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| HOME > CLUB RESOURCES: ABOUT |
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1991 - CROW ATHELTICS IS HATCHED
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The exact origins of Crow Athletics are not that difficult to trace. In the early 1990's a
group of Mount Desert Island runners were heading to the now extinct Boston Primer,
a 15 mile road race held in Readfield, ME. As they were traveling down I-95 heading south
(in a Buick station wagon as big as a house) the car full of runners suddenly thought that
running as a team might be fun. The various names thrown out for selection (most of which
are not fit to print) ranged from the utterly ridiculous to generic and much over used
terms such as roadrunners, striders, racing team, track club and so forth. By the time the
crew drove through Newport, (which is incidentally 26 miles from Bangor) someone pointed
out how knarly the crows are that line the highway eating dead things that we all seem to
run over in our big Buicks. After passing another group of blackbirds that literally
wouldn't get out of the road (even with a ton of Detroit's best iron heading for them),
the team name for our day of racing at Readfield was born. "Road Crows". We won the
team division and the team name was used loosely over the next decade.
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From the April 1992 issue of Mainely Running (pink cover below)
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From the inaugural issue of Mainely Running | April 1991 (yellow cover above) |
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Moving all the way forward to winter 2001-2002 another group of Mount Desert Island
runners decided our island needed an organized running club. Again, many potential names
were proposed and thrown out (most again, not fit to print -- why do runners think up such
sick stuff?) Gary Allen, who was in attendance on the Readfield trip told the story of the
original "Road Crows", and Crow Athletics as we know it today, was formed.
Our club has since slowly and steadily grown into one of the most forward thinking, fun oriented, outrageous running clubs in the universe! We love to point out to anyone who asks, 'Why crow?', that we runners (like crows) won't get out of the road, we're afraid of nothing, we are found in every state and nearly every corner of the world, and we are impervious to the weather. Our members are of all abilities and hail from all over the US, Canada, and beyond. Some are among the best runners on the roads, while others run purely for fun! Our namesake mascot has even appeared as a tattoo on several Lifetime Members! We are a recognized not for profit organization and annual membership dues (only $10 bucks) helps us to further our club and mission. PS - Roadkill is a friendly little term we like to use in describing what we like to do to our race competition! CAW! CAW! CAW! |
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