Second Chance To Enter Our Race
If you missed your chance to get into our race this is your second chance. We will be opening up 100 special entries for the St. Luke’s Half Marathon to raise money for the Mobile Youth Health Centers (MYHC) program, a division of St. Luke’s Community Health. The mobile units provide free medical and dental care to local middle-school and high-school students who might otherwise not receive treatment. Through visits made by St. Luke’s HealthStar vans during school hours, thousands of students who do not have a family doctor or insurance are able to receive care that is vital to their health and well-being. In addition to dental exams and sick-visits, the program features counseling on a variety of topics including nutrition, smoking cessation and dating violence. St. Luke’s MYHC is offered to eligible students at select city schools in Allentown and Bethlehem. Each entry will cost $100. All of…
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.
Medical Advice From Our Race Physician
Hydration Tips for the Half-Marathon and 5K Hydration is an important concern for all athletes, distance runners certainly included. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has released guidelines to help athletes maintain proper hydration to allow for optimal performance. The ACSM recommends the importance of adequate hydration before and after exercise. You should aim to drink 3-4 hours before working out to the point where your urine is faint yellow, not entirely clear. Drinking after a race or workout is extremely important as well, again drinking to the point of light-yellow urine is a good guide. As for what fluids are best, plain water is generally adequate for shorter efforts (less than 1 hour). For longer or more intense exercise, a fluid with electrolytes and calories (Gatorade, Powerade, etc) may be superior. Electrolytes can also be obtained in other forms during workouts such as energy gels, beans, or even…
Important Information About Half Marathon Course Changes
Due to the imminent threat of collapse of a large stone retaining wall, a portion of the St. Luke’s Half Marathon course between miles 6 and 7 has been closed by the City of Allentown. Engineers have determined the wall could fall over at any time, endangering anyone below it. The City closed the area late last week. We were notified today that the section of the course will definitely not be open by race day. We have rerouted the course around the closed section. It will still measure 13.1 miles, but it will not be certified due to the lack of time until race day. For those of you familiar with the course, miles 1, 2, 3 and 4 will remain unchanged. The turnaround on Martin Luther King Blvd. was moved about 1/4 mile west. Instead of entering Lehigh Parkway on the trail, runners will run on Lehigh Parkway…
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…
A Second Chance To Enter Our Race
If you missed your chance to get into our race this is your second chance. We will be opening up 100 special entries for the St. Luke’s Half Marathon to raise money for the Mobile Youth Health Centers (MYHC) program, a division of St. Luke’s Community Health. The mobile units provide free medical and dental care to local middle-school and high-school students who might otherwise not receive treatment. Through visits made by St. Luke’s HealthStar vans during school hours, thousands of students who do not have a family doctor or insurance are able to receive care that is vital to their health and well-being. In addition to dental exams and sick-visits, the program features counseling on a variety of topics including nutrition, smoking cessation and dating violence. St. Luke’s MYHC is offered to eligible students at select city schools in Allentown and Bethlehem. Each entry will cost $100. All of the money will be donated…
Women’s running pioneer Kathrine Switzer to keynote 2012 St. Luke’s Half Marathon and 5k weekend
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Author, broadcaster and accomplished runner Kathrine Switzer will be the speaker at the St. Luke’s Half Marathon and 5k Pasta Dinner, April 28, 2012, and will be on hand throughout the weekend to share her inspirational stories as a pioneer in women’s running. Switzer is most famously known as the first woman to run the Boston marathon with an official race number, entering the race as “K.V. Switzer” in 1967 at a time when many believed women were incapable of running the 26.2 miles. Her ruse was discovered by a race official who attempted to physically remove her from the race. Motivated by the incident, she went on to run 35 marathons, won the 1974 New York City Marathon, and ran her personal best of 2:51.33 by finishing 2nd in the 1975 Boston Marathon. At the time, it was the 6th best women’s marathon time in the…