About Sub 5 Track Club
The Sub 5 Track Club, founded in 1982 in the Bangor-Brewer area, is one of the largest and most active running clubs in the State of Maine. The club organizes weekly runs and track workouts, directs local road races, sponsors scholarships for area high school athletes, and maintains a website with a race calendar and results and coverage of youth cross country and track. New members are welcome!
Site Map
- Home
- Blog
- Youth Pages
- 2015 Race Results
- About
- Board and Officers
- Membership
- Group Runs
- Newsletter
- Sample new page
- Indoor Track Results 2015
- 2016 Race Results
- Indoor Track Results 2014
- 2017 Race Results
- 2014 Outdoor Results
- 2018 Race Results
- 2019 Race Results
- 2019 Summer Youth Track and Field
- Annual Awards
- 2021 Race Results
- 2022 Race Results
- 2022 Summer Youth Track and Field
- 2023 Race Results
- 2023 Summer Youth Track and Field
- 2024 Race Results
- 2024 Summer Youth Track and Field
- 2025 Race Results
- 2015 XC Results
- 2016 XC Results
- 2017 XC Results
- 2018 XC Results
- 2019 XC Results
- 2020 XC Results
- 2021 XC Results
- 2022 XC Results
- 2023 XC Results
- 2024 XC Results
- Indoor Track Live Results
- Indoor Track Results
- 2017 Indoor Track Results
- 2018 Indoor Results
- 2019 Indoor Results
- 2020 Indoor Results
- 2021 Indoor Results
- 2022 Indoor Results
- 2023 Indoor Results
- 2024 Indoor Results
- 2025 Indoor Results
- 2016 Results
- 2017 Outdoor Results
- 2018 Outdoor Results
- 2019 Outdoor Results
- 2021 Outdoor Results
- 2022 Outdoor Results
- 2023 Outdoor Results
- 2024 Outdoor Results
- 2025 Outdoor Results
“100 Mile Club”
/0 Comments/in Road Races /by Glendon RandThis year marked the 40th edition of the Tour du Lac 10 Miler in Bucksport. My first “tour” around Silver Lake was either 1979 or 1980, I’ll have to check my old running logs. Back then the race was directed by Anne and Steve Norton. Anne was the cross country coach and French teacher at Bucksport High School – hence the unique name of the race. The course has several monster hills but they come in the middle of the course and help make the race interesting – just pray for a cloudy, cool day. The race has always drawn some talented runners over the years. In the 1970’s and 80’s Maine legends like Ralph Thomas, Robin Emery, Ziggy Gillespie, Gerry Clapper, Jim Newett, and Sheila Hodges ruled the course and it took a time under 60 minutes to break into the top 20. When the Nortons retired from directing the race, Fred and Joan Merriam took over the race directing duties from their home just a few hundred yards off the course and the race became a Sub 5 Track Club event. The race is now directed and curated (it was the first road race inducted into the Maine Running Hall of Fame in 2010) by Chris and Margaret Jones. The Jones’ have honored the tradition of the race and have implemented new innovations such as homemade jams for awards and recognizing runners who have completed 10 Tours. Close to 50 runners have achieved this status and new inductees into the 100 Mile Club receive a framed certificate that playfully questions their sanity for even attempting such a feat.
I love returning to the Tour du Lac every year. To see old friends and catch up on their lives. To become reacquainted with course features such as the big hill at mile 5, the smell of strawberries from Silveridge Farm, the first glimpse of the sparkling water of Silver Lake, the two cemeteries that always seem like a good place to lay down and rest, the quad pounding steep downhill at mile 9, and the long straightaway down Broadway to the finish line by the swimming pool. To see the sense of accomplishment in runner’s faces as they cross the finish line. Their stiff legged walk as they go up to receive their awards. These days I observe these events from behind a camera lens but I know I’ll keep coming back every year to participate in this legendary Maine race.
Members of the 100 Mile Club
June Message from President Peckenham
/0 Comments/in President's Message /by Glendon RandI am happy to report that Glendon Rand has restored the Sub5.com web site. More work is needed, but we are back!
We have some great TradeWinds Market-Sub5 series races in June.
This Saturday, June 6th, is the Cobscook 10K in Pembroke. A challenging race for a good cause. More info can be found here: http://media.wix.com/ugd/906d92_ba2fcee8ad90481a84d0ca7ef1eb064c.pdf.
On the last Saturday of June (27th) is the ever-popular Tour du Lac 10 miler in Bucksport. Information is here: http://www.active.com/bucksport-me/running/distance-running-races/the-40th-tour-du-lac-2015 and facebook- https://www.facebook.com/bucksporttourdulac.
The Sub5 Club is also a sponsor of the inaugural Black Bear Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K on June 21st. This is a new course that starts and finishes at the University of Maine in Orono. The race web page is http://www.umaine.edu/blackbearmarathon/.
Plenty of distance events this month to test your legs.
Don’t forget the free entry for Sub5 members to run the Walter Hunt 3K race on July 4th. You still must register and forms can be found at Sub5.com.
Stay healthy and run well.
John
Matthew Keresey Chosen for Camp Scholarship
/0 Comments/in Scholarships /by Glendon Rand