The Greenville Track Club inducted four members into their Hall of Fame during their monthly meeting on Monday, October 1, 2018. 

The four deserving were Dave Geer, Kevin McDonald, Tim Stewart and David Wamer.

For more information regarding the GTC Hall of Fame please visit GTC Hall of Fame.

Registration for the 2019 Greenville Downtown Double is now open. The "race bundle" allows a participant to enter the 2019 Greenville News Run Downtown 5K (Saturday, January 19) and either the 5K or 10K races in the 42nd TD Bank Reedy River Run on Saturday, April 20.

The "race bundle" offers a discount for entering both events and reflects the current price for each event. 

For information and registration please visit: www.greenvilledowntowndouble.com. 

The October meeting is considered the Greenville Track Club's Annual Meeting where officers are elected, re-elected and board members are elected or re-elected.
A slate for 2019 Officers & Board members will be confirmed by oral vote of GTC members at the meeting. The slate is based on nominations received by the Nominating Committee from the membership over the last 3+ weeks in accordance with the GTC by-laws.
The high point of the meeting will be induction of new Hall of Fame members Dave Wamer, Tim Stewart, Kevin McDonald and Dave Geer.


Location:
Puerta Vallarta Restaurant
3275 N Pleasantburg Dr, Greenville, SC 29609 (Diagonal to Cherrydale Cinemas)
6:00-6:30 Ordering and Social Time
7:00 - Club Business and Program

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Don't miss this opportunity to run a 5K on the grass course that has hosted two NCAA NATIONAL XC CHAMPIONSHIPS. Start your Saturday (September 15) off with a 5K on Furman University's Official XC Course and stay to cheer the Paladins mens and womens teams to victory at the Furman XC Classic. Questions please contact Robert Gary at robert.gary@furman.edu .  

Join us and bring your running friends. 

For registration and info: https://go-greenevents.com/blueshoes5k

September 10, Monday
GTC Monthly Meeting
Meeting will be at Puerta Vallarta Restaurant near Cherrydale Cinemas. Social and ordering 6:30 - 7:00 PM followed by program:
 
Speaker for the September 10th meeting will be our own Mike Caldwell. His  presentation will be "Training Secrets of GTC-ELITE!". Our ASICS Greenville Track Club-ELITE program developed four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Team Marathon Trials in Los Angeles and is working on qualifying for the 2020 Trials to be conducted in Atlanta. 

Some of the points he will cover will include: 
1. How we structure our training cycles.
2. The don't miss training components for each cycle.
3. Sequencing your long run for optimal results.
4. Why recovery is the fourth leg of the training chair.
5. Does "tapering" actually work and why it sometimes doesn't.
6 . And our Secret workouts that . . .

Mike is a Health Sciences graduate of Furman University and did his post-graduate studies in Exercise Physiology and Movement Science at the University of Florida and Florida State University. He founded Racing South Magazine (which later merged with Running Journal) before having an extended corporate career with both ASICS and NIKE, Inc. Following his retirement from NIKE in 2009, he coached at Furman from 2009-2012, before founding the Greenville Track Club-ELITE program in 2012. He has coached and developed multiple Olympic Trials qualifiers. 

The period for receiving and reviewing nominees for the Greenville Track Club's 2019 Officers and Board of Directors is now open and will remain open until September 30, 2018. 
The nominating committee encourages all members to participate in the nominating process if they have a potential nominee for one of the open positions. 

The club will be voting on the following positions at the October annual meeting (first Monday in October):

President, Vice-president, Treasurer, Secretary, and four At-Large Director positions (2-year terms). 

Please complete the form below if you have a nominee and indicate the position for that nominee.

NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICERS AND AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBERS
Nominations shall be solicited from the membership by notice on the Greenville Track Club website or via social electronic media at least three (3) weeks in advance of the Annual Meeting. In the event At-Large Director or Officer positions have insufficient nominations before the Annual meeting, the current Executive Committee, by consensus of the GTC officers, who make up the committee, shall have the authority to appoint members to occupy unfilled positions.

For an At-Large Board Position, nominees shall have been club members for a minimum of one (1) continuous year prior to the Annual Meeting and have volunteered for at least three (2) GTC events within the two (2) years prior to the Annual Meeting.

For an Officer position, nominees shall have been club members for a minimum of two (2) continuous years prior to the Annual Meeting and have substantially volunteered for at least three (3) GTC events within the two (2) years prior to the Annual Meeting.
In special cases, the Nominating Committee shall have the option to waive the above requirements.

General Info & Requirements
If nominated, be prepared to provide a summary of your volunteer involvement with the club. Confirmation may be required from race or event directors.

Except for emergencies or other unforeseen circumstances, board members should commit to attending at least 7 out of 11 GTC monthly board meetings and monthly club meetings, whenever possible.

Nominees should be willing to wear GTC apparel at club races except when representing their organizations at GTC Corporate Shield events or wearing sponsor apparel at a specific event.

For At-Large Positions, please identify which of the following age groups you'll be in as of 1/1/19 as we're trying to balance the membership on the board: Under 30, 31-45, 46-60 and 60 +.

Please complete the form below if you have a nominee and indicate the position for that nominee.

August 25, Saturday
Edouard Michelin Memorial 5K
https://runsignup.com/Race/SC/Greenville/EdouardMichelinMemorial5k
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​This is a Corporate Shield event. 

.The overall and awards results are available @ Results.

Another successful and fun Tuesday evening at the Furman University track with the GTC Summer All Comers Track Meet series. Join us the next three Tuesdays at 6:00 pm.