Golden Valley Harriers

GVH is a running club located in Davis, CA dedicated to promoting running in the community. Members come in all shapes and sizes—from elite ex-college runners to folks who are just starting to run and everything in between.  The club is organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.  Donations to the club are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.  Our Tax ID# is 14-1841731.

The President posts a weekly update once a month on the front page.

To keep up with the latest GVH news, access race registration discounts, and more, check out our membership page: GVH Membership

GROUP PHOTOS

11/11/2024 UPDATE

• Race Photos

• Board Meeting

• GVH Western States Designated Runner Decision

• Volunteer Request for Birch Lane Epic Eagle Fun Run

• New Members

• Reminders

  • Holiday Party Planning Meetings

  • Board Nominations Open Until Nov 30

• Workouts

• Upcoming Events

Some quick items:

• Happy Veterans Day to GVHers like Craighton. Any other vets in the club?

• Happy belated birthday to Lauren P. and Ethan K!

• No holiday party planning meeting this week. Keep an eye out for the RSVP and awards forms soon. The next planning meeting is on Dec 5. The actual party is on Dec 14 evening.

• We are looking for board nominations. There are 7 seats and there are only a handful of nominations. If you think the club has brought value to you (meeting or exceeding your running goals, building community, volunteer opportunities, structured workouts, etc.), please consider joining the board. (Recent members, I'm looking at you) The club is only as good as its volunteers. If chosen as president again next year, that will be my last year as I only plan for 2 terms max.

Top: Fernando, Katie, Etan, Ethan, Grace, Cynthia, Nicole

Bottom left: Similar to the top photo but now with Kelly! Bottom right: Grace finishing as the 2nd place woman at the half marathon

On Clarksburg: Though I don’t have pictures, I wanted to shout out recent member Anthony R for winning 3rd in his 30K age group, Angie for winning her 30K age group, and Allison for being 3rd in her half marathon age group.

For more details, stay tuned for Scott’s weekly results! Great job runners!

Board Meeting

The GVH Board of Directors met at Steve’s Pizza on Monday, November 11 at 6:30 PM. The agenda included:

• Financial and endowment update

• Western States designated runner selection

• Holiday party planning update

• Nominations and elections

• GVH x ACOP ideas

• GVH x Fleet Feet Davis collaboration ideas - interest from their marketing team

The meeting minutes will be shared soon.

GVH Western States Designated Runner Decision

On behalf of the GVH board, we are happy to share that Aryn Yancher will be the 2025 GVH WSER designated runner! Congratulations! GVH looks forward to supporting you at the end of June next year. Aryn has a strong history of volunteering within the WSER, ultrarunning, and the GVH community (especially as aid station captain), factors all important in the selection criteria.

To all other applicants, please make sure to sign up for the WSER lottery before Nov 21. The drawing is on Dec 7!

Volunteer Request for Birch Lane Epic Eagle Fun Run

The Birch Lane Epic Eagle Fun Run is coming up on Saturday, December 7, 2024, and they need volunteers to make this community event a success! Both a 1/4-mile and 1-mile walk/run are open for all to enjoy, with refreshments provided and an exciting lineup of activities for participants.

GVH’s mission is to promote running in the community. Your support furthers GVH’s mission and helps Birch Lane PTA. Please sign up for a time slot here or email Heather heatherjones0220@gmail.com. GVH members Robin, Ben, and Allison are signed up.

New Members

• Grace D

• Anna N

Grace ran cross-country at Williams College and lived in the east before moving back here to NorCal. Grace also just ran with GVH at Run the Parkway last weekend with the club singlet.

Anna is a returning UC Davis Aggie completing a graduate geography program and apparently was a big fan of fellow GVHer Jonathan London’s classes in undergrad. Anna recently got into ultras and looks forward to building a community here in Davis.

Zach B. and Brendan W. are also returning to GVH after some time off. Welcome back!

Reminders

Holiday Party Planning Meetings

The annual GVH Holiday Party will be on Saturday, December 14 at the Rancho Yolo Community Center.

PLANNING MEETINGS

When: Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 pm after the group run during the following dates:

1. October 24

2. November 7

3. December 5

Where: Pizza and Pints 236 B St, Davis, CA 95616

Interested in helping? Contact any of our current volunteers: Angela B, Andrea B, Audrey G, Brian C, Brigitte H, Ethan K, Lilly H, Tom and Maria S., Connor R, So C, Craighton C, Nancy R

Board Nominations Open Until Nov 30

Do you know of someone who would be a great GVH board of directors member? Are you that person? If so, you can put in names starting today until November 30 here! The Google Form provides descriptions of the board member roles and general responsibilities.

Workouts

• Tuesday evening - Meet at South Putah Creek and Drummond Lane bike path for a warm-up at 5:50 p.m. See Craighton's email for details.

• Thursday morning track - Meet at 7:45 am on the UC Davis track starting with a dynamic warm-up followed by a track workout. Contact Joachim at cooldood47_2000@yahoo.com if you want to be included in the workout emails.

• Thursday evening - Meet at 5:55 pm at the shovels by the Arboretum. for 3, 4, or 7-mile loops. 

• Saturday morning - Meet at 8 am at Fleet Feet Davis. 4, 7, and 10-mile options through downtown Davis, the Arboretum, and the UC Davis campus

Routes are available here.

Upcoming Events

Newly added

• 11/16/2024 Lake Chabot Trail Runs (8K to 50K), Castro Valley, CA

• 11/17/2024, Sun, PA XC Championships Golden Gate Park, SF, CA

• 11/23/2024 Davis Turkey Trot - Davis, CA

• 11/28/2024 (Thanksgiving Day) Run to Feed the Hungry - Sacramento, CA

• 12/1-12/7/2024 GVH Board Elections (online)

• *12/8/2024 PA RR California International Marathon - Sacramento, CA

• 12/14/2024 USATF Club Cross Country Championships - Tacoma, WA

• 12/14/2024 GVH Holiday Party - Davis, CA

• *12/15/2024 PA RR Christmas Relays - San Francisco, CA

• 6/28 - 6/29/2025 WSER, contact aryn.yancher@gmail.com to volunteer at our GVH aid station

Let me or Craighton know if there are events that you want to be added to the calendar.

*PA events are on the PAUSATF race series that involve individual and team scoring plus prize money. You must be a member of the PAUSATF to score.

Nicole Osorio

osorionicole64@gmail.com

Race Results (11/4-11/10)

Fellow Runners,

We have three races to report on from this past weekend.  Starting in San Francisco, Michael Guss won his age group at the Kennedy Drive 8K.

In Clarksburg, Andrew Liu won his age group at the 5K.  John Collins took fifth place overall at the 10K.  Brendand Ward led the club at the half marathon, and Allison Alcalay won an age group prize.  At the 30K, Anthony Rule and Angie Hart won age group prizes.

In Carmichael, new member Grace Dailey took second place at the women's race in the Parkway half marathon.  Fernando Vasquez, Etan Bard, and Ethan Kissock led the 20-miler, with Aryn Yancher taking sixth in the women's race.

Full results below.  Did I miss you?  Please email me at gvhraceresults@gmail.com so I can add your result.

Congratulations, runners!

KENNEDY DRIVE 8K (San Francisco, CA 11/10)

Overall Place/ Name/ Age Group Place/ Overall Time/ Pace

22/ MICHAEL GUSS/ 1/ 36:59/ 7:26/M => Age Group Winner

CLARKSBURG COUNTRY RUN (Clarksburg, CA 11/10)

5K

Overall Place/ Name/ Age Group Place/ Overall Time/ Pace

13/ ANDREW LIU/ 1/ 20:26/ 6:35/M => Age Group Winner

10K

Overall Place/ Name/ Age Group Place/ Overall Time/ Pace

5/ JOHN COLLINS/ 2/ 41:52/ 6:45/M => Fifth Place Overall

Half Marathon

Overall Place/ Name/ Age Group Place/ Overall Time/ Pace

45/ BRENDAN WARD/ 11/ 1:20:28/ 6:08/M

98/ JAMES SCHULMEISTER/ 18/ 1:35:05/ 7:16/M

177/ BEN SACKS/ 11/ 1:58:05/ 9:01/M

189/ HEATHER JONES/ 4/ 2:02:38/ 9:22/M

220/ NURIA DAGHBOUCHE RUBIO/ 11/ 2:17:00/ 10:28/M

240/ ALLISON ALCALAY/ 3/ 2:29:53/ 11:27/M => Third in Age Group

30K

Overall Place/ Name/ Age Group Place/ Overall Time/ Pace

11/ ANTHONY RULE/ 3/ 2:23:20/ 7:42/M => Third in Age Group

31/ ANGIE HART/ 1/ 2:49:28/ 9:13/M => Age Group Winner

60/ ERNEST SHIMIZU/ 7/ 3:14:23/ 10:28/M

RUN THE PARKWAY (Carmichael, CA 11/10)

Half Marathon

Overall Place/ Name/ Age Group Place/ Overall Time/ Pace

16/ GRACE DAILEY/ 1:39:58/ 7:37/M => Second Female Finisher

20 Miles

Overall Place/ Name/ Age Group Place/ Overall Time/ Pace

40/ FERNANDO VASQUEZ/ 7/ 2:30:12/ 7:30/M

41/ ETAN BARD/ 8/ 2:30:17/ 7:30/M

45/ ETHAN KISSOCK/ 9/ 2:31:16/ 7:33/M

47/ ARYN YANCHER/ 2/ 2:32:34/ 7:37/M => Sixth Female Finisher

65/ KATIE PEDIGO/ 4/ 2:36:41/ 7:50/M

105/ KELLY BARBER/ 10/ 2:43:40/ 8:10/M

228/ CYNTHIA CHAK/ 10/ 2:59:34/ 8:58/M

594/ JENNIFER DESIDERI/ 28/ 4:02:45/ 12:08/M

666/ STEPHANIE DUNLAP/ 47/ 4:26:19/ 13:18/M 

Contact Us

Email:

info@goldenvalleyharriers.org

Mailing Address:

Golden Valley Harriers

3430 La Playa Dr., Davis, CA, 95618

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