Instead of offering our normal “Weekend 10-Miler,” the Pacers encourage you to check out the Blues Cruise Training Run at Blue Marsh Lake on Saturday, September 6.
We will meet at the Lower Stilling Basin lot at 7:30 a.m. and carpool to the Old Church Road lot so that we can run point-to-point on the Blues Cruise course starting about 8 a.m. The run is almost 16 miles, with 1,600 feet of elevation gain. Runners can easily shorten it to just under 14 miles by skipping the Skinner’s Loop portion, and of course adding miles is easy too. Please comment on the Facebook Event if you need suggestions. Bring water and nutrition! Great day to dial in your race-day gear!
Our mid-week group runs have at least two different distance options (3-4 miles and 5-6 miles) with an appointed leader for at least one of the two routes. Each run will have its own Facebook “event,” and the routes will be posted a couple days before the run. After each run, those who can will stick around for food, drink, and good conversation, either at a nearby restaurant or a club member’s residence. Come for the run; stay (if you can) for the fellowship. (If you don’t have time to stick around, no worries–just come run with us!)
September 3: Tania and Jeff’s (1211 Earl Rd, Leesport) — post-run to follow at same location
** Please let us know if you will attend, so we can plan for food.**
We submit a headcount on the Monday before the meeting. You can mark yourself “Going” to the Facebook Event, comment on the event, or contact president@pagodapacers.com.
Minutes from the July meeting were accepted as posted.
REPORTS
Treasurer Report (Shaun Luther)
Balance is ~89% of target balance (target is last year’s budget x3) at $95,414.
Blues Cruise and Oley Country Classic registration income is now arriving.
Charlie Horse (Shaun Luther)
Final income total is $3,184 of which 50% will be sent to Special Olympics.
Motion: Shaun Luther motioned to “approve $1,622 to send to Special Olympics”. Motion approved.
NEW BUSINESS
2025 Elections (Steve Vida)
4 seats on the Board of Directors are up for election
These are the seats currently held by Sue Jackson, Michelle Henry & Curtis Musser, and the vacant seat previously held by Jason Karpinski.
2Yr term and meet 4x/year for 1.5-2hrs and typically discuss Pacer business in a more in-depth way.
Good to have a mixture of voices involved (race directing, running only, etc)
Reach out to any existing Directors regarding any questions.
Office of President is up for election. Steve does not intend to run for a third term.
1Yr term and you can reach out to Steve, or any past club President, with any questions.
Blue Marsh Trail Maintenance (Michael Whalen)
Blue Marsh got zero federal funding for trail maintenance this year. The trails will be OK for Blues Cruise, but park trail maintenance going forward is unclear.
Michael will be organizing a Trail Maintenance Team (8-10 people) so look out for announcements on Pacer social media.
Jr. High Cross Country Meet: Tom Chobot has notified the club that 2025 (October 18th) will be his last year as Race Director.
IM ABLE Games at Mid-Atlantic Air Museum on September 20 (Michael Whalen)
Looking for help with Race Mates in a 2Mile fun run. Expecting 3-4 chariots in use for the event.
Also need course marshals & hydration station volunteers from 8:30-11:30
Reach out to Michael if interested.
MEETING ADJOURNED at 7:37 pm
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