FEBRUARY HCRC NEWSLETTER

Snowflake Series Runs

Feb 4 Nobles Mill 5 Miles

Feb 11 Club Challenge Tune Up 15K

Feb 18 North Bend 5 Miler 6.5 Miles

Feb 25 MDDC RRCA Club Challenge 10 Miles

Volunteer Opportunities

Winter Adopt a Highway

Feb 24th 8:45 AM

Winter 2024 Adopt a Highway – Harford County Running Club (runharford.com)

Bel Air Town Cleanup

March 16th 9:00AM

2024 HCRC Bel Air Cleanup – Harford County Running Club (runharford.com)

HAT Run 50K

(Multiple Opportunities)

Volunteers – HAT RUN 50K

Want to join in on the fun and help bring a victory home to Harford County?? Register below to join our Club Challenge Team!

When prompted for club affiliation search for HCRC. If you register using the code 2024HCRC050, the club will pay for half of your registration fee.

Online / Reg (chronotrack.com)

NOTE: If you register using our unique code and don't attend, the club has to eat your registration fee. PLEASE don't register unless you're positive you are going. The code is for paid members only, do not share it outside the club. We do check our paid membership roster and will reject any non-members who use it.

All members are welcome! We need as many participants as possible! You must cross the finish line within 2h10m of the start of the race. This equates to maintaining an average pace faster than 13 minutes per mile for the duration of the course.

How the event is scored

The event is scored in the style of NCAA cross country rules. Gun time is utilized for the determination of overall finish position and placer/displacer points calculations. For a team to contest an awards category, the minimum number of placers must cross the finish line. Displacers are optional. Any deviation to the number of scorers and displacers has been previously agreed upon by all club presidents involved in the competition.

In short summary:

Only teams with the full PLACER count will qualify for a given bracket
Teams meeting criteria #1 will have their PLACERS, and any qualifying DISPLACERS considered
Runners meeting criteria #2 will be ranked by finish position (points)
The rank of each PLACER will be totaled by team to determine the team’s score
The lowest score wins a. If there is a tie, then the final PLACER position is used to break the tie with lower rank (quicker finish) winning

Celebrating Our Members

At our Winter Social we honored 2 club members for the selfless dedication to The Harford County Running Club.

HCRC Heart and Sole Award

Theresa King

Recently, as many of you know, we lost a friend and member, Theresa King, to cancer. Theresa was one of our most dedicated members. She showed up to club runs, pub runs, and volunteer events, even while enduring chemo and the toll on her body. Unbeknownst to her, her friends reached out, asking if they could donate their snowflake points to her so she could finish without having to show up. She earned her points anyways and finished. Theresa even came to an Adopt a Highway event when she could barely walk. Her friends drove her, stopping every so often so she could pick up trash and get her volunteer point.

That is the dedication we are humbled to hear. We all have days where it feels too early, too cold, or we're tired and it's easier to hit snooze, roll over and go back to sleep. Not Theresa. She went above and beyond. That is why we're creating the "Theresa King HCRC Heart and Sole" Award and honoring her as the first recipie

Jean Conneally Award

Jill Young

The award is given to a member who contributes selflessly to the club through participation and volunteerism and is dedicated to the spirit of running.

Jill always has a smile on her face. She greets everyone and is welcoming. She took over the Harford Track night from the Spring to the Fall, which is a big commitment. She graciously hosts a 4th of July run with her husband Dan in the Dog Days of summer as well. In addition,she has still found time to help out with Athletes Serving Athletes She has really added value to being part of the board and the club with her enthusiasm and spirit.