Announcement

Mark Lawrence is getting ready for another busy race season. You see evidence on this on Facebook almost every week during the season, when he looks for volunteers to help him time around 30 races each year. Thankfully, many of you have stepped up and did help. What we really need is for some of…

Please consider helping once or twice a month from 4:00-5:00 p.m. on Tuesdays or Thursdays.  The Lincoln Elementary School partnership with the Steeps and Rotary Club of Carroll Creek for the free after school program has grown beyond our expectations.  We currently have 61 children (2nd – 5th grades) in the program.  We need …

For our new Volunteer Appreciation page, go to http://steeplechasers.org/volunteer/volunteer-recognition/…

Stay tuned for a Volunteer Appreciation happy hour to honor our 2014 volunteers. If you would like to volunteer to help on the Membership Committee or Volunteer Appreciation Committee, please contact Luanne at membership@steeplechasers.org.…

From RRCA Maryland (Dwight Mikilus): Bad News. The 10 Mile Challenge has been cancelled for this Sunday. Repeat, the 10 Mile Challenge will not be held this Sunday. This was a joint decision between the HC Howard County Striders and the Howard County Police. This has been a tough winter for scheduled races. Unknown at …

Feb. 28 8:00 a.m. – Lou and Harriet will host this run with 3, 6, and 9 mile options.  Please RSVP to Lou at lking@pobox.com for directions and to let them know what you would like to bring to share.…

From Sage: We are putting together some teams for Cherry Blossom. We can have teams in three categories, Open Men, Open Women, and Mixed Masters. We are looking to limit the teams to two per category. Each team can have 3 to 5 team members. If you have a confirmed entry into Cherry Blossom, are …

Feb. 26 6:00 p.m. – Dr. Zachary Baker, DPT, CSCS of Rehab 2 Perform will be holding a workout at Frederick Indoor Sports Center, 2nd floor – 1845 Brookfield Court.  The workout will focus on proper dynamic warm up/cool down and strength training exercises specifically for runners to utilize to compliment their current training program.…

Have you been to a fun race lately? Do you have a running experience you would like to share? Is there an upcoming event you would like to tell us about?  If so, please write an article, MS Word preferred, with accompanying pictures and submit by March 14.  Or tell us what you would …

From Dwight Mikulis, our Maryland RRCA representative: The 10 Mile Challenge [aka RRCA Club Challenge, Feb 22] will soon be upon us and although HC Striders is the host club, the race is truly a race that belongs to the clubs. In the last few years, we have doubled or more the # of participants.…