Christmas Eve Community Run!

It looks like we'll have higher than normal temps on Christmas Eve day.

So how about this: let's see how many people we can get out for a "community run" on Wednesday! This will be a non-competitive, just-for-fun, watch-out-for-traffic, bring-a-friend, burn-some-calories-before-gorging event.

If you have EARC gear (hat, shirt, speedsuit), put it on and show some local pride.

Here's the plan:

• Meet at 8:30 AM on December 24 at Penn Eben Park (intersection of W. High/N. Julian)
• Walk, jog, run the Turkey Trot course (do more or less if you want)
• Bring furry companions, jogging strollers, whatever.

We hope to see you out on Wednesday. Happy trails and happy holidays!!!

Turkey Trot: We're Almost Full... And Bring Non-Perishables!

If you haven't signed up for the Turkey Trot yet, register online now because we are very close to our limit. Registration will probably close by this weekend, so don't delay!

Also, if you are not running but are available on Thanksgiving morning, we could really use your help volunteering. Please see this previous post about volunteer duties, and e-mail Kate Remillard if you can lend a hand.

Finally, for everyone participating in this event, PLEASE bring non-perishable food items and/or hygiene items to the race. We will be collecting them and handing everything to Saint Francis University's Dorothy Day Center. We started the food drive in the first year of the Trot, and it has grown alongside the race ever since.

So let's keep on helping the DDC, Turkey Trotters!

Please help us fill the DDC's truck again!

Turkey Trot: We Need Volunteers!

Shirts are boring. Run the TT this year and graduate to the knit cap!

 The 5th annual Ebensburg Turkey Trot is just around the corner!

The race is a wonderful community event that includes hundreds of walkers and runners. Proceeds from the race support the Dorothy Day Center at Saint Francis University, Dauntless Fire Company, and EARC events/outreach.

If you haven't signed up, make sure to register online soon. We're already close to hitting our limit, and we have some terrific "race swag" this year (see image above).

If you aren't planning to run, but you'll be in the area, we are in need of a few good volunteers. Past races have been largely successful due to our enthusiastic volunteer corps. Generally, we need volunteers to help with:

1. Packet pick-up on Wednesday evening November 26, 2014 from 4-7pm (Dauntless Firehall).
2. Packet pick-up (Dauntless Firehall)  and course set-up on Thursday morning November 27, 2014 from 7-10am.
3. Race course safety during the 5k. This requires standing on a street corner to point runners in the correct direction and slow/stop traffic. We provide you with an orange safety vest and specific instructions. The race begins at 9am and walkers/runners are typically through the course by 10am. If you live in town, we do our best to position you at a point along the course closest to your home.

If you are willing to volunteer, please e-mail Kate Remillard. Even better, if you have friends and family willing to help, please put them in touch with Kate too!

Happy trails!

The Turkey Trot course. It's got everything: uphills, downhills, and even a flat section or two.

Student Veterans of America 5k

Looks like October 11 is going to be a busy day out at Saint Francis!

In addition to the Solar System 5k that starts at noon, they have the Student Veterans of America 5k at 9:00 AM. So early risers and later risers have options. Or you can just do both...

Details for the Veterans 5k are below, or you can find the registration form here. Proceeds will benefit homeless veterans.

Solar System 5K

Will Neil deGrasse Tyson run this one?

The Solar System 5k will be hosted by the Science Outreach Center at Saint Francis University on Saturday, October 11 at noon.

More information can be found at the race's Facebook page, as well as the registration form. 

Here is a description of the course and its cosmic design:

The course will begin on the mall in front of the Science Outreach Center. Solar 5 unifies health and natural sciences into one event. We scaled down the Solar System to five kilometers, so it is much more manageable for us to reach the boundaries of the Sun’s domain (the Solar System). We will run or walk (or stroll) from the center of the Sun to the finish line near Pluto! As we run (walk), we will learn how the Sun generates energy in its core and how we use it on Earth. We will encounter planets and their moons, cross the Asteroid and Kuiper belts, meet asteroids and comets, and learn some tips from health specialists on how to stay healthy through-out our life’s journey.

LHTA passing on a great deal to EARC

Laurel Highlands Therapeutic Academy (LHTA) has been good to EARC over the past several years and remains the house name in massage therapy in the Mainline area.     LHTA is a licensed massage therapy school that has produced hundreds of certified massage therapists over its 10+ years.   LHTA's student therapists need hours to graduate and get certified so LHTA allows them to massage the greater Ebensburg public at very favorable rate.  

Well now LHTA is reducing its rate even more for EARC members.   If you are an EARC fan on Facebook, have run any of our races or just have the standard EARC gold shirt that you wear when you run then we have the deal for you.

For the next month LHTA is taking their already very reasonable Hot Stone massage rate and reducing it to the ridiculously cheap rate of $35 for an hour massage.  

Please reserve while supplies last.

Thanks LHTA for reaching out to the running club.   We do get sore.

Click on their page here: http://www.lhtacademy.com or call 471-6871

Hollidaysburg Haul 5K

Saturday, September 20, the 11th Annual Hollidaysburg Haul 5K, followed by a free kids "fun run."

The 5k kicks off at 9:00 AM from the Diamond in Downtown Hollidaysburg (300 Block of Allegheny Street).

Registration is online, or complete the form below.