MNC Annual Meeting

Save the date for this exciting MNC season kick-off event!

Our first ever Annual Meeting is open to all current and prospective members, and is a great way to meet or reconnect with club members as well as to  learn more about our upcoming winter programs and events.  This event will take place at the Underhill Town Center Hall and feature a group fitness activity, a pot luck dinner, a club presentation and an exciting guest speaker. Save this link since we will continue to post more details as we get close to the event.

Schedule:

12:00 PM  Arrive at at Underhill Town Hall for group activities (place pot luck food in Town Hall kitchen)

12:30 PM   Meet at Mills Riverside Park for a group Hash Run!  

3:00 PM   Annual Meeting Presentation by Club President Kort Longenbach and Executive Director/Head Coach Adam Terko  about what’s new with MNC and this years programs.

3:30 PM    Opening Remarks

4:00 PM    Guest Speaker: Pavel Cenkl  Presentation Iceland’s Climate Run   – Rebound and Resilience – Poster 1

4:30 -5:30 PM    Pot Luck meal and social gathering

RSVP & Potluck Sign-Up

This event will be limited to 110 people. Feel free to bring your friends who may be interested in joining MNC.  RSVP is required and please also sign-up for the potluck.

To RSVP, look for an email from Evite at the email you used when signing up for MNC. If you didn’t get an Evite invitation, please send your updated email to sue.bentlage@comcast.net

To Sign Up for the Potluck click here. 

What is a Hash Run?

A hash run is designed to engage runners of all ages and levels to follow a marked course with many options but only one correct route to finish.  A very fun event for all abilities  Or more specifically…

At a hash, one or more members (“hares”) lay a trail, which is then followed by the remainder of the group (the “pack” or “hounds”). Sawdust, flour, chalk, and toilet paper are used to mark the trail. The trail periodically ends at a “check” and the pack must find where it begins again; often the trail includes false trails, short cuts, dead ends, back checks, and splits. These features are designed to keep the pack together despite differences in fitness level or running speed, as front-runners are forced to slow down to find the “true” trail, allowing stragglers to catch up.

Pavel Cenkl

Pavel, a faculty member in Environmental Humanities at Sterling College, went the extra mile for climate resilience—171 extra miles!

Cenkl will take us on his 275 km (170.8 mile), 3-day solo run across Iceland, from the Atlantic to the Arctic, in June 2015 to highlight the role that athletes and adventurers play in building climate resistance. His multi-media presentation will be on interest to any outdoor enthusiast. The run follows an ancient Viking path along both trails and roads among rivers, waterfalls, glaciers, thermal springs, and through a high desert. Cenkl chose Iceland for this project because “the Arctic is among the places on earth where climate change is most apparent and most pronounced.