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What's New...
- Habitat for Humanity - Runners and Volunteers Needed
- ORC Race into Summer - coming soon
West Orange Habitat for
Humanity
The West Orange Habitat for Humanity is
fast approaching on Saturday, May 19. Run along a
beautiful tree lined scenic route with small hills and cross the West
Orange Trail twice. Awards will be given to the top three male and
female runners overall and in each age group. All paid entrants
will receive a T-shirt and refreshments will be provided after the race
for all participants. For more information or to register, click
here.
Help support a great cause. The ORC is
encouraging all ORC'ers, family, and friends to come out and run. We're
also looking for volunteers to help with set-up, the water stop, mile
markers, the finish line, and results. So if you're available to help on
Saturday morning, please let us know and send an email to
Billy Kovaly.
Volunteers will need to be at the race site at 6:30 am on Saturday, May
19th.
ORC Race Into Summer 5K
Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 9 to
participate in the 7th Annual ORC Race Into Summer 5K at Jay Blanchard
Park on Dean Road in Orlando. This event is the key fund raising
activity for the Club's general fund and the Urayasu Exchange Program
fund.
The 5K race starts at 7:30 am. The course is an out and back
along the paved trail in the park that runs along the Little Econ River.
The Kids' Fun Run starts at 8:30 am and is free to all children.
Awards will be given to the top three male and female overall finishers,
and three deep in each age group. Refreshments will be provided
after the race. Click
here to register online.
All 5K participants will receive a tech shirt, refreshments, and be
eligible for prizes (must be present to win). Shirt sizes are not
guaranteed for day of race registration.
The post-race party begins at 9:30 am at Mellow Mushroom, located at
11680 E. Colonial Drive in Orlando, near the intersection of Alafaya and
Colonial. All runners bring your race number to get one free
beverage/beer and the Club will provide pizzas.
Volunteers will be needed on race day, so please contact
Michele if you are
interested in helping.
Corporate 5K Volunteers
Thank you to all of the members, friends and families of the ORC who
volunteered at a water stop for the annual Corporate
5K run on Thursday, April 12. The Club receives a
donation for our efforts that funds the Charles Rowson Memorial
Scholarship Fund.
Thank You Disney Volunteers
The ORC wishes to extend our sincere
gratitude to everyone that volunteered at the Mile 24 water stop for the
Disney Marathon on January 8. You are all key to the success of
the event and did an outstanding job. Pictures from the day are
available in the Community Service album of our photo gallery.
Urayasu Cultural Exchange
The
City of Orlando and the Orlando Runners Club
participate in a cultural and friendship exchange each year with our
sister city, Urayasu, Japan, and the Urayasu Runners Club.
As part of the exchange program, four runners (one male and one female
over 40 and one male and one female under 40) are selected each year to
travel to Japan to run in the Tokyo Bay Urayasu City (Half)
Marathon. However, for 2012 the half marathon has been
cancelled, so the runners will be competing in the 10K race, which was held on February 5, 2012.
Congratulations to selected runners Victor Hung and
Geanette Moore. They successfully completed the
Urayasu 10K along with Amy Sindler who traveled with the selected
runners.
For pictures, check out our photo
gallery.
ORC On the Road
If you are
planning to run in an out of town race - let us know! We encourage
members to post
out of town races they will be participating in on our "On
the Road" page.
If you'd like to find out places to get a great pre-race pasta dinner,
course info, or travel with other members of the Club, this
is the place to start. Email the
webmaster with the race name, location, who will be attending and
the date.
ORC Club Competition
Final results for the 2010 - 2011
Challenge Series are available at the links below. Congratulations
to all of the age group winners and to overall winners Michael Prince
and Heather Schulz. The 2011 - 2012 races are posted on the
Challenge Series page. For
more information on this fun club competition, click
here.
Challenge Series -
Overall /
Age Group
The Race to Win competition runs from
June 30 and to July 1 each year. Don't forget to send your race information to our
scorekeeper
Seth
Elsheimer. This is a fun club competition and all results must
be self reported.
Race to Win -
Overall (Competition ending
June 30, 2012)
Sunday Morning
Runs
As the summer heats up, the Sunday morning group continues to run. Each week we
welcome new local faces and regulars and visitors from around the world. To check on the progress of the
Sunday runners, check out the
ORC Sunday blog, with
periodic updates on our group runs. For a walk down memory lane,
read the
article published in the Orlando Sentinel in 1999 about the Sunday
running group, or the more recent
one published by Winter Park magazine in August 2011.
Come join this unique group of runners which meets
every Sunday morning at 7am on Park Avenue at Welbourne. Distances and
paces vary, but range from 5 to 11 or more miles. For more information, please
contact
Jack Gallagher.
ORC Group Runs
ORC Group Runs are held on
the
1st Tuesday, 3rd Thursday and 2nd & 4th Mondays
of each month. The first Tuesday meets in Baldwin Park at the end
of New Broad Street. The 3rd Thursday run
will rotate to different venues around Orlando. Check out the
photo gallery for pictures from these
fun runs.
The 2nd/4th Monday
runs from Mellow Mushroom in Winter Park.
We meet at 7pm at the
Mellow Mushroom in Winter Park (2015
Aloma Ave) for a group run, pizza (20% off) and drinks (happy hour pricing).
Volunteers are
needed to host third Thursday runs throughout Orlando. If you'd like to
help coordinate a Thursday run in your area, please contact Michele by
email. Watch the Upcoming Events section or the
Calendar for details each month.
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