:20 26:37 3 Greg Laraia M 833 23 Newburgh NY 26:55 5:23 26:54 4 Patrick...
Read morePeople to People – Project Joy
Bring joy to a child during the holidays. Project Joy provides donors with the opportunity to “adopt-a-family” for the holidays and purchase toys from children’s wish lists. Last year, almost 600 families had gift-filled holidays thanks to many...
Read moreNot Content With One Pacing Success, Yang Fulfills Another on the Fly
Editor’s Note: Club member Bruce Yang pulled double duty at the Philadelphia Half-Marathon & Marathon on Nov. 17. He successfully paced the 1:40 half-marathon group with a time of 1:39:46, then doubled back and assisted the 3:15 marathon...
Read moreAdopt-A-Road Fall Cleanup: Thank You!
This past weekend was our Adopt-A-Road Fall Cleanup at Rockland Lake and we had a great turn out! Thank you to all of the runners, friends and families that came out to help! We had a exceptionally clean year along the roadside and some nice warm...
Read moreHarrington Park 5k, November 16, 2013
RRR had a great showing at the Harrington Park 5k on 11/16/13 Ava Miller set a personal best of 25:45 and took second place in the U9 age group. Fellow RRR members included Pat Kutner Fiume and Barbara Paer, who took one two in the F50-59 age...
Read moreThe Time of My Life: Staten Island Native Mike Cassidy Shares His Experience Finishing The NYC Marathon Hand-In-Hand With His Hero Meb Keflezighi
by: Mike Cassidy About 10 miles into Sunday’s ING New York City Marathon, I considered dropping out. It was comically windy. The pack of four I had been running with from the start had dropped me two miles ago—at a pace that was 10 seconds per...
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