Greetings, runners! I’m Adam Engst, and I have the honor of serving as the president of FLRC this year. Many of you probably know me from my work directing track meets, timing races, captaining the High Noon cross country team, and organizing MITHACAL MILERS workouts and pancake breakfast runs. In these hopefully regular Footnotes, I’m… Read more »
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The FLRC Book Lending Library
The next best thing to running is reading about running, right? The FLRC Lending Library is a collection of books covering our sport, from the mile to ultramarathons and everything in between. Genres include everything from training guides to memoirs and biographies, fiction, philosophy, and many more. Best of all, our library is open to… Read more »
High Noon and FLRC Close Out a Successful 2019 PGXC Cross-Country Season
Sunday’s race at Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua was the fifth and final race in the 2019 Pete Glavin Upstate New York Cross Country Series. Although High Noon missed winning the Masters race by a single point, and thus the season, we still had a highly successful meet. Individual Results | Team Results |… Read more »
FLRC Family Running Program For Kids and Tots
As part of the FLRC Family Running Program, our Kids & Tots running group will continue through the winter all the way through our final Indoor Track Meet on March 29. Led by Nichole Cappadora, this running group is for children age seven and under. It’s a great way to introduce kids to the sport… Read more »
High Noon Wins Open and Masters in PGXC #4 at Taughannock
For the first time in many years, the High Noon men’s Open team captured the overall team title in Sunday’s fourth Pete Glavin Upstate New York Cross Country race at our home course at Taughannock Falls State Park. Not to be outdone, the High Noon Masters team also held off a strong GVH team to… Read more »
Results and Photos From Pete Glavin X-C Race #3
Results and photos are in from the Pete Glavin Cross Country Series Race #3 The 6k race was held Sunday in Akron Falls, New York (just east of Buffalo). Apart from a second place from the High Noon Open team, our teams suffered from a number of our best runners sitting this one out due… Read more »
FLRC and High Noon Teams Notch 2nd Place at PGXC Race
Sunday’s Pete Glavin Cross Country Series race once again featured lovely—if hot—fall weather, and while our FLRC and High Noon teams weren’t able to win any of the races, we did manage three second-place team finishes and two individual second-place finishes. Results are available here, but in new formats that make parsing them difficult. This… Read more »
Introducing the Skunk Cabbage Virtual 13.1
Missed running the Skunk Cabbage Classic this year but want to earn a sweet medal (the skunk moves!)? Looking for extra motivation to get through a long run this spring? Want to support the Finger Lakes Runners Club? Introducing the Skunk Cabbage Classic Virtual 13.1! Run 13.1 miles anytime between now and June 30 and earn… Read more »
Looking for a Workout? Check out FLRC’s Family Running Program!
We’re pleased to announce the start of the FLRC Family Running Program, designed to provide adults and children with structured, age-appropriate workouts. Unlike many youth running programs, adults and children run at the same time, allowing parents to get in an interval workout while their kids learn more about running and enjoy some exercise. Currently,… Read more »
FLRC members may now run on the Ithaca High School track
FLRC is pleased to announce that club members may now run on the Ithaca High School track in the mornings before school starts. IHS custodians are unlocking the track starting at 5 AM and the track will remain available through 7 AM. Thanks to ICSD for working with us to reopen the track for running!… Read more »