Raritan Valley Road Runners

25th Anniversary Picnic Party - June 18th

25 Years down, many more to go!! With tasty treats from all our local hangouts (Doll's, Marita's, and Aposto's) waiting to be devoured the RVRR faithful took shelter underneath the grove 5 pavilion waiting for the rains to die down enough to start the run so they could begin the feast. Soon they did and away the runners went, on the 25th year anniversary of the club runs. By the time most arrived back from the run to the pavilion, the sun was shining, the food was ready to be ate and people were arriving to celebrate. Drinks were drank and the food was eaten as everybody relived their years with the club. To top it all off at the end of the picnic we all received a gift for our loyalty to the club - a 25th anniversary shirt, specially designed by our club's own Mike Dixon (see the picture above). To relive the event through photography hop on over to the Fotki album and see all the pictures as well as the annual group shot. Special thanks goes to all that helped put together the event. See everybody in another 25 years!

RVRR Pub Flip-Flop Cooldown - June 11th

After a shortened Wednesday run on June 11th a bunch of us hardcore runners went for a pub crawl around the local pubs in New Brunswick. Starting out at Doll's the club made the rounds to Marita's, Court Tavern, Panico's (with food!), Harvest Moon, Corner Tavern, and Stuff Yer Face. I want to personally thank everyone for participating as the event was a lot of fun and at one point we had 20 pub goers with us. To see a handful of pictures taken go on over and visit the Fotki album. Check back here for the details on the winter pub crawl, to happen in December at some point.

Towpath "Train"ing Run - June 7th

RVRR sponsored the 10th Annual Towpath "Train"ing Run on National Trails Day this year. The event included close to 100 runners, which combined for running well over 1000 miles. As always, RVRR will be donating $1.00 per mile ran to cancer research. Check back at the Training Run website soon for individual mile totals through the years, as well as our 100 mile plus runners and the official number of total miles ran. Also check out the great photos from the event.

Doug Brown has put together a Spring challenge for masters runners attempting to meet the new USATF All American Standards of Excellence. These are standards established by USATF that put you in the top 5% of runners. Are you up to it?

The races are scheduled between March 29 and April 6. You can become an All American in one, several, or all of the events. See the flyer for more information.

Check the final results at Compuscore.com

Holiday Party ~ December 15

Our annual Holiday Party was held this year on Saturday Dec 15, at Rose's house in Whitehouse. Thank you Rose! It was a wonderful event. Photos can be found on our Fotki account. Above, Mike (L) and Laura (C), two of our newly elected board members, and the nattily dressed Bill (R).

Colonial Park Turkey Trot ~ November 17

RVRR supplied many of the volunteers and helped the Somerset Parks Department put this race on.  Here are the photos!  Results at CompuScore.

Paul Krentar

Our club has been saddened by the passing of our long-time member, Paul Krentar on September 26th.

• View a slideshow of his times with the club

• Information regarding his services and charitable contributions in his name

Race Results Page

John Evans has compiled a great race results page, available here.

Men's 60s Team 4th in the World!

Septempber 8, 2007 - The USA 60's Mens 8k XC team at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Italy, consisting entirely of RVRR team members, placed 4th, behind Italy, Russia, and Australia. Amby Burfoot lead the team with a 29:00, and Terry Delph eight seconds behind in 29:08. Doug Brown came in at 31:20. In the file photo above, Doug is at the far left, Terry second from left, and Amby at the far right. Congratulazioni! Meraviglioso! Results posted on the WMA web site .