About the Calhoun Beach Running Club
The CBRC was founded in 2000. A group of experienced runners and a long list of new recruits opened the first CBRC training season in preparation for the 2000 Twin Cities Marathon. The very next year, while part of the club trained for Grandma's, fifteen loyal runners started their workouts in January and ended them in Paris in April along the Champs Elysees. Not to be outdone, another dozen runners decided the London Marathon was the place to be the following year. Since then others have run Big Sur, Hood to Coast, Las Vegas, Seattle, Green Bay, Tulsa, Madison, and dozens more.
As a club, CBRC runners race distances ranging from 5K to half-marathon to 20-milers and of course the marathon, usually all within the framework of a marathon training season. And when the weather gets warm, after a tough long run, you might find some of our runners jumping into Lake Calhoun to cool off. We hope you will join us!
Calhoun Beach Running Club Leadership
Paul Donnelly - Coach
Paul found his way to the club way back in 2005 the same way everyone else does, by reading this website and showing up for a run! After his first CBRC run, he never looked back. Mostly because he knows looking back on a run or a race only slows you down! Paul was a collegiate runner, has completed many marathons, and brings years of running experience to the club. Paul makes our marathon training schedules and comes up with training plans for people running all distances.
Eric Stevenson - Coach
Eric joined the club in February of 2013 because he was looking for a run club to join to train with other runners. He started running in high school for conditioning in baseball and wrestling. In 2009 he signed up for his first race and his passion for running was formed. He ran his first marathon at Grandma’s in 2010 and since then he has ran 35 marathons in 25 different states. (No, those aren't typos. Eric just loves running marathons!) Eventually he wants to run all the world majors and all 50 states.
Mark Zimmer - Head Recruiter
If you fill out the contact form or email us asking questions, Mark's going to get back to you. It's kind of what he does! He's a pretty friendly guy, so go ahead and ask questions!
Christie Steffan - Social Media Coordinator
Since some of you prefer to do your communicating outside of emails, Christie makes sure our social media pages are up to date and your questions are answered there. She also helps organize and lead our early morning runs.
