Get 2025 off to a great start! Join the PTC for the New Year’s Day 5K at Newport News Park. The race starts at 10:30 a.m. Registration price increases on December 14. Register now to get the best rate and while T-shirt supplies last for the race. Click on the PTC Race Schedule or under Upcoming Events to get the registration link.
Guest Speaker: Sabrina Little
The next PTC General Membership Meeting will be held on Tuesday evening, October 15 at the Nelson’s Grant Clubhouse, 100 Laydon Way in Yorktown starting at 7 p.m. The speaker will be Sabrina Little, a top American Ultra Distance runner who, in 2013, ranked 6th in the world for a 24-hour run, having held both the 24-hour American Record (152.03 miles) and the 200K American Record (19:30:00). Sabrina Little has participated in 24 Hour Run for Cancer in the past and recently was first female at the Sarfan Center 5K this past May.
Sabrina Little is an Assistant Professor at Christopher Newport University and recently completed her first book, The Examined Run: Why Good People Make Better Runners available on Amazon.com.
Please come out and have a listen, especially those of that enjoy the ultra-distances, and enjoy the comradery (camaraderie – choose your spelling) with fellow runners (and food)!
**Monday, February 26 – 4:00 p.m. Hills in Yorktown. Please meet downstairs in front of the restrooms.
Wednesday, February 28
4:00 p.m. – Onion Run (about 4.2 miles) – We’ll still meet downstairs in front of the restrooms, even though upper-level parking is open.
**6:00 p.m. – Intervals with Coach Steve Kast at Tabb High School.
Sunday, March 3 – 8:00 a.m. – Newport News Park Bikeway. Pick your distance. Runners and walkers welcome.
PTC Race Schedule – Peninsula Track Club
Saturday, March 9 – Ft. Eustis 10K Run (8:30 a.m.) & Ruck (8:15 a.m.), Ft. Eustis
Upcoming non-PTC events in February
Saturday, February 17 – ** 45th Colonial Half Marathon (9 a.m.) & 5K (8:30 a..m.), Williamsburg. Half Marathon is a Hampton Roads Super grand Prix Event!!
Saturday, February 17 – 5K Run for the Music, 9 a.m., Chesapeake
Saturday, February 24 – Striders Distance Series – 20 Miler & 12 Miler, 8:30 a.m., Chesapeake
Saturday, March 2 – Maritime 5K, 8 a.m., Newport News
Sunday, March 3 – One City Marathon & Half Marathon, 7 a.m., Newport News
Saturday, March 9 – Jamestown Swamp XC 5K Run, 9 a.m., Williamsburg
Bucket List race in the Old Dominion
Saturday, March 23 – 44th Annual TriCities Road Runners White Bank Classic 5 Miler, 9 a.m., Colonial Heights, Va.
