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GRTC 2020 Milestone Patch
29 people turned in their race miles for the GRTC patch Of those 29 people, here are the statistics: Overall Totals: 12,870 miles 496 races In Person Totals: 46% of races 228 races for a total of 1,672 miles Virtual Totals: 54% of races 268 races for a total of...
Run the Runnin’ of the Green!
In an ordinary year, the Runnin’ of the Green (ROTG) 5 Mile Race would be the kickoff race for the Rochester Runner of the Year (RROY) competition – a fitting start to a campaign of a dozen races ending on Thanksgiving. But again in 2021, the pandemic has forced a...
GRTC President’s Letter 3.1.21
More than a glimmer of hope! Since just a month ago, we are now seeing more people immunized for COVID19 and another new vaccine just coming on line. Lower rates of infection and hospitalization in Monroe County have lead to some loosening of restrictions. We DO...
GRTC: Meet Our Members!
The GRTC has a lot of interesting people about whom we would like to know more. That means you! Starting this week, we will feature a member a week on Facebook. If you are interested, copy and paste the questions below into an email addressed to jimmoragne@gmail.com,...
GRTC Vest United with Owner
This appeared on our Facebook page (Greater Rochester Track Club (GRTC) | Facebook) a couple of weeks ago, but now we can finish it with a picture. It is a small story but is also so typical of the “runners helping runners” ethos that invigorates our sport. On New...
February 2021 President’s Letter
OK. COVID hasn’t gone away yet as an issue for 2021. Since just a month ago we are now facing new viral strains that may be more virulent, a slower pace for vaccine administration than hoped for and questions whether the existing vaccines will cover all subtypes of...
GRTC President’s Letter 1.1.21
Happy New Year! I think we can honestly say 2021 looks like it should be a better year than 2020. When COVID first appeared last March, no one thought it would last this long and shut down large in person races for 9 months now. But it still holds us back and we have...
Renewing Your GRTC Membership!
In any other year, the GRTC’s membership numbers would have been climbing for the last couple of months as members were reminded to renew as they signed up for the Freezeroo Series. Well, we all know it is not an ordinary year, and as we are not going to have a Series...
Don’t wait until the last minute. Get your MILEStone Submissions to Tina by 11:59 pm January 13th!
Yes, GRTC is still doing the MILEstone patch awards for 2020! This has been an unusual year filled with many virtual experiences as opposed to in person races. We will count any verifiable virtual races that you have done towards your miles for the patch along with...
GRTC BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION – Jim Moragne
GRTC BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION The GRTC Board of Directors annual election for seats on the Board is upon us again. This year there are five (5) vacancies. There are five (5) declared candidates. Their short biographical submissions are below. After reading them, go...