Volunteer Spotlight: Cheryl Novak
Cheryl has been volunteering for the LVRR Kids Run for the past 19 years and is also a long-time club member.
Non-Club Running Events
Non-LVRR running events taking place in the Lehigh Valley in early fall. We will be discontinuing these posts from this point forward and directing you to visit a great race resource called runningintheusa.com where you can search all distances and types of races. If you are a race director we highly encourage you to post your race there. Sunday, 8/18Trojan 5K ChallengeParkland High Schoolwebsite Saturday, 8/24 8:45amZERO Prostate Cancer 5kSteelStacks, Bethlehemwebsite Saturday, 8/31 8:15amSlate Belt Sprint Pen Argylwebsite Sunday, 9/1Labor Pain Trail RaceReadingwebsite Monday, 9/2Asics Mile on High StreetPottstownwebsite Monday, 9/2Lehigh Valley Pink Heals 5kEastonwebsite Monday, 9/2Saucon Rail Trail 10kCenter Valleywebsite Sunday, 9/8St. Luke’s Via Marathon, 5kAllentownwebsite Sunday, 9/8Harrisburg Half MarathonHarrisburgwebsite Saturday, 9/14Boulder Field 100Jim Thorpewebsite Sunday, 9/15 2019 Lehigh Valley 9/11 Heroes Run Parkland High Schoolwebsite Saturday, 9/21Heidelberg 5K & Kids 1 mileHeidelberg Churchwebsite Sunday, 9/22SLHS Mini-THON Pediatric Cancer Awareness 5KBethlehemwebsite Saturday, 10/5Women’s 5k ClassicAllentownwebsite Sunday, 10/6Blues Cruise 50KReadingwebsite…
Volunteer Spotlight: Thomas Brennan
Thomas has been a dedicated volunteer for the LVRR Kids Series since 2016. LVRR: Why do you volunteer for the LVRR Kids Series?Thomas Brennan: It was time to give back. In the last 25-28 years, I ran a lot of races that the LVRR Club organized. I grew up in a Volunteer Family. LVRR: What do you like best about the LVRR Kids Series? TB: The SMILES on the kids faces. Also, working with Great volunteers, and I’m home before lunch. LVRR: Are you involved with any other LVRR events?TB: I have volunteered for some Ice Scraper races. LVRR: What is your day job?TB: I’m a Sales Representative for Lehigh Valley Janitorial Supply. LVRR: Do you have any running goals for 2019?TB: Run two half Marathons. I ran the St. Luke’s Half Marathon in the spring. in October I hope to run in the Runner’s World Half Marathon at Steel…
Volunteer Spotlight: Annmarie Faust
Annmarie has been a dedicated volunteer for the LVRR Kids Series since 2015. LVRR: Why do you volunteer for the LVRR Kids Series? Annmarie Faust: Our girls (Amanda, Brianna & Christina) ran the Kids Series when they were younger, and loved it! It is such an awesome program. Volunteering allows my husband (Dave) and I to give back to the community – and give other kids a chance to participate – and have a great time!! LVRR: What do you like best about the LVRR Kids Series? AF: We volunteer at registration for the 3 & 4 year old age groups. It is fun seeing all the little kids come up to register and seeing them grow up and move to the next age group the following year. LVRR: Are you involved with any other LVRR events? AF: I am a mentor for the First Strides Program on Tuesday nights.…
LVRR Volunteer Spotlight
The LVRR Kids Series started in 2000. During the first year about 60 kids participated in each event. Currently, over 500 children participate in each race. Since 2000 over 10,000 kids have participated in the Kids Series. The LVRR Kids Running Series is a free event. The only requirement is for participants to show up and be checked in by 9:30 a.m. That is a pretty good deal! We now have former Kids Series participants volunteering for various LVRR events. Several former participants have competed at the League, District and State levels in cross country and track & Field. Several have also earned LVRR scholarships. The success of the LVRR Kids Series is measured not only by the number and diversity of the participants, but by the many smiles and improvements made throughout the Series. The event has grown to be more than a running event, it is a day…
April Showers Bring May Flowers
Monthly report from Club President, Leslie Billowitch The May showers flooded our parks and brought hail storms to the area. We are hopeful that mother nature will give us a break and that we will have an enjoyable summer. Many of you joined us for the St. Luke’s Half Marathon, 5K and Youth Run in April. These races helped kick off our free running season. In May we had over 300 racers at the Summer Series, and over 550 kids at the Kids Series. Not bad for a local running club. They say it takes a village and I couldn’t agree more. We are a 100% volunteer based club, so we rely heavily on all of you to support the 20 races we run. We know that all organizations are feeling squeezed and that volunteers are getting burned out. The Board has talked about reducing the amount of races that…
2018 Kids Series Winners
Congratulations to everyone that participated in our 2018 Kids Series! Below are the Overall Award winners for the 11-14 age groups: 11-12 GIRLS 1. Angelina Klein 2. Nichol Nosal 3. Sarah Campbell 11-12 BOYS 1. Brady Hoffman 2. Logan Thrash 3. Ben Tobin 13-14 GIRLS 1. Ashely Ryan 2. Madelyn Hurst 3. Morgan Belisle 13-14 BOYS 1. Geoffrey Kleinberg 2. Jacob Orrico 3. Hayden Shiban Runners must have participated in 4 of the 5 races. Scoring is cross country format.
Kids Series T-Shirt Contest & Raffle Winners
We’d like to thank all of the children who submitted designs and slogans to be used for this year’s shirt. 2018 Design Winner: Emma Carlson, age 10 Slogan winner: Talia Fogel, age 11 The Raffle winners for 2018 are as follows: May 26: Jim Dawson, Zachary Lesher, Kalise Brown, Elliott Holmes, AbduBakarr Barnie June 16: Josh Breyer, Angela Li, Amelia Macky, Gabriel Polanco June 23: Sophia Benner, Nicholas Williams, Brody Waldenmayer, Hannah Roy