The
San Marcos Runners Club (SMRC) is a group of local area runners of various levels
of ability and experience. Some of our members qualify for and run in the Boston
Marathon each year, while others enjoy running their miles at a 12-minute pace.
We enjoy going out for training runs at our respective paces and then getting
together to socialize. We also enjoy competing in races and, if we’re not
running, supporting our fellow members as they compete.
It’s part of our mission to promote running, fitness and healthy lifestyles
in San Marcos and Central Texas, and to provide information, encouragement and
training resources for people of all ages and abilities who are interested in
running or fitness in general.
The SMRC also accomplishes this mission by organizing and managing races for
local charitable and service organizations in their fundraising efforts. We provide
a great deal of labor and expertise to these groups, but we neither request nor
receive any compensation for our services. In recent years, the SMRC has conducted
races to benefit the following local organizations:
Hays-Caldwell
Council On Alcohol & Drug Abuse - Red Ribbon 5K
American Cancer Society - Tanger Trot
Friends of the San Marcos Cemetery - “From Here to
Eternity” 5K
Pet Prevent A Litter of Central Texas - Pet Fest 5K
San Marcos Bluebonnet Lions Club - Thankful Turkey 5K
We are also involved in one way or another - mostly by providing volunteers or
specific services - in just about every race that occurs in the San Marcos area.
The SMRC - which has actually existed for many years - was reorganized in February,
2001, after being inactive for several years. The reorganization occurred primarily
because of the efforts of Dr. Moe Johnson, who is a fixture in the San Marcos
running community. Moe was a founding member of the original club, and felt that
there was a large enough group of runners in the area to justify re-starting
the club’s meetings and activities. So, after some organizational meetings,
we decided to “take a run” at having a runners’ club in San
Marcos again.
You can learn more about the club’s activities by checking out Current
News. If you want information that you can’t find there, then please contact
us!
If you are interested in joining the San Marcos Runners Club, you can print out
an Application for Membership and
send it to us at the address listed on the application.
SMRC
Constitution and Bylaws
To download an application for membership, click here (PDF
file, 179 kB).
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