June 2015

Good afternoon sports fans, announcing the Fall Half Marathon Training Program. Please visit the link below to register! Training begins on July 14th (same as marathon training group) with mid-October races as our target (think Freedom’s Run half marathon and Baltimore half marathon, among others) https://www.runningahead.com/events/fsrchalftraining Info meeting at If The Shoe Fits (1170 …

Wednesday’s decathlon is the 400m, short and sweet. If the warmup plus 400m isn’t enough for you, after the main event you’ll have the option to run the Firecracker 5 km – 5,000 meters on the track. Hope to see you there!…

Results from the summer decathlon 800m race have been posted. This was also a Steeplechasers Grand Prix race. Results (including non-members): http://steeplechasers.org/scoretility/seriesresults/121 Results (members only): http://steeplechasers.org/scoretility/seriesresults/99 Decathlon Standings: http://steeplechasers.org/scoretility/viewstandings/?club=fsrc&series=decathlon&desc=Frederick+Steeplechasers+Running+Club+-+2015+decathlon&year=2015 Grand Prix Standings: http://steeplechasers.org/scoretility/viewstandings/?club=fsrc&series=grandprix&desc=Frederick+Steeplechasers+Running+Club+-+2015+grandprix&year=2015…

The Racing Team is accepting applications through June 30 for the Fall running season.  Please go to http://steeplechasers.org/competition/racing-team/ for more information or e-mail racingteam@steeplechasers.org if you have any questions.…

First Meeting June 25 and first “official”group run will be July 14 – The target race is the Baltimore Marathon on Oct. 17th (or any fall race around that time).  You must be a current Steeplechaser member to participate in the program.  Go to REGISTER for more information and to sign-up.…

This week’s decathlon is the 800m. This is also a grand prix and equalizer race as well — you’ll get credit for running three series races and only have to run one! See us Wednesday at the Frederick High School track, at 6:15 to sign in and warm up.…

The latest President’s Message can now be found on the web site. Click on News > President’s Messages to see all of them, or for the one just published see http://steeplechasers.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Presidents-Message-2015-06-16.pdf . I am also going to try to fill in some of the older messages when I can find time.…

Results from the summer decathlon 2 mile race have been posted. Results: http://steeplechasers.org/scoretility/seriesresults/113 Current Decathlon Standings: http://steeplechasers.org/scoretility/viewstandings/?club=fsrc&series=decathlon&desc=Frederick+Steeplechasers+Running+Club+-+2015+decathlon&year=2015…

With the unsettled weather, some of you may be wondering about the weather cancellation policy for the decathlon and training programs. See http://steeplechasers.org/training/severe-weather-cancellation-policy/ EVEN IF YOU SIGNED UP LAST YEAR YOU NEED TO SIGN UP FOR TEXT ALERTS AGAIN To receive text alerts, click here and follow the directions: https://www.rainedout.net/team_page.php?a=ce19ac98033c52a64599 NOTE: it is fairly unlikely…