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Salem Run@Work Day is a huge success!

Published on September 17, 2011 in Road Runners Club of America, Salem Run@Work Day and Wicked Events. 3 Comments

1st Annual Salem Run@Work Day

With bright sunshine, some wonderful sponsors and 80 runners, the 1st Annual Salem Run@Work Day was a huge success for the City of Salem. Salem Park, Recreation and Community Services & the Wicked Running Club hosted this terrific event for workers not only in the City of Salem, but also for anyone around the North Shore that wanted to get a mid day run. 15 kids from the Phoenix School in Salem also participated!

Best of all, the 5K fun run was free as well as the Salem Run@Work Day shirts that are sure to be a collectors item! Mayor Kim Driscoll also stopped by to lend her support as she has done with the many other running events that Salem has to offer.

Salem Run@Work Day runners take a moment to pose for a quick photo before taking part in a 5K fun run.

The goal of Run@Work Day, presented by the Road Runners Club of America, is to encourage adults to get 30-minutes of exercise each day, in accordance with the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, either before work, during lunch, or immediately following work. Run@Work Day also encourages companies to help employees schedule time for physical activity. Incorporating exercise into one’s daily routine can markedly improve one’s overall physical health.

Mayor Kim Driscoll of Salem talks to a group of runners at Salem Run@Work Day.

To celebrate Salem being designated as a Runner Friendly Community by the Road Runners Club of America, runners received a car sticker featuring the RRCA Runner Friendly Community logo. Hopefully we will start to see more of these stickers on cars that support the running community of Salem, Massachusetts!

Thank you to all of our wondeful sponsors: B&S Fitness, Extra Effort Fitness, Body & Soul, Old Colony Running Events, St. Jean’s Credit Union, Boston Sports Club, Salem YMCA, New England Running Company, Shetland Properties, Salemroadraces.com North Shore Road Race Guide and Toomey Sports.

Fun time for all at the annual Wicked Summer Outing

Published on July 31, 2011 in Wicked Events. 0 Comments

Members of Wicked gather for a club photo. Wicked Runner Melissa Jaynes said on Facebook "we clean up well." Indeed we do!

With Kerry Phelan, Jason Carraro Raymond teaming  up to cook some mighty tasty hot dogs and hamburgers on the grills,  members of the Wicked Running Club gathered at Camp Naumkeag on a beautiful Saturday afternoon to enjoy not only each others company but also the success of the club.  Sure there was plenty of ice cold beer and great food, but it was really a day to pay tribute to the membership that makes this club so amazing!

Amazing doesn’t event begin to describe the dedication and spirit that the members of the Wicked Running Club show. From June 26 through July 15, WRC hosted 3 races! North Shore Cancer RUN, Wicked Kidz Half Mile & 1 Mile Race and the brand new Wicked Presents Miles Over the Moon. But it was the club’s Wicked Frosty Four that really had the spot light.

As many out there know, a portion of the race proceeds from the race goes to funding the Wicked Frosty Four scholarship that is given out each year. The Summer Outing has been the venue to invite the scholarship winners to come and accept not only their check, but also to receive a plaque and a free membership to the Wicked Running Club.

Scholarship winners Saleena Glowik, Courtney Maher, Scott O’Neil (not in picture:Dominic Barceleau) proudly hold an oversized scholarship check while Board members Melissa Jaynes Stephanie Haygard Rich Tabbut TR Ramsdell Peter Raymond and Alison Phelan also share in the spot light.

This year’s winners were Scott O’Neil, Courtney Maher, Saleena Glowik and Dominic Barceleau. Each Student-Athlete not only demonstrated high achievements in the classroom, but also in the community and in running. This year the scholarship recipients each received a scholarship totaling $1250.00! The Wicked Running Club has now given out 12 scholarships totaling $11,000.00!

Wicked also thanked Volunteer Coordinator Stephanie Hagyard for all of her hard work and dedication this year. As mentioned before, Wicked hosted an astounding 3 races in just a few short weeks, and it was Stephanie who was in charge with making sure that each race had enough volunteers so that each event was a success.

Peter Raymond, Stephanie Haygard and Alison Phelan

Wicked Winter Banquet

Published on February 6, 2011 in Wicked Events. 0 Comments

Wicked celebrated a very successful 2010 at it’s annual Winter Wicked Banquet over the past weekend. The club honored last years Board members and the club Coordinators for their hard work and dedication to Wicked. Denise Ramsdell was picked as this year’s recipient of the Wicked Volunteer award for the Wicked Frosty Four. Grand Prix awards were also given out. At the end of the night Kerry Phelan showed off her computer skills with a very cool slideshow.

Here are some photos from the event:

The Results Are In!

Published on December 11, 2010 in Elections and Wicked Events. 0 Comments

The election for the 2011 Wicked Running Club Board of Directors has come to an end and the results are in! Our mascot, Miles Fartlek got one write in vote for President, but it seems like his campaign was not strong enough to take the top spot. Nice try Miles!

Congratulations to the members of the Wicked Running Club who were elected! They will be filling some very important roles next year as they continue to improve the club for all members and promote Wicked around the North Shore and beyond. Go Wicked!

Co-President(s)
Alison Phelan & Shari Hewson

Vice President
Peter Raymond

Secretary
Dawn Cobak

Treasurer
Melissa Jaynes

Membership Director
Amber Woolfenden

Clothing Director
Michele Campbell

Memeber at Large (3 spots)
T.R. Ramsdell
Steph Hagyard
Rich Tabbut

Congratulations to the Wicked Frosty Four Scholarship Recipients!

Published on August 22, 2010 in Wicked Events. 0 Comments

Susannah Barnes, Alfred Rossi and Michael Nickerson at yesterdays Wicked Summer Outing Party. Kristy Henrich was unable to attend as she was on her way to Standford University.

The Wicked Running Club held its annual Wicked Summer Outing Party at Camp Naumkeag over this past weekend. The event means much more to the Club than just a chance to have hot dogs and cold beers. It’s a chance to honor those who have been selected to receive the Wicked Frosty Four Scholarship. For 2010, there were 10 amazing applicants, and the Scholarship Committee had a difficult time picking the four who who recieve the award as all of the applicants are standout Student-Athletes.

Congratulations to Susannah Barnes, Alfred Rossi, Kristy Henrich and Michael Nickerson for being selected at this year’s recipents of the Wicked Frosty Four Scholarship! Along with the $1000.00, each recipient also received the first Wicked Frosty Four technical shirt and a one year membership to the Wicked Running Club.

A big thank you to Shannon O’Donnell for organizing the event. Peter Raymond was excellent on the grill serving up tasty hot dogs and hamburgers. Check out photos from the party on Facebook.