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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