Metro 10 BUF v. ROC Run

08/08/2023

03/06/2020

One step closer... stay tuned.

01/14/2020

Hello Everyone,

First of all,we hope you are having a wonderful new year and had a great holiday season. We would like to take this opportunity to provide an update on the status of the Metro 10 event.

As many of you know, last year we put the event on hiatus last year because of a serious medical issue with a family member. The outpouring of support from former Metro 10 participants was truly touching, and went beyond financial support, we had baskets donated for our fundraiser and numerous cards, letters, emails and thoughtful gifts.

There are no words that can express the gratitude from my family during that challenging time, the endurance sport community is a special one, and our family has been blessed to be a very small part of it over the last five years.

Our hope was that we would be providing you a definitive date by this time, but some things have transpired recently that have put our progress on pause.
For the last three years of Metro 10 we operated under the auspices of The Warrior House of WNY, a charitable endeavor started by my nephew. The Warrior House is scaling back operations and they have suspended all fundraising initiatives. Over the years we have raised $7.000 for the charity, but more importantly, because we operated under the umbrella of the charity, it means that we are currently an event without a cause to support or a sponsoring organization for business purposes.

The event has given 100% of its proceeds to charity since year two, and while plenty of private organizations and individuals have profited from Metro 10, none of the organizers were compensated since we have been affiliated with The Warrior House. Also, we have never carried a fund balance, instead we used early bird registration funds to cover marketing and other initial expenses. Last year when a for-profit organization sought to take over the event, we chose to decline their offer.

There are a couple of organizations we will be reaching out to over the next few weeks to gauge interest, we already reached out to one of them. If we can find a cause we are passionate about, and a partner that has the personpower and capacity to help grow the event, we will gladly move forward. We don’t have to reinvent the wheel and there is plenty of time to pull it off. If not, we had a great run.

We realize that this event is a blip on the radar in Western New York, but we also feel that it has the potential to provide tangible benefits to a charity and to the host community.

10/04/2019

Our longtime volunteer coordinator Wayne Litchfield was just sprung from a Rochester hospital after a few days. I’m not going to pretend to understand the particulars of the procedure, but it is something that will help him have another go at working on Metro 10.

Wayne’s support has been crucial, and he is a man of tremendous faith. It’s his faith that has basically willed our efforts to reboot M10 next year.

He has been with us from day one, and he knows the importance of volunteering, because he gives his time to many causes.

Like an endurance athlete, Wayne is always in for the long haul, and he knows that it isn’t always glamorous, or even fun, but their is a satisfaction when you see the impact on participants and even more when you see the impact on the beneficiary organization.

If you made it this far please join me in wishing Wayne good health!

09/14/2019

Just a quick update: we are moving closer to pinning down a date for next year, and we are also working on some exciting changes that will add to our ability to raise funds for our selected charities.

My family was blessed with the help of the community when we needed them most, so my motivation will be to find a way to pay that forward, and we are actively seeking to donate to organizations that help families defray costs associated with cancer treatments that are not covered by insurance.

Even something as simple as a gift card for gas, or cups of coffee, or money to pay for parking can help families, especially people that may not have an extended family or large support system.

I was told that Metro 10 would "not survive" taking a year off, but our family has a history of beating the odds, and I know that the running, walking and cycling community is one of the most supportive groups around. If we can have some fun while helping out a few families, that makes us all winners, and over the years we have donated almost $10,000 to local causes.

Anyhow, stay tuned to this page and we will update you in about a month.

08/16/2019

This would have been Metro 10 weekend, and we will definitely miss all you runners, walkers and cyclists descending on Albion this weekend-but we also appreciate that those of us that worked on Metro 10 for four years will have this weekend to spend with our families.
As for 2020, there are no definitive plans, but that may change, or it may not.
Whatever happens, we hope all our M10 family across Western NY have a great weekend!

08/03/2019

We hope your 2019 running, walking and biking season has been a good one. It’s probably a good time for an update.
We have officially been on “hiatus” for the last eight months-at least as far as race planning is concerned.
Our benefit for Erica was a huge success, and the rest of us have pursued personal goals while others have just been enjoying a summer without the stress of M10 planning.
Even though it is a year out we really need to start making some decisions. As is often the case, we had a few people offer to help spearhead the 2020 event, but they were scared away when they realized the amount of work involved (isn’t there an expression that says no pain no gain?).
So here is where we are at: our personal goal is to have a location, date(s) and team in place by September 30.
Message us if you are serious about being a part of our winning team.