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In 2010, there were 14 new posts, not bad for the first year! There were 27 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 13mb. That’s about 2 pictures per month.

The busiest day of the year was August 22nd with 260 views. The most popular post that day was JackRabbit Battle of Brooklyn 10 Miler.

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Some visitors came searching, mostly for battle of brooklyn race, meraf tenaw, battle of brooklyn 10 mile results, battle of brooklyn race results, and battle of brooklyn run.

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New Year’s Eve 3M Fun Run

Come ring in the New Year in a healthy and fun way!

Costumes welcome!

Runners, walkers and all paces welcome!

Friday, December 31, 2010

11:15pm

Prospect Park

Presented by

Brooklyn Road Runners Club

For more information or to register:

www.nycruns.com

Course:  Start on the Prospect Park roadway at 9^th street heading south to Coney Island Avenue to turn-around and finish back at 9^th street

This event is an unscored fun run.  Please take note of your time on the race clock as you finish.

*   No refunds/exchanges on entry fees.  Race will occur rain or snow.

Registration/Packet pick-up:  10:00 PM to 11:15 PM at 9^th and Prospect Park West

Running Hat and glow necklace

to first 200 Registrants!

Champagne toast at the finish line!

Water & hot chocolate provided for participants

FIREWORKS & MUSIC

After the race, walk back to Grand Army Plaza for fireworks by the Dept. of Parks & Recreation and music hosted by the Brooklyn Borough President’s office.

BAG CHECK

Bag check is provided at registration. Please do not bring anything valuable, we are not responsible for lost or stolen items.

DIRECTIONS

Subway: F train to Seventh Avenue/9th Street. Walk up 9th Street 2 blocks to Prospect Park West.  Registration is at the 9th Street & PPW entrance.

For more information or to register:

www.nycruns.com

Questions or volunteers:  brooklynrrc@aol.com or

call (917) 238-9447
NEW YEAR’S FUN RUN

Friday, December 31, 2010

I know that running in Brooklyn Road Runners Club (BRRC) activities is a potentially hazardous activity.  I should not enter and run unless I am medically able and properly trained.  I assume all risks associated with running in BRRC activities, including, but not limited to falls, contact with other participants, the effect of the weather including heat and humidity, snow, ice or rain, traffic and the conditions of the roads, all such risk being known and appreciated by me.  Having read this waiver and knowing these facts and in consideration of your accepting my application, I for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release the BRRC, TAC, the City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, MAC, www.nycruns.com and all sponsors, their representatives and successors, from all claims or liabilities of any kind arising out of my participation in this event though that liability may arise out of negligence or carelessness on the part of persons named in this waiver.  Sorry, no race entry refunds or transfers.

Signature:  ____________________________________

Guardian Signature (under 18 years):

_________________________  Date: ___________

Mail to:  Brooklyn Road Runners Club

P.O. Box 090108

Brooklyn, NY 11209

Group Runs: Run and be social – Welcome the new faces!

Saturday & Sunday:  9:00 AM at the 15^th Street and Prospect Park West entrance to Prospect Park

Tuesday & Thursday:  6:45 PM at the 9^th Street and Prospect Park West entrance to Prospect Park.

Upcoming Team Scoring Races: Don’t forget to fill out BRRC on the Team section of the application and register early due to race capping!

Call Steve, 917.238.9447, to coordinate transportation to the races – cars are always needed!

**Don’t forget to enter BRRC on the Team section of the Application and register early due to race capping **

Check out our website: www.brooklynroadrunners.org!

Upcoming Local Races:

• Check out our website, www.brooklynroadrunners.org, for information about upcoming local races.
• Battle of Brooklyn 10 Miler – 8/22/10, Prospect Park, http://cs.jackrabbitsports.com/blogs/latestjrnews/.
• Run4Kiva 5K – 8/29/10, Prospect Park, 10 AM, http://www.active.com/running/brooklyn-ny/run-for-kiva-5k-2010.

Club News:

• Don’t wait until the last minute to register for NYRR races – we’ve recently had members unable to race due to race capping!
• Shirts have been sent out for printing.  Should be back in August.  Prices-  $30 Singlet, $15 Matching Shorts, or $40 Both.
  
• Didn’t get into the NYC Marathon but still interested in running?  Check out these charity options:  NYRR Team for Kids (http://www.nyrrf.org/get_involved/team_for_kids/), City Meals-On-Wheels (www.citymeals.org/marathon) or American Lung Association (LMaltese@alany.org).
• Best of luck to Martina Hoppe, one of the original BRRC members, who is moving to Utah with her family and to Scott Ruplinger who is moving to Boston!
• Congratulations to the BRRC Members who ran the Team Championship on 8/7: JOHN, TOMAC, 152, 52, 29:32, 5:54; SCOTT, MCCRAW, 178, 17, 30:08, 6:01; JOHN M, SHOSTROM, 201, 2, 30:41, 6:08; NATHANIEL, KUZMA, 230, 69, 31:14, 6:14; TOM, MACGREGOR, 239, 14, 31:22, 6:16; RICCARDO, BIANCHI, 247, 12, 31:31, 6:18; JOHN, RICHERS, 264, 5, 31:43, 6:20; 0CHAD, TIBBETTS, 352, 65, 33:17, 6:39; TIM, MONTI WOHLPART, 375, 70, 33:46, 6:45; STEVEN, REMY, 397, 53, 34:20, 6:52; STEPHEN, BONAL, 527, 17, 37:01, 7:24; BENJAMIN, GOLOGOR, 541, 87, 37:27, 7:29; NATALIE SOPIC, 208, 39, 39:16, 7:51
• Welcome to the new members:  Terence Moriarty, Dennis Moriarty, Edwin Culbertson, Crista Colvin, Raef Ritter, Matthew Lombardi, Alberto Zambenedetti, Eric Gannon, Teresa Darby
• Check out www.runaroo.com a new running community website that is offering BRRC members free access to beta test the site.  Use the code 1JTR49.
• Interesting websites to check out:  www.nycruns.com and www.racevine.com.

Also, Congratulations to Natalie Sopic, BRRC’s top female finisher in 39:16, 209th overall.

JackRabbit Battle of Brooklyn 10 Miler

Club Council Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Quick notes:
· We need volunteers for this week’s Queens Half-Marathon. Please remember that teams can still volunteer for marathon entries! Please contact Edwin Ortiz at eortiz@nyrr.org
· Queens Half Marathon and Bronx Half Marathon have been moved to 7AM
· Please check the website for the Queens updated course

· Club Team Championships:
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Rules:

o Must run at least one (1) NYRR race that has ChronoTrack to compete at NYRR Club Team Championships (between September 1, 2009 and July 24, 2010) please, note that this was voted on in January and again this past Wednesday.
· Runners who have graduated from college will NOT be accepted to run the club team championships if the above requirement is not met.
· We will accept runners from newly created teams who haven’t run in a prior race due to the fact that the team is new. This is only case by case.
· If a runner is switching teams, runner must wait a full 90 days before claiming new team.

· Local Competitive Corral
New corral at our weekly races
Bibs # 1-99

o At our last Club Council we received a lot of feedback that many of our local runners that have been finishing at the top of our races weren’t given a fair start at the start of our weekly races. We created this corral to fix this problem. There has been a lot of positive feedback from athletes using this corral and club team coaches. NYRR will keep this corral going forward.
o Bibs 1-99 have been reserved for runners who have made this corral. This is first come, first served. If this corral is filled, runners will be assigned to the general blue corral.

· ING New York City Marathon
Local Competitive Corral at the ING NYC Marathon
Standards

o We will be sending out a spreadsheet for the team representative to fill out for the entire team for the Local Competitive Corral (Green corral).  More information to come soon.
o Standards have changed and are now broken up into 5 age group increments. We will be sending these standards shortly. Website will be updated soon.

· Other:

o Will NYRR consider giving a refund or a two-race credit for all the people who paid $35.00 to own their own chip (since the chip is now obsolete)
§ NYRR will not be giving a refund or a two-race credit. When we switched to chronotrack, we were refunding people for up to six months. This is no longer available.

o Since the NYC Half and the AHA Wall Street Run results don’t have team names attached, will team members that ran those races still be able to run in the team championships for respective teams if those are the only races they have run under the team name.
§ Yes, you will be able to compete at Club Team Championships. Please email our scoring department with your name, team you’re on, race you participated in and finish time at results@nyrr.org . They will take care of you.

o What are NYRR’s plans regarding recycling D-tags
§ D-tags are not recyclable but, ChronoTrack will take any used D-tags and properly dispose of them. More information to follow
§ Soon we will not be using d-tags anymore. We will be going with a b-tag. The chip will go on your bib.

o What is the status of year system upgrade in order to re-institute Benefactor membership
§ Because of capped races, Benefactors sign up and do not show up, therefore we lose many spots for members and non-members who want to participate.
§ A suggestion was made to create an annual benefactor program
§ A suggestion was made to have a number of races a benefactor can reserve

Next club council meeting is tentatively set for Wednesday, October 13, 2010.