Group Name Change

Hi Runners,

How is everyone? First, I want to welcome all the new members to the group. There have been quite a few people who have joined this meetup group in the past month, and I apologize that I've been too busy to send everyone a personal welcome, SO WELCOME TO THE GROUP! Second, I wanted to let everybody know that I have changed the name of the meetup to the Greater Arlington Running Group. Now that the group has expanded to almost 40 members, I didn't want to limit our scope to events in Arlington Center. For now, we'll keep the regular Thursday run at our Jammin' Java location, but I want to start scheduling other runs in different locations on different days. Once the weather gets warmer, I thought I'd start with longer runs on weekends. Also, whenever there are other running events or races going on, it might be desirable to have a primer run on a day some time shortly before the race for which people are training.

These are just a few ideas. I would encourage other group members to suggest or schedule events of their own as I think a variety of events would accommodate more people's interests, not to mention schedules. Please let me know if you would like to schedule events, either one time or periodically, and I can make you an assistant organizer for the group. That way you'll be able to schedule an event on this group at a time of your own choosing. Or if you prefer to send me a suggestion by email, I can schedule it myself. Either way is fine. But the more people we can get actively involved with this group, the better it can serve our interests and needs.

Thanks for your participation, and I hope to meet some of you soon. And don't forget our run this Thursday evening at 6:30, for those of you who can make it!

Cheers,

Bill