Local High School Runners win Portland to Coast

A team made up all Skyview Runners won the Portland to Coast High School Division. Their time was 14:02:24.  They were first out of 50 high school team.  Most of the members are regulars at our club runs.  The members of the team were:

Sam Bradley-Kelly 

Ryan Cavola 

Zach Colburn

Trent Elms

Tim Farnsworth

Thomas Geisel

Chase Horrocks

Matt Moncur

Jared O'Brien

Andrew Pongratz

Ryan Schoellkopf

Oliver Tamis

Congratulations!!!

Cross Country Race added to our Calendar

This race is held in conjunction with Columbia River’s Cross Country Race.  It is free to club members

Saturday September 6th

Time:  11:30

Distance: 2 miles

Location: Vancouver Lake Park

2008 CCRC Scholarship Winners

Congratulations to the 10 Scholarships winners.  We gave out over $6000 to the winners.  All funds for the scholarship came from Vancouver Lake Half Marathon.  Here are our winners:

· Samuel Bradley-Kelly — University of Washington

· Josh Burrus —  Concordia College

· Katherine Ellis  — University of Southern California

· Kevin Krohn  — University of Portland

· Matt Moncur  — Clark College

· Bridget Pisan  — Clark College

· Jessica Pyatt — Regis University

· Cody Serdar  — Western Washington

· Shane Weldon — Clark College

· Alex Zornick  — Clark College

Club Picnic on August 27th at Marine Clock

RACE STARTS at 6:30  PICNIC at 7:00

We will be having our annual picnic at last Summer Run of year at Marine Park on August 27th. We will be giving out awards to the participants who have participated in the most runs and for our top scorers.  The club will provide the pizza and drinks.  If you can, please bring a side or a desert.  Look forward to seeing you there.

Make Sure you use your Assigned Bib number at CCRC events.

To speed up the processing of race results for all CCRC events, we have assigned permenant bib numbers to everyone who run a race in the last year.  This includes non-member.  These numbers will never change.  To find your bib number, click on this link.

Track Workouts starting April 7th,2008

Kara Crisifulli & Eric Dolezal will once again be leading “Track Workouts” every Monday at Hudson’s Bay Track.  Warm-ups begin at 5:30 PM.  The group workout begins at 5:45.  This is something long overdue.   Here’s your chance to do a organized speed work under a watchful eye.  Runners of all abilities are welcome.  Even though these workouts are sponsored by CCRC, you do not have to be a member to participate.  This is a great way to improve you 5K time for the summer series

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.

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Get Fit Live Fit

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Whether you want to get into shape, improve your current fitness level, set a personal record, or just live a healthy lifestyle, it is the goal of Get Fit Live Fit Training Programs to help you achieve your very best!  Our initiative is to be the metro area’s #1 training program for both beginner and experienced walkers and runners from the 5k – Half Marathon Distance and in the future, Marathon Distance. 

Walking and Running will be the core focus of Get Fit Live Fit, while program activities will include a detailed daily training manual, weekly training tips and a monthly seminar series covering a plethora of health and wellness topics.  Seminar topics will include multi-level training techniques, injury prevention, strength training, core conditioning, nutrition, training with a HR Monitor and more.

Each program session will be an experience for participants.  Qualified and experienced program coordinators and pace leaders will be at each practice session to provide leadership, resources and motivation. 

Participants will train in a group atmosphere during each session. You'll never believe how much fun you can have training with individuals sharing similar goals and objectives.   These programs are designed to educate and motivate, with fun and camaraderie always on the mind. It will be easy to reach your goals with the support you'll get and the friends you'll make. There are 4 different programs to choose from.  Within each program, there will be a number of different pace groups.

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Free Group Runs at Fit Right Northwest
When:  Thursdays at 6pm
What:  3-6 mile walks and runs with pace group leaders for all abilities
Where:  Fit Right Northwest 
                Vancouver: 700 SE 160th Suite 111 (Mill Plain and 160th, behind the Old Spaghetti Factory)

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