Regular meeting schedule is:
-Third Monday each month Niles
-All other meetings in Dowagiac. 
1st Monday    Dowagiac
2nd Monday   Dowagiac
3rd Monday    Niles
4th Monday    Dowagiac
5th Monday    Dowagiac

Summer months: our calendar varies during the summer.  Members will host some meetings in a location of special interest.

Dowagiac: in the commons area at the center of the first floor of the College Services  building on the SMC (Southwestern Michigan College) campus; use the Dailey road entrance.
Niles: in the Amphitheater at Riverfront Park until the fall time change then we meet in the lobby of the YMCA until the spring time change.

GENERAL INFORMATION

MEETINGS: We meet each Monday night at 6:00pm in Dowagiac or Niles, Michigan.  (See CALENDAR)
 
WELCOME: We welcome runners and walkers, the experienced and the novice, the young and the chronologically enhanced.  Monday nights most members exercise for 40 to 60 minutes either walking or running as part of their fitness routine.  Members encourage and watch out for each other.  Long lasting friendships tend to happen.
 
REQUIRMENTS: An interest in becoming fit or staying fit is all that is required to get started.  The club membership is both knowledgeable and supportive to other members. 

GUESTS: Guests are always welcomed and members are encouraged to bring them.  If you do not know a member please email our President with your phone number so that you may be contacted and have your questions answered.  Guests may also just show up to introduce themselves at the meeting.  Our meetings are quite informal.

CONTACT US:  Feel free to call our President or to email any of our officers.  (Scroll down for this contact information.)

GUEST BOOK:  NEW! Members, past members, and friends please sign in to the Guest book to leave our members your message or comments.

2008 RACE FINISHERS: NEW!  Members page of 2008 race finishes.

2008 IN TRAINING:  NEW!  Members in training page.  Cheer them on.  Join them.

ABOUT US
The MNRC was formed by Coach Ron Gunn at Southwestern Michigan College in 1979 to support the growing number of adult graduates of his marathon training classes.  This is the club Ron thought would never last since he expected that Monday night football would keep most of the men and some of the women away.  Not so!  All these years later the club is still  going strong though it has evolved into more of a walking fitness club, though we still support a growing number of runners too. 

Many long time members are former marathon and half marathon runners, and veterans of countless 5k and 10k events who have now retired from running to walk regularly for fitness. Though chronologically enhanced they think young and maintain that unique spark of living life to the fullest by staying fit and engaged. Members of the club often volunteer to work at local running events and participate in any opportunity for adventure.

The club membership is free to all students and $15/yr for community members.  Anyone is invited to visit with us a few times before committing to the annual dues.  It is a fun group to be involved with and to go on trips with.  The members tend to support and encourage each others accomplishments.  Younger members or anyone new to running and sport walking will find a wealth of experience readily available.  Older members often discover that age is not so limiting a factor as they had previously thought. (Check Ron's Tour site below for a photo of an 84 year old member who hiked 15 miles at the Grand Canyon and more in 2007!)

Coach Gunn created, and still teaches, the extreme sports program at SMC. He continues to organize Adventure Tours; reasonably priced trips centered around running or walking at unique destinations to experience what the average couch potato will never see in person.  Now semi retired and following his long time dream coach Gunn organizes adventure tours for the public which include: The Grand Canyon and Great Southwest Hikes, The Honolulu Marathon and Island Adventure Hikes, Pictured Rocks, Devil's Lake and The New River Gorge.  

CLICK HERE FOR MORE ABOUT  Ron Gunn's Adventure Tours.