Looking for a Boston Marathon trainer ? Want a fun and interesting run through country roads ? Want to test yourself on a few good hills ? Then this is your race!! The Jones 10-Miler is a challenging race along scenic, hilly rural roads (some dirt).
New start and end at Amherst Regional High School.
Race Director: Mackenzie Gray (mmg1214@hotmail.com)
Want to run Boston in April 2014 but don’t have a qualifying time? We can help !
SMAC has been given 7 Boston Marathon applications for non-qualifiers, to be distributed among interested club members via a random drawing.
For more information, click the link below to download the application . . .
SMAC is excited to offer our popular youth indoor track practice program for interested children in grades K-8. This introduction to track and field training includes workouts to improve general strength, aerobic fitness, and technical skills for running, jumping and track racing.
When: Practices will be held on Sundays from 5:00 to 7:00pm December 1, 8, 15, 22 January 5, 19 February 2, 9, 16, 23 March 2
Where: Smith College Indoor Track (ITT) off West Street (RT 66) Northampton, MA
Registration:
- Online at www.runreg.com.
- In person on Dec. 1st. Please arrive early to complete the paperwork and make a nametag.
Sugarloaf Mountain Athletic Club Board of Directors meeting dates for 2013.
Click below to view a listing of the board of directors meeting dates for the upcoming year.
The Biomechanics lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is looking for individuals to participate in our research study.
To participate you should be active, injury free, and between the ages of 18-65.
The study involves either one visit of 2.5 hours, or two visits of about 1.5 hours. During these visits you will perform a series of double and single leg squats and jumps, as well as walk and run over a force platform while wearing a variety of shoes. Strength testing on two movements will also be conducted.
Help further the research field, check out our lab, and learn about your running form!
Contact Carl Jewell
email: cjewell@kin.umass.edu
• Female, between the ages of 18-26
• Competitive Power/Speed Athletes
• No lower-limb surgery in the past year
Compensation
• learn about your sprinting mechanics
Contact Devon Frayne
dfrayne@kin.umass.edu
Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts
Start/Finish: Village Common, Main Street, Montague Center, MA.
Registration begins at 9:00am - Montague Common Hall, 34 Main St., Montague, MA 01351
(formerly Grange #141)
Divisions: YOUTH: 18 yrs. & Under OPEN: 19 - 39 yrs.
MASTER: 40 - 49 yrs. SENIOR: 50 - 59 yrs. SENIOR +: 60 yrs. & Up
Entry Fees: $25.00 - Paid before December 31
$30.00 - Paid on race day
(Long sleeve T-shirts available while supplies last)
Running gloves and refreshments, while supplies last
Proceeds benefit MPRD’s
Sponsor-A-Child Scholarship Program.
Presented by Catherine Bezio through Our Lady of Peace Church
90 7th Street, Turners Falls, MA
You are invited to participate in the Hands Together for Haiti race for charity. It is scheduled for April 26, 2014. The 5K and 10K races will take place in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. The 5K course is family friendly. A complimentary t-shirt will be provided to the first 100 registrants and prizes will be awarded to the top three male and female runners in each category.
This event is the idea and work of a 10 year old wanting to make a difference in the world. Hands Together help the poor in Haiti by establishing schools, orphanages, nutrition and feeding programs, medical clinics, sustainable-development projects, and by establishing partnerships with local leaders and communities. They are working to build a better world for thousands of suffering people in Haiti. Thank you for your support!
Hopkins Academy, Hadley’s High School, will celebrate its 350th birthday in 2014. To help the School celebrate this event, there will be a 5k race starting and ending at the High School on Saturday, May 10, 2014. To make this event especially memorable and perhaps educational, the runners will be pursuing an individual portraying the role of John Harvard, the founder of Harvard University. A bit of history: The will of the widow of Edward Hopkins, after whom Hopkins Academy was named, allegedly indicated that 500 pounds from her estate was to be given to two new schools in New England: Hopkins Academy in Hadley, and Hopkins Grammar, in New Haven. After several years, court proceedings and changes in trustees of the estate, the money never got to the Schools. It has been alleged that the money went to Harvard University and other schools in that area.
This race will be an entertaining and hopefully fun effort by the runners to get the funds back to the rightful designees.
Besides the usual age group division awards, special awards will be given to those runners who catch John Harvard.
Sugarloaf Mountain Athletic Club, Inc., based in Western Massachusetts, serves Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin Counties. We are happy to post information about events held within these three counties. Note that there is a $15 fee for listing of your race. Contact David Martula to inquire about having your race posted on the SMAC site.
