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Sonoma County's Running Club
The Empire Runners Club, based in Santa Rosa, CA, has served the running community of Sonoma County since 1975.

Over 500 members, with all ability levels, participate in club-sponsored races and social events, team competition, and group training sessions. Others prefer the solitude of running alone, take part in the group sessions for social pleasures, or simply wish to maintain fitness and health.

Styskal & Taylor Run Away with the Carrots!
Hoagland defies father-time!

It was another gorgeous May morning at Spring Lake and the 17th annual running of the Jack Rabbit Derby. With the recent huge increases in participation at the Resolution Run and the Ilsanjo Classic, I was not quite sure what to expect. The Derby has traditionally seen small numbers of albeit intense runners, still I felt that I should be prepared for an onslaught. Since so many club members had just run the Boston Marathon I had the cream of the crop for race-day volunteers. Plus I knew I could count on Carl Triola and his trusty band of Casa Grande runners and parents for course monitoring. So, I simply bought extra water, snacks and raffle prizes and waited to see how many folks would actually show up. I joked that I had so many volunteers that if the turn-out proved only average, every runner could have a personal valet. As it turned out and as usual, what the participation lacked in numbers was more than made up for in the intensity of the racing.

The 1k Bunny Hop was won by Justin Plott, 10 and Catherine Rauch, 7.

For the main event, the 3-miler, Zack Styskal, 28 won the race with a time of 17:23, and he was followed by Gregg Jennings, 38 with 17:31, and Andy Howard, 47 with 18:08. For the ladies, Casa Grande Sophomore and women's course record holder Jacque Taylor was first with a time of 17:58. Val Sell was second with a time of 21:07, and Lisa Titus-Isabeau was third, with 23.35.

DM Peterson











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Recent Results


May 10th
Human Race
10K Results here
3K Results here

May 4th
Jack Rabbit Derby
Results here

April 13th
Petaluma Footrace
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Sat., May 17th
Spring has Sprung
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Mon., May 26th
Marin Memorial Day Races
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Hit The Road Jack
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Sun., Jun 8th
Dipsea Race
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Wed., June 11th
Track Meet: Mont. HS
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