I’m pleased to report that one of FLRC’s marquee events, the Hartshorne Memorial Masters Mile, was once again a success, despite us having to move up both the meet and post-race banquet by 90 minutes to accommodate weather-related changes. On Thursday before the Saturday race, we were told that the Cornell administration was considering closing the university early… Read more »
Author: Adam Engst
Youth running on the rise at FLRC’s January indoor track meet
This past Sunday marked FLRC’s first indoor meet of 2019, and it was a rousing success, with 198 runners and 436 entries across 5 events. We had so many kids—even a 2-year-old!—running the 60m that it was the most popular event of the day with 121 finishers across 18 heats, although the 400m wasn’t far… Read more »
August Track Meet: Cool, windy, rainy, and fast!
FLRC’s 2018 track season is in the books! On a dark and windy (and a little rainy) night, 117 runners from 1 to 71 heated up Lansing High School’s track. And no, we’re not making up any of that numerical nicety, although 1-year-old Willow Donovan did get a lift from her father for the middle… Read more »
July Track Meet: Blazing Times and Tons of Kid Heats
FLRC’s July track meet is in the books, once again showcasing some of the area’s fastest runners and introducing lots of youngsters to running, thanks to the Ithaca Youth Bureau, Lansing Lightning, Auburn Pulsars, and Team PREFO clubs. We had 133 finishers total, nearly 40 percent of whom were under age 10. The meet led… Read more »
FLRC’s June Track Meet Hosts Fast Times and Lots of Kids
FLRC’s first summer meet of 2018 at Lansing High School was a rousing success, with 142 runners participating, thanks to large groups from the Ithaca Youth Bureau and the new Lansing Lightning club. They brought a ton of young children, joining our usual clubs: the Auburn Pulsars, Southern Tier SOAR, and Team PREFO. That’s at… Read more »
Recap of FLRC’s massive March indoor track meet
FLRC’s final indoor track meet of 2018 went off without a hitch on Sunday, and full results are now available. The meet was one of our largest ever, thanks in part to being cosponsored by the Cornell Running Club as a National Intercollegiate Running Club Association (NIRCA) meet that drew teams from as far away… Read more »
Smooth Running and Fast Times in FLRC’s February Indoor Track Meet
FLRC’s February 2018 indoor track meet is in the books! On Sunday, 230 runners piled into Cornell’s Barton Hall to compete in the 2 mile, 800m, 200m, 1 mile, and 4x400m relay. We had runners as young as 5 and as old as 70 (sometimes in the same heat). Everything went swimmingly (runningly?) and good… Read more »
FLRC Annual Meeting Celebrates 50 Years of Running on March 18th
Join us for the 50th anniversary of the Finger Lakes Runners Club! On March 18th from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Joe’s Restaurant, we’ll be providing light appetizers and brief remarks about past, present, and future of the club. We’ll also have exhibits of memorabilia from the good old days of running in Ithaca…. Read more »
FLRC Group Runs Begin February 4th
Running with other FLRC members just got easier, thanks to several group runs being organized for 2018! With Shelly Marino as our volunteer Group Run director and a few FLRC members who’ve volunteered to lead these runs, we’ve been able to schedule a regular run for the first and third Sundays of every month, starting on… Read more »
Stellar performances at FLRC’s January indoor track meet on Sunday
FLRC’s first indoor track meet of 2018 is in the books, and there were some stunning performances! With 188 runners, attendance was down a bit from previous years, even though the previous day’s high school meet was canceled due to bad weather — the roads were still a bit treacherous and the SAS ATOMS team… Read more »