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Newsletter 6/11/2003
Good morning, Athletes!
Another Wednesday is upon us, so here's the news and views:
Congratulations to our athletes who participated in the Sweetness Run this
past Sunday in Aurora. Gloria Iverson was the overall winner, with a time
of 36:51. We had many ages group winners, but so did those Fox River Trail
Runners, so remember: if there is a Circuit race with two distances, we
need people to participate in the each of the races to get more team points.
More on that strategy as we go along.
No report yet on the Lamermayer party after the Sweetness race. Paddy and I
were not able to attend due to Club North Shore 1/2 Marathon duties so we
don't know if everyone is still out there partying!!
A special congratulations to Stewart who ran the Sunburst 1/2 Marathon in
South Bend this past Saturday. He reports that this race is VERY nice,
particularly the finish line inside the Notre Dame
football stadium. Way to go, Stewart!!!
Next race up on the Circuit is the Galloping Ghost 5K on July 19th (a
Saturday race). Mitch is the race director, and puts on an excellent event.
Great course, lots of goodies afterward and he's promised a new awards
announcer for this year. Get out there and run, run, run!
Tonight's workout: We will be on the track tonight, running 8 X 1K. We'll
run one every 7:00. You can also do 800M or 600M. We will go inside after
cooldown for stretching. Please note that for the summer we will most often
be on the track due to the West Nile virus problem. If we think it's OK to
go to the bridge, we'll let you know ahead of time. Those darn
mosquitoes....
Saturday morning runs meet at Linn Woods Forest Preserve, Dempster just east
of Lehigh (across from Maxwell's). Start time is 8AM, distances range from
6 to 10 miles. Breakfast afterward at Marilyns.
Birthdays for June:
Brian Bassler 6/20
Eric Aponte 6/12
John Collet 6/20
Vicente Garcia 6/19 (where has he been??)
Kathleen McDonough 6/25
Carey Pinkowski 6/30
Dan Schmidt 6/20
Adina Thornton 6/7
Keith West 6/24
That's it for now - see you tonight!
Melissa
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Newsletter 6/12/2003
Hello Athletes,
1 - Because of the West Niles Virus all summer workouts will be at the NW
Track. However, you can still do the bridge warm-up. We will stretch after
each workout in the fieldhouse. The weights have been moved to the
Fieldhouse so you can use them if you want.
2 - Sr. Kathleen's birthday is Wednesday June 25th. There will be a Pizza
Party, Birthday Party, and Grandma's Marathon Party. The cost of the Cake
and Pizza will be $8. I would like to have an idea of how many of you will
be attending so I can order the cake. Let me know at practice next week.
3 - Sweetness - we had 7 winners - congratulations to all who ran.
4 - Keep recruiting runners for our team. Those FOX guys and gals are
outnumbering us at races 3 to 1!!
5 - The NW Track will be open on Monday nights for practice.
6 - The Saturday morning group meets at 8:00 AM at the Forest Preserve
Parking Lot on Dempster just east of the Tracks at Lehigh and runs anywhere
from 6 to 10 miles on the path heading North. They then go to breakfat at
Marilyn's which is on Dempster east of Austin and west of Menard.
7 - Thanks again to Dick Lamermayer for hosting a gathering at his house
after the Sweetness Run. Back in the old days when we first started running
together, your club had a get-together after almost every race.
8. Remember to register for Mitch's Ghost 5K Run in July with Coach Savage.
This 5K is a very good race and we need everyone there to beat those Fox
guys and gals!!!
9. It is much cheaper to register on-line for the Chicago Distance Classic
so do it that way.
All the best,
Coach Savage
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