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This email contains lots of exciting racing information for you along with info about the GLRR Hall of Fame dinner!!   First off, the next race in the USATF-NE Road Grand Prix is the Frank Nealon Boston Tune-Up 15K to be held on April 1 in Upton, MA.  Remember, once you pay the one-time fee of $60, you get to run this race and all the rest of the Grand Prix races for free!!  Of course, you need to be a paid-up member of GLRR and USATF.   We currently have 56 people signed up to run the 15K as part of our GLRR team. You can find the current roster here. If you’re not on this roster and want to be, sign up using the GLRR GP Entry Request Form.  Of course, you can use this…

Each year, the GLRR Hall Of Fame Committee meets in February (well early March this year) to consider worthy candidates for induction into the Greater Lowell Road Runners Hall of Fame (HOF).  The Hall of Fame dinner is every April.  The process is two-part, first the nominations and second the discussion and voting.    The nomination process is open to all members of the Club, as well as the HOF committee.  When the committee meets, they go through each name of nominees and discuss each candidate. You can make your nominations here: https://www.glrr.net/glrr-hall-of-fame-nominations/   Please make your nominations by Friday February 17th.   The one area in which we differ from other halls of fame, is that we don't really have "stats" like most other sports do. Sure, we have PRs and…

Are you running Boston on April 17th?  If so, you’ll want to arrive in style with your teammates on the Famous GLRR Boston Bus!   The bus provides for transportation to Hopkinton, and from Boston after the race.  The bus leaves from Cawley Stadium in Lowell at 6:45am (subject to change per the BAA requirements).  Before the race you can use the bus bathroom (to avoid the Hopkinton port-a-johns) and enjoy a nice pre-race massage to get you loose and ready.  You can leave your gear on the bus as you head to the start line.  Your gear will be transported to Boston.   After you finish, GLRR has reserved rooms at the Park Plaza (less than ½ a mile from the finish area) where your bags, hot showers, massage, post-race…

JANUARY CLUB MEETING, MONDAY JAN. 30 7 PM   Don't forget, our next club meeting is Monday, Jan. 30 at Princeton Station, 147 Princeton St, N. Chelmsford, MA.    We'll have club updates, and raffles, along with our guest speaker for the evening, Dave McGillivray, Race Director of the Boston Marathon as well as an accomplished athlete! (Check out https://www.dmsesports.com/dave-mcgillivray.)    Please arrive around 6:45 so you can grab a beverage, buy raffle tickets, and get settled before we begin promptly at 7pm   RUN SHOW BOSTON   JOIN 15,500 RUNNERS – ONE WEEK LEFT UNTIL RUN SHOW BOSTON February 4-5, 2023, Hynes Convention Center   The Run Show Boston is for every runner, no matter how fast or far you can go. That's why we have an array of brands and interactive…