ShadowChase Running Club is a nonprofit organization that promotes running- and fitness-related activities in the greater Modesto area. During 2009, ShadowChase returned more than $15,000 back to the community with the purchase of two drinking fountains and donations to several middle- and high-school running programs.

Our members represent a broad range of fitness-related interests and abilities. Some jog an occasional mile, a few are accomplished marathoners. But most of us just like to get outside and run a leisurely pace at whatever distance catches our fancy that day. We even have walkers, people who jog with their canine campanions and baby joggers.

We also have

• Lectures and clinics
• Information about regional running activities
• An opportunity to meet and share with other runners and joggers
• Weekly club runs and training sessions. We meet at 5:30 p.m., every Tuesday at the MJC track for speed work. Saturdays, it's 7 a.m. at Mr. T's, Tully and Standiford. And Sundays, it's 8 a.m. at SaveMart, Scenic and Oakdale, for a run of varying lengths through East. LaLoma Park.
• Seasonal fun runs/walks
• The ShadowChase Grand Prix race series
• Monthly meetings and get-togethers
• An annual club-supported pizza party in February
• An annual club-supported barbecue in September
• An annual awards banquet, dinner and dance in January