2015 RCGC Membership Changes

Starting January 1, 2015, the Runners' Club of Greater Cincinnati will be eliminating the due date for annual dues of March 1 and go to a 1 year membership expiration from the month of application for new members.  If you join the club as a new member in January 2015, your membership will expire in January 2016.
If you join the club as a New Member  in December 2014, your membership will expire on March 1, 2016
 All Current members' due date is currently March 1 and should feel little impact from the change if they renew on a timely basis.
Prospective Members! Join  today by filling out a membership form or registering online to get an extra two  free months on your membership and enjoy these benefits!

RCGC Holiday Happy Hour - December 17

Join the Club for a Holiday Happy Hour at Indian Mound Cafe in Norwood Ohio on December 17.  The Happy Hour begins at 7:30 PM which will give you enough time to get a run in before starting to party. Open to RCGC members, future RCGC members and guests (no pets please).
 For more information, visit www.cincinnatirunning.com.

Details

When: Wednesday, December 17th,2014
Time: 7:30 pm
Where: Indian Mound Cafe, Norwood OH

December 2014 Races

Below is list of upcoming races in Greater Cincinnati in December. Check the club calendar for a few more races in December.
Saturday December 6

• Arctic Dash, 9:00 am,Camp Kern, 5291 State Route 350, Oregonia, OH, www.kerndash.org. 
• Dayton Jingle Bell Run/Walk, 9:00 am, Dayton Mall, Dayton, OH, Race Information.
• Voices of Indiana Jingle Bell 5K/10K, 9:30 am, Greendale Cabin, Greendale Park, Greendale IN, www.stuartroadracing.com. 

Sunday December 7 

• Topo Trail Marathon East Fork State Park, 9:00 am, East Fork State Park, Bethel OH, www.topoadventuresports.org.
• Seven Hills Run, 10:00 am, Lincoln Center 1027 Linn St. Cincinnati OH, 10:00 AM. Run Information.

Saturday December 13

• Reindeer Romp, 9:00 am, Crosby Township Senior Center, Crosby Township OH, www.crosbytwp.org.

• Women's Recovery Center Santa Run 5K, 9:30 am, Women's Recovery Center, 515 Martin Drive, Xenia OH, www.keysports.net. 
• Hit The Grounds Running 5k Trail Race, Moontime Lake, Lucasville OH, www.tristateracer.com.
• Jingle Bell Run/Walk, 10:00 am, Northern Kentucky Convention Center, Covington, KY, www.racedmc.com.
• Topo Trail Running Series - East Fork State Park, 10:00 am, East Fork State Park, Bethel OH,  www.topoadventuresports.org.

Saturday December 20

• Egg Nog Jog, 10:00 AM, Longworth's Mt. Adams OH, www.runningtime.net.
• Noel 5K, 10:00 am, Lunken Playfield, Cincinnati OH, www.noelrun.org.

Saturday December 27

• Topo Trail Running Series - Big Bone, 10:00 am, Big Bone Lick State Park, Union KY, www.topoadventuresports.org.

RCGC Turkey Burner Mile Run Recap

About 30 runners decided to burn a few  extra calories and figure out how fast that they could run a mile this past Sunday November 30, 2014 for A Turkey Burner Mile Run at Summit Park in Blue Ash OH. For their efforts, runners received a finisher prize. Conditions for the race were warm, overcast and windy.  The wind would effect the runners on the out and back relatively flat mile course on the former taxi runway of Blue Ash Airport.
Top finisher was Ekaterina Nikiforova  with a time of 5:06 and was the top female overall.  She was followed by Larisa Mikhaylova who ran a 6:10 and Kelly O' Dell who ran a 7:14. Harvey Lewis was the top male with a time of 5:27 followed by Dennis Miles  who ran a 5:57 and John Garrity who ran a 6:16. (View results).
 Thank you to our volunteers Cindy Cranmer, Tom Glasscock, Julia Glasscock, Paul Roche and her friend Tom, Stacy Osborne, and Paul Seibert.  Without their help, the race could not have happened.  A special thank to the City of Blue Ash for allowing us to use Summit Park and the taxi runway for the race.  See you next year. VIEW COMPLETE RESULTS.

2014 RCGC Holiday In Lights Run - Monday December 8

Join the Club for one of our longest running and favorite events... The Holiday in Lights Run. For 2014, we will be meeting at Tin Roof on the Banks and run with the Tin  Roof Running Crew on Monday December 8 at 6:30 pm. Run is open to the public!  We will plan on taking a group photo before we run. After the run, we will be meeting at Tin Roof for drinks and appetizers beginning at 7:30 PM.

Run Details

When: Monday, December 8th,2014
Time: 6:30 pm
Where: Tin Roof, 160 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH
What: Run a few miles around downtown, Mt Adams, Eden Park and back.
For: Enjoying the lights of the season.
Distance: Approximately 6 miles round trip
Party: Follows the run at Tin Roof beginning at 7:30 PM.

Do not worry if you can not make the distance, there will be motorized sleds(aka cars) that can take you from the Krohn Conservatory back to Tin Roof. 

Turkey Burner Mile Overall Results

Overall Race Results from the RCGC Turkey Burner Mile held this morning. Full results should be posted on our website www.cincinnatirunning.com Monday or Tuesday of this week. If you have a question or concern, do not hesitate to contact us at cincinnatirunning@gmail.com. Thank you. View Overall Results.

Early Bird Registration Ends Soon for 2015 Labor of Love Run

Early Bird Registration for the 2015 Labor of Love Run ends on Sunday November 30. Cost is $15 through November 30 and then increases to $20 on December 1. RCGC Members and High School Students get a $5 discount off regular price. Registration includes a long sleeve shirt.
Don't be a turkey! Register now before the price goes up on Deecember 1. Visit www.cincinnatirunning.com or the race information page for more information about the race.

RCGC Turkey Burner Mile - This Sunday November 30

This Sunday November 30 is the Turkey Burner Mile at Summit Park. Please join us and burn off those pesky Thanksgiving Day calories without lightening your wallet. Race Day Registration opens at 9:00 AM by the taxi runway. Race starts at 10:00 AM. See you there!

RACE INFORMATION

• DATE: Sunday, November 30, 2014 
• TIME: 10:00 AM 
• PLACE: Summit Park, Blue Ash OH 
• INFORMATION: 1 mile run to help you burn off those Thanksgiving Day Calories. Food, and awards follow the race. Race Day Registration begins at 9:00 AM. Race Day Cost: $10.00 General Public,  $5 High School Students/College Students / RCGC Members.   For more information, visit www.cincinnatirunning.com or check out the Turkey Burner Race Information Page.

Run,Walk, Cycle Across America

Berkeley Lab has designed a transcontinental virtual trip across the United States. Each time you enter your mileage of either running, walking or cycling, they add it to your total and show you exactly what you would see if you had been traveling on the TransAmerica Trail from Yorktown, Virginia to Florence, Oregon. They also provide maps that show your progress and the progress of your friends if they have an account. If you wish, you can form teams to race across the United States. You can check it out at http://exercise.lbl.gov/index.html.

RCGC Grand Prix Standings - November 2014

Here is an update of the 2014 RCGC Grand Prix through the Run Like Hell 5k(If you ran Run like Hell, let me know so I can update your points. Please provide proof like a race number ).   The goal of the Grand Prix is to include and recognize members that do many of the races that the club puts on or supports. So far, about 75 club members have participated in at least one Grand Prix Race.
 As promised, I tallied up the official scores so everybody knows where they stand going into the home stretch. Official scoring is based on your best 5 races which can include a B race and a C Race to complete the 5 races, best B race and best C race. Next three races in the series are the Straight Street Climb on Sunday November 23, the Thanksgiving Day Race on November 27 and Turkey Burner Mile on November 30.
Below are the top  10 Males and Top 10 Females through Run Like Hell.

Top 10 Females

First Name	Last Name	VolunteerReqMet	B Race	C Race	Best 5 Races	Total
Barbara	Ellwein	Yes	48	25	484	557
Nurys	Diaz	Yes	48	0	482	530
Cindy	Cranmer	No	50	0	431	481
Lisa	Roa	Yes	50	0	421	471
Jennifer	Black	No	0	0	294	294
Yanina	Bigas	Yes	50	25	197	272
Jenny	Garrity	Yes	50	0	193	243
Cynthia	Lough	No	50	0	146	196
Stacey	Herdering	No	0	0	196	196
Erin	Owen	No	47	0	148	195
Kimberley	Ogle	No	0	0	195	195

Top 10 Males

First Name	Last Name	VolunteerReqMet	B Race	C Race	Best 5 Races	Total
Jerry	Patton	Yes	50	25	375	450
Harvey	Lewis	Yes	50	0	400	450
Greg	Roa	Yes	48	0	390	438
Martin	Hovey	Yes	43	0	316	359
William	Stolz	No	50	28	246	324
Ryan	Woolley	Yes	0	30	277	307
John	Garrity	Yes	0	0	292	292
Paul	Seibert	No	0	0	288	288
James	Welland	Yes	48	25	242	267
David	Nelson	Yes	0	25	214	239

View Complete Standings

RCGC Volunteer Opportunities - November 2014

Here are some upcoming opportunities where you can help out the Runners' Club of Greater Cincinnati. If you can help with any of these events, we would appreciate it: 

• Turkey Burner Mile - The RCGC Turkey Burner Mile on Sunday November 30 needs 5-10 volunteers to help with registration, timing, post race, and cleanup. It would take 1-2 hours of your time. The jobs are fun, easy and entertaining and you will get some nice goodies for your efforts. Volunteering is one of the easiest ways to get to know other club members. Let us know whether you can help by emailing us at cincinnatirunning@gmail.com
• Ongoing Openings - Currently we have a few openings for keeping the club running on an ongoing basis: Social Chair, Program Chair, and Newsletter Editor. Most positions take 2-3 hours a month. If you can or would like to fulfill one of these positions, please send an email to cincinnatirunning@gmail.com or attend the next board meeting on December 18.
• Race Director - The club is in need of a race director for the Winter Wonderland Race to be held in January.  If you have the mind of a project manager, curious to see how a race is put together, or being a race director is an item on your bucket list, let us know at cincinnatirunning@gmail.com.

RCGC Board Meeting - November 18

The next RCGC Board Meeting will be held on Tuesday  November 18 at The Foot Doctor at 5521 Montgomery Road at 7:15 PM. The meeting is open to all current RCGC members.
We will discuss updates on upcoming races and social events plus much more.
Hope you can join us!
DETAILS

• DATE:  Tuesday November 18 2014
  
• TIME: 7:15 PM
  
• PLACE: The Foot Doctor, 5521 Montgomery Road, Norwood OH
• INFORMATION: Board Meeting of the Runners' Club of Greater Cincinnati. Open to all current members. We will discuss updates on upcoming races like the Valentine's Day Race and social events. View agenda. 

Straight Street Climb - November 23

The Straight Street Hill Climb is a .36 mile race up Straight Street in the CUF neighborhood. The race was started by the Clifton Track Club in the late1970's. The Climb features a bike challenge in addition to the road race. The race will begin at 9 a.m followed by the bike challenge at 9:30 AM.
Early bird registration is $10 and $15 on race day.Proceeds benefit the Cincinnati Soap Box Derby.
Awards for top three finishers in 5 running divisions: Youth (ages 12 and under); Teen (ages 13 thru 17); Men's Open; Women's Open; and Masters (ages 50+). For more information or to register, go to www.straightstreethillclimb.com.
RACE DETAILS

• DATE: Sunday, November 23, 2014 
• TIME: Road race at 9:00 AM followed by cycling challenge at 9:30 AM.
• PLACE: Straight Street, Cincinnati OH.
• INFO: .36 mile Race up Straight Street in the CUF neighborhood. The Climb features a bike challenge in addition to the road race. Early bird registration is $10 and $15 on race day.Proceeds benefit the Cincinnati Soap Box Derby. For more information or to register, visit www.straightstreethillclimb.com or the Facebook Page.

37th Annual Seven Hills Run - December 7

The Seven Hills Run is a 13.2 mile run intended to challenge runners over extremely hilly terrain through the streets of Cincinnati. It is not a race nor is it intended to be. The goal is is to finish the run. 
 The 37th Annual Seven Hills Run takes place on Sunday December 7, 2014 and will start near downtown at the Lincoln Community Center on Linn Street and wind through Mt. Adams by way of Monastery St. It will then continue to Mt. Auburn, Bellevue Hills, Fairview Heights, Harrison Avenue Hill, up Lehman St. and end in Price Hill.
Preregistration fee is $20.00 or $30.00 if a Seven Hills Run t-shirt is ordered.
Registration is $25.00 on the day of the run. T-shirts may be purchased for $10.00 the day of the event if they are available.
For more information, visit the Seven Hills Run Information Page.  
RACE DETAILS

• DATE: Sunday, December 7, 2014 
• TIME:10:00 am
• PLACE: Lincoln Community Center, 1027 Linn St., Cincinnati OH
• INFO: 12.4 mile run intended to challenge runners over extremely hilly terrain through the streets of Cincinnati. It is not a race nor is it intended to be. The goal is is to finish the run. For more information, contact Marketia Hoff at 513-352-1622 or marketia.hoff@cincinnati-oh.gov or visit the Seven Hills Run Information Page. 

2014 Thanksgiving Day Races in Greater Cincinnati

It is about three weeks until Thanksgiving and before you sit down and eat, you can do a run or walk.  There are quite a few races on Thanksgiving in the Greater Cincinnati Area and most likely one near where you live. Here are a few of them.  Visit the RCGC Calendar for a few more races.

• Deerfield Township and Lifetime Fitness 10K on Turkey Day and 5K Walk, 8:00 AM, Lifetime Fitness Deerfield Twp OH - Run the Deerfield Township and Lifetime Fitness "10K on Turkey Day"! The 10K race and 5K walk will begin and end at Lifetime Fitness.  They start early so you can get the race in and get on with your day. Race Information. 
• 36th Annual Turkey Trot, 8:30 AM, Riverfront Park, Miamisburg OH - The Turkey Trot has been a Dayton Area Thanksgiving tradition for 35 years! Presented by the Ohio River Road Runners Club and the City of Miamisburg, visit www.orrrcturkeytrot.com for more information.
• Turkey Mosh 5K Fun Run / 1 Mile Poult Run, 8:30 AM, Mary Queen of Heaven School Erlanger, KY - Sign up and enjoy a 5K on Thanksgiving Day.  Visit http://www.mqhschool.com or http://turkeymosh.webs.com for more information.
• 105th Annual Thanksgiving Day Race, 9:00 AM, Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, OH - 10k Run/Walk. One of the oldest races in the nation and an annual tradition for more than a hundred years. For more information, visit www.thanksgivingdayrace.com.
• Younglife Gobble Gobble 5K Run/Walk, 9:00 AM, Swaim Park, Montgomery OH - Start your Thanksgiving off right at the Younglife Gobble Gobble 5K Run/Walk. Visit www.easterncincinnati.younglife.org for more information or to register.
• Run Turkey Run 5K, 9:00 AM, England-Idlewild Park, Burlington KY - If you don't want to deal with the crowds, come out to Burlington Baptist Church's Run Turkey Run 5K on Thanksgiving morning. This family 5K and fun walk is a great community event that allows you to burn some extra calories before the big feast that is Thanksgiving dinner! Learn more or register online at www.runningtime.net.