Teams / Scalding Iron Track Club

No one (me) really remembers when the idea was first born, but we all remember when our coach dropped the Henry Rollins quote on us. "Stare at the sun." It made sense. "Grab the scalding iron of pain." Yes! "It's ass-ential" Actually, no one really knew what he was talking about there. But the other stuff stuck. And here we are.

Scalding Iron Track Club (SITC) was officially established in 2003 as a way to bring together the alumni of the University of Richmond Track & Field and Cross Country programs, both in competition and adventure. Let's face it, when we created Scalding Iron, we were just desperate for ways to try to hold on to some kind of glory that we convinced ourselves we had during our college years. But that was only the impetus. Much in the way that Miller Time grew from a small booth in the State College Perkins, SITC has evolved and taken on a broader purpose. We now strive to convince ourselves of present glories. These can be measured by a stopwatch or an odometer; by bike tubes or watch tans; by mudslides or beer chimnies.

SITC has participated in such events as the North Olympic Discovery Trail Marathon, the Richmond Marathon, the Philadelphia Marathon, the Boston Marathon, the Run for the Hill of It, the Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon, and the University of Richmond Alumni 5k. In addition, SITC sponsored the 2003 Watsonian Express Tour, and the 2005 Scalding Iron Track Club Bike Tour.

Go Spiders!