New 10 Mile Run on Nov 14th.

Bryan Chapman is hosting a 10 mile run at 10:00 am at Salmon Creek.  It will be  a normal club run which will be free to all members and $2 for non-members.  Just show up by 10:00 at the first parking at  Salmon Creek.  Here is a link

1112 NE 117th St

Turkey Trot Moved to Marine Park

Due to a scheduling conflict at Fort Vancouver, we had to move the Turkey Trot to Marine Park.  The race is on November 21st at 10:00 AM.  The NAIA national cross country championship was scheduled for the same day.  That race could draw 1000’s of participants and fans.  Please spread the word to all your running friends (especially those without internet) since we have the old location listed in our last newsletter.

Vancouver Lake Half Marathon is Full

The Vancouver Lake Half Marathon will be on January 24th.   The course will be the same as last year.  The course was safer and easier to manage.  There will be one change.  There is no early start this year.  This is because we had a lot of congestion with the early starters and runners.  More of the course is on a trail so there is not as much room.  This will avoid the runners from coming up from behind on large groups of walkers.

The course is not certified yet but we did measure it with a Jones Counter which is required for course certification.  We are hoping to have the paper work done by race date.

It took one week to fill for Vancouver Lake. There will be no day of race registrations.  We accepted 50 more entries this year and we are hoping  everyone does a good job carpooling.

Scholarship winners.

We gave out 14 scholarships this year totaling over $9000 thanks to the great success of the Vancouver Lake Half Marathon.  Here is the list of our winners

Henderson, Brittany

O’brien, Jared 

Weldon, Shane

Serdar, Cody 

Bradley-Kelly, Samuel 

Dykes, Devin 

Dameron, Lauren 

Hostettler, Chelsea 

Simonds, Ashley 

Porter, Matt 

Hall, Joshua 

Diaz, Lindsay

Zornick, Alex

Ellis, Katherine

We are still working on getting the letters sent out.  Congratulations to all.

Erik Anderson Memorial Run Huge Success

We had a record turnout at the Erik Anderson Memorial run on June 17th at Frenchman’s bar.  We had 238 runners and walkers finish the course.  Our members were very generous.  Between the club’s $250 donation and the money collected from our members, we totaled over $1400.  There were several members who couldn’t make it or forgot to bring a donation so CCRC has extended accepting donations for one more week.  So if you did not get a chance to donate something, you will have a second chance at the Heritage Trail Run on June 24th. 

Thank you to everyone who donated.  You make the club great!!!

95% Of You are Doing it Correctly

Three years ago we implemented the pre-assignment of numbers to all participants of our races.  We asked everyone to write that number on the tag that we collect at the finish.  It’s a very tedious and time consuming job compiling the results. When you use your pre-assigned number, I do not have to struggle with reading your handwriting.  It greatly reduces the time to compile results.  The good news is that 95% of  participants are putting numbers on their tag.  Just a few still don’t. I hope you read this article and start.  Lastly, if you have any corrections to your name or age, just circle it on the tag.  I should catch it.  Thanks to all who use their number. To check your pre-assigned number, click this link.

2009 CCRC Scholarship

We are now accepting applications for the 2009 CCRC scholarships. We had a very good year at the Vancouver Lake Half.  Marathon. We gave out 9 scholarships last year and hope to do the same. Our scholarships criteria is not based on running ability. It doesn’t matter how fast you are but we like to see you at some of our races. The scholarship is

based on your (or your parents) involvement in the running community. And it is based on how well you do in school.  So get involved. We love to see you out there. We will

start taking applications at the start of June and we usually decide by July 15th. Applications can be downloaded from our website at www.ccrunning.org

Scholarship Application

Sunday, July 19th, 7 AM.

1st Annual Battle Ground Summer Fun 1/2 Marathon

Run director Shari Aldous 360-723-0199 or 619-994-0386

 aldousg@comcast.net

In celebration of Harvest Days, we've added a half marathon. The 13.1 mile course provides a scenic loop through the east Battle Ground countryside, down the heart of Main St., finishing in Battle Ground Village.  Runners/walkers are welcome. Proceeds go to the American Cancer Society in honor of a local teacher.

www.bgvillage.com/register.php.

From I-5 take the exit 11 towards Battle Ground. Follow east for 6 miles. Turn right on Grace Ave. Make a left on SE Rasmussen Blvd.

1207 SE Rasmussen Blvd.

Battle Ground, Wa. 98604

Vancouver Lake Half Marathon A Success  RESULTS

We changed the course this year and  made it a lot more spectator friendly.  The consensus was that most of the runners liked it.  The course was much safer since the runners did not have to run down Lower River Road toward the Sand & Gravel company.  And it was easier from a volunteer stand point to manage.

Brian Conaghan was out there taking pictures.  You can view and purchase the photos from the following link. VIEW PICTURES  Brian and his crew took over 4500 pictures out there.  Hopefully you will find one that you like.  Some of the proceeds from the picture sales go to the scholarship fund.

Thanks to everyone who this event a success.  We had 56 volunteers who signed up and helped.  The race would not have been possible without all these great volunteers.  Please give them a thanks if you see them

Volunteers for Volunteers Run

Ron Hughes – Course marking & 6 mile water station

Mike Viles – Course marking & 3/9/12 mile water station & medals prep

Kathy Zornick – Food preparation & bib labels

Russ Zornick – Course marking & bib labels

Sue Diaz – Food preparation & medals prep

Debbie Martinez – Food preparation

Ralph Martinez – Food preparation

2009 Vancouver Lake Half Marathon Volunteers

Sunday January 25, 2009

Bill Fallon – before run parking and bib number pack up

Ron Limpf – before run parking and finish line

Todd Bradley – before run parking and parking lot monitor during run

Ralph Martinez – before run parking and water bottle distribution at finish line  

Jared O’Brien – before run parking

Brian Chapman -  before run parking and course turn monitor in park

Phil Phimister – before run parking and course turn monitor in park

Kathy Zornick –   bib number pick-up and finish line timing

Janet Fallon – Bib number pick-up and pack up

Carolyn Viles –  Bib number pick-up, pack-up and park exit control

Lorinda Limpf – Bib number pick-up and finish line

Lisa Wourms – Bib number pick-up and turn monitor at Westside trail intersection with Rieger Road

Sue Diaz – Bib number pick-up, finish area, and homemade cookies

Debbie Martinez – Bib number pick-up directions, left over t-shirt sales at finish area

Ron Hughes – Course marking, on the fly assignments, clean up.

Wendy Beck – Clothes collection at start and return at finish

Eileen Durspek – Clothes collection at start and return at finish

Scott Firth – Clothes collection at start and return at finish

Mary Shen – Finish line medals and homemade cookies for finishers

Jenny Teppo – Homemade cookies for finishers & 3/9/12 mile water station

Kristen Ton – Finish line food table & awards presentation 

Jennifer Simonds – Finish line food table & awards presentation

Karen Rakoz – Water station coordinator & trail crossing monitor at Frenchmans’ Bar Park

Bob Rakoz – Water station coordinator & trail crossing monitor at Frenchman’s Bar Park

Jenny Knight – Course turn monitor in park

Phil Oaks – Pick-up Flagger signs and cones pick-up and placement on course.  Pick-up all signs after run.  Return flagger signs and cones to City of Vancouver Maintenance.  Turn monitor at Eastside trail intersection with Rieger road.

Peter Bennink – 1.5 mile and 10.5 mile turn around monitor at end of Rieger Road.

Arnie Teppo – 3/9/12 mile water station

Joe Rowley - 3/9/12 mile water station

Lou Diaz - 3/9/12 mile water station

Heritage Cross County team - 3/9/12 mile water station (Coach Jenny Teppo)

Trevor Burris

Lyle Emery

Sarah Alvick

Rachel Alvick

Shauna Weil

Sara Shenk

Columbia River X-country team –6 mile water station (Coach Jaysum Pyatt)

Kyle Boe
Stephen Boe
Sarah Bobbe
Rebecca Leong
Danyelle Douglas
Allison Clark
Kyle Hamilton
Alan Hamilton
John Jester
Dana Pyatt

Travis Ridgway – Sheriff volunteer.

Theresa Mowers Phipps and LindyKrossman –Certified flaggers at trail crossing of Lower River Road  9:30 AM- last runner back to crossing could be as late as 12:30 PM.

Don Forman – Uniformed Policeman at entrance to Vancouver Lake Park at 10:45 AM for returning runners.

Alex Zorrnick - Timing

Mike Viles – Volunteer coordinator, permits, runner lead out on bike

Bob Croucher – T-shirts

Stacy Lizzo – T-shirt design

Russ Zornick – Run director, timing, awards, clean up, awards, bib numbers, pre-registration, food preparation, order porti-potties, course certification.

Check your Membership On-line

We have moved the CCRC membership to an on-line database.  So you can check your membership status at any time.  The link to the membership database is

http://www.resultsdb.com/CCRCMembership/CCRCMembership.asp

There are still quite a few runners who have not renewed their 2007 membership yet but are running quite a few of our races.  Please renew you membership soon.