ADR 2021 members and guests: Please join us for the annual awards banquet and membership meeting at 6 pm Saturday March 19, 2022, at the RomeRock Association Clubhouse, 13 Roaming Rock Blvd., Roaming Shores, OH 44085.

Here is a link to the venue: https://www.roamingshores.org/RRA1/association-information/clubhouse/

The cost is only $5 for 2021 ADR Members and $10 for guests.

Here is the link to sign up for tickets: https://runsignup.com/TicketEvent/ADRAwardsBanquet

We will conduct our annual membership business meeting, along with 2021 ADR Grand Prix and special awards from the 2021 season.

A catered dinner will be supplied by Meola Catering with water, coffee, and punch provided. BYOB if you care to have something else.

DJ Jeremy James will again provide entertainment! Bring your dancing shoes!!

A couple of notes: The change in venue was needed this year as Martini’s, where the banquet was held for the past few years, was not accepting large groups due to the pandemic.

The ADR Board also decided to conduct the banquet in person and later this year rather than in January due the recent spike in COVID-19. With this mind, this date was chosen based on available dates from the venue and service providers.

ADR 2021 members and guests: Please join us for the annual awards banquet and membership meeting at 6 pm Saturday March 19, 2022, at the RomeRock Association Clubhouse, located at 13 Roaming Rock Boulevard in Roaming Shores.

Here is a link to the venue: https://www.roamingshores.org/RRA1/association-information/clubhouse/

RSVP information and payment details will be available soon.

We will conduct our annual membership business meeting, along with 2021 ADR Grand Prix and special awards from the 2021 season.

A catered dinner will be supplied by Meola Catering with water, coffee, and punch provided. BYOB if you care to have something else.

DJ Jeremy James will again provide entertainment! Bring your dancing shoes!!

A couple of notes: The change in venue was needed this year as Martini’s, where the banquet was held for the past few years, was not accepting large groups due to the pandemic.

The ADR Board also decided to conduct the banquet in person and later this year rather than in January due the recent spike in COVID-19. With this mind, this date was chosen based on available dates from the venue and service providers.

These ADR Club Members have completed the following number of races that are part of the 2021 ADR Club Series prior to the Jingle Bell race. If, and when, you complete, the Jingle Bell 3 Mile on Saturday Dec. 4, it will be added this total.

This year, there are a total of seven (7) races that will count toward eligibility for the 2021 ADR Club Series. 2021 ADR Members who complete at least four (4) of these races listed below will be eligible for an award. Last year, it was a quarter-zip pullover and other years it has been a hooded sweatshirt or a zipped hooded sweatshirt. Note: The ADR Board is still determining what the award will be for this year based on prices and availability.

1. Shamrock 2 Mile

2. Memorial Day Lift Bridge 5K

3. Greenway Trail 10K/2 Mile

4. Indian Trails Adventure Race

5. Bridge 2 Bridge 5K

6. Bridge 2 Bridge Half Marathon

7. Jingle Bell 3 Mile (to be completed on Dec. 4)

Chart notes:

•0’s not included in this list

•4 or more currently qualify

•3s on the bubble need Jingle Bell race to qualify (21)

•28 total qualify currently

Female(14 and under)
Iris Gifford	2
Lily Perry	2
Amelia Kelner	1
Alex Shevchik	1
Kate Mulzet	4
Grace Dubsky	1
Sara Ducro	1
Female (15 – 19)
Katarina Darby	2
Hannah Anderson	1
Female (25 – 29)
Ellen Darby	6
Female (30 – 34)
Courtney Sheehy	1
Kayleigh Nearhoof	4
Female (35 – 39)
Katie Schwartz	4
Heather Harmon	2
Kourtney Kelner	4
Amanda Somppi	2
Jessica Kaydo	1
Bonnie Sikora	4
Heather Angel	2
Michelle Wood	1
Female (40 – 44)
Donna DeGeroge	3
Amy Kleps	6
Thyessa Hale	3
Caron Fenton	3
Jamie Kennedy	3
Dawn Raffensberger	4
Tonya Tiscenko	1
Juliene Smith	1
Female (45 – 49)
Dawn Cragon	4
Christy Tobias	3
Kristin Marchewka	1
Jennifer Pizzoferrato	6
Jacklyn Krysa	4
Julie Swiger	2
Christine Young	1
Female (50 – 54)
Tracy David	5
Lori Webster	3
Michelle Goff	5
Shawn Metzler	3
Chrisy Carraher	1
Deborah Belch	2
Female (55-59)
Lisa Haytcher	5
Desiree Dell	5
Female (60-64)
Julie Sheehy	1
Vivian Plats	3
Kathleen Pierce	5
Lori Jean Shinkle	3
Nancy Gill	2
Female (65-69)
Janie Gildersleeve	1
Pat Douglass	3
Female (70 and over)
Joyce Prohaska	1
Male (14 and under)
Connor Schwartz	1
Carter Schwartz	2
Cullen Sikora	3
Cody Fuentes	2
Christian Jones	1
Cooper  Dubsky	1
Male (15 – 19)
Ian Fuentes	1
JR Hutchison	1
Male (20 – 24)
Allen Darby	1
Male (25 – 29)
Davey Roosa	5
Alexander Griswold	3
David Nearhoof	1
Male (30 – 34)
Andy Misiak	3
Male (35 – 39)
James Hale	1
Tim Kennedy	3
Jonathon Richardson	5
Male (40 – 44)
Emanuel Schwartz	2
Larry Faulkerson	5
Gabe Pytel	3
Marty Raffensberger	5
Justin Mayberry	3
Bryce Heinbaugh	2
Male (45 – 49)
JP Ducro	4
Casey Webster	1
Walter Anderson	2
Byron Perry	2
Rob Kleps	6
Mick Phares	3
Mike Shevchik	4
Ben Dubsky	1
Male (50 – 54)
Bill Bernard	6
David Roosa	4
Richard Hutchinson	3
John Hutchison	4
Male (55 – 59)
Daniel Loose	6
Frank Brown	1
Male (60 – 64)
Doug Kennedy	3
George Balch	2
Bruce Haytcher	3
Bill Shears	1
Warren Dillaway	1
Male (65 – 69)
Karl Schwartz	1
Male (70 and over)
Jack Sargent	3
Dean McQuaide	5
Don Gill	1

Questions? Please send an email to ashtabuladistancerunners@gmail.com

This year, there are a total of seven (7) races that will count toward eligibility for the 2021 ADR Club Series. 2021 ADR Members who complete at least four (4) of these races listed below will be eligible for an award. Last year, it was a quarter-zip pullover and other years it has been a hooded sweatshirt or a zipped hooded sweatshirt. Note: The ADR Board is still determining what the award will be for this year based on prices and availability.

1. Shamrock 2 Mile

2. Memorial Day Lift Bridge 5K

3. Greenway Trail 10K/2 Mile

4. Indian Trails Adventure Race

5. Bridge 2 Bridge 5K

6. Bridge 2 Bridge Half Marathon

7. Jingle Bell 3 Mile (to be completed on Dec. 4)

We will try to get a list published of where members stand prior to the Jingle Bell race.

In the meantime, you may check the races you have completed so far at: https://ashtabuladistancerunners.org/2021-race-schedule/race-results/

The Ashtabula Distance Runners Board is pleased to announce the start of the third year of an ADR-sponsored community running program named “Run for Your Life” to use running to help men and women in recovery from chemical dependence.

The fall season of the 2021 Run for Your Life program begins Tuesday, September 7 at 6:30 pm.

Run for Your Life is a Couch to 5K program involving participants assisted through the Lake Area Recovery Center (LARC) and staying at Turning Point and New Beginnings. The program consists of men and women group runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 pm and Sundays at 6 pm at the Donohue Center complex.

Each workout lasts for roughly 30 minutes, using a C25K app on mobile devices for guidance, with mostly walking in the beginning of the program and gradually replacing walking with some running during each workout until participants can run for about 30 minutes.

The goal for this session of the Run for Your Life program is for participants to complete the Bridge 2 Bridge 5K on Saturday Oct. 23 at no charge to the participants.

If that goal is met, the participants also will receive complimentary ADR memberships for the remainder of 2021 and for all of 2022 as a way to provide even more incentive to become part of a great and supportive group of people and to continue with an active and healthy lifestyle.

ADR is looking for volunteers to help lead the group runs. Can you help? During each session, the group runs are split into two groups during which time men run with at least two men volunteer leaders and women run with at least two women volunteer leaders. We complete laps that are almost a half mile each around the Donohue Center complex.

If you’ve been looking for a way for running to help you give back to others and make a difference, this is your opportunity. If you are interested, and we hope you are, please contact John Hutchison so we can get you on the schedule. We could use your help to continue to build this program!

The first two years of the Run for Your Life program have been a tremendous success with five different sessions completed and 45 participants finishing the program.

Run for Your Life alumni have been giving back to the program and help volunteer with the program.

Run for Your Life has also sparked an interest from others, not necessarily who were past program participants, but who are in recovery and have joined ADR as club members and have become a part of the running community and competing in races. It has been an amazing ADR program and we look forward to continued success.

Wanted to let folks know that the ADR Indian Trails course race on Saturday Aug. 7 will be about 2.8 miles and includes the water crossing!

So wear shoes you don’t mind getting wet and dirty!

– It will be held at 8:30 AM at the park next to the Smolen Gulf Covered Bridge in Plymouth Township.

– Sign ups will be on race day only from 7:30 am to 8:15 am. DON’T BE LATE.

– It is a free race for 2021 ADR members, $10 for non members. Cash or checks only payable to Ashtabula Distance Runners Club.

– No awards, no premium, no overall or age group places.

– All ADR members who finish will receive 8 Grand Prix points. The race also counts toward completing a race in the 2021 ADR Grand Prix Series.

Sign up for ADR membership for $20 ($25 for family membership) and your entry in the Indian Trails race is free. https://ashtabuladistancerunners.org/membership/

Join us in Ashtabula, Ohio, to run the 2021 Bridge 2 Bridge Half Marathon and 5K!

The Bridge 2 Bridge 5K will be on Saturday Oct. 23 and the Bridge 2 Bridge Half Marathon is on Sunday Oct. 24!

Race Start Time: (5K) 8:30 am Oct. 23, (Half Marathon) 8:30 am Oct. 24

Start: Harbor-Topky Memorial Library, 1633 Walnut Blvd., Ashtabula, Ohio 44004

Finish: Bridge Street in Ashtabula Harbor

Parking: Walnut Beach, West 1st, Street, Ashtabula, Ohio

The Half Marathon course will take you over the beautiful Gulf-Smolen Covered Bridge, which is the longest in the U.S., and the race finishes at Briquettes Smokehouse, just after crossing the Ashtabula Lift Bridge in the historic Ashtabula Harbor Area.

The 5K is flat and fast and (PR-attainable) finishes at Briquettes (before going over the Lift Bridge) with the last 1/4 mile all downhill.

Registration: Half Marathon is $45 through Aug. 31; $50 Sept. 1 thru Oct. 3; and $55 Oct. 4 thru Oct. 24. 5K is $20 through Oct. 3; and $25 Oct. 4 thru Oct. 23 for the 5K.

ADR Club members who register electronically automatically receive a $5 discount for the 5K, $10 for the half marathon or $15 for both events.

Race Day Registrations and Packet Pickups: 5K (10/23) 7 am to 8:15 am, Half (10/24) 7 am to 8:15 am, both at Harbor-Topky Library, Ashtabula, Ohio. Do not arrive at 8:15 am on either day and expect to register on the day of the event!

Awards: Finishers Medals for Half Marathon; plus Overall & Age Groups Awards for both races

Prize money will be awarded to the Top 3 overall men and women finishers in the 2021 Bridge to Bridge Half Marathon!

First place: $150

Second place: $100

Third place: $50

Plus, additional prize money will be awarded to the male and/or female winner, if either or both break the respective event records for the half marathon.

Male Record 1:14.50 by Kyle Griffith in 2014; Female Record 1:26:54 by Kailey Johnson in 2020

Registration available online at –> https://runsignup.com/Race/OH/Ashtabula/Bridge2BridgeHalfMarathon5K

Due to unsafe river conditions, muddy terrain, and additional thunderstorms forecasted this weekend, the Indian Trails race has been rescheduled to Aug. 7 at 8:30 AM and will NOT be held July 17.

All other details will remain the same as originally scheduled except for the change of date:

– It will be held Saturday Aug. 7, 2021, at 8:30 AM at the park next to the Smolen Gulf Covered Bridge in Plymouth Township.

– Sign ups will be on race day only from 7:30 am to 8:15 am. Don’t be late.

– It will be a free race for 2021 ADR members, $10 for non members. Cash or checks only payable to Ashtabula Distance Runners Club.

Sign up for ADR membership for $20 ($25 for family membership) and your entry in the Indian Trails race is free. https://ashtabuladistancerunners.org/membership/

– No awards, no premium, no overall or age group places.

– All ADR members who finish will receive 8 Grand Prix points. The race also counts toward completing a race in the 2021 ADR Grand Prix Series.

– Course will be 2-3 miles depending on the weather.

If you’re interested in volunteering for this race, please contact Warren Dillaway.

Remaining awards for the Memorial Day Lift Bridge 5K race are in the process of being mailed or hand delivered to the remaining participants who did not have a chance to receive them at several of the local races during June. We appreciate your patience.

Four (4) scholarships will be awarded in 2021 by the Ashtabula Distance Runners Club for the 2020-2021 School Year to graduating seniors from schools within Ashtabula County.

One scholarship will be awarded to an individual for each of the following sports:

Boys Cross Country $500, Girls Cross Country $500, Boys Track $500, Girls Track $500.

Please mail completed applications along with a letter of recommendation to: Ashtabula Distance Runners Club, P.O. Box 43, Ashtabula, Ohio 44005

Application Deadline: 6/1/2021

Click here to download the application.