Growing the Trail Running Community One Race at a Time By: Bill Hoffman and Tim Ela

By: Bill Hoffman and Tim Ela Take a step off the roads and onto the trails for some trail races this coming yearFor full article, click here
and Josh Merlis of ARE https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2025/winter-2025/growing-trail-running-community-one-race-time-bill-hoffman-and-tim-ela

Growing the Trail Running Community One Race at a Time By: Bill Hoffman, Naomi Hoffman and Tim Ela

By: Bill Hoffman, Naomi Hoffman and Tim Ela Take a step off the roads and onto the trails for some trail races this coming yearFor full article, click here
and Josh Merlis of ARE https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2025/january/growing-trail-running-community-one-race-time-bill-hoffman-and-tim-ela

A Potential New Guinness Book of World Records recorded by Lisa Chase

by Sara O’GradyRead on to learn about a HMRRC Club Member – Lisa Chase chases a new Guinness Book of World Records for a mile time while pushing a double stroller. For full article, click here
Lisa would like to thank Dick Vincent and Josh Merlis https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2024/july/potential-new-guinness-book-world-records-recorded-lisa-chase

2024 Electric City 10K

by Josh MerlisThe Electric City 10K had over 1100 people in 2024 becoming the largest spring road race. Read on to learn about this event and the production details that came along with it. For full article, click here
by Josh Merlis https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2024/april/2024-electric-city-10k

HMRRC 2024 Running Schedule & Your Fav Races of 2023 and 2024 Goals

The HMRRC Race Schedule for 2024 is out and now is the time for you to plan your 2024 race calendar. In addition, a list of member favorites for 2023 were added. If you would like to add your favorite 2023 races to the article, use the link at the bottom …
Picture by Paul Knapick Josh Merlis My favorite race of 2023 https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2023/december/hmrrc-2024-running-schedule-your-fav-races-2023-and-2024-goals

Squirrely Six and the Hairy Gorilla Half-October 29, 2023

by Chris Bishop, Danielle Eckler, Tom Dansereau, Aaron Major and Bill HoffmanEven though this year's weather was brutal, the Hairy Gorilla participants loved every muddy minute. The array of costumes was spectacular with people actually running in them. S…
Josh Merlis Ed and Jen as Amer…nd Taylor Swift Race Creator and Director Josh Merlis gave a special shoutout to Ed and Jen Hampst https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2023/november/squirrely-six-and-hairy-gorilla-half-october-29-2023

September’s Articles: In Case you Missed Them

September's issue included a lot of exciting race descriptions. The Tawasentha 5K race series newly hosted by Kari and John Deer at times looked like an Army recruiting film, with runners holding onto a rope going through a waist-high rain filled stream. …
awasentha XC 5K Summer Series Replacing Josh Merlis and John Kinnicut https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2023/october/septembers-articles-case-you-missed-them

Marie-Ange Brumelot: Athlete of the Month

The female winner of the Run4 the River Half Marathon, 30 year old Marie-Ange is an elite runner who hails from France and with her husband, runs a coaching business: Coach Medina NYC. She started running 10 years ago and you will enjoy her reason why. In…
Josh Merlis in back https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2023/october/marie-ange-brumelot-athlete-month

Run4 the River Half Marathon 2023 – a Race to Remember

by Chris BishopThe Run4 the River Half Marathon was a good race to practice for the upcoming HMRRC MHR Half Marathon on October 8. The results of the Run4 the River Half were spectacular with a duel between Stephen Paddock and Ricardo Estremara for first …
was highlighted by the wonderful emceeing of Josh Merlis. He was informative https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2023/september/run4-river-half-marathon-2023-race-remember

John and Kari Deer: New Directors of HMRRC Tawasentha XC 5K Summer Series

Replacing Josh Merlis and John Kinnicut, who did a splendid job directing the HMRRC Tawasentha XC 5K Summer Series for years, John and Kari Deer volunteered to take over the directorship. They kindly answered questions about why they did this, how they go…
https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2023/september/john-and-kari-deer-new-directors-hmrrc-tawasentha-xc-5k-summer-series

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