Monday, September 04, 2006

Join The Roadrunner Racing Team

If you are interested in joining the roadrunner racing team, here is a downloadable application (in pdf).

Purpose of Racing Team: To foster camaraderie among Albuquerque Road Runner members and to promote awareness of the club within the local running community.

Requirements: Must be an ARR member in good standing. All levels of runners are encouraged to apply for the team. Applicants agree to participate in at least five New Mexico races during the calendar year 2007. They also agree to wear the Cool Max running singlet, t-shirt, or long-sleeved shirt with the club logo provided by the club at each of these five New Mexico races. Team members will be ambassadors for the club, so they must be polite, friendly, and willing to answer questions about the club. It is highly recommended that team members participate in one of the races at the Run for the Zoo and the Duke City Marathon.

Rewards: Each team member will receive a choice of two Cool Max shirts: running singlet, short-sleeved t-shirt, or long-sleeved t-shirt with the club logo free of charge. At the end of the year, team members are to turn in a list of the New Mexico races in which they participated as ARR team members to the team administrator. Ten applicants will be selected by the president each year. Preference will be given to those who actively participate in club activities.

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I have decided to apply myself. When I first joined the Roadrunners, I was coming off of a case of pneumonia and I wasn’t sure how much racing I’d be able to do, so I didn’t apply. I healed and ended up doing the Run for the Zoo 10K, the New Mexico Games 5K, the Cherry Garcia 5K, the Run to Break the Silence 20K, and the New Mexico Marathon Plus 5K so far. Plus I did 2 out of state races. I’m registered for the Chips and Salsa Half Marathon next week, the John Baker 5K on September 24 and the Duke City Marathon on October 22. It’s fair to say that I’m hooked on racing again. And I love to encourage others to try racing. I really enjoyed working with the Women In Training group and intend to do that next year. And I’ve volunteered at 2 races. I will definitely beat that number next year.

Racing team or not, I’ll be out there next year. I look forward to seeing you all.

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