The Mill Cities Relay will be run on Sunday December 6, 2009. This is the Running Club Championship of the Merrimac Valley: a relay team race open to invited "mill cities" clubs only (including WCRC). For more information contact Derek Dorval (ddorval@northreading.mec.edu) or Laurie Gaudreau (lgaudreau@yorkhospital.com). The Mill Cities Relay is an “all hands on deck” event for the club. All WCRC club members are encouraged to participate. There is NO LIMIT to the number of WCRC relay teams. There is NO COST for WCRC members who participate (the club pays all race fees). EVERYONE has a good time! Check out the past results (http://www.millcities.com/mcr_points.htm), you’ll see that WCRC has been a “player” at Mill Cities for many years.

The five relay legs are 5.6, 4.75, 2.5, 9.5, and 4.75 miles. You can check out the course map at http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=65668 or at the Mill Cities website linked above. All of the legs are relatively fast. There are some minor ups and downs, but there are no “4000 footers” between Nashua and Lawrence. There are men’s, women’s, and mixed teams in 16+, 40+, 50+ and 60+ age divisions. The relay starts at 8:00 AM. The racing is wrapped up by noon, but there is a great multi-club post-race runners party at the Claddagh Pub at the finish line in Lawrence that makes it worth staying into the afternoon if you can.

If you would like to participate on a WCRC team at mill cities, send the following information to Derek and/or Laurie. DON’T BE SHY, VOLUNTEER TO RUN FOR THE CLUB. IF YOU SUBMIT YOUR NAME YOU WILL BE PUT ON A TEAM – NO ONE GETS LEFT OUT.

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Email address:
Telephone number:
Typical pace (or time) in a 5k or 10k:
Time-of-day/leg restrictions or desires:

Please try to be flexible in considering the relay legs. The best thing is to reserve the entire morning and say “I’ll run any leg on any team!”. Keep in mind that Derek and Laurie are going to be organizing 18 or 20 WCRC teams across 12 age/gender divisions. The more restrictive you are, the less sleep they’ll get!

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