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A Running Experience Club Wins RRCA National Club Championship
Named ‘Fastest Club in the Land’ by runDisney
ANAHIEM, California – On September 4th, A Running Experience Club (AREC) won the 2011 RRCA National Club Championship at the Disneyland Half Marathon and earned the distinction of the “Fastest Club in the Land.”
The RRCA teamed up with runDisney to make the 2011 Disneyland Half Marathon the RRCA National Club Championship Challenge. The challenge is scored by taking the average time of all the team’s participants and comparing it to the other clubs. For the Challenge, A Running Experience Club brought twenty club members to run in the Disneyland Half Marathon, and they posted an average finish time of 2:10:00.
“A Running Experience Club is happy to be designated as the ‘Fastest Club in the Land’ and the runners that represented our club are all excited to be included in this year’s challenge at the Disneyland Half,” said Nadine Echeverry, who is in charge of public relations and new membership for AREC and an RRCA Certified Coach.
A Running Experience Club, a nonprofit running club established in 1982 and based in Long Beach, CA, has grown its membership to 450 runners. The club’s mission is to provide a variety of safe, fun, and friendly environments for runners and walkers of all ages and abilities in order to support their personal objectives and promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.
“We are a very unique, close-knit group with runners at every level,” said Echeverry.
In 2012, the Disneyland Half Marathon will again host the RRCA National Club Championship on September 2, 2012. Registration will open in January.
RRCA member clubs are encouraged to join the free runDisney Running Club. Through this program, RRCA member running clubs can obtain specially priced entry fees for their members to run in runDisney events, and the club will be eligible for specially-priced amenities, park tickets, accommodations, and post-race party tickets. Clubs interested in competing in the 2012 RRCA National Club Championship will need to join the free runDisney Running Club in order to ensure proper scoring for the club championship event.
Learn more about A Running Club Experience at http://www.arec-lb.com/.
Founded in 1958, the RRCA (www.RRCA.org) is the national association dedicated to promoting the development and growth of running clubs and running events throughout the country and supporting the common interests of runners of all abilities during all stages in life.
Photo: Karen Hester (left) and Nadine Echeverry (right) with their finisher’s medals.
