Testimonials:

The Parkway Running Club receives great feedback about Walter's Run.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with any comments, suggestions and (most importantly) kudos!  Here are a few recent testimonials:

1. Active.com reviews of Walter's Run 2011 are here

2. The gentleman who wrote this letter loved the amenities and family friendly atmosphere of Walter's Run.

3. This thank you note was sent to PRC from one of Walter's Gang who recently attended a week of running camp on a Walter Burgess Scholarship.
   
   I would like to take this time to thank the scholarship committee for awarding me the Walter Burgess Scholarship to the American Running camp. I had a great week, meeting a lot of athletes and coaches from all over the country. Even though people were from all over the place, it goes to show you how small the running world is. The coaching staff was great and motivating. One of the coaches remembered a former C.M. athlete from years back who gave him a C.M. t-shirt. I was able to run with Matt Centrowitz Jr., which was pretty awesome, as well as train with top collegiate runners. The campus was really nice, but more importantly....the food was awesome! I definitely felt challenged, well conditioned and ready to start my xc season. Thank you again and although I am injured right now, I will make every effort to attend Walters Run in December.
   Respectfully, Ryan R. Catholic Memorial School '13
   Editor's note: Matt Centrowitz Sr. is a running camp coach and former Olympian.  Matt Centrowitz Jr. won the bronze medal in the 5k at the World Championships in 2011.
    

4. This letter was written by one of Walter's Gang - a young runner who is a recent recipient of a Walter's Run scholarship to the Newport Running Camp (now the American Running camp) in his memory.

5. Please take a moment to read Running's Everyman, A tribute to a runner who made the sport better by Don Allison, December 2003.

6. Here is Karyn's story.  She is using Walter's Run 2010 to get back after a long injury.  We will be sure to give her a loud cheer at the race!!!

At the end of October (running the Mayor's Cup), I tore my meniscus in my left knee in two places, fluid leaked into the back of my knee, caused a cyst, etc. Result was surgery at the beginning of November (very discouraging when I was in good shape and psyched about my Boston Marathon 2011 entry). I decided I needed to have a goal, and I figured a semi-realistic one was to be ready to walk/jog a 5k by mid-December (about 6 weeks post surgery). So of course I chose Walter's Run. Ten days after surgery I got in the pool and started swimming. And a week later I started stationary biking. And the next week was elliptical. Now I'm doing all three (not simultaneously) and this week I'll try to treadmill SLOWLY to see whether that works. The goal is to cross the finish line at Walter's Run. If I can do that, I think I can build up to Boston. So thanks for providing a goal. It's really kept my spirits up during an otherwise really crappy 5 weeks!
See you next weekend.