Week of March 20-26
IT’S OFFICIALLY SPRING SEASON!
On Sunday, the United Airlines NYC Half ran through Central Park, Times Square and into Lower Manhattan, officially bringing the winter training season in New York to an end. Runners, cheerers and volunteers, anyone who supported training all winter: We made it!! Congratulations to all #RunningRoyalty and #CHRCNegativeSplits!
You can guarantee your entry to next year’s NYC Half by running four out of the six races in the NYRR Five-Borough Series and signing up for NYRR membership (by the last qualifying event in the series).
Registration is OPEN NOW for the NYRR Queens 10K, the New Balance Bronx 10 Mile, and the NYRR Staten Island Half! Celebrate what makes each borough a unique place to get out and run in.
**note – the Queens 10K is already close to selling out!**
LONG-ONE BOARD GAMES and BRUNCH
Things are about to get LONG! Come out on Saturday March 25th for the Long One with an ending at Priti’s new digs to play some board games. Open to all #RunningRoyalty, new, old, and injured!
Run will start at Franklin and EPW @9AM. Route is here: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7041564
10K run to Game/Food Central with an optional group run back to the neighborhood for a 12mile run. Plenty of MTA stops along the way. For those who cannot make the long run, but still would like to join for board games we will be at Priti’s around 10:30/11. See you guys there! #fun
BREAKNECK POINT TRAINING RUNS
Coming soon in April, a contingent of #CHRCTrails will be running the Breakneck Point Trail Half Marathon and Marathon.
In the final weeks of preparation, they will be making a trip up to Beacon on Sunday March 26 for their second practice run. All CHRC members are invited to join in! If you have concerns about what to bring or wear, please don’t hesitate to post on the Facebook event page or contact us by emailing contact@crownheightsrunningclub.nyc.
MARCH 26: https://www.facebook.com/events/636252096559739/
GEAR SHOPPE OPENING SOON…
Where’s the CHRC gear????
We know you’ve been eager to get the Royal Spring look to run around Brooklyn in and the CHRC design team/ Gear Shoppe owners have been steadily making progress toward a great new line to ensure you look your best for that AirBnB Brooklyn Half (or any other race this summer).
SUNDAY APRIL 16 is the tentative date for shoppe opening. You will have 10 days to place your order and select your pick-up date. More details will be available very soon!
As in the wise words of the late Canadian Running Legend, Ed Whitlock:
“The more time you spend fiddlediddling with this and that, the less time there is to run”
Let’s run! #fun #CHRC #RunningRoyalty #CHRCWomen #CHRCMen #CHRCTrails #CHRCNegativeSplits #GoBananas
This can be tough!!! The 
UNITED AIRLINES NYC HALF
Despite the cold weather, the sun was shining brightly in Washington Heights and our team made a strong showing at the first club points race of the year.
REAKNECK POINT TRAINING RUNS
Whether you found us in Prospect Park or at Berg’n or on Eastern Parkway this past weekend, we are pumped by your enthusiasm to join our Royal Family!
Starting in the winter of 2014, there has been an informal winter streak among some of the most avid CHRC runners. This winter, a handful of stalwart members set out to 
NYC MARATHON DRAWING
Find out how you can get involved with our #CHRC or #CHRCTrails teams at races, become a #CHRCNegativeSplit Banana, volunteer with us at #GOTR events, become a run leader or meet your Crown Heights running neighbors #RunningRoyalty.
OMG!!! ITS HAPPENING AGAIN!!!
All our regular runs are ongoing as usual.
VALENTINE STAMINA WORKOUT and DRIIIINKS!
regularly scheduled group runs to the Facebook group going forward. Pop up runs and special run events will still be posted
Stephanie and Erwin were at Lafayette and Claremont, Erwin holding up a massive blackboard sign. Right after Josh died, a friend from London, the wonderful Brenda Lyons, connected me to Stephanie, who’d recently moved here from London. Brenda thought we’d make good cycling partners and, likely, that it would be good for me to get out on some rides. While Stephanie’s a far more serious cyclist than I am, we rode to Nyack together. I told her about Josh and she told me that her boyfriend Erwin, an even more serious cyclist and tri-athlete, had been recently diagnosed with PSC. Given the rarity of PSC, it was a startling connection. Even more impressive was Stephanie’s story of how Erwin’s diagnosis had inspired them to uproot their lives and take huge career risks to move to New York. We’ve had wonderful adventures and conversations ever since. We were so worried about not finding each other that when we did, we went in for a double hug. Stephanie and Erwin not only cheered me on, but took me out for a celebratory dinner. Stephanie and I laughed about how our hug felt like we’d crossed an ocean to find each other. All of my marathon hugs felt like that. There was–again–that heightened sense of connection that I felt in the wake of Josh’s death. 
for me three days after Josh died, when 
CHRC was a community that was exceptionally present for me in those days. 