I am 1000!!!
A story in the Greenville News about my family and I becoming the 1000th member of the Greenville Track Club.
Track Club honors 1,000th member
Greenville group has become state’s largest
By Mike Foley • Staff writer • February 5, 2010
Milestones keep dropping like miles run during a marathon for the Greenville Track Club.
The GTC feted its 1,000th member at its meeting Monday night, and even before it could plan and implement that celebration, the club topped 1,100 members.
“We’re at 1,116 members right now,” said GTC Club Administrator Darrell Jennewine. “We’re by far the biggest club in the state. And as far as we can tell we’re the fastest growing club in the Southeast.
“We’re bigger than Charleston, Columbia and Charlotte for sure.”
The Glenn family from Simpsonville won the sort-of lottery as the family of four became the 1,000th member – actually members 1,000, 1001, 1002 and 1,003 – of the club in late 2009.
They and were showered with gifts during the Track Club’s monthly meeting.
“My husband started running last January,” Heidi Glenn said, in an effort to improve his health. “And he procrastinated and procrastinated about joining the club, and he finally procrastinated himself into being the 1,000th member.”
Heidi Glenn said becoming members has brought the family together because they often exercise as a group now.
“We’re doing our first family run together at the Reedy River Run,” she said. “It’s been great for the family.”
Jennewine said a concerted effort to attract more members led to the surge. At the end of 2005, the GTC only had 231 members. The club’s next goal is to grow to 1,500 members.
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