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Page 14 Henrik Metzlaff handing out water at the ARE water stop at the 2005 Mohawk Hudson River Marathon ARE at the 2005 Woodford Snowshoe Race Ginny Mosher finishing the 2006 Runnin' of the Green. Road and Trail Talk Magazine The start of the 2007 Brave the Blizzard "Snowshoe Race". It was 70 degrees out the day before and in the low 50s on race day. Getting in the miles winter 2007. Pete Cure, Amanda (Long) Tarrier, John Kinnicutt, Dave Vona, Chris Chromczak, Emily (Gravelle) Chromczak, and Paul Mueller at the 2007 Escarpment Trail Run.
Page 15 By Josh Merlis Ten Years of ARE Empire Commons Community Room, October 1, 2002. My suitemate Jason sits on the floor while another suitemate Dave helps me on the white board. My girlfriend Ryan is holding a camera, taking pictures, including this one. There are 50 others in the room, and I've never met nearly any of them. I draft up an outline of what I want to discuss, of how I am going to attempt to convince them that they should join an organization that doesn't even yet exist. What is the offering? What are we, for in all reality, barely anyone sitting there knew anyone else. Nearly all of them were college freshman, a few weeks removed from their parents homes. I was a college junior, newly no longer part of an organized running team for the first time since I was 6, eager to find others who wanted to share fun experiences through running. I had no idea of how it would unfold over the subsequent week, let alone semester, and certainly never could have imagined where it would go from there. There was no anticipated destination, for I wasn't even sure how to start it. And as the meeting came to its conclusion, I encouraged everyone to join us the next day at 4:30pm on the UAlbany track. The first ARE Group Run. Running for the University at Albany for my first two years of college was a wonderful experience. My freshman year, we went on a training trip during winter break to Puerto Rico, and in general, we raced all over the region and there were many associated perks. But most important was the strong friendships forged by members of the team. In many cases, we ran together daily (sometimes twice/day together), ate nearly all meals together, signed up for the same classes when we could, and shared an appreciation and respect for what each of us was doing. It was hard but rewarding. The time commitment was considerable though. Practices were typically upwards of 3 hours, and travel Road and Trail Talk Magazine to meets turned most Fridays/Saturdays into long busrides with a race in between. As my sophomore year came to a close, and I knew that I would not be rejoining the team, Ryan and I happily delighted in realizing that I wouldn't be spending my weekends at races… I spent most of that summer staying with her and her family in Galway. They had 6 acres logged that they wanted cleared, and I offered to do it, surely aware that coincidentally it could help justify why I'd always be there. Each day, while everyone (including Ryan) was at work, I'd get in a run and then spend about 6 to 8 hours, or more, cutting and burning wood. My mind was clear, life was good, and I had nothing to do but spend all day outside amongst the animals and leveled forest. To be twenty again! A few of my former teammates who also were no longer running for the school had asked me in the spring to start a team for the fall. I had been the captain of the cross country team and they therefore decided that it was my job to start the team once we were no longer on it. I wasn't as excited about the idea, but eventually the rumor that a running club was starting spread to people I didn't know, who then began emailing me asking when the club was going to start. Truthfully, I wasn't overly keen on the idea, and would often discuss with Ryan what I should do. Two weeks into the school year, after a second email from a 17 year old I had never met named Chris Chromczak asking me about when the first meeting would be held for a club I had never told him about, I told Ryan and my suitemates that I was going to start a running club. While eating cereal for dinner, we came up with the club name and my suitemates were appointed members of the executive board. My suitemate Dave helped me put up flyers all over campus for the first meeting. I also spent several nights walking around the campus dorms and going up to people, asking them if they ran or wanted to start. I received varying degrees of congeniality; thankfully I was never pepper-sprayed, although there were plenty of individuals who clearly did not seem too excited about running. And as September came to a close, Albany Running Exchange's executive board regularly met (at the kitchen table) to brainstorm for the upcoming meeting. Ironically, many of the members of the team who had been initially urging the creation of a club had since lost interest or it otherwise was no longer applicable. Some transferred schools, others rejoined the college
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