Rose City Runners Club

Happy summer! There were two team races in June; although we did not field any teams, Brian, Carol, Lou and Michael represented Rose City spectacularly. New Milford 5K Michael Lin 22:18 Lou Grunfelder 22:48 (8th in AG) Fitzgerald’s Lager Run 5K Rose City represented at the Fitzgerald Lager 5K in June with a small team of 3. This is a fun, flat, fast race, with free beers and pretzels at the finish, so maybe we get a bigger group next year! Weather was warm, but not hot and n

I received some sad news this week. Rich Noonan, who was a club member and raced with the team, passed away recently. His daughter reached out to us through the website. I have not seen an obituary yet, but will post it on Facebook and the team web page when I do. If anyone has pictures of Rich in their files, please forward them to me for his daughter. I’m including one from the Sunset Classic in 2014 here. Rich was an enthusiastic participant on the team, and was miss

Happy summer! We did not field a team for the President’s Cup 5K in May. We’re looking forward to the New Milford 5K and the Lager Run 5K in June. One team championship race for the men and one for the women. Did I mention that the Lager Run has beer? After that we have a break until August. I will ask you to start thinking ahead about whether you plan to do the fall races, in particular the Shades of Death Half Marathon.