COVID-19 Impacts to Local Races

Fellow PTC Members, Runners, and Volunteers, As you are all aware, due to the spread of COVID-19 there have been many postponed and cancelled events. Please monitor all event websites or Facebook pages for updates. Most registered runners will receive an email on the status of events, but volunteers may not. Locally, today’s Ft. Eustis …

Joe & Sue Moore Memorial Scholarship 5K Cancelled with “Virtual” race option

All, I regret to inform you that the Joe & Sue Moore Memorial Scholarship Race must be cancelled. Please see the attached from Danielle (Moore) Hundley regarding the planned “Virtual” race. As she states, this race directly benefits current high school seniors who may be eligible to apply for a PTC Scholarship. Your understanding is …

The Entire Sports World Has Turned Upside Down

From my Gazette article about the Swamp Run, a summary of all going on with area road races:  By Rick Platt             In the final weekend before the entire sports world was turned upside down, the 19th annual Jamestown High School Swamp Run 5K had two exciting and competitive three-way battles for the top overall awards in …

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New for Hampton Roads Runners!!

Some of you may be familiar with James Moreland’s “Regional Runners Rankings” for Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. We now have our own seasonal rankings for residents in Hampton Roads! Link to HRRR

PTC Constitution

At the PTC General Membership Meeting on 18 February 2020, we reviewed the revised PTC Constitution and, having a quorum, the membership present voted unanimously to adopt the attached document. Thank you to all those who reviewed and discussed it. PTC CONSTITUTION (18 FEB 2020)

New PTC Aluminum Recycling Plan

Fellow PTC Members, Over the last few years the return on recycling aluminum cans has greatly decreased and the work & space to collect & store them before having enough to make it worthwhile to bring them to a recycling center has become overwhelming. We appreciate Gary Porter‘s efforts, but it is time to relieve …

Changes to the PTC Board of Directors

I would like to thank George Nelsen for his service as PTC President from July 2017-Dec 2019. At the December 17th PTC General Membership Meeting, members voted on several new board positions. I was privileged to be elected the new PTC President. Christine Schaffner was elected 1st Vice President, vacating her position as Board Secretary. …

Attention Chick-Fil-A 5K/10K Door Prize Winners

Maria just realized she printed the 2019 Chick-Fil-A 5K/10K certificates instead of the 2020 entries. If you were the recipient of the raffle prize at the Annual Awards Banquet, please contact her by email (ptcsocialcoordinators@gmail.com) or text (757-897-7083) and she will provide the correct code. Sorry for any inconvenience!

The Mission 10 Miler & Relay

The Frederick Rescue Mission is hosting The Mission 10 Miler & Relay which will take place on March 29, 2020, at 9 AM in Frederick, Maryland. The options include a 10-miler, 2-person relay, or 1-mile run. All members of running clubs receive a $5 discount if they use the code RUNCLUB. All race proceeds benefit the …