Happy New Year!If you subscribe to Eddie Wooten’s Running Shorts newsletter, then you’ve already read some of this. I am sharing it here because some of it deserves repeating. This is a 2022 reflection and a look forward to 2023 from a TCTC perspective.While 2022 produced many great running memories, the highlight was a continued rebound in race participants. Twin ...
Big things are brewing!Twin City Track Club continues to do awesome things. It’s been one year since we earned the designation of Runner Friendly Community for our hometown. Since, then we’ve continued to build upon our accomplishments and planning for even more. We have some fantastic running related events in early 2023. Stay tuned for more information and details.The Salem ...
Hurray for fall running!We had a sneak peak at fall weather a couple of weeks ago. Lower temps and lower humidity made for a few nice days of less sweaty running. It sure did feel good!While we live in an area where we can easily run 12 months out of the year, the weather changes we experience in the fall ...
Summertime is a busy time for Twin City Track Club! While many organizations tend to back off on activities during summer months, we are as busy as ever serving the running community. Kudos to all of you who are chipping in through organizing and volunteering to make it all happen!Our race calendar includes 6 races during the June through August ...
I’m so proud to be a part of Twin City Track Club!I can’t believe it’s already been one year since I stepped into the role of President for Twin City Track Club. It has been a great experience thanks in large part to the awesome support of the TCTC Board of Directors and many more club volunteers. Please read more ...
Greetings Running Buddies!I am so thankful for the all the running groups I’ve experienced through many years of running! And when the COVID pandemic first broke out a couple of years ago, these groups suddenly became my primary source of socialization. Running groups are the best! Speaking of running groups, what an awesome turnout we had for the group run with ...
Happy New Year!I’ve always enjoyed this period of time for reflecting upon the past 12 months and establishing goals for the coming year. I find this both rewarding and comforting. While this exercise can be implemented in many areas of life, it can certainly be applied to running accomplishments and goals. I enjoy reading the many end-of-year posts by my ...
Earlier this year, the members of Twin City Track Club voted to revise our bylaws to include a mission statement: To inspire and support all runners in our community. This mission statement was initially developed by your board in 2017 concurrent with the club’s 40th anniversary and is now a formal affirmation of what our club is all about. Pretty ...
“Change is the only constant in life.” Greek philosopher Heraclitus made this statement around 500 BC. It’s still true!Of course some change is welcome – who’s looking forward to a change to cooler fall weather for running workouts? Bring it on! We’re also looking forward to a return to traditional fall races that had to be modified or canceled last ...
We’re getting there! The “return to normal” continues to progress for TCTC and most other things in our lives. In person racing is back on the calendar. Activities are being scheduled. Group runs are growing in number. It feels good.As we’ve continuously adapted and learned over the past 16 months, we’ve been fortunate to have access to information from numerous ...