Many people think of FLRC only as putting on races (and we do!), but the club does much more than that. Here are a few stats to give you a sense of the breadth and depth of FLRC’s accomplishments in 2022. Huge thanks to all the volunteers who made all this happen!
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Races: Despite COVID-19 restrictions early in 2022, we were still able to put on 17 of our 22 regular races, including:
- 8 trail races with 768 total finishers
- 9 road races with 1,743 finishers
- 3 track meets with 175 finishers
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Group runs: We organized numerous group runs, workouts, and team events with over 1,000 participations for the year, including:
- 17 FLRC Challenge group runs with 313 participations
- 17 Saturday group runs with 194 participations
- 4 Sunday Skunkday runs with 90 participations
- 9 weeks of MITHACAL MILERS cross-country workouts with 148 participations
- 4 weeks of MITHACAL MILERS indoor track workouts with 162 participations
- 5 pub runs with 43 participations
- 135 attendees at the FLRC Annual Picnic in August
- Coordinated FLRC and High Noon teams in the five-race PGXC series, with 65 runners and 182 race participations for the season, with pre- and post-season gatherings of roughly 40 people for each
- Hosted the fourth PGXC race at TC3 for 236 runners from around the state
- Held the Backstretch Bingo online game during December, generating oodles of amusing photos on the forum
- Held a late-February snowshoe clinic to introduce runners to the sport
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Donations: We donated or helped coordinate nearly $25,000 in charitable donations, including:
- $8,971 for the Friends of Hammond Hill trail work (acted as fiscal sponsor)
- $5,895 for Loaves & Fishes (through Turkey Trot donations)
- $2,000 to Girls on the Run programs at BJM and Moravia Elementary Schools
- $2,000 for the Ithaca Youth Bureau track and cross-country programs
- $2,000 in scholarships for two graduating high school seniors
- $1,800 for Wilderness Search and Rescue (for helping at our trail races)
- $1,000 for the Finger Lakes Trail Conference (Finger Lakes Trail maintainers)
- $800 for the Cornell Botanic Gardens (in relation to the FLRC Challenge)
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Fundraising: Although most of our donations are funded through race registrations, we also raised some money directly, including:
- $2,025 raised for the Joseph P. Reynolds Scholarship Fund (now accepting online donations)
- $1,500 from the Community Foundation of Tompkins County for the Twilight 5K race
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FLRC Challenge: In its second year, the FLRC Challenge once again gave numerous local runners structure to four months of spring and summer running. Some stats from the leaderboard:
- 160 signups, with 144 people completing at least one course
- 110 completions, up from 87 last year
- 8 completions of the FLRC 100K Ultra Challenge
- 3,028 total runs logged
- 15,000 miles covered
- 630 run report “star posts” from participants sharing with the community
- $1,592 awarded across 204 prizes to 44 athletes
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Online presence: As much as we’re all about interacting in person, an online presence is essential in today’s world. Accomplishments include:
- Grew the FLRC Forum to 982 members, up over 100 from last year
- Racked up more than 367,000 page views on the forum
- Increased the size of our photo library by 25 albums and 6,448 photos
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Club governance: With hard work behind the scenes, we:
- Rebuilt club membership from 530 to a record 656 at the end of 2022 (and it’s now blown past that to a new all-time high of 724!)
- Passed a significant bylaws revision to meet nonprofit best practices and New York State legal requirements
- Managed over $100,000 in investments, which help fund FLRC’s philanthropic efforts from investment profits
- Brought in six new board members to replace departing members and fill gaps in the board’s skills, experiences, and demographics
Here’s looking forward to 2023!