Flying Irish Running Club

We are at Uprise this week, running one of our signature runs along Summit Blvd.

When: Thursday, September 24th
Time: 6:00pm
Where: Uprise Brewing (617 N. Ash St)
Route: To The Summit!
https://www.strava.com/routes/3208227428193504032

This is the last week to pick up your shirt before our annual photo, which is October 1st!

What a beautiful day for a sold out race 😎 ☀️ It was great to see so many Flying Irish members and running friends out on the course today! Thank you, Jon, for putting on an amazing race and good job to everyone who ran today! 🏃🏼🏃‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️💨

Despite tonight’s run being one of our more difficult routes (the Stairmaster), we had an awesome turnout! Congrats Kellan on your 6 run milestone and Wesley on your 50th run!

Also, Thank you Nicki and Fleet Feet as well as Mac from Brooks for showing up and demoing shoes for our members!

What a beautiful night to run in Spokane 🌅

We are back at Uprise this week for one of our specialty routes: The Stairmaster 😅 You either love it, or you hate it, but if you’re one of the haters you still won’t want to miss out because Fleet Feet will be joining us with a shoe demo this week 👟

When: Thursday, September 17th
Time: 6:00pm
Where: Uprise Brewing (617 N. Ash St)
Route: The Stairmaster
https://www.strava.com/routes/3198155210771951932

There’s nowhere to go but up from here!

Tonight was an evening for the books! Congrats Eddie Tompson on your 666th run - thank you and Dominic Bartoletta for leading us in a little pre-run song! Also shout out to Jon from the Boulevard Race for joining us tonight and even bringing the bagpipes for a sneak preview of what to expect on race day. And last but not least, thank you to O’Doherty’s Irish Grille for hosting and always taking such good care of us and our post-run hydration needs.

In other news: our annual shirts are here! If you weren’t able to pick yours up tonight we will have them at next week’s run as well as some extras for sale (while supplies last!) see a board member and we can get you squared away.

Reminder ‼️

Tomorrow’s run will be from O’Doherty’s Irish Grille (525 W Spokane Falls Blvd) and you won’t want to miss it! Jon from the Boulevard Race will be there with swag and information for the upcoming run on September 20th.

Meet us at O’Doherty’s this week for a special run with Jon from the Boulevard Race!

When: Thursday, September 10th
Time: 6:00pm
Where: O’Doherty’s Irish Grille (525 W Spokane Falls Blvd)
Route: 7 Bridges from OD’s
https://www.strava.com/routes/3203137619076201474

See you at OD’s!

Today was a beautiful day for a Cross Country Race! Thank you Natalie, Allison, Malcolm, David, Jess, and Dean for showing up and running for the Flying Irish team at Audubon Park this morning. We placed 5th in the run club challenge, finishing behind East Valley Knights, Genus, and Run Perry Run Club.

The next race is the Qualchan Bluff 12k on Sunday, October 4th and we would love a team of at least 5 runners but the more the merrier! If you’re interested, ask one of us after our weekly run or visit the registration page for more details: https://runsignup.com/Race/WA/Spokane/BRRCCrossCountryRaces

Shared with permission:

Many of you know Rhonda Paulsen as she is a long time Flying Irish member with over 300 runs.

What you may not have known is that Rhonda tragically lost her house, and everything in it, during the Spokane complex fires last month. It has been really inspiring to see Rhonda’s resilience and ever-present positive attitude throughout the unimaginable, and it has also been heartwarming to see the running community come together to support one another during this difficult time.

Two years ago, Rhonda won a Flying Irish cribbage board as one of the grand prizes at the end of season party. This board, along with countless other valuables, was unfortunately lost in the fire. Last week our former Grand Poobah Brendan Dowling generously donated and presented Rhonda with a new cribbage board to replace her old one.

Thank you Brendan, and thank you to our other members who have helped support one another in the wake of these devastating fires 🙏

Congrats Matt Messick on your 6 run milestone! Thank you for keeping up with tradition and sharing an Irish joke - you nailed it!! ☘️🍻