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We are a running club located in Buffalo, New York. With a firm commitment to "fitness, health, and well-being for life", we service a membership of approximately 500 runners from Western New York and Southern Ontario. The club holds weekly, Tuesday night workout sessions by UB Coach Victoria Mitchell. We sponsor local races, including the Checkers Mile, and a High School Cross Country Invitational for the top scholastic athletes in WNY. Checkers' members go on the road to participate in marathons and cross-country meets. We also host monthly and annual social events including happy hours, fun runs, a summer picnic, and a holiday party. The club maintains this web site and a newsletter. To know more about our club, its' history, and sponsored events, check out the About Us menu. For news about the club and recent newsletters, go to News. For recent and archived photos from 1998 to the present, check out Pics. For many local and state race results, check out our Results menu. For dozens of useful links to race sites, other running clubs, athletic advice sites, high school and college sites, athletic performance tools, and much more, look at Links. Articles written by club members may be found at Articles. A list of our current memberships with e-mail addresses may be found at Members.