“City Slickers – Can’t Stay With Me” (The Coach Bob Larsen Story) will be shown on Wednesday evening, March 9, from 7 til 9 PM @ Sun-Ray Cinemas @ 1028 Park Street in Jacksonville. Doors will open @ 6:30 PM. Admission to the movie is FREE, and will be followed by a Question & Answer session with Coach Larsen himself. Plan now to attend & bring your running friends!
The GATE River Run is the largest 15K race in the United States and will once again serve as the USA 15K Championship with America’s top Olympic athletes competing for $85,000 in prize money. Last year over 24,000 runners and walkers participated in one of our featured events including the 15K, The Florida Times-Union 5K for Charity, the Junior River Run, and the Brooks Rehabilitation Challenge Mile. To enter click HERE!
Club members can select the ‘JTCR Race Team’ when entering the Corporate Run being held Thursday, May 19 at 7:00 PM. Click HERE to sign up.
Proceeds benefit Duval County High School Cross Country and Track programs.
Look for the Club tent at the event at Metropolitan Park!
Celebrate National Running Day on Wednesday, June 1 with a 5k fun run! The entry fee is a $10 donation to Marathon High, a local nonprofit program that challenges at-risk teens to train for a 13.1 mile half-marathon in order to develop positive futures. All entrants will enjoy free beer, hot dogs and burgers after the run. Click HERE to signup!
JTC Running will match each entry fee donation to Marathon High.
In addition, each donor will have the option to join JTC Running, or extend their current membership for 12 months at the special price of $9.95 for an individual or $14.95 for a family. This discount on membership is only available in conjunction with this event.
Help us get pumped up for this year’s Summer Beach Run with a fun run and social at Title Sponsor Tijuana Flats Lakewood store at 6:00 PM, Monday, August 8. After the fun run enjoy a social with discounted beer!
Signup will be available for the five mile race at Jacksonville Beach August 20 provided by 1st Place Sports. Also available will be JTC Running gear including our new running shorts, shirts, caps, and visors!
Last year this kickoff event was a huge party. Come out this year and we will do it again!
** We will have 3 girls/women races and 3 boys/men races
** The course will be all on grass
** Each loop will be 500m approx — everyone in the JV races stays in for at least 3-4 laps (1500m–2000m) and everyone in the varsity race stays in for 5-6 laps (2500m — 3000m) – (with the exception of any runner who is just too far off the pace; we will pull him/her sooner)
** After that, we will have the option of eliminating the runners who are falling off the pack. That option could range from not eliminating anyone on the 4th lap (because they are all still together) to eliminating up to ten on the 6th lap (because they have fell too far back from the main pack).
The number we eliminate will depend on the number of the main pack and the number of stragglers who have fell off from the main pack.
** As the “race” unfolds the goal is to eliminate runners who fall off the main pack until we are left with a small group – anywhere from maybe 4-6 going into last lap.
** We will have a zone area at the finish line that the leaders must remain in that zone area until the last runner has crossed a mark which will be about 100m or so before finish line (goal posts at San Jose side of field) – as soon as the last runner has crossed that marker the leaders can begin the next lap.
***** However, we have the right to change and make up rules as we go along – because in an event like this we need to be somewhat flexible.
Schedule –
6:00 pm: Girls JV for newer runners/rookies (distance 3k, 6 laps x 500m)
6:20 pm: Boys JV for newer runners/rookies (distance 3k, 6 laps x 500m)
6:40 pm: Girls JV for older runners (distance 4k, 8 laps x 500m)
7:05 pm: Boys JV for older runners (distance 4k, 8 laps x 500m)
7:30 pm: Girls varsity (distance 5k, 10 laps x 500m)
8:00 pm: Boys varsity (distance 5k, 10 laps x 500m)
** the times after the first race are approximate; we will go on a rolling schedule after the Boys Varsity race
**Distances are also approximate
** Coaches: please try to have at least 7 runners in the varsity races (obviously you can have more if you wish)
**Please keep in mind that the 3k races are meant for newer (slower) runners who will have difficulty with the pace and distance of the 4k races.
