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Steeplechasers recently took to the Frederick Steeplechasers Facebook group to share their 2022 running accomplishments and 2023 running goals.Recapping the 2022 Season:Many steeplechasers shared news of PR’s, new distances (particularly the half marathon, and marathon), and new volunteer roles within the community.Barbara Smith Meely shared “I have had some bigger races this …

I am a fairly new member to the Steeplechasers, I joined in July of 2022. I began running in the spring of 2021 in an effort to lose some weight for my October 2021 wedding. I had never run before and was very skeptical about the idea, but had recently met some runners through social…

As many of you might not know, FSRC (Frederick Steeplechasers Running Club) is an all volunteer organization. The club’s leadership is made up of the Executive Board (Executive Officers and Directors), as well as chairs of the different committees.Board Meetings are held quarterly (February, May, August, and November). At these meetings, committee chairs share …

Did you know that 12% of our club consists of junior members? To be precise, 105 juniors out of total 873 registered FSRC members (as of 12/29/2002). We are so very proud of our budding runners and would like to highlight two of them, Alice and William Heasman, children of our active club volunteer and…

Congratulations to all of our young members that ran cross country for their school!  A few weeks ago, Crystal Tressler, our Treasurer and mom to David Tressler, FSRC High School Member who runs for Oakdale, attended the end-of-season banquet for Oakdale High School boys’ and girls’ teams. Crystal was touched by what the high school …

I was indoctrinated into the running culture from a very young age. Some of my earliest memories are cheering on my Mom at the Rockville Twilight 8K or sitting on my Dad’s shoulders as we walked across the Bay Bridge, while my mom and her running pals disappeared into the distance ahead of us. For…

Lisa has been a Steeplechaser for some time and participated in several of our training programs. Recently, we welcomed Lisa as a Training Committee Chairperson. Below is a spotlight on Lisa’s running career in her own words.Running has been part of my life since I participated in my school’s 2nd grade field day where …

We continue our story series about our streakers, the Steeps who run a half marathon every month for the sheer fun of it. Here’s how the idea started: …

By Tim O’KeefeSUMMER DECATHLON SERIES AWARDS 2022    Welcome to the 31st Summer Decathlon Awards ceremony. The decathlon began in 1990 …probably before many of you were even born! At that time FCC had a track that was open all the time and the club already short races there in the summer months. During …

You may have read about the awesome “streakers” in our club — people who’ve been running every day for months and even years. But did you know the Steeps also has a group of half-marathon streakers? To kick off the series, here’s Tee Dockery with her story…more to follow in the weeks ahead.…