CVR Birthdays this week:
Happy Birthday to: Bob Howe, Ava Shanley, Keely Koenig, Scott Hess, Kae Zaino, & Amanda Ellingson!
Greetings from slopy Adamant!
We appear to be truly sliding into mud season. There are a couple of roads I won’t drive or walk until they firm significantly. Dot and I were talking to Donna Smyers at Town Meeting Day and we were all in agreement that the roads in Chittenden County were going to be considerably drier.
Speaking of meetings…March 24th is our next club meeting. The meeting will be held from 4-6PM and will be hosted by Holly Fowler and Scott Richardson. Their house is located at 67 Bliss Rd, Montpelier. Holly requests people park along the street (odd side), so as to not box in the driveway.
Here’s the agenda:
1. Review/approve minutes from last meeting
2. Financial Report
3. Club elections
Current Candidates:
President: Heather Tomlins
Vice-president: Donna Smyers*
Financial officer: John Valentine
Secretary: Cheryl Lasell
At-large member: Anne Treadwell
At-large member: Dot Helling
4. Other business
*Donna has offered to fill the Vice-President position until someone else steps up.
While it’s nice to have all the positions filled, I had hoped more than one person would be interested in any of the positions.
Winter Group Runs
A great group came out for what felt like April weather, and stuck around for a tailgate feast in Calais. This weekend we are heading to Plainfield for a run hosted by April Farnham. More info and the WGR sign-up sheet are here. We will send out more details in a Thursday email blast to the WGR listserv.
There are two slots left for hosts this season (March 16 and 30), so If you’ve been thinking about hosting this season, now is the time to sign up on the google sheet here. Note that hosting doesn’t mean you must have the crew over to your home (although that’s certainly welcome!) – it can also mean suggesting a run and meeting spot (ideally a place with a coffee shop or general store nearby for after). So if you have a run you’d like to suggest sign up to “host” and Heather will reach out ahead of your selected date to work out the details. Thank you!
Trail Running
If you’re interested, a group runs up Spruce Mt in Plainfield Sunday mornings. They start at 7. Keep wearing your orange.
Fun Run
Official fun runs on the bike path start in May. A day is now lengthening by roughly 3 minutes with the length of a day over closing in on 11 1/2 hours. Daylight savings time change is March 10th. We move the clocks ahead. This will give us heaps more light at the end of the days, but don’t get lax with wearing your bright clothes and lights. Keep visible to Keep safe.
Membership Renewal – Reminder
Stan reports we have 129 members who have an expiration of 3/31/2023.
68 Single Members (52%)
23 Family / Household registrations that consist of ….
* 61 are members of families
Check your status!
There’s a link to RunReg at https://cvrunners.org/join-cvr (“JOIN CVR”). This page also has a printable form for those who prefer to mail their renewal.
Renewing with a multi-year membership means fewer year-end renewals for you and less administration for the club.
Volunteers
Volunteers needed for two upcoming CVR races:
Volunteer on the CVR website or contact us at the email addresses below.
Paul Mailman 10 Mile/5K on Saturday, April 13th: Contact John Hackney at jhackney67@gmail.com
Mutt Strut on Sunday, April 21st: Contact Maryellen Copping at melcopping@gmail.com
Race SeriesThe race series is on again! Allee from ORO is putting out a new poster for the race series.
There is a change to the race series. The Groton Forest Trail Run has been moved to September 7th.
Web Site
I know we’ve had members running some races outside the local area that I’d like to hear more about. Reach out to John with the details so we can share your experience with the entire club.
Send your running related stories and articles to John at info@cvrunners.org to be published on the CVR website.
Race Results/reviews:
Up Coming Events.
Shamrock Shuffle
Shamrock Shuffle, March 16th in Lebanon NH. Part of the CVR race series!
For race details, go to www.LebanonNH.gov/Shamrock5k
Paul Mailman
Now open for registration
Mutt Strutt
The Mutt Strutt is open for registration.
Adamant Half-marathon
The Adamant Half-marathon is open for registration. Donna reports 32 have already signed up! This a great prep run for VCM.
St Monica/St Michael 5K
St Monica and St Michael are hosting their 7th annual 5k fun run/walk on May 31 to help raise funds for the school.
Blue Ridge Marathon
Runners wanted!!! We know the Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon is a “bucket list” item for many and we have our own bucket list too … to have a runner from all 50 states to have participated in the BRM!
We have representatives from 37 states so far and are on the hunt for the final 13. So if you know a runner (or are a runner) who CURRENTLY LIVES in Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana. Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont or Wyoming we will give you a FREE entry to the 4/20 race if you are the first one to sign up! (Contact us for details)
Sign up now: https://runsignup.com/Race/VA/Roanoke/BlueRidge
Richmond Trail Running Club
Richmond Trail Running Club is offering a WFA course tailored to trail runners. We have had the course open to our members for a few weeks, and now we are planning to open registration to all the other run clubs we know. Here is the registration link. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solo-wilderness-first-aid-and-cpr-with-rtrc-tickets-780230348977?aff=oddtdtcreator
The dates are April 6th and 7th, and the venue is the East Monitor Barn in Richmond. Details are in the link. We would love to have some of the CVR community join us. The registration is open to anybody, but we are thinking we’ll keep it exclusive to run clubs for the next two weeks before Andrea Kane (our instructor) opens registration to the public on her page.
Other News
Hi All,
John Hackney is setting up a training for timing using Runscore at his house on March 23rd in the afternoon (that’s the day before the Annual Meeting). I’m trying to remember who has said they might be interested. We’d love to get 3-5 people trained so we have some good depth to the team.
Donna Smyers (dosmyers@gmail.com)
Charlie Windisch is currently reading a great book called “The Perfect Mile” by Neal Bascomb. (It’s been out since 2004 but still a good read). The story goes back to 1952, a time when no one had broken the 4 minute mile, and focuses on Roger Bannister, John Landy and Wes Santee. Fast forward to 2024 and we learn that Evan Thornton Sherman broke the four minute barrier (3:59:81). Breaking 4 minutes is the standard now for any good male miler. But even more impressive according to Charlie is the effort by Englishman Josh Kerr over the weekend at the Millrose Games in the two mile run. Josh ran a few tenths of a second over 8 minutes! Unbelievable.
Running Pod Cast
Tim Noonan recommended a pod cast to me while at the awards dinner. It’s called “Nobody Asked Us with Des & Kara” It’s two Olympic runners sitting down and talking running. I just started it and am finding it engaging. Worth a listen.
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CVR Equipment Use
Anyone wanting to use equipment send Sal (and cc myself) a request that includes 1) Date equipment to be removed from the shed, 2) Itemized list of equipment being removed; including quantities, 3) Date equipment will be returned to the shed. Please send Sal (and cc the club president) and email to let us know when the equipment has been returned.
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Elected Officers
President – Chris Andresen (andresen41@gmail.com)
Vice President – Kim Caldwell
Finance – John Valentine
Secretary – Cheryl Lasell
At Large Executive Committee: Bob Murphy, Darragh Ellerson
John Hackney: web page and timing
Donna Smyers: timing
Sal Acosta: Equipment tracking/storage.
Bob Murphy: timing
Stan Brinkerhoff: club membership tracking
Jackie Jancaitis: Race director support
Heather Tomlins: Winter Group Run organization.
Jeff Prescott: MailChimp Administrator
Ann Bushey: Running Grants
Chris Andresen
If you have a comment or question, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at: andresen41@gmail.com