2017 Grand Prix Guidelines for Race Directors
On behalf of the Ashtabula Distance Runners Club Board of Directors we would like to inform you of our guidelines for the 2017 race schedule.

Please include Ashtabula Distance Runners Club as secondary insured on the insurance policy that protects your race. If your race is not insured we can help with a one-event policy sponsored through USA Track and Field (USATF).  We will be glad to discuss this with you in greater detail as needed.  The intent is to protect our club and your race from any potential litigation.  If you choose to use the USATF insurance option the cost per race is $100 for less than 100 participants, $125 for 100-199 participants, $150 for 200-299 participants, and $175 for 300-399 participants. If you select USATF insurance please provide payment to ADR by December 31^st and we will handle the rest.  Make checks to Ashtabula Distance Runners Club.  We will provide USATF logo graphic that must be included on your race entry form.

• There is a $35 fee to include your race on the ADR Grand Prix Schedule. Please provide payment by January 7, 2017 to Ashtabula Distance Runners Club, PO Box 43, Ashtabula. Please submit your race entry forms promptly to Dan Loose at mattdankim@roadrunner.com. Race entry forms will be posted on ADR site upon receipt.
• Please utilize uniform age group divisions for all races with first, second and third places for all divisions starting at 14 and under, then 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, and 70 and over. We also would like a first place male and female champion which would then not receive an age group award. (most of you already do this).
• Race results shall be submitted on a first to last place basis with name, age, gender, and finish time to Dan Loose mattdankim@roadrunner.com and Warren Dillaway Dillaway@windstream.net before the end of race day in order to publish results in the newspaper and on our website.
• In exchange we will continue to advertise your races online, on Facebook, other social media outlets, and within the running community.

Please respond by email to (dillaway@windstream.net) as quickly as possible so we know this letter was received and your intention regarding involvement in the Ashtabula Distance Runners Club Grand Prix.

Sincerely,

ADR Committee (Warren Dillaway, John Hutchison, Dan Loose, Mary Beckwith, Terry Putt, Dawn Cragon, Luke Stecki, Stephanie Corlew)

The 2017 ADR Race Schedule is now published on this site.  Click on Race Schedule Tab to view.

Please complete a 2018 ADR Membership Application to ensure the club has an accurate record of your membership.

Payment by debit or credit card or PayPal is available at the bottom of the page or can be made by sending a check to the address below. Individual memberships are $20 annually and family memberships are $25 annually.

Once finished, completed membership forms MUST be emailed to ashtabuladistancerunners@gmail.com or mailed to:

ADR

P.O. Box 43

Ashtabula, Ohio 44004

2018 ADR Membership Application: 2018-adr-application

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Click here to download 2018 ADR Application (Word Format)

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Click here for 2018 ADR Membership Application (Google doc)

SAVE THE DATE: The Ashtabula Distance Runners Club Banquet is January 14 at 6 p.m. at Martinis Restaurant and Lounge, 4338 Lake Rd W, Ashtabula, OH 44004. The cost is free for those who qualified with by running six or more races. Guests are welcome for $20 per person. Further details and evites are forthcoming. It will be a fun night!

You don’t quit playing because you get old, you get old because you quit playing.

The Ashtabula Distance Runners Club would like to invite you all to a dedication ceremony on May 14, 2016, for the Bill Bodnar Memorial. We will be dedicating a bench to be anchored at Point Park in the Ashtabula Harbor. The event will begin at 11 a.m. 

Following an unveiling and several speakers, everyone is welcome to join us for a short run down to Bridge Street and back in Bill’s memory.

ADR brought back the medal designer from last year’s medal. We are happy to announce and reveal the 2015 Bridge2Bridge medal design!

The Ashtabula Distance Runner’s Club is growing fast! Next year will be a big step for the club as we transition our financial structure from receiving account support from the YMCA to a stand alone non-profit organization. During that transition there are some positions on the ADR board that may remain the same from 2014 to 2015, to insure we start off our first independent year on good footing, however if you have interest in serving on a committee or  serving as one of the four at-large voting members on the board, please review the outline of time commitments below and submit your name and level of interest.

ADR board members meet once a month for the majority of the year. In late July we begin meeting more frequently in order to plan and prepare for the Bridge2Bridge race. Meetings occur twice a month until October and then we meet once a week until the race. Meetings typically take place on Wednesdays at 7 or 7:15pm at various locations in Ashtabula.

In addition to the Bridge2Bridge Half marathon and 5K in October, ADR sponsors and manages four races a year as “club races”:

Shamrock 2 miler – March

Greenway 2 mile and 10K – June

Indian Trails Adventure Run – July

Jingle Bell 3 miler – December

Board members are expected to assist in planning and managing aspects of these races, that DOES NOT mean you can not run them.

Feel free to nominate yourself or someone else you think would be an asset to the ADR board.

2015 BOARD NOMINATION FORM

Thanks

Stacy Stevenson

ADR Secretary

Hello all! Banquet time is upon us and we’d like to recognize individuals at the banquet outside of the grand prix standings this year. Please view the form and submit your nominations. Share this with other members you might know 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

2014 NOMINATION FORM

Thanks

Stacy Stevenson

ADR Secretary

The 5K course will start and end at the same place that the half marathon does.  Both races start in front of the Topky Library and head West on Walnut Blvd.   At approximately 1/2 mile the half marathon runners will turn left on Union  followed by a left on West 7th St.

The 5K runners will continue on Walnut crossing Lake Road to Norwood Avenue to a turn around at the 1000 block.    They will continue back across Lake Road to Walnut then turn right on Walnut followed by a left on 7th.   Click on the map below to view the full 5K course.

The moment you’ve all been waiting for!

This medal was designed for us by an Ashtabula High School, 1996, graduate – full disclosure – he’s my brother. Thanks to Nick Puzo for the art and we hope you all enjoy the finished product.

This medal will be 3 inches in size and come with a custom neck ribbon displaying the race name and year. The medal base is silver with an antique finish and you can see the color portions below in the art proof! Don’t miss out on some great race bling! Register today!