We had a fundraising team for Beat the Bridge last weekend, and all ran very well (and we all beat the bridge!) Lucky for us, the temperatures cooled down just in time for a more pleasant experience on the fun 8k course that started outside of Husky Stadium, wandered across the Montlake and University Bridge (which goes up 20 minutes after the last runner crosses the start line) and finished inside Husky Stadium. We also are closing in on our fundraising goal in support of curing Type 1 Diabetes. You can still add to our total here!

Several members of the club headed down to Eugene for the Eugene Marathon & Half Marathon April 30, which starts next to the historic Hayward Field premise and finishes inside the new stadium. It attracts over 5000 participants, which include past and future Olympians, among recreational, and sub-elite runners from all over the world. It was a cool drizzly morning, the course had changed slightly from previous years, adding some hills, arguably making it more difficult than before. Nonetheless, we saw some awesome times by our runners!

Marathon	Time	Highlights
Sophia Liu	2:44:56	Perfectly executed! 7th woman
Randi Huo	3:25:32	Ran w/ Molly. Hung on and grinded through
Molly Ha	3:26:56	Ran w/ Randi. Stuck to it despite not feeling great
Mike Rossi	2:35:50	Strong finishing kick and 14 minute PR!
Jordan Andersen	2:40:04	Paced Women's Olympic Time Qualifier for 22 miles
Adam Schroeder	2:44:56	Paced Sophia
Gabi Kliot	2:46:21	Paced Sophia for 22 miles, stuck to it to claim 1st AG!
Stanley Chen	3:06:58	Grinded through to snag over a minute off PR!
Ben Ha	3:58:44	First marathon!
Half Marathon	Time	Highlights
Tanya Wicht	2:19:21	Very evenly paced!
Zach Fung	1:18:51	Less than a minute from a half marathon PR!
Steve Harris	1:26:15	CNW runner. Just joined us. Welcome to LSRC!

We apologize if we missed you or if there are any errors. If you ran and would like to be added or removed from this list, or would like to make a correction, please email us with your request at board@lakesammamishrunclub.org

The results for the Challenge Northwest New Year Challenge are in and official! We accumulated 9182 miles among 46 participants for a commanding first place in team total miles, and second place in team average miles per person (199.6 miles). Outstanding! And thanks to all you participants and the amazing performance of the team, we have elected to donate a cent per mile to the charity the challenge supported. That's an additional $91.82 to KidVantage, formerly known as Eastside Baby Corner!

We had a wonderful time fielding two six person 50k relay teams at the Bridle Trails Winter Festival over the weekend and congrats to Molly Ha doing six loops enroute to her second 50k in a personal best time!

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Literally a splash - Myself and a few (me, Eric, Adam, Jordan, and Stanley (not pictured)) are back from Club XC Nationals and ready to relax and enjoy a bit of the holiday spirit! There are many stories to tell, but to sum it up in a few words, it was more of an experience rather than a race, thanks to extreme wind and rain that forced a last minute course alteration. Questionably fun, but definitely memorable!

It was a cool morning with storms all around, but Lincoln Park was spared of heavy rains. Although we were only able to gather a five person Men's team this year, it was enough to not only score, but claim place 3rd among big name groups, Club Northwest, the Bellingham Distance Project, and Seattle Run Club. We congratulate Randi for representing in the Women's field and Nitin for representing in the Men's Masters field! Full results can be found here.

We had a good turnout at the 15th Annual Twilight Invitational XC Open race where family, friends, fans, and coaches had a chance to show about 500 high school speedsters how it's done (or for them to show us)! This had always been a fun event for some of us who had participated in the past, and this year proved to be no different! Join us for an upcoming XC race this Fall!

We knew the reestablished Rock n Roll Half Marathon in Bellevue would be a hilly one, so a cheer squad on the longest hill couldn't have been more helpful for all the runners! Congrats to everyone who tackled those hills and completed the race!

We had a solid outing at this community event put on by Redmond High to kick off the Cross Country season! The course (which is the same each year) was challenging, featuring a variety of surfaces with lots of twists and turns, but was fun for everyone. Great job everybody! We're still looking for more Women & 40+ Men to fill our team, so if you're interested in the upcoming races

 so if you're interested in ANY of the upcoming events, please "register" (registration does not commit you to anything or cost anything)