The club’s next General Meeting is on Tuesday, March 4th. Our guest speaker will be Robert Maher who will be giving a historical talk and book signing. In 2004, The Friends of Rockland Lake, Inc. was founded as a non-profit organization dedicated...
Read moreOtto Mond, 81 Year Old Marathon Man, Passes
Otto Mond, Marathon Man, who ran 40 marathons — 18 consecutive NYC Marathons — and a RRR Swifty Sixties member, passed away last week. Our thoughts are with his loved ones and he will surely be missed in the running community...
Read moreRockland County’s Gavigan wins big at Millrose Games
Rockland County’s Luke Gavigan (Tappan Zee High School) won the New Balance High School Boys’ Mile Run at the New York Road Runners’ Millrose Games held on Saturday at the Armory. Gavigan finished the race in 4:08:96, a personal best and the top...
Read moreEmpire State Building Run-Up, February 5, 2014
1,576 Steps to the Top of NYC More than 400 athletes from around the world charged to the top of New York’s most iconic building at the 37th Empire State Building Run-Up. The event gave these runners a gut-busting, lung-searing workout on a day...
Read moreTurkey Trot race raises $64,000 for local charities
The Rockland Road Runners is helping local charities start off the New Year with a lot of smiles. The club presented checks amounting to $64,000 to local charities at its annual reorganization kickoff meeting on January 7 at the Nanuet...
Read moreSecond Annual Take the Stairs Day
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...
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