Welcome!

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.

Tuesday Night Speed Workout

Event Volunteering

Cross Country Racing

Everyone is welcome to come out and run with us (membership is not required!). But we appreciate a positive attitude. (Please note that our RRCA insurance requires that runners under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.)  


Want to Run with Us?

GVH currently meets for workouts on:

For more details, see Nicole's weekly e-mail message (if a GVH member), or go to the This Week's Workouts page. 

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

08/27/2024

Tuesday evening pre-Covell overpass hill workout. Robin and Eric, Heather's relatives, moved recently to Davis and joined us last Tuesday.

08/31/2024

More than 30 runners joined last Saturday morning at the start of the Labor Day weekend.

11/11/2024 UPDATE



RACE PHOTOS

GVH at Run the Parkway.

Thanks to SRA, we had a team tent spot to provide convenience to our Parkway runners.

Shoutout to Aryn and Katie for being in the women’s top 10 for the 20 miler. Grace, a new member who has been running GVH Saturdays for a few weeks, was the 2nd place woman to finish the half marathon.


Some quick items:


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:

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 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:

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

Routes are available here.

Upcoming Events

Newly added

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

Facebook: Join our Facebook group.

Strava: Join our Strava club

Instagram: Follow us @gvh_davis

Community Actions:

You can donate directly to the club general fund or to specific activities via PayPal:  Donate 

Here is the link to the 2024 High School Cross Country Teams Fundraiser https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=RW8MBCEARZQAQ


GVH donated $525 to each XC team at Woodland HS and Pioneer HS as part of our 2023 program to support local running programs. The coaches came to our Saturday morning run to express thanks and tell us how the donations have been used. Last year, Alex, the Woodland coach, used the 2022 donation to buy a pop-up tent with the school logo which is wildly popular with the XC and track team.