Registration opens on Monday, December 9th for our 2025 Annapolis Striders Championship Series and new Shorter Races Bundle! The Champ Series comprises eight low-key races of a variety of distances, from one mile all the way up to our 16.28-mile Metric Marathon. While all are welcome to participate in any of these races, Annapolis Striders members get scored in the Champ Series as they run each race. Finish at least six races and you’re eligible for an age group award; run all eight and get an “IronMan” award! Sound like fun? For a limited time, you can register for all eight 2025 Champ Series races for the low price of $50! Head to https://runsignup.com/…/AnnapolisStridersChampionshipSe… to get in on the deal. This offer is only available to Annapolis Striders members– but if you’re not a member, you can join the club at the same time you sign up for the Champ Series! Just use the above link to start registering and you’ll be prompted to join. We’d love to have you be a part of our awesome running club in 2024! (Visit https://www.annapolisstriders.org/championship-series/ for complete details on Champ Series rules & scoring.) For questions about the Championship Series, email champseries@annapolisstriders.org.
For those of you who are just starting to run or for other reasons aren’t ready for longer distances, we’re also introducing this year the Annapolis Striders Shorter Races Bundle (SRB), which includes four races: two 5K races, a one mile race, and working up to a five mile race in November. The SRB is available from Monday, December 9th through Thursday, February 13th and kicks off with the Valentine’s Day 5K on February 15th. The SRB is just $35 for all four races and you can sign up at SRB RunSignup Link. Like the Champ Series, the SRB would make a great holiday gift for a friend (or for yourself!) and is the perfect way to commit or re-commit to running in 2025. Striders Membership is also required for this package (and the link will prompt you to join) but comes with all the other great Striders benefits, including our Annapolis Striders Winter 5K Beginning Runners Program, which kicked off in November and leads up to the Valentine’s 5K. For questions about the SRB, email jim@annapolisstriders.org.