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Run Club Menlo Park Fall Season 2025 Registration Notes

Please read the important notes below about Fall Season 2025 and then follow the link to registration.

Practice Schedule:
Location: Encinal Elementary School track/field: 195 Encinal Ave, Atherton CA
First Day of Practice: Tuesday, September 2nd.
Available Practice Days (any 2): Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays 3:15-4:45pm.
Kids from non-Encinal schools (e.g. Hillview, Oak Knoll, Laurel, etc.) may arrive by 3:30 and not miss any running.
Mid-Season Break Week (No Practices): 10/13-10/17. Runners will be assigned running to do on their own that week.
Season fees include most race fees (if not all).
For some season-end races, a USATF Youth Membership will be required (Junior Olympics) = ~$40
Last Day of Practice: Wednesday, Nov 19th (except for JO runners).

** An Important Note About Pactice Days
The best days to practice (in order) are • Mon/Wed or Tue/Fri • Mon/Fri. • Next best is Tue/Wed. • Least best is Mon/Tue or Wed/Fri as we do the same workout on Mon/Tue and Wed/Fri, but any two days is allowed. I hope that makes sense (you may have to read it twice). The day choices will be listed on the registration from.

** An Important Note About Practices
Your runner needs to attend all practices. Doctor, dentist, and other appointments need to be scheduled for other days. We only practice two days a week and in order to make running progress, your runner needs to be there for both days (especially if they would like to do races). We have great flexibility for dual sport athletes who have schedule conflicts, so feel free to reach out to Coach Scott about that if it affects your runner.

** An Important Note About Advanced Runners (Have Already Done USATF Races)
This fall will be Run Club's 17th season and we have runners who have trained with us for many season. Many of these runners are ready to advance their running so we will be offering advanced runners the option to train one extra day each week (3 days instead of 2). Run Club is technically an after-school program that competes at the "Club" running level. Getting a third day of training will give your runner a similar amount of training as a formal "Club" runner while still allowing for plenty of rest and staying safe from injury.

** An Important Note About Carpools
Last year we had very good carpools from Hillview and other MPCSD schools, so let me know if you are interested in carpooling and I can help parents organize.

Fall season (11 weeks) is more busy (and more fun) than spring season (8 weeks). Last fall we raced 5 regular season cross-country races and 19 runners advanced all the way to the Junior Olympics National Cross-Country Championships in Indiana. For those not going to JO's, we finish the season with a 5K Turkey Trot.

Run Club Menlo Park is the least expensive after-school program offered at any MPCSD elementary school and the only one under $23/hour ($20.13) based on the winter catalog. Compared to other USATF youth running clubs, RCMP is half the cost (e.g. San Francisco youth running club costs $1,400 for the fall 2024 season). Run Club is also a Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation Business Partner Sponsor!

After School Program: Per Hour
Run Club Menlo Park:  $20.13
Chess:                $23.46
Pickleball:           $24.56
Basketball:           $26.50
Robotics:             $28.20
Soccer:               $32.24
Flag Football:        $32.83
Cooking:              $42.04
Tennis:               $47.75
Dance:                $52.74
Martial Arts:         $34.00
Ukulele:              $34.00
Yoga:                 $34.00
Crafts:               $37.17
Wiffle Ball:          $40.00
Ultimate Frisbee:     $42.42
Guitar:               $46.10
Drama:                $46.10
Skateboard:           $46.30
Mathletes             $51.46
Woodworking:          $56.60
Hands on Science:     $57.93