AREC (A Running Experience Club)

10/26/2026

We’re so proud of our AREC runners who ran the Nike Women’s After Dark Half-Marathon on Saturday night! Great job ladies!

10/24/2026

More fun photos from last Saturday’s Member Appreciation Party!

What a fun time we had just a week ago, today!

Again, we want to congratulate all our award winners and those who were nominated by the club for Member of the Year or Runner of the Year.

The board had extensive discussions about all the award recipients, and no decision was made lightly. But, from my perspective, there’s something special about being nominated for an award by your peers.

About 60 people voted for ROTY and MOTY and all nominees received several votes. We view nominations in these categories as a special honor.

Soon, we’ll release even more footage so stay tuned.

Give Us Feedback

We strive to be a board that is always improving, so we’ll soon be discussing our learnings and ideas to make this event even better. We welcome all feedback from you. If you have any suggestions for improvement, please email one of us or pull a board member aside at an upcoming run.

Other Updates:

Spooky Costume Run!

This Wednesday, 10/28 is our annual Halloween Run. Dress up - or don’t! Showing up in costume is totally optional, but we’ll give out some awards/prizes for best dressed in a few categories.

The Mountains Are Calling:

Our trail running program starts back up on November 8th. Kelly and Jack lead these efforts, so reach out to them if you want more details. Keep an eye on the Trailheads WhatsApp. We will also provide more info in the coming weeks.

Wishing everyone a great weekend- it’s a beautiful one!

10/24/2026

It was a small, but mighty group.

Wednesday’s rain seemed to spook many runners, but it was fun to gather with those who still showed up!

Few updates:

Spooky Costume Run
Next Wednesday, 10/28 is our annual Halloween Run. Dress up - or don’t! Showing up in costume is totally optional, but we’ll give out some awards/prizes for best dressed in a few categories.

The Mountains Are Calling
Our trail running program starts back up on November 8th. Kelly and Jack lead these efforts, so reach out to them if you want more details. Keep an eye on the Trailheads WhatsApp. We will also provide more info in the coming weeks.

Wishing everyone a great weekend!

10/22/2026

Sneak Peak of Last Saturday Night!

Congrats to all our award winners, raffle prize winners, and those of you simply winning at life!

A great time was had by all at our Member Appreciation Party! A growing album has been posted on Facebook. For more photos, check out the album!

We can’t thank Christopher Martin enough for taking these fun photos and so many more!

10/22/2026

10/21/2026

About Saturday Night:

Our Member Appreciation Party was so much fun.

Congratulations to our 24 award / trophy winners and our 40 raffle winners!

We appreciate those of you who volunteered to help us with many things (gift baskets, raffles, setup, tear down- just to name a few). We couldn’t have done this without you!

We had so much fun preparing for this event and celebrating with all of you last

We hope to see you TONIGHT for our weekly 3, 4, or 5 mile run.

Tons of footage of Saturday we’re working through- coming soon! Thank you Christopher Martin for this awesome photo!

Cheers to you and all your success this past year!

10/18/2026

THANK YOU FROM THE BOARD!

The board would like to thank everyone who showed up to last night’s member appreciation party and made it a success.

We also appreciate those of you who volunteered to help us with many things (gift baskets, raffles, setup, tear down- just to name a few). We couldn’t have done this without you!

We had so much fun preparing for this event and celebrating with all of you last night!

Congratulations to our 24 award / trophy winners and our 40 raffle winners! We hope you enjoy running all the races you won and can’t wait to see you Wednesday night for our weekly 3, 4, or 5 mile run.

Tons of footage of last night- coming soon!

Cheers to you and all your success this past year!

10/14/2026

What a fun day we had at the Long Beach Marathon!

Here’s a before and after shot!

Congratulations to EVERYONE out there who ran well! There was some awesome performances! Just a few examples and highlights:

and Wendy Ili: Congratulations on both of your FIRST half-marathons! You both crushed it!
aden way to go on your second marathon- and you achieved a 10 min PR! Incredible!!

beat his goal by 1:05! Nice work, Randy! also achieved her goal of sub 1:50! Phenomenal!

Thanks for a great race day! We see 14 of you are already signed up for next year under AREC! Can’t wait.

The accomplishments are too long to list but we’re proud of ALL of you and can’t wait to celebrate at Saturday’s Member Apprecisuion Party! 🎉 🥳 🎈

Also, see everyone tonight for a fun recovery run!

10/09/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT:

If you did NOT get your wristband so you can hang with AREC in the Special Teams Access area, stop by the teams booth near 2027 registration at the EXPO and ask for ALEX, to get your Teams wristband.

You can still get it on Sunday, but it will be busy and we want to make sure no one misses out.