Runner’s Book Club - DiVine on Main - TBD 2025

Another Book Club at DiVine on Main over delicious wines and brews while we discussed “Once a Runner” by John L Parker, Jr. was held in November! The first book of 2025 was chosen to be “The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life” by Amby Burfoot. P.S. Did you know DiVine was on NH Chronicle recently?!?

2025 Winter Chiller Race Series

We are looking forward to the Winter Chiller’s Race Series with 5 races in 5 locations across the Monadnock Region on the docket for 2025! Races will range from 3 - 5 miles in length and will commence with delicious food, warm drinks, thrilling raffles, and better company! Complete 4 out of 5 races and a Winter Chiller Shirt will be coming your way…show up or miss out on the shirt with the most positive feedback ever!!! 

In the spirit of community, we will be collecting non-perishables to donate to the Food Pantry, so please bring something if you can! As always, we will be looking for volunteers for help with set up, course marshals, cheerleaders, break down, food supplies, and more! If you are interested in assisting, sign ups for EACH RACE are in this google doc! I still can’t get over how smoothly events run because of our volunteers!

Dates Will Be: Jan 18 (Peterborough), Feb 1 (Jaffrey), Feb 15 (Temple), Mar 1 (Hancock), and Mar 15 (New Ipswich). Registration starts at 8, racing at 9 for all races! Further details to follow!

Quarterly Education: Looking for Guest Speakers

Do you know someone who has a wealth of knowledge to share with the running community? If so, reach out to us and we can add them to our list of Quarterly Education speakers! Education Nights are typically hosted at Elevation Physical Therapy & Sports Rehab in Peterborough, but we can travel too! 

2024 In Review…By The Numbers

68 (and steadily growing…) - Members
3 to 77 Years - Participant Ages
6 - Races
42 - Average Chiller Attendance
½ a Truck Bed of Food Donated
1 - Track Meet
5:07 - Fastest Men’s Mile
5:39 - Fastest Women’s Mile
13.7 Seconds - Fastest Men’s 100m Dash
14.5 Seconds - Fastest Women’s 100m Dash
26’ 8’’ - Furthest Shot Put Throw
11’ 3’’ - Furthest Long Jump
3 - Book Clubs at Divine on Main
# of Glasses of Wine - What Happens at Book Club, Stays at Book Club!
3 - Education Nights
~75 Pairs of Sneakers - Delivered to Third World Countries through #Sneakers4Good

Wow…that went by real quick and was full of so much fun, opportunity, and impact! 

Website upgrades

Website changes continue to be small but impactful.  We now have a more streamlined & automated “Welcome” to those joining the club (as of Dec 8th), connecting new members to opportunities, social media outlets, and more! No more wondering if your registration was received or fumbling around to start taking advantage of community offerings! We have been cleaning up and updating our Sponsor Page, so be sure to check that out! In addition, we have been bringing our general information up to date, making information more readily accessible, and working to bring an equally enjoyable experience whether one is on desktop or a mobile device!

Holiday Gift Guide! (2024)

Struggling to write your Christmas Wish List or figuring out what to stick under the tree for the runner in your life? Look no further than the MRM Webstore with a selection of running and about-town garb repping both the OG Logo and the 2024 Logo! Place an order and have it ship directly to your home.

Membership Renewal & Club Sponsorship (December 2024)

Many of our Members join & renew in the New Year with the start of the Winter Chiller’s Series. Membership operates on a rolling basis and we plan to have emails go out to remind you of your upcoming expiring membership status when the time comes (not everyone joins in January). Last year we switched to Tiered Membership ($25, $50, $100) with different perks at each tier. These different levels can be reviewed online in each tier’s description. We are encouraging members to PLEASE renew your membership online in order to decrease the amount of hands on work, money handling, etc needed to be performed by Board Members. 

Along the same thread, we are looking to continue connecting the club to our Community via Sponsorships from local businesses. Divine on Main is one of our 2024 sponsors and is a great example of the symbiotic relationship we can have with businesses in our community!  If you own a local business or know of someone who would be interested in sponsoring the club through their business, please let us know or fill in and hand out a copy of the Sponsorship Letter! We are nonprofit and any donations towards the club are tax deductible. 

From the President (December 2024)

One year in the books for Becka and I and what a year it has been.  We took the reins together as our time of co-coaching Mascenic cross country had ended and we knew that working together we can accomplish quite a bit.  When it looked as though the club might stop functioning due to a loss of leadership, we both felt that we needed to at least step up and lend our commitment to the club we had both been a part of over the last 10 plus years.  As Becka is known to say, she's been a part of the club since she's been sixteen and it's one of the things she loves about running.

We also knew that even without our commitment to high school cross country, we'd have to be practical when it came to running the club.  We were both stepping back from coaching as it was pretty time consuming in season, and if we were going to ask the athletes to be fully committed, it only stands to reason we would need that commitment as well.  Knowing her growing PT business and my new career were pulling us away, we stepped away from that, and seemingly right into this.  But we did so knowing we would be asking for help from the membership with the activities that the club is known for and wants to add to the repertoire.  To be quite frank, I was in it to save the Chillers and support the Wednesday Night track workouts I had coached previously and are now ably run by Becka.

So as we enter our second year having secured the Chiller schedule and after a real successful summer track workouts on Wednesdays, and additionally the education series and the new branding, it's time to think about where the club is going and how we want to get there.  I've been known to say that if you have an idea you'd like to see the Milers be active in, don't just bring the idea but the manpower and willingness to get your hands dirty as well.  I think I can speak for Becka and say we will support most endeavors the club membership is interested in, but it's going to take a group effort for whatever that might be.

Have a great holiday season and the Chiller series is right around the corner.  I hope to see most of you there!