RCGC Summer Cross Country Series
The 42nd Annual Summer Cross Country Series returns to Loveland High School just off Rich Road in Loveland.
There will be 6 -- 3 mile races over a 1.5 mile loop starting at 7pm on Thursday July 8th, 15th, 22rd, 29th, August 5th and ending on August 12th. No entry fees! No awards! Just the satisfaction of a hard workout with your friends or the thrill of crushing your enemies.
CROSS COUNTRY SERIES INFORMATION

• DATE: begins Thursday July 8, 2010 and continues to Thursday August 12
  
• TIME: 7:00 PM
  
• PLACE: Loveland High School, Loveland OH
  
• INFORMATION: Six 3 mile races every Thursday beginning on July 8 and ending on August 12. No entry fees! No awards! Just the satisfaction of a hard workout with your friends.Call Dr. Stacy Osborne, race director since 1987, at 513-351-6300(days) or 513-563-7155(nights) or Mike Smith, meet manager, at 513-531- 8008(days) for more information. Race Information.
  

Club Group Runs for June
The Runners’ Club of Greater Cincinnati has 2 group runs for the summer season On Wednesdays; the club meets in Hyde Park Square at 6:30 PM. On Saturdays in June, we will be running at various locations. Later in the month the Saturday Group Run will become a Sunday Group run so members can run some of the Saturday races.
The Hyde Park Group Run features runs of 3-5 miles from Hyde Park Square. For June the run will focus on getting you ready for the Hyde Park Blast and familiar with the Hyde Park Blast Course both forwards and backwards.
Starting in June, the weekend group run will go on tour starting with National Trails Day on Saturday June 5 with a meeting at French Park and then run at various locations around the city. On the weekend of June 19 and 20, the run will move to Sunday June 20 for the summer so the group runners can do some of the races that are held on Saturday. Check the listing below for the latest updates about club group runs.
Routes will be posted on twitter and the club’s facebook group.

June Group Run Schedule:

• Wednesday June 2 6:00 PM – Mt. Airy Forest to celebrate National Running Day. Meet at the oval at 6:00 PM.
  
• Saturday June 5 8:30 AM– French Park to celebrate National Trails Day. Meet at the top of the hill
  
• Wednesday June 9 6:30 PM – Hyde Park Square – Meet by the fountain – we run to watch the bikes in Ault Park
  
• Saturday June 12 8:30 AM – It’s Just Crepes on Court Street – meet in front – We run Sycamore Hill as we just can not get enough hills
  
• Wednesday June 16 6:30 PM – Hyde Park Square – Meet by the fountain – We run the Hyde Park Blast Course.
  
• Sunday June 20 8:30 AM – Mt. Storm Park – Clifton - meet by the Temple of Love
  
• Wednesday June 23 6:30 PM – Hyde Park Square – Meet by the fountain – We run the Hyde Park Blast Course backwards to see if it is any easier.
  
• Sunday June 27 8:30 AM – Mt. Storm Park – Clifton - meet by the Temple of Love.
  
• Wednesday June 30 6:30 PM – Hyde Park Square – Meet by the fountain – we run to watch the bikes in Ault Park one more time.
  
• Sunday July 4 No run – Happy 4th of July – Go run a 5k race.
  

Check the club calendar for more information.

Memorial Day Race 34 - This Monday May 31 9:00 AM
This Monday May 31 is the Memorial Day Race, Cincinnati's second oldest race. Please join us on a fast spectator friendly course. Last year's top male runner Nathan Hauke and top female runner Amanda Burger plan to be back to defend their title. Race starts at 9:00 AM at Otto Armleder Park. Race Day Registration opens at 8:00 AM at the shelter. See you there!
RACE INFORMATION

• DATE: Monday, May 31, 2010
  
• TIME: 9:00 AM
  
• PLACE: Otto Armleder Memorial Park, 5059 Wooster Road, Cincinnati OH
  
• INFORMATION: Spectator friendly flat 5K (3.1 Mile) Course - the only course in Cincinnati where your friends and family can see you run an entire 5k from start to finish with no looping. Food, awards and doorprizes follow the race. $15.00 Race Day. A limited supply of technical shirts also available for $15. Go to the club website for more race information.

The Runners Club of Greater Cincinati Presents the Weight Watchers^® Walk-It Day 5K Update
Less than 5 days remain to preregister for the Weight Watchers^® Walk-It Day 5K! The Runners' Club of Greater Cincinnati, Road Runners Club of America and Weight Watchers^®, have teamed up on Sunday June 6th to highlight walking as a great way to get moving, burn calories, and tone muscle at Otto Armleder Park at 10:00am. T-shirt to all participants and a shoe coupon to the first 100 registered. Late registration opens at 9:00 AM on Sunday. You can register online or check the Facebook Page for more information.
INFORMATION

• DATE: Sunday, June 6, 2010
  
• TIME: 10:00 AM
  
• PLACE: Otto Armleder Memorial Park, 5059 Wooster Road, Cincinnati OH
  Registration: $15.00 if you sign up by Wednesday June 1. $20 on Walk Day.
  
• INFORMATION: Join the Runners' Club of Greater Cincinnati and take the Weight Watchers Walk-It Challenge 2010 with us. The Weight Watchers^® Walk-It Day 5K is open to the public. Free T-shirt to all participants plus a shoe coupon to the first 100 registered courtesy of Bob Roncker's Running Spot. Follow the link below to register ... Register Online
  

National Running Day - June 2
Every day is Running Day in the Runners' Club of Greater Cincinnati, but Wednesday June 2 is National Running Day. National Running Day is the opportunity to promote running as a healthy, easy, and accessible form of exercise.
The Runners' Club of Greater Cincinnati and the UC Running Club will meet at the Oval in Mount Airy Forest for a combined group run to celebrate and promote National Running Day in Cincinnati. There will be routes for those who like the trails and for those who prefer the open road. Afterward, enjoy refreshments compliments of the club. Be there at 6:00 PM and the run begins at 6:15 PM.Contact us at cincinnatirunning@gmail.com for more information.

National Running Day - Cincinnati Style

• DATE: Wednesday June 2, 2010
• TIME: 6:00 PM. Run begins at 6:15 PM.
• PLACE: The Oval, Mount Airy Forest
• INFORMATION: Celebrate National Running Day with the Runners' Club of Greater Cincinnati and UC Running Club on Wednesday June 2 at 6:00 PM at Mount Airy Forest. All are invited. All paces welcome. We will have a route for you whether you like trails or prefer the open road. Free of charge. Refreshments provided courtesy of the Runners' Club of Greater Cincinnati.

Stone Steps 50K Training Run this Saturday
This Saturday, May 29th, a training run is being held on the Stone Steps 50k course. Run as little or as much as your training plan calls for. The run officially starts at 7:00 AM from The Oval, though some may start at 6:00 to get in 50 miles. Visit www.stonesteps50k.com and select training runs from the menu for more information.

Memorial Day Race T-Shirt Design
You can view the Memorial Day Race 34 T-shirt back design over at the club's Facebook Group. Congratulations and a big thank you to Runners' Club Member Amanda Booher for coming up with the back design. Front design will be a pocket Memorial Day Race 34 dogtag logo. Shirts are not included in the entry fee as most of our runners have plenty of shirts. If you would like one, add $10 through May 24 when you sign up for the Race either by mail or online and $15 when you sign up on race day.

Dave Corfman Running the Badwater Ultramarathon
Saw the following in email from Mojo Running about Dave Corfman, ultramarathon enthuisiast and past Runners' Club Member:
West Chester native and occasional Saturday morning Mojo running group participant, Dave Corfman, is running the 2010 Badwater Ultramarathon, called "The World's Toughest Footrace." This 135 mile race begins in Death Valley, CA at an altitude of 282' below sea level, traversing three mountain ranges before ending at 8360' at the Whitney Portal on Mount Whitney, the lowest to highest points in the contiguous 48 states. To add to the challenge, this race is run July 12-14, when the temperature will be well over 120 degrees. Only 90 runners are invited each year from around the world. Dave will be the first Cincinnati runner to run Badwater since Tom Possert won the race in 1990. More information is found at www.badwater.com.
Dave has set up a blog that chronicles his journey from applying to the race, the thrill of being accepted, and the unique training involved. Follow the link at www.stonesteps50k.com to his Badwater page (he's the Race Director of Stone Steps 50k & 27k trail races). Charity fundraising is a big part of the Badwater Ultramarathon. As part of the race, Dave is raising donations for the American Heart Association in memory of his father, who died of heart disease, as well as honor two of his crew members who have successfully recovered from major heart procedures. Please consider donating to the America Heart Association through the link on Dave's Badwater page, or click on http://honor.americanheart.org/goto/Charles.Corfman. All donations go to the AHA.

Memorial Day Race 34 Early Registration Ends Next Week
Less than 5 days remain to preregister for Cincinnati's second oldest race behind the Thanksgiving Day Race. Mail entries must be postmarked by Monday, May 24. Online Registration is available through midnight Tuesday May 25. Get the flier or register online now before prices go up.

Group Run Back at Otto Armleder Park this Saturday
The Saturday Group Run will once again meet at Otto Armleder Park this Saturday for a preview of the Memorial Day Race 34 Course. This week we will run the course backwards so you know it backwards and forwards.
Join us next Wednesday May 26 for the Hyde Park Wedensday Group Run as we venture into Ault Park, to check out the bicycles for a few moments before heading back to Hyde Park Square.
Also, with the Weight Watchers^® Walk- It Day 5k on June 6, the group runs will also also feature a walk of 1-2 miles for those interested. If you can not run with us, we definitely would like you to come out and walk with us.

Run for Haiti 5k Recap
I was unable to get myself out of bed for the Mount Airy Trail Run and I run Lunken at least once a year for a race so I decided to do the Help Haiti 5k as there are not many races on the West Side of Cincinnati. But with over 150 races in the Greater Cincinnati area, that is slowly changing. The race was this past Sunday afternoon at Oak Hills High School. It was put on by the Oak Hills High School French Club to raise funds for the relief effort in Haiti. The race had over 300 runners /walkers. Race conditions in terms of weather was great especially for a race going off at 3:00 PM as there was a light rain during the race rather than blazing heat and humidity. The course started from the Oak Hills High School went out towards Lawrence Road and came back to the high school. It extensively featured the subdivision of Cairnhaven. I was exepcting it to be hilly as I have run Lawrence from time to time but I did not expect the numbers of twists and turnarounds on the course which made the course one of the more difficult that I have run. I ran about 27 minutes but I did better than what I have been running lately. Also, I edged out Bill Hemmer who came to town to help support the race plus a few other charitable causes in Greater Cincinnati. Post race had bagels, bananas and water. I did not stay long for the postrace or awards as I had to be somplace by 5:00 PM.

New Poll Question is out
The new poll question for May is out! We want to know: What kind of shirt would you like from a race? Answer now!

St. Joseph Home Incline to the Finish Line 5K Race Survey
St. Joseph Home Incline to the Finish Line 5K was held a few weeks ago, on Sunday, April 25 and they had a good turnout of about 155 runners and walkers, despite the threat of rain.
In order to make their 5K better, St. Joseph Home is conducting a survey. They e-mailed the survey to those who participated in the race, but they really would love to hear from the running community regardless of whether they participated this year, or not.
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail Renee Russell of Saint Joseph Home with any questions or concerns. St. Joseph Home 5K Survey

Group Run Goes to Armleder Park this Saturday May 15
The Saturday Group Run will meet at Otto Armleder Park this Saturday to run the Memorial Day Race 34 Course.
Also, with the Weight Watchers Walk-It Day 5k on June 6, the group runs will also feature a walk of 1-2 miles for those interested. If you can not run with us, we definitely would like you to come out and walk with us.
Weekly Group Run/Walk Details:
Saturday Run - 8:30AM - Otto Armleder Park - This week's run covers the Memorial Day Race 34 course.
Wednesday - 6:30 PM Run - Hyde Park Square - meet by the fountain - run distances will be about 3-5 miles. Walk Distances will be about 1-2 miles.
For more information contact us.

The Runners’ Club of Greater Cincinnati Presents the Weight Watchers^® Walk-It Day 5K
The Runners' Club of Greater Cincinnati, Road Runners Club of America and Weight Watchers have teamed up on June 6th to highlight walking as a great way to get moving, burn calories, and tone muscle at Otto Armleder Park at 10:00am. T-shirt to all participants. Late registration opens at 9:00 AM. You can register online or check the Facebook Page for more information.

UCLA Running Survey
Carmen Ng is a grad student at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. For her master's thesis project, she is studying what matters to runners when they look for a new pair of shoes, and she could use your help.
To help her out, complete a brief, 5-minute survey which asks about your running shoe habits. She and her 5 teammates are offering a $300 gift certificate to one person who completes this survey, and your insights would be incredibly helpful to them in completing their thesis.
They are doing this as an academic project, and you do not need to enter any personally-identifiable information(PII). Here's the link to the survey:

http://ucla.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4YrRSWsjko10yvq&SVID=

If you have any questions, let her know and thank you for your help!

Poll Results for April
Here are the final results from the April poll. The question was: What are you doing in the Flying Pig? I am running the marathon tied with I am running the half for the top choice with 8 votes each followed by I am volunteering with 6 votes. Thank you to the 28 that voted. The full results will be left up for the next couple of days or so. The poll question for May will be out soon.