May Schedule

May Schedule –

Hello Ladies …

The May Schedule is as follows…

Tuesday May 5^th – 6:00 pm – Oberon Middle School – Track workout

Thursday May 7^th – anytime after 6 pm – Mary is hosting our fundraising Wine and Cheese Party … We are taking donations for our scholarship and conversing over Wine and Cheese – feel free to bring a snack. Mary’s address is 2828 Zuni Street #316. Please let me know if you need phone numbers or directions. I will also bring our applications for this years scholarship so we can vote.

Sunday May 10^th – 7:30 am – Meeting at the Arvada Tennis Courts to run the Ralston Creek Trail. I will be at a dance competition, so anyone willing to do the aide station please let me know.

Tuesday May 12^th – 6:00 pm – Oberon Middle School – Track workout

Thursday May 14^th – 7:00 pm – Triple Ripple Hill Repeat – 71^st and Pierson. Let me know if you need directions.

Sunday May 17^th – 7:30 am – Meeting at the corner store at 88^th and Garrison, we will run the Big Dry Creek.

Tuesday May 19^th – 6:00 pm – Oberon Middle School – Track workout

Thursday May 21^st – 8:00 pm – Triple Ripple Hill Repeats – 71^st and Pierson

Sunday May 24^th – 7:30 am – Meeting at Anderson Park  -- We will run the Clear Creek Trail. Let me know if you can do the aide station.

Monday May 25^th – Bolder Boulder – If you are racing this let me know if you would like to carpool.

Tuesday May 26^th – 6:00 pm -- Oberon Middle School – Track workout

Thursday May 28^th – Triple Ripple Hill Repeats – 71^st and Pierson

Sunday May 31^st – Meeting at 7:00 am at the old Starbucks parking lot at 64^th and Ward – We will run at Ang’s house – Details will follow concerning the route.

Tuesday June 2^nd --  6:00 pm – Oberon Middle School, Track workout

Thursday June 4^th – 7:00 pm – Triple Ripple Hill Repeat workout

Sunday June 7^th – 7:00 am – Meeting at the Arvada Tennis Courts and running the Ralston Creek Trail. Let me know if you are available for the aide station.

April Schedule

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to the busy spring season!

For the track workouts we will be rotating who will be leading between Nancy, Lori and myself ... We will try to post the workout on FaceBook for whoever would like to do them on their own.

Remember to watch the Facebook page for last min changes to the schedule...

April's Schedule

Tuesday April 7th -- 6:00 pm -- Oberon Track -- Track workout ...

Thursday April 9th -- 7:00 pm -- Triple Ripple hill repeat workout ... let me know if you need directions

Sunday April 12th -- Some of us will be running the Frank Shorter 5K in Broomfield ... The rest will meet at the Arvada Tennis courts at 64th and Ward at 7:30 am and run the Ralston Creek Trail.

Tuesday April 14th -- 6:00 pm -- Oberon Track -- Track workout

Thursday April 16th -- 7:00 pm -- Triple Ripple hill repeat workout

Sunday April 19th -- 7:30 am --- we will meet at the old Starbucks parking lot at 64th and Ward and carpool to Lookout Mountain to run a nice downhill course. Make sure your quads are strong ;).

Tuesday April 21st -- 6:00 pm -- Oberon Track -- Track workout ...

Thursday April 23rd -- 7:00 pm Triple Ripple hill repeat workout ...

Sunday April 26th -- 7:30 am -- We will meet at Anderson Park and run the Clear Creek Trail. Please let me know if you can do an aide station...

Tuesday April 28th -- 6:00 pm -- Oberon Track -- Track workout ....

Thursday April 30th -- 7:00 pm -- Triple Ripple hill repeat workout ...

Sunday May 3rd -- This is the Colorado Marathon that many people are running ... I may be at a dance competition so we will see who is left to run ...

Tuesday May 5th -- 6:00 pm Oberon Track -- Track workout ...

Thursday May 7th -- Instead of a hill workout we will have a wine and cheese fundraiser. Mary will host ... I will put an address and possibly a carpooling idea and post when it gets closer.

Please let me know if you have other places you would like to run.

March Schedule

March Schedule …

 

Sorry ladies, this was a struggle for me this month.

Please note, there was a date change for the next Scholarship Fundraiser … Mary will host the next one at her house on May 7^th … more details will follow…

Also, I will start the hill repeat workouts with the longer days in a few weeks. Track workouts will still wait for a little bit.

Schedule …

Sunday March 15^th, 2015 – Clear Creek Trail --- Meeting at Anderson Park at 8:00 am. I will be at a dance competition this weekend, so you will need to decided your distance and hopefully someone will volunteer for the aide station.

Sunday March 22^nd, 2015 – Ralston Creek Trail – Meeting at the Arvada Tennis courts on 64^th and Miller at 8:00 am. I will again be out of town for work so I will need a volunteer to do the aide station and ‘lead’ the run.

Thursday March 26^th, 2015 – First Hill Repeat workout of the year. We will meet at the ‘triple ripple’ hill on 71st and Pierson at 7:00 pm

Sunday March 29^th, 2015 – Meet at the old Starbucks on 64^th and Ward at 7:30 am and we will carpool to Elk Meadow (as long as the trail is clear).

Thursday April 2^nd, 2015 – Hill Repeat workout at 7:00 pm at 71^st and Pierson.

Sunday April 5^th, 2015 – Meet again at Starbucks at 7:30 am and we will carpool to go run at Red Rocks.

If you have a place you would like to run please let me know.

February Schedule

Hi Ladies,

I'm so sorry for the delay ... I think my life should be getting back to normal soon ...

A few reminders -- the snowshoe races at Eldora ski area are every Wednesday ... watch on FaceBook for meeting times and locations ... They really are a fun event!

Also, please make sure to let Nancy know your mileage at the end of the month for those of you doing the 2015 miles in 2015...

February 8th, 2015 -- We will meet at Starbucks at 64th and Ward at 7:30 am to go run Lookout Mountain.

February 15th, 2015 -- We will meet at Goddard school at 87th and Indiana and Run Candelas at 8:00 am ... It has been a long time and I have had some requests, to get the extra mileage we can go through the neighborhood or run one of the old routes... I will do the aide station at the top of the hill.

February 19th, 2015 -- Buffalo Wild Wings day for the Running Club

February 22nd, 2015 -- After all the hills we will be wanting some flat ground ... we will run the Clear Creek trail, meeting at Anderson Park at 8:00 am . Let me know if you can do the aide station.

February 26th, 2015 -- Fundraiser for the Running Club Scholarship Fund ... Wine and Cheese social hour at Trisha's house, donation towards the scholarship fund is the entrance to the gathering ... let me know if you need the address... ltkrapes@msn.com

March 1st, 2015 -- We will try for the Fairmont trail once again. Meeting at the Dog Park at 64th and just west of Virgil Way ... We will figure out the aide station when we get closer.

Also, mark your calendar for May 3rd at Fairmont Park ... the Faimount 5K benefitting Fairmount Elementary ... If someone is looking for a 5K close and going towards a good cause this would be a great opportunity.

Please let me know if I missed anything and I will get it posted.

Notes from the Annual Meeting

The following is the notes from the annual meeting that was held on January 22nd, 2015.

If there are any notes or suggestions that someone would like to add please let me know. Ltkrapes@msn.com

The Arvada Running Club will have a group of runners at the following races ...

• Colorado Marathon and 1/2 Marathon -- May 3rd -- Fort Collins
• Bolder Boulder -- Memorial Day -- Boulder
• Hot Chocolate 5k and 15k -- October 3rd ish -- Denver -- Sign up now for the cheaper rates

Other races we are looking at include (but not limited to)...

• Autumn Color Run -- Buena Vista -- September
• Basalt 1/2 Marathon -- Basalt -- August
• Steamboat 1/2 Marathon -- Steamboat -- June 
• Van Arsdale 5k -- Arvada -- May
• Westwoods 5k -- Arvada -- September

Trisha and Wendy will work on getting the word out for the scholarship by sending letters to counselors and coaches at the Arvada High Schools and Trisha will follow up with an email to get application for the money we have to award from 2014.

For Fundraising for the Scholarship this year we have decided, in addition to the 5K (Rosa will continue to plan) and Buffalo Wild Wings (third Wednesday of every month), we will also host a wine and cheese social gathering once per quarter ... The admission to the event is a donation to the Scholarship Fund. We decided to go this route because it was discussed that most people would rather spend their time socializing versus volunteering at a race ... The dates and hosts for each event are listed below ... I will post addresses closer to each date ...

• February 26th -- 6:30 pm -- Trisha's House
• April 23rd -- 6:30 pm -- Mary's Apartment
• August 6th -- 6:30 pm -- Nancy's House
• October 8th -- 6:30 pm -- Chris's House

Book Club -- The current Book is still Terri Fox's run across Canada -- When I get a date from Jo Ann I will post it. Please think about if you would like to host the next book club.

Nancy will also be posting on the FaceBook site a workout each week that we would be a great cross training tool.

Wendy will be updating the featured runners in her spare time.

It was discussed that we like the current routes and trail systems that we have been using. There will be a new one opening in North West Arvada soon, so we will try that out as well.

It was talked about for the Tuesday track workouts to try and move them or change the time so more people could attend. It was decided to keep them on Tuesday's but maybe make the time at 6 to make it easier for people. Also, it was brought up that some people don't attend because they think they are too slow. Everyone agreed that no one was too slow and it is much more fun with more people. Lesley has agreed to leading the workouts for another year and Dina has talked about coming to help out as well.

We will also continue the Thursday Hill Repeat workouts (when it is lighter). Those will be at 6:30 every Thursday.

I would like to thank everyone who helps out with the club, the organization, the fundraising, the suggestions and ideas. Without everyone we wouldn't be where we are ...

January 2015 Schedule

January Schedule!

Happy New Year Ladies! I’m so excited to have the opportunity to get to run with you all and have you continue to support, inspire and encourage each other. It has been an amazing journey thus far and I look forward to what the future holds.

I have been put in charge of starting a running club at Weber Elementary School and am looking for volunteers that could possibly help run with kids, encourage kids etc. The school club will be running the Frank Shorter 5K in April. I’m looking for high school kids (maybe needing volunteer hours) or adults. Please contact me if you know someone that would be willing to help out, even if it is only once a month or for the race at the end. It will be on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm. Ltkrapes@msn.com

January 3, 2014 – 8:00 am – meet at the dog park on 64^th Ave just west of Virgil Way. If the Fairmont trail is clear you can run that, otherwise the route around the res is always fun and challenging.  I will not be in town during this run, but I will think of all of you! Please post on the FaceBook reminder if you can help out on this run in any way.   

January 11^th, 2014 – 8:00 am – meet at Anderson Park on 44^th and Field, the parking lot furthest south. We will run the Clear Creek trail. If someone can put an aide station at Youngfield that would be great. Some people will be upping their mileage in the coming weeks so it would be nice to have water out there for us.

January 18^th, 2014 – 7:30 am – meet at Starbucks at 64^th and Ward, we will be carpooling up to Lookout Mountain to run a fantastic hill filled run at Angela’s house.

Thursday January 22, 2014 – 6:00 pm – We will have the annual meeting at my house (please email me if you need my address) to discuss new opportunities that have been presented to me, talk about the scholarship that we have to give away, races that we would like to see on the calendar and what changes we would like to see happen. If you are unable to attend and would like to volunteer in some way or have some items you would like discussed please contact me … Ltkrapes@msn.com

January 25^th, 2014 – 8:00 am – meet at the Arvada Tennis courts on 64^th and Miller and we will run the Ralston Creek Trail. If someone can do the aide station on Elderidge that would be great. Please let me know.

December Schedule

Happy Holidays Ladies,

 

There has been some hope that perhaps we can get some groups together for races in the coming months. So I’m going to put a list on here of what races have been talked about… Please let me know if I miss any, ltkrapes@msn.com

Stocking Run  5K in Superior – December 14^th, 2014

Winter Distance Series starting December 20^th, 2014 – Santa’s Stampede – The distance vary for this series anywhere from a 5K to 10 miles. These are located at Hudson Gardens.

Resolution 5K in Arvada – January 1^st, 2015

Winter Distance Series  -- Frosty’s Frozen 5 & 10 -- January 15^th, 2015

Yeti Chase 5K and 10K – Yeti Chase – Bear Creek – January 25^th, 2015

Winter Distance Series – Snowman Stampede -- February 21^st, 2015

Ralston Creek ½ marathon and 5K -- Arvada – February 8^th, 2015

Bolder Boulder 10K – May 25^th, 2015 -- Boulder

Slacker ½ marathon and relay – June 27^th, 2015 -- Georgetown

Broncos 7K – September 6^th, 2015 – Stadium

Hot Chocolate 5k/15K – Date TBA – Civic Center Park

Obviously this list can be changed … Just let me know…

And the schedule for December –

December 7^th – 7:30 am – Meet at the dog park on 64^th and just west of Virgil Way and we will run the Fairmont trail … Please let me know if you can do the aide station … ltkrapes@msn.com

December 14^th – 7:30 am – Meet at Starbucks at 64^th and Ward and we will run at Angela’s house again.  

December 21^st – 8:00 am -- Meet at the dog park at 64^th and just west of Virgil Way and we will run the reservoir. Please let me know if you can do an aide station.

December 28^th 7:30 am – weather pending – we will meet at Starbucks at 64^th and Ward and run Elk Meadow again. If the weather is crummy we will meet at the tennis courts at 64^th and Miller to run the Ralston Creek Trail … watch FaceBook for updates.  

Looking ahead, I will need someone to lead January 4^th as I will be out of town.