East End Road & Trail Runners Club, Long Island Running
East End Road & Trail Runners Club
East End Runner is your guide to running events and races in the Hamptons, the North Fork and on the East End of Long Island, New York. Full race calendar of events on the east end. Official site of The East End Road & Trail Runners Club and Island Runners, NY From Brookhaven and Riverhead to Orient Point on the north fork and Montauk Point on the south fork, including the hamptons towns of Westhampton, East Quogue, Hampton Bays, Southampton, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor, East Hampton on the south fork. Jamesport, Southold, Matituck, Greenport, Oyster Ponds, and Orient Point on the north fork. No longer limited to races on the East End, The EER&TRC helps with races all over Long Island's Suffolk & Nassau Counties. Choosing a Race Location
The East End Road & Trail Runners Club was founded Feb. 2 , 1994. There were only a handful of races at the time and no organized way of finding out about races. The clubs purpose was and still is to inform runners, organize new events, and support existing events. The first year we started a newsletter and organized three new events.
The second year, our official timer told me he wasn't taking on any new events, so I had to learn how to time races. I started with my own manual system that worked fine for smaller races but pressure was mounting to computerize. Also, so many new races wanted me to organize and time races that it became a full time job. Charlie Pecora stepped in to computerize and we became Fit Results. Charlie and I started Fit Results and I started an e mail newsletter for the East End Runner. Subscribe to our free newsletter
Fall 2007 and 2008 we graduate to a "Chip" timing system. Fit Results will become Island Timing.
The EER&TRC is a member of the Road Runners Club of America. The East End is becoming more and more a year round place to run and have fun. We have also been timing more "up Island" races. Calendar of events at www.eerunner.com
Our races are mostly road races and mostly 5k's. We have 3 cross country races at the 5k distance, and 4 road races at the 10k distance and one rare 8k. Most of the rest are 5k's.
Our goals are to increase participation in all east end races. Provide a method of comunication between runners. Introduce new participants to running. Promote non race events. Group runs, fun runs, kids events, breakfast runs, meetings, dinner parties. Our e-mail newsletter is free for the asking. Just fill out this quick form!
Fit Results / Island Timing is spreading out accross Long Island. Timing races in Caumsett Park, Jones Beach, Wantaugh, Bellmore. New Races in West Babylon and Sag Harbor. We specialize in the smaller community races. Our 2008 calendar can be found at www.islandrunning.com Our home is in the Hamptons, but we run all over Long Island and beyond.
We are serving the community of runners, organizing, promoting, not only races, but running as a community sport. Our new race management and calendar site for Island Timing is www.islandrunning.com
Our mission is to promote running, develop races and inform the community of runners. Our races support health, fitness, educational and environmental issues in the Hamptons and the east end on Long Island, New York.
As we continue to improve our services and web network we will be making frequent changes.
East End Road & Trail Runners announces a special program for our members in which we now can purchase the most advanced line of sports drinks, energy gels and recovery drinks and receive a 30% discount on all purchases. I’m sure you are familiar with the Accelerade, Accel Gel and Endurox R4 brands. These products are unique in that they contain a patented 4:1 ratio (4 grams carbohydrate to 1 gram protein). This ratio has been shown to provide significant benefits to endurance athletes including extended endurance, faster muscle recovery, reduced muscle soreness and better rehydration. For easy, secure purchase go towww.accelsport.com/eastendrtrunners Receive a 30% discount and pay a flat rate of $5.99 for shipping regardless of size.
Bob Beattie's Bio:
Bob Beattie has 40 years experience in both retail and wholesale management in sporting goods, toys, electronics, school supplies, and music. Bob has lived on Long Island, New York for most of his life. Locally Bob has managed Gubbins Running Ahead, a sporting goods store, for 20 years.
Bob Beattie founded the East End Road and Trail Runners Club 16 years ago, and has held various offices in that organization. The East End Road & Trail Runners Club was founded Feb. 2, 1994. There were only a handful of races at the time and no organized way of finding out about races. The clubs purpose was and still is to inform runners, organize new events, and support existing events. The first year we started a newsletter and organized three new events. The club runs about 12 of its’ own races every year and helps out at many more. The club has helped many organization start new races and encourages all runners to join their local running clubs.
Today Bob organizes and times over 40 races a year for various non profit organizations, including the Southampton Village PBA, and has been an advisor to the race organization committee for Southampton Rotary's Firecracker 8k, Cancer Care's Berry Blast 5k, Ellens Run and many others. If you'd like a full list of races you can find them at the Island Running News/East End Runner.
Bob is the former chairperson of the East Quogue Citizens Advisory Committee for Southampton Town, and was the Senior Vice President of the Southampton Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Hamptons Visitors Council.
Besides president of the East End Road and Trail Runners Club, Bob also serves as Vice President of Athletes Changing Tomorrow.
