SPRING 2009
IN S ID E T R A C K
Quarterly Newsletter for the Members of the Road Runners Club of America
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Club Running Magazine Leading a Group Run New RRCA Store Launched Microfinance Program for Clubs Survey Responses Overview
RRCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Brent Ayer President David Cotter Vice President Dennis Novak Treasurer Lisa Paige Secretary, At-Large Director Mark Grandonico Eastern Region Director Mitchell Garner Central Region Director Ken Bendy Southern Region Director David Epstein Western Region Director Bob Holmes At-Large Director
CLUB RUNNING MAGAZINE The RRCA has partnered with the Running Network LLC to launch the new publication, Club Running. This complimentary publication for the household members of the RRCA is made possible by the generous support from the Running Network advertisers. Household members of RRCA running clubs and training programs will receive three FREE issues of Club Running in 2009. Club Running is designed to embrace and celebrate everyone in our membership and to shine a national spotlight on the rich diversity of running around the United States. Your contributions of photographs, running club and event spotlights, training articles, outstanding volunteer spotlights, and more will help ensure that Club Running is a success. Each issue of the magazine will outline how to submit content for future issues of Club Running. To ensure that your members receive their free subscription of Club Running magazine, you must submit an updated copy of your club roster to membership@rrca.org. The roster template is found on the RRCA website at www.rrca.org/join/join/. To place event or product advertisements in Club Running, contact Larry Eder at larry.eder@gmail.com.
“JOIN A CLUB” CAMPAIGN The “Join a Club” campaign, funded through the generous McLeod-Tyler gift, is a two-year promotional initiative the RRCA will pursue in an effort to increase awareness about running clubs and to encourage runners and walkers to join their local RRCA-affiliated running clubs. The campaign will include promotions in print and online publications, and is designed to spread the word about RRCA programs and the benefits of joining a running club. “We believe the RRCA plays an important role in promoting membership in local running clubs as a service to our members,” explained Jean Knaack. “The McLeod-Tyler investment in the ‘Join a Club’ campaign is a visionary investment in this role.” The Running Network, Women’s Running Magazine, Running Times, and GenA Media & Marketing, publishers of MetroSports and Competitor, have joined us in our “Join a Club” campaign by including our advertisements in their publications as a service to running clubs around the country. The RRCA has also created a “Find a Club” and “Find a Coach” widget that anyone can download from our website on the Resources page and post on their website to help with the “Join a Club” campaign.