Lehigh Valley Mile Race Series Announced
Lehigh Valley Road Runners is pleased to announce their newest race series and support to bring back the mile. The Lehigh Valley Mile Series will take place on June 5, July 4 and August 8 in three separate locations throughout the Lehigh Valley. Each mile race will consist of Youth, Open and Elite divisions. An elite purse is available to the top three overall men and women as tallied by a point system at the conclusion of the series. Entrants must run a minimum of two races in their division in order to qualify for an award. The June 5th event will take place in Bethlehem at the Moravian College track for a true track mile. July’s event is a 1-mile trail race in Allentown’s beautiful Lehigh Parkway. The final event is a road mile which will take place in downtown Easton, finishing at Riverside Park. Age groups include 14…
LVRR Featured as Case Study
A year ago we made the switch to a new registration service, Runsignup.com, and could not have been happier. Let’s just say that our race directors and treasurer have had an easier time managing registration and volunteers through our new system. Runsignup has been a real pleasure to work with, always willing to listen to our feedback to make tweaks to their system, and even making changes that we have needed. Recently, two club members were interviewed by Johanna Goode from Runsignup.com, the interview was featured as a case study on their website. You can read the case study here.
Currently Forming LVRR Teams for Upcoming National Championship Event
USA Track and Field Club Cross Country National Championships are coming to the Lehigh Valley this fall. On December 13, 2014 Lehigh University’s Goodman Campus will host this National Championship event, right in our back yard! Lehigh Valley Road Runners is excited to be a part of this event. To show their support, the club is thrilled to announce that they will subsidize participation by club members. LVRR would like to field up to a total of eight teams (two teams per division) with a maximum of eight runners per team. If you’re interested in participating on one of our teams please contact Chris Garges at garges329@yahoo.com by September 30, 2014. Chris will organize the teams on a first come, first served basis. Additional information: There will be four divisions (women’s open 6k, women’s master 6k, men’s open 10k and men’s master 10k). Masters competitors must be 40 years of…
LVRR Scholarship Recipients Announced
We’re proud to announce the following recipients of our annual club scholarships. In 2014 we had more scholarship submissions than in any previous year. Needless to say, the scholarship committee had some tough decisions on their hands. Thanks to all of our incredible applicants and congratulations to our winners! We presented our winners with their checks at the July 2 LVRR Summer Series 5k. LVRR Scholarship – $4,000 annual scholarship awarded to eligible students with Lehigh and Northampton counties who run track or cross country: Ryan Cerrone (pictured above) – Northwestern Lehigh (Pennsylvania State University) Lucas Crampton – Parkland (George Washington University) Elizabeth Chikotas (pictured above, right)- Saucon Valley (Pennsylvania State University) Haley Yost (pictured above, left) – Northwestern Lehigh (Eastern Kentucky University) LVRR Club Scholarship – $2,000 annual scholarship awarded to eligible children of LVRR members in good standing: Colin Coates – Emmaus (Pennsylvania State University) Ed…
McKinley Students Awarded $500
Congratulations to the McKinley Elementary students for winning the 2nd place prize of $500 from the St. Luke’s Half Marathon Kids Run. The LVRR is really proud to recognize your efforts to promote health and fitness to your students.
LVRR Impacting Future Runners
The following is a very touching letter the club received from the mother of Francesco Rizzuto, 2012 winner of the Summer Kids Series T-Shirt design contest. She regularly participates in our Kids Series and was recently honored for her work at school. She wanted to share with her classmates how much she enjoys our youth runs. Lehigh Valley Road Runners donated some left over t-shirts from last summer to her class. Thanks to her mother, Holly, getting in touch with us. Dear Lehigh Valley Road Runners, Thank you so much for allowing Francesca to have the t-shirts for her class presentation. Her third grade teacher, Mrs. Jennifer Reed (pictured rear left) and her principal, Ms. Brenda DeRenzo (pictured rear right) are also pictured with her classmates. Francesca is sitting in the front by herself. Francesca was the happiest little girl at Fogelsville Elementary on Friday. She felt very important talking…
2012 Scholarship Recipients
We are pleased to announce our 2012 scholarship recipients of the Ed Thompson and Nicole Reinhart Memorial Scholarships as well as the Lehigh Valley Road Runners Annual Scholarship.
HCM Foundation Gets a Running Start on 2012 Fundraising
Allentown, PA – February 23, 2012 – Thanks to the dedicated support and partnership of the Lehigh Valley Road Runners (LVRR), HCM Foundation has successfully launched its 2012 fundraising campaign. Courtesy of LVRR Race Directors Chris Garges and Carly Patterson, HCM Foundation was named charity race partner, receiving 10 entries into the 11th annual LVRR Superbowl 10k race, held in the Lehigh Valley Parkway on Sunday, February 6, 2012. Although the charity entry racers were only asked to raise $125 each, the 10 racers instead raised a powerful $3,000 for HCM Foundation. The Superbowl 10k had 489 finishers, ranging in age from 11 to 66. Information and event photos can be found on the LVRR’s website: https://lvrr.org. HCM Founder and President, Mike Marsteller, expressed his gratitude, stating “I’m touched by LVRR’s support because we are both local organizations with different missions, but a common bond of making our community a…