Rochester Running Club

We're just 15 days out from a price increase for race entry to the Rochester Women's 4-Mile Run and we wanted to highlight a few of the incredible additions that our team has been busy working on for the 2025 race. We hope you'll join us this year. As always, this race is open to all who identify as female and is a RRC Grand Prix race!

You can register here: https://raceroster.com/events/2025/101769/rochester-womens-4-mile-race

A few additions to this year's Rochester Women's 4-Mile Run that we want to highlight for everyone:
- A new Free Girl's 1 Mile Fun Run
- Each race entry also earns you tickets to a raffle with some incredible prizes (lululemon gift cards worth $178 each and more!)
- A diapers & wipes drive to support the incredible women and their children at the Jeremiah Project
- Some amazing race swag (a Nomadix brand custom fitness towel for the first 200 race registrants to the 4-Mile Run)
- Free race registration to all females under 18 who register for the 4-Mile Run

This weekend, many of our runners will be participating in the Med City Marathon, Half Marathon, 20-mile race, or volunteering at these events! To offer our full support for these runners, there will not be a Saturday Morning Training Run nor a Sunday Off Season Striders Run this week. Never fear though - we'll be back next weekend for some great group runs, hopefully with some great recaps of everyone's races!

Good luck to all who are racing this weekend!

Are you ready yet for the Scheels Healthy Human Race? We're just 100 days out from this year's event!

Register today for the Half Marathon, Half Marathon Relay, or 5K and remember to join us at the Rochester Running Club Saturday Morning Training Runs this summer to get prepared! https://healthyhumanrace.com

If you're running curious and want to jumpstart your running training with a group of like-minded newer runners, you should check out The Step Project - a 12 week training cycle from the Rochester Running Club for newer runners or walkers looking to transition to running that will begin on May 31 with a goal of preparing you for the Healthy Human Half Marathon or Healthy Human 5K! https://form.jotform.com/251206532828152

We can't wait for this race!!

Introducing: The Step Project: First Steps to a First 5K or Half Marathon. Beginning May 31, 2025.

If you or someone in your life is curious about getting started on their running journey and would like to learn how to integrate running into any lifestyle while training for a first half marathon or 5K, consider joining us for The Step Project.

Targeting the Healthy Human Half Marathon and 5K races on August 23, 2025, this structured training plan will bring together new runners in the community to train together, learn & grow together, and achieve their running goals. Throughout, we're excited to be offering structured training plans, educational talks, group training opportunities, an online forum for participant connections on and off the run.

This program will operate on 4 tenets:
1. Inclusivity: All are welcome regardless of pace, including walkers transitioning to runner.
2. Mentorship: Small groups mentored by more experienced runners
3. Community Building: Opportunities for post-run meetups and online forums for connection, support, and progress sharing
4. Education: Weekly short talks on essential running topics

This program is free to join, but you do have the option to bundle race registration, a team The STEP Project technical t-shirt or tank top, and RRC membership at time of registration for a discount.

We hope you'll consider joining and we're excited to support you as you embark on your running journey!

You can register here: https://form.jotform.com/251206532828152

If you have any questions, please send us a DM or email us at [email protected].