Physically, our president is already in Boston while leading the transition into 2023 and a new board. Judi is as active as ever, but will be stepping away from the board in her role as Treasurer. Kudos to these two for their service to HOTV and to the community.

A new president, treasurer and up to 5 new board members will be elected at our Jan 22nd HOTV Annual Meeting. (RSVP here) It will be held at Common Fields, 1-3 PM. PLEASE consider attending to elect board members, get to know fellow members, celebrate Raechel and Judi, find out about the Member of the Year and Team of the Year, and build excitement about HOTV's promising 2023.

As always, the club will need your help with our annual offerings: Run for the Hills, All-Comers Track Meets, Fall Festival, and the 2024 Resolution Run thanks to dedicated event directors. The club will still offer group runs on M, T, W, Th, and Saturdays thanks to dedicated leaders. Our website has everything you need to know. The club will continue its action in the community through donations, volunteerism, and promoting fitness thanks to y'all!

Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement, not matter how small the increment. Let's adopt this idea for ourselves and our club. We can do new things, we can do old things in better better ways: field trips to races, excursions to trails, designing new running gear, forging deeper relationships with local business, yoga or strength training for runners, outreach to schools, social events to see each other in non-running clothing, stand up comedy night. Just kidding about the last one, but the idea is that we are a diverse group with myriad talents and a huge potential for fun, fitness, and the promoting the common good. Check out the Stuff You Need To Know section to participate.

See you on the 22nd at Common Fields, 1 PM. 
See you out there!

Have something that everyone should know? Please contact your editor, Gerhard Behrens,  or your president for another month, Raechel Soicher. 

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Stuff You Need To Know
LAST CHANCE FOR THE MEMBER SURVEY
We really need your help in bringing the mission statement into purposeful action. Let us know what you think our club could and should be doing. Surveys completed by Jan 15 garner you an HOTV pint glass!

HOTV ANNUAL MEETING
This year's event will be at Common Fields, January 22 from 1-3. Heating provided.
 Plan on connecting with club members, settling some club business, and taking care of club elections.
RSPV here. 

RESOLUTION RUN PHOTOS
Click here to relive the great morning.

GROUP RUNS

• Every Second Sunday of the month, Biz Stamm leads a trail run in the local hills. Distances and places vary, but no one runs alone. Next one is February 12th. Look for announcements on the Facebook page, or contact Biz directly.
• Check out the club website for all the ways to connect with other runners, get faster, get stronger and have some fun. Our motto is: no one runs alone.
• Go the club website to make sure you sign a waiver for the group runs of your choice. The waiver is good for all of 2023 for that particular run.

CORVALLIS HALF and BOSTON MARATHON and PETERSON RIDGE
These two world famous events happen the same weekend this year. The third one, a trail race, is 2 weeks later. I'll be publishing a training guide that will definitely help prepare for the road races. It might also be a guide for developing running efficiency for those doing the 20 or 40 mile Rumble options. As of now, I plan to use our newsletter link, email list, website, and Facebook group to get the word out about workouts.  

TRAIL FILM FESTIVAL AND YOGA FOR RUNNERS
These two world famous events will happen in April and May. The date will be  the evening of April 7 at the Whiteside for the films, and mid May (post CHM, Boston, Mac 50K) for the yoga class at Willamette Power Yoga. Thanks to Scott Leonard and Biz Stamm for organizing these two events. More details to come.