Greetings ADR Members. There are five board members whose terms on the ADR Board are expiring.

They are: Warren Dillaway, John Hutchison, Dan Loose, Bonnie Sikora, and Jim Timonere.

The ADR Board Nominating Committee is recommending these individuals as the nominated slate for the membership to consider during a vote for the 2020 Election of Officers at the banquet meeting at Martinis Restaurant and Lounge starting around 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11. These new terms are for two years.

However, if you are interested in serving on the ADR Board for one of these five positions, nominations from the floor will be accepted prior to a vote. Please let it be known at the time when nominations are open to the floor. When nominations are closed, a vote will be held to select five board members.

Also, if you are interested in serving on the ADR Board at some point down the road, please let me or another Board member know, so that you can become involved for consideration to be involved in committees and/or in the event of vacancies on the Board.

The other current ADR Board members who terms have one (1) year remaining on their terms are: Walter Anderson, Dawn Cragon, Marty Raffensberger, and Debi Zander.

The Ashtabula Distance Runners Club would like to recognize individuals at the Jan. 11, 2020, annual awards banquet outside of the Grand Prix standings. The deadline to submit nominations is Wednesday, Dec. 11.

Awards are: Most Improved Male, Most Improved Female, Most Inspiring Male, Most Inspiring Female, Rookie of the Year Male, Rookie of the Year Female.

Please complete the form to submit your nominations. Share this webpage with other members you might know who are not on Facebook or work with them to fill it out if they are not web users. Let us know if you have any questions at ashtabuladistancerunners@gmail.com

Packet pickup for the 2019 Bridge 2 Bridge Half Marathon and 5K is 2 to 5 pm Saturday Oct. 26 on the THIRD floor at Briquettes in Ashtabula. You may also register in person for either race at this event. Hope to see you there!

Online Race Registration: https://register.chronotrack.com/r/51726

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

For the second consecutive year, ADR received a $1,000 grant from Ashtabula County Medical Center (ACMC) to help offset some of the costs to continue this community program. We are grateful for this support from ACMC and we look forward to continuing the partnership with Lake Area Recovery Center and Turning Point in Ashtabula Township.

Run for Your Life is a Couch to 5K program involving participants staying at Turning Point and consists of men and women group runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:45 pm and Sundays at 6 pm at the facility. The fall season of Run for Your Life begins Tuesday, September 3.

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 are able to run for about 30 minutes.

The ultimate goal for this session of the Run for Your Life program starting in September is for participants to complete the Bridge to Bridge 5K on Sunday Oct. 27 at no charge to the participants.

If that goal is met, the participants also will receive complimentary ADR memberships for the remainder of 2019 and for all of 2020 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 men leaders and women run with women 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 a your opportunity. If you are interested, and we hope you are, please contact any ADR Board member. We could use your help to continue to build this program!

The first year of the Run for Your Life program was an initial success and blossomed into four different sessions – two in the fall and two in the spring. In total, 28 participants completed the program by finishing an ADR Club race.

During our first year of the program, 11 participants ran the Bridge to Bridge 5K in October, five (5) ran the Jingle Bell 5K in December, eight (8) ran the Shamrock Kickoff 2-Mile in March, and four (4) ran the Run for Kids 5K in April.

Several Run for Your Life alumni have been able to give back to the program and began helping to lead informal group runs this summer at Turning Point and at the Agape Club in Ashtabula. Run for Your Life alumni are also volunteering for the upcoming Run For Your Life program beginning September 3.

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. It has been an amazing life-changing year and we look forward to continued success.

The Ashtabula Distance Runners Club (ADR) is proud to announce prize money will be awarded again this year to the Top 3 overall men and women finishers in the 2019 Bridge 2 Bridge Half Marathon!

First place: $150
Second place: $100
Third place: $50

The event will be held on Sunday Oct. 27  at 8:30 a.m.

Online registration is available at: https://register.chronotrack.com/r/38162

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

Finish: Bridge Street in Ashtabula Harbor next to Briquettes Smokehouse, 405 Morton Dr, Ashtabula, OH 44004

Race Day Registration: 7:00 am to 8:15 am at
Harbor-Topky Library, Ashtabula, Ohio

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

Awards: Half Marathon 1st, 2nd, and 3rd overall
male & female receive $150, $100, and $50
respectively. Finishers medals and age group
awards for Half Marathon. 5K Race overall &
age groups awards.

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

Records are:

Male: 1:14:50 by Kyle Griffith in 2014

Female: 1:30:02 by Kim Tanner in 2018

Shirts: Long Sleeve Tech Shirts

Chip Timing & Scoring: Stasny Road Racing

If you would like to order some ADR gear, please act fast. Orders will be taken through Saturday July 6. Orders will be delivered in about a week to 10 days.

ANNOUNCING 2019 B2B REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!

Join us in Ashtabula, Ohio, to run the 2019 Bridge to Bridge Half Marathon and 5K on Sunday Oct. 27! Registration is just $45 thru July 31, $50 thru Oct. 26, and $55 on race day for the half marathon and $25 thru race day for the 5K.

The half marathon course begins at Harbor-Topky Memorial Library and will take you over the beautiful Gulf-Smolen Covered Bridge, which is the longest in the U.S. The race finishes at Briquettes Smokehouse, just after crossing the Ashtabula Lift Bridge in the historic Ashtabula Harbor Area. It’s also next door to the amazing Harbor Perk Coffeehouse, so you can drink post-race coffee afterward or have some delicious food, soft drinks, and adult beverages.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: This year, there are 8 ADR Club races. If you are a 2019 Club Member and finish at least 6 out of the 8 ADR Club races, you qualify for the 2019 ADR CLUB SERIES and will receive a premium at the end of the year. Last year, ADR gave out full zip hoodies! Plus, as an ADR Member in 2019, you are entitled to discounts at these ADR Club races.

UPDATE: Due to the closing of SPIRE on Jan. 30, we are adding Wednesday, March 6 to the workout dates .

The first date was Jan. 9 and second date was Jan. 16. The remaining four workout dates are scheduled for 7 pm on Feb. 6, Feb. 13 and Feb. 27 and March 6.

A reminder, ADR paid members in 2019 are eligible to attend for FREE this year as part of your annual ADR membership.

Sign up for 2019 ADR membership to earn this perk and so you don’t miss out on this awesome opportunity!