FOOTPRINT Lake Grapevine Runners & Walkers
November - December 2013
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The FOOTPRINT goes Digital By Kevin Wessels
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ou are holding in your hands the final printed FOOTPRINT. For the past 15 years, the FOOTPRINT has been a great connection between the club and its members. So many of the club’s countless highlights have been captured here.
to do is go to the LGRAW website (lgraw.com) and follow the “media” menu to peruse archived copies dating back to 1997. Throughout the years we have published many race reports, funny running anecdotes, pictures and even cartoons. Below depicts “Life in the RAW” drawn by Noreen “Diva” Henry.
While it may be difficult to wave goodbye to this era, RAW is more than the FOOTPRINT. RAW is that group of friends that run with you no matter what the weather. RAW is that pack of fellow racers that pulls you into their shell while running headfirst into the sleet. RAW is there to celebrate a special birthday or to comfort a painful loss. RAW is that road trip full of memories that you talk about in nearly every run thereafter. RAW is that wacky bunch that pushes you out of the van in the middle of the night to run your relay leg. RAW is that group that welcomes you back no matter how long you’ve been away. RAW is you. Special thanks go to all the creative efforts over years for making the FOOTPRINT the legendary embodiment of RAW that it is. From its prolific writers, including David Ball, Tony Flesch, Marty Metzger, Mark Miller, Thomas Okazaki, Troy Pruett, and Spareribs to the amazing work behind the scenes of Susan Barnett, Kathryn Gleghorn, Kelly Richards, Belynda Warner and Lorraine Wessels. Without the great stories and a way to share them with RAW, much of the special relationship RAW has with its members would be missing. What does the future hold? The FOOTPRINT will now be produced digitally and emailed directly to the members. By going digital, we’ll be able to share our content in a timely manner. The digital FOOTPRINT will be produced on a monthly basis so you can stay up to date on all that’s going on at RAW. You’ll still get all the latest dates for your RAW social calendar, get to know other club members through the “In Step With” column and get all of the same great features the printed version has. The digital FOOTPRINT will be in a more concise format, but all of the FOOTPRINT content you’ve grown accustomed to will still be there. RAW is you….We’ll still be counting on you for member race reports, stories and photos. So while it may be the end of an era, the end of the printed FOOTPRINT, it is also a new beginning. It’s a new beginning we’re excited about. Watch your inbox for the first digital FOOTPRINT. And don’t worry, when you get nostalgic for the FOOTPRINT in its current format, all you have
Pages 8, 9 and 10 of this issue feature reprints of some of the editor’s favorite submissions. These articles are informative, entertaining and highlight some of RAW’s history while showcasing some of the club’s best writers (“Old Man Gregory LaMothe” and Mark Miller have both been recognized by the Road Runners Club of America for their writing). Read the best of... “ How my ponytail saved my life” by Kelly Richards, October 2003 “ Runner’s Whirl” by Spareribs, August 2005 “ Running with Bart” by Jennifer McCloud, July 2006 “ A Personal Worst, Belly Dancers, and a Lesson in Value” by Mark Miller, July 2009 “ How the Internet Begat the RAW Clubhouse” by Richard Craft, September 2011
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RAW Board and Committees PRESIDENT | Joe Luccioni president@lgraw.com VICE PRESIDENT | Staci Rivero vp@lgraw.com SECRETARY | Monica Waite secretary@lgraw.com TREASURER | Jeff Garber treasurer@lgraw.com ASSTANT TREASURER | Chris Morris astr@lgraw.com DIRECTORS Diane Hernandez membership@lgraw.com Sakina Vidacak & Belynda Warner pr@lgraw.com Mike Eccleston gbib@lgraw.com Diane Ferguson & Stan Pollard social@lgraw.com
FOOTPRINT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | Kevin Wessels MEDIA COORDINATOR Belynda Warner ASSOCIATE EDITORS Kathryn Gleghorn Staci Rivero DESIGN & PRODUCTION | Lorraine Wessels
Membership Data Diane Hernandez membership@lgraw.com
FOOTPRINT Submissions Deadline for the next FOOTPRINT: December 1st Send articles and footnotes to: pr@lgraw.com
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THANK YOU
• To all the volunteers who put out water and sports drink for the weekend runs. We appreciate each and every one of you!
CONGRATULATIONS
• To Stan and Barbara Utja on the birth of their daughter, Emily Morgan. • To Bruce and Kathryn Gleghorn on the birth of their first grandchild, Adalynn. • To Richard and Ileana Craft on the birth of their first grandchild, Ethan. • To Sara and Kevin DeVoto on the recent birth of their first child, Allison Grace. • To Jay Jones on the birth of his granddaughter, Victoria.
WAY TO GO
• To Letha Cruthirds who ran the Arkansas Traveler 100, the RRCA Arkansas State Ultra Championship, in 29 hours 48 minutes. She is the first 60-year old female (ever) to finish the race in under 30 hours.
SPEEDY RECOVERY
• Stacy Marchiori and Emily Johnston.
GET WELL SOON
• To Diane Ferguson, Peggy Rehyer and Leana Sloan’s son, Luke.
CONDOLENCES
• To Ray and Noreen Henry on the passing of Ray’s mother. • To Mike Evans on the passing of his father. • To Suann and son Marshall Lundsberg on the passing of Marshall’s grandfather.
RAW EVENTS
• Stay up to date on all the latest happenings at RAW on Facebook or the RAW Forum.
LOST & FOUND
• Left something at the clubhouse? Check to see if we found it. All unclaimed items are in the clear tote along the north wall of the clubhouse (just outside the bathroom).
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
To update your address, email membership@lgraw.com or by updating your account at www.runsignup.com.
WATER DUTY VOLUNTEER
The sign-up sheet is located on the back door of the clubhouse. Sign up for just one day; it is not required that you sign up for both Saturday and Sunday. You can also work in tandem, one member puts out the water and the other takes care of the pick up.
RAWear
Have your favorite “tech wear” printed with a heat transfer RAW Logo at Digital Creations (330 W. Northwest Hwy.) in Grapevine. The RAW logo can be added to your favorite tech shirt/shorts or other items. Prices vary by size of logo. Embroidered logos are available at The Embroidery Shop (418 S. Barton) in Grapevine. The RAW logos can be put on T-shirts, shorts, sweatshirts, jackets, blankets, towels, etc. Price varies by the size of the logo and the turnaround time is usually one week or less.
RAW Around Town Social Calendar & Events Check the RAW forum for information on all club events: www.lgraw.com WEEKEND WALK/RUN Saturday & Sunday mornings 7 AM (daylight saving time) 8 AM (standard time)
TRAIL RUNS
Wednesday & Friday mornings 6 and 7 AM (year round) at the clubhouse
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
November 2 • 5 PM • Pluckers Wing Bar in Southlake December – None – Holiday Party Check the RAW forum or LGRAW Facebook page for more details.
BOARD MEETING November 11 • 7 PM December 9 • 7 PM
We meet at 7 PM on the second Monday of the month at the clubhouse. All members are welcome to attend.
LUNCH BUNCH
If you find yourself wondering, “What’s for lunch?” Just check where RAW’s Lunch Bunch is dining. They meet the second Tuesday of each month. We’d love to have you join us!
November 12 • Pie Five® Pizza Co., 2645 E Southlake Blvd December 10 • Peace Burger, 1228 William D Tate, Grapevine Check the RAW forum or LGRAW Facebook page for more details.
TIME CHANGE POTLUCK
Sunday, November 10, RAW Clubhouse
ANTI-TURKEY TROT
Thursday, November 28, Rockledge Park in Grapevine
DALLAS MARATHON AID STATION Sunday, December 8, White Rock Lake
RAW HOLIDAY PARTY
Saturday, December 21, Cross Timbers Winery in Grapevine See ad on page 4 for more details.
ANNUAL NEW YEARS DAY RUN
Wednesday, January 1, RAW Clubhouse
BOLD IN THE COLD 5K & 15K
Message from the Board A perspective to the members from RAW Vice President Staci Rivero It’s fall y’all! The air is crisper. The temps are cooler. And the sky is bluer. I love this time of year. As the temperature drops, my speed increases and during this time of year, it’s fun to be a runner again. Runners can finally reap the benefits of training in the heat and humidity and show off their hard work in fall races. Fall is also a time for giving thanks. That holiday sandwiched between the over-the-top good time Halloween and the nostalgic Christmas….sort of the step-child of holidays… Thanksgiving….is my favorite. The holiday gives me a time to reflect and be thankful. And I am thankful for so many things. I am so thankful for my health and the health of my family. I am thankful that not only do George and I run, but my parents run as well. Our daughters are finding the benefits of exercise and can finally agree that Mom and Dad might know what they’re talking about when it comes to working out. What a blessing. I am thankful for my many friendships. RAW has given George and me a place to belong. The friendships we have made in our club have been life changing. It seems uncanny that 10 years ago I showed up to a red metal shack just to run around the lake and to have water out on the course. Instead, I decided to hang around after the run… just a little longer each week…and now I have my core group of friends that I can’t imagine never having known. I am thankful for our running club. I am still in awe of the generosity, genuine spirit and positive attitude of our club. Our members are happy, friendly and willing. Every time I leave the clubhouse I am renewed. RAW members go out of their way to share experiences and trials and successes and make friends with one another. It isn’t any surprise that our membership continues to grow and our races continue to create an interest in the running community. We’re fun people. We’re nice. It shows and people want to be a part of that. In the past, the President’s Message has had a call to action at the end. But I don’t really have one. I’m thankful that I love our club the way we are. I ask that we keep doing what we do best….be friendly, volunteer, thank someone for a finished task, congratulate someone on a job well done. Smile. We do a lot of that. Maybe that’s what I’m thankful most of all…my happiness and the happiness I have being a member of RAW.
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Saturday, January 11, Oak Grove Park See ad on back page for more details.
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Runner for Life Thanks to High School Coach By Kathryn Gleghorn
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owe my love of running to my high school track and cross country coach. There were many times throughout my high school running days that the opposite was true; I thought I hated running and some days my thoughts and feelings toward my coach were not very pleasant either. When I was in sixth grade, my English teacher, who was also the high school track and cross country coach, used a free form “running club” to encourage us to log our weekly miles on a big poster board on his classroom door. What he was really doing was grooming us to join his cross country team when we reached high school. During my freshman year of high school, the assistant coach, Pat Pastula, worked with the distance runners on the track team. Coach Pat was barely older than the high school kids, but he sure brought a lot of passion and dedication to the sport and demanded hard work from everyone. For our pre-cross country season, we’d spend a week at camp running two-a-days, getting in long runs and doing lots of team building. We had the most amazing coach. Coach Pat was a young, talented runner who was giving so much of his time to coach us ungrateful wannabe runners. Our talented coach even held our school record for the mile until a runner he coached broke his record. How he put up with our shenanigans and brought out our best, I’ll never know. In 2012, my favorite high school coach, Coach Pat, was inducted into the Michigan High School Track Coaches Hall of Fame. I’m not surprised by this at all. He is a humble man with a great passion for
the sport of running. I am in awe of his dedication and thrilled with the recognition he’s receiving. So how did Coach Pat instill a love of running in me? He believed in me, encouraged me, listened to me, ran with me, and most importantly, made running fun and encouraged a sense of camaraderie amongst teammates. I can still hear some of his “speeches,” filled with these key terms: “burning desire,” “it’s only pain” (he even had a jacket with this slogan on the back!), “cream of the crop,” “dedication,” “potential” and “unused talent.” Coach Pat treated all his runners the same. He had the same expectations of the number one runner as he did for the junior varsity runners. One of my favorite running memories is a summer daytrip to my first road race. It was a summer weekend and our young, single coach chose to spend the day schlepping us to a big 10K road race two hours away. He made it a fun day; we felt like family and had a great time. I can still remember the race atmosphere feeling like a party. The music was blaring as we took off at the starter’s gun... to this day, every time I hear Van Halen’s “Running with the Devil,” I’m taken back to that summer of ‘79. I’m certain that experiencing that road race at that point in my life has a lot to do with why I’m still running today. I was a part of something special. During Coach Pat’s inaugural year as head coach of our girls’ cross country team, we placed second in the state. Yes, we had talented runners, but we had a dedicated coach who gave a lot to his running program. A cross country team can’t win with just a
Kathryn Gleghorn and her favorite running coach (1982).
couple of naturally talented top runners; they need depth to place a total of five runners among the top finishers for the lowest overall score. Coach Pat worked to develop his team, from the number one runner through the number 10 runner. Over the years when I look back, I admire Coach Pat for his dedication to the sport of running. He’s coached so many state champions and championship teams throughout his 35 years of coaching. I’ve talked, visited and traded notes with Coach Pat several times since I graduated. He’s even shared one of my notes with his cross country team to show that even though you may hate the workouts now (and maybe him too), there is hope that you will develop a love of running and remain a runner later in life. Congratulations, Coach Pat! Thank you for serving the youth running population of Hillsdale High School and as I’ve said before, thank you for helping to instill a love of running in me. I am proud to be part of your legacy.
RAW Annual Holiday Party
Cocktail hour kicks off at 6 PM, followed by heavy appetizer selections and salad bar at 7 PM. The evening wraps up with dancing to DJ music at 11 PM.
Saturday, December 21 6 pm-11 pm
Advance ticket purchase is required. Tickets cost $20 for RAW members and $35 for non-members. Tickets are limited to 150 for this adult-only event. Wine is included in your ticket price, but BYOBeer service is available through the bartender.
Cross Timbers Winery
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You won’t want to miss the RAW holiday social event of the year so purchase your tickets NOW at lgraw.com!
Double Trouble 2013
Race Recap by the Numbers
(l-r) Like father, like son... Alex Cantu and Chris Morris
5K participants
118
10K participants
64
(l-r) Speedy Guys, David Chase and Russ Wedemeyer
DT participants (did both 5K and 10K) 92
RAW Volunteers are the BEST!
Race Day Vendors Total Nutrition
Thank you everyone!
Koko FitClub ® Planet Tan
Special shout out to
Muscle Milk™
Joe Luccioni
Camp Gladiator™
Ray Harris
Luke’s Locker
Gary Howsam
Baylor SportsCare “Double” smiles as Courtney Noell and Michelle Liles have no “Trouble” helping with packet pick-up.
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GIVING BACK TO THE SPORT
Kevin Wessels The FOOTPRINT editor Kevin Wessels is long overdue to be recognized for “giving back to the sport.” Kevin and Lorraine Wessels have been RAW’s FOOTPRINT editors since 2006 and have done an impressive job of making RAW look good in print. While Lorraine oversees the design and layout of each publication, it is Kevin, RAW’s editor-in-chief, who works behind the scenes proofing and editing every article in each edition of the FOOTPRINT. From the time a member submits an article and it appears in the pages of our award-winning newsletter, Kevin has likely seen and read the article two to three times. He has an eagle eye that makes sure every “i” is dotted, every “t” is crossed and so much more. He verifies punctuation, spelling, copyright usage and clarity of the story. When writing a story it is easy to slip back and forth between first person and third person, but you can always count on Kevin to catch this common writing error. The editor’s attention to detail and editing ensures an enjoyable reading experience for our reader. Being our FOOTPRINT editors for the last seven plus years gives Kevin and Lorraine the distinction of serving RAW with the longest-running volunteer tenure. A seven-year commitment doing anything is a long time, but the Wessels were happy to provide a great service to the club by overseeing the FOOTPRINT. In 2008, the FOOTPRINT was recognized by the Road Runners Club of America and designated the national award winner for the best club newsletter. Kevin’s attention to detail and creativity helped us meet the RRCA’s judging criteria. I know Kevin takes pride in his proofing and editing skills, but he isn’t always so serious. He also likes to have fun with photo captions and story titles/headlines. He might go the route of a tongue-in-cheek caption or make the reader smile with his use of alliteration skills. How ever he chooses to caption or title something in the FOOTPRINT, he is always spot on.
Kevin has also shared his writing skills with RAW through several articles and race reports. Some of my favorite Kevin Wessels’ articles are listed here: • “ Burning Daylight”, his race report of the North Texas Trail Runners Night Run, September 2009. • “ El Torcho at El Scorcho”, read about torch and scorch in the middle of the July Night and Kevin’s third El Scorcho experience, September 2009. • “Red-y or Not, the Red Dress Run Tradition Comes to RAW”, May 2009. • “ How I Quit….And Finally Finished My First Ultramarathon”, Kevin’s account of training for and finishing his first ultramarathon and his training advice for runners, January 2009. • “ A Flight in Time Saves Swine”, Kevin co-authors this article about his adventurous trip to Cincinnati to run the “Flying Pig Marathon”, July 2008. • “ Argh, Shiver Me Timbers…Cross Timbers That Is”, Kevin shares his Cross Timbers trail run experience, May 2008. • “ A Running Cat-astrophe?”, read about how Kevin’s Saturday morning run with his run buds turned into a cat-saving experience that he cat-egorizes as one of his most memorable runs that left the group cat-atonic, December 2007. •D ances with Coyotes, Kevin recaps his encounters with a pack of coyotes on a run, but it was only a lone armidillo, Decembr 2004. Although Kevin spends most of his time on the trails these days and not at the club, he has continued to leave his mark, his FOOTPRINT, if you will, on RAW through his service as newsletter editor. Thank you Mr. Editor for your time and dedication to our award-winning newsletter!
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Imogene Pass Run By John Winstead An adventure is never an adventure while it’s happening. Challenging experiences need time to ferment, and adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility. - Tim Cahill, Outside magazine– November 1998 I was looking for an adventure, so when a friend I hadn’t seen in 30 years posted on Facebook that he would be running a race over Colorado’s 2nd highest pass, I was interested. Imogene Pass (13,114 feet) is located in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains between Ouray (7,810 feet) and Telluride (8,750 feet) and the race is a 17.1 mile point-to-point gig that follows the old mining route between the towns. I love the area so I thought, “Why not?” As it turns out, there may be a few reasons. Registration opened on June 1st and the race sold out with 1,625 runners only two and a half hours later. I learned two things from the entry list: a lot of people thought this race was a good idea and more than 95% of them were from highaltitude towns. Lovely. It only hurt once … from beginning to end. - James Counsilman, 58, after swimming the English Channel The weather on race day was close to perfect, low 50s at the start and low 40s at the summit with clear skies and a bit of a breeze. Less than a mile after the start I was walking. I was just … gassed. Any thought of making my time goal of under four hours was gone. Then there was this guy who started talking to me – a nice distraction until he abruptly stopped when he learned where I was from. People from Colorado still have a thing about people from Texas. I wasn’t feeling chatty anyway. Interestingly, my time check at the last aid station before the summit showed that I was on a four-hour pace. There was little room for error, but I had a shot.
distinctive sound). There was a grunt and then a massive crash as the runner tumbled down the trail. I turned around to go back and was happy to see other runners were already stopping to help. Please understand that I was happy from a humanitarian perspective, not because I knew I would beat them all down the mountain. But there’s that. I was fueling up at the final aid station when a runner tried to stop and lost control. His feet were skidding, his arms were waving and his face had an “Oh no!” expression. He was also headed straight past me. I caught him, patted him on the head, told him to have a good finish and took off. I should have told him I was from Texas, but he probably wouldn’t have believed me. I finished in 3:57:12, 26th of 68 starters (& 2nd “flat lander”) in my age group. Top 10 lessons learned 1. There’s no substitute for training at altitude.
2. It’s OK to drool if it keeps your mouth open.
3. Shoes that don’t cause blisters would be nice.
4. Nobody cares who’s using the bathroom beside the trail.
5. I could stand to lose a few pounds.
6. The running community is a bit strange. The trail running community is that squared.
7. Soup at the summit isn’t for me; it likely won’t make it to the finish.
The problem with the Duke Pastine quote is I think he’s now dead.
8. Running downhill is not necessarily easy, but it certainly can be dangerous.
The terrain on the descent was very rocky and there were many times when there was simply no good place to step. At one point I heard a shoe solidly hit a rock behind me (it’s a
9. A 15-hour car ride the day after a hard run is not very fun.
10. If it was this hard in nice weather, bad weather would make it a truly epic adventure.
The last two-plus miles to the summit is where the race started to feel Wagnerian-opera long, and almost as painful. When I finally made the summit, I grabbed some water and some of the soup the race website raves about. I shed some of the clothes I’d put on during the ascent and tightly retied my shoes to save my toenails. I was still on pace for four hours, but just barely. No one can bury me if I keep moving. - John “Duke” Pastine, hockey player, 75 years old
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Read the best of...reprints of original FOOTPRINT articles How the Internet Begat the RAW Clubhouse By Richard “Crafty” Craft, RAW’s Founding President RAW got its start around the time that Al Gore invented the internet. It’s funny when you look back and remember how in 1997 most people didn’t have an internet connection, let alone a computer, unless it was at work or you had AOL. If you were fortunate enough, you were treated to those lilting sounds of the 1200-baud modem: “bleep-bleep-blee-bleep-bleep-DONGSquuuueeeeeel-Screeeetch-ding-ding-sssssshhhhhhhh-ClunkBoooyng!” That’s as good as I can do to create in writing what many of us still probably have embedded in our sonic memories of the past. And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, good for you. You didn’t miss nuthin’. Anyway, RAW was founded by the collective brain trust of an eclectic bunch of extroverts. Building a running club from scratch meant social networking. In those days, that meant having a beer at Willhoites, or a party at Mary Simon’s house or margaritas on my deck (or a couple other functions that we’ll not elaborate on here – hint: the moonlight mile club). Nonetheless, we still had to resort to this new-fangled internet thingy to get the word out and keep the ball rolling. Slowly our email lists started to grow and grow and RAW moved from Willhoites to the Web (Well, not entirely). Jack Hase even figured out to rig up one of those “www” website thingamabobs. But as we all know, technology has its dark side. We were working with the City of Grapevine to see what kind of help we could get with locations, trails, facilities, water – stuff like that – and a couple of interested City Council members and government officials put their names on our email lists to either keep in the loop or spy on us…or both. One day, I was in City Hall, begging for some kind of facility to keep our stuff (remember, these were the pre-clubhouse days), and an unnamed city official cornered me and said something like, “Y’all ain’t never gonna start no running club cuz all y’all do is play around with computers.” I insisted to him that we were intent on making this a real part of the city’s recreational environment and needed their support. He took me back to his office and showed me his computer. His inbox was full of RAW emails! I mean “full.” Apparently our members weren’t very aware of the difference between “Reply” and “Reply to All.” We had buried the poor guy with the dreaded “Reply to All” over some silly thing like what color t-shirts we were gonna buy. YIKES! Then came the coup de grace. One of our most beloved, enthusiastic and definitely extroverted founders, Jeff Brown, is a geologist who traveled the world and probably has more pictures of himself in a RAW t-shirt in some of the weirdest places than anyone. Well, Jeff took a picture of himself from somewhere like the Great Wall of China or Antarctica or somewhere like that and sent it to the RAW email distribution list. Oops!
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Remember those 1200-baud modems I wrote about? Well, apparently, Jeff’s picture was a little bigger than the average modem could digest in a day. As it turned out, one of the City Council members who was on our distribution list, owned a CPA firm. Jeff’s picture was taking so long to come through his modem that it essentially took his entire firm offline for more than a day and managed to push several city officials’ inboxes to say “exceeded limit.” Needless to say, my phone “blowed up” from the folks downtown. I don’t remember how or what we did, but somehow we got through all that, but there were never any more discussions about getting any kind of facilities from the city. So now you know why RAW has its very own clubhouse. And despite the assertions that we would never start a running club, well, how’d that work out? 1200-baud modems and all.
Runners Whirl By “Old Man” Gregory LaMothe “Hey, did you see the article in this month’s Runner’s World about how to take a minute off your 5K time? I can’t wait to try it. You should look at it!” Don’t we all hear this all the time, then rush to read the article and find it was a waste of time? Is it because I’m getting old, or running too many miles in the heat, that I keep on subscribing to Runner’s World? When am I going to learn that their formula is to play on the fact that our lives are too fast-paced for any of us to remember that they repeat the same articles every three months? Just to test if my theory is correct, I’m looking through the current issue now to see if I have read any of these same articles before. Ah, here’s an interesting headline: HOW TO RUN A PR IN YORU NEXT 5K! Take two minutes off your best 5K time with this great new training program! Wow! This excites me, and I eagerly scan the first paragraph, which says, “Tired of running those 30 minute 5K’s? You’ll be running a sub-28 with this new workout.” Then I learn that I have to run a 25-mile week, with (gasp!) a 9-MILER on Wednesday and an INTERVAL workout on the track on Monday. My goodness, I’m going to be exhausted. As I read through the rest of the article, I realize that the program involves cutting my existing training about in half. Somehow I think I’ve seen this article before.
Then there’s that helpful nutrition column that Liz Applegate writes. This month, Liz answers questions from readers who are confused about nutrition: “Liz, I have been eating fettuccine alfredo as a premarathon meal, which seems to work well for me but I worry about its nutritional benefits. Any thoughts?” Ah, here it comes; she’ll jump this guy like a mugger. Sure enough, Liz replies, “Glad you asked!! As you know, this meal contains lots of carbohydrates in the pasta and lots of fat in the cheese. And since the meal is delicious, you know it’s not good for you. Why not try instead some diced tofu, drizzled with honey and sprinkled with a bit of wheat germ, and a juicy sliced peach for dessert? Now there’s a meal high in nutrition and just as delicious as that nasty pasta dish.” Hmmm. And here’s a little teaser from Liz on next month’s column: “WHAT TO SERVE WHEN FRIENDS COME OVER: Try my delicious fish head chili with garbanzo bean pate. Not only is it delicious, but the fiber will really help you just before a big race. Your guests will rave about the taste and they’ll crap like geese as soon as they get home.” Oh, good. Here’s an article by Kristin Armstrong. I wonder who she is and how she became a writer for the magazine. “RUNNING WITH RICH, DIVORCED WOMEN: The running adventures of Lance Armstrong’s ex-wife: Hi, I’m Kristin Armstrong, and I’m divorced from Lance Armstrong, the seven time Tour de France champion. But that has nothing to do with why I am writing for the magazine or the topics we will cover in my amazing running adventures. Today I’m running with three of my girlfriends around Town Lake in Austin. My girlfriends are also divorced, although I’m the only one of them who is divorced from Lance Armstrong. For single women with kids, it’s often difficult to run together due to childcare issues. Fortunately, we all have nannies, as all our exhusbands are rich, especially mine because he is Lance Armstrong, seven time Tour de France champion. Our run around Town Lake is ten miles, which seems to take forever. (Imagine how fast my exhusband Lance Armstrong could do it on his bicycle!) But when it’s over, we all go back to my house for mimosas and a dip in the pool (Lance left me a nice house).” Kristin leaves us a little teaser about next month’s article, something about a garage sale of Lance’s old bicycles. And of course the issue wouldn’t be complete unless we had some off the wall discussion about training with weights, or running uphill in sand, or barefoot on glass or hot coals. Let me see. Oh, here it is: A SAFE WAY TO CLIMB STAIRS? We’re not kidding! Ed Plezak of Bozeman, Montana had an interesting discovery last year. His wife asked him to put their old Diebold safe, which had been in the basement for years, up in the attic. “The safe was my grandfather’s and is still in good working order, but it weighed close to 300 lbs.” I lugged it up two flights of stairs, finally getting it into the attic, and I noticed that night that my legs were sore. I figured, “if carrying a safe up two flights of stairs gave my legs such a good workout, why not train that way?” And today if you drive through Bozeman, you’re likely to see Ed jogging the streets carrying that safe. “At first people thought I was crazy,” said Ed, “but now they’re pretty used to it I guess. I know it’s been great for my endurance training. When I run a marathon, not carrying the safe, I feel light as a feather.” This is too much, but what’s this? My subscription is up this month? Ah, what the heck, another year won’t hurt.
The Celebrity Next Door By Julia McCloud My reaction to meeting Bart Yasso resembled that of a star-struck 15-year-old (except I’m 32). I believe I mumbled something like, “Oh, I trained for Austin using your 800s… thanks for those…um…awesomeness.” As I scurried away I thought, “Who says awesomeness? Is it even a word?” So when K2 asked if I wanted to write an article about my experience from our post-banquet run with Bart, I hesitated but giddily accepted (after all, I do have a journalism degree). As I sat down to my computer I felt I was prepared for the task at hand. My journalist’s instincts kicked in and I immediately started to jot down the gems of what I knew would become a profound article for The FOOTPRINT: Twinkle in his eye Peering over his reading glasses (Santa Claus?) Youthfulness in his face Cargo shorts (nice legs) Navy blue Hawaiian shirt (Jimmy Buffet?) Black socks with Crocs Ten minutes into brainstorming it was clear that the Santa Claus vs. Jimmy Buffet references just weren’t taking me in a direction I wanted to go. Apparently, the enormity of my assignment was testing my journalistic talents. So I told myself to forget that Bart is a staff writer for Runner’s World (who?) and father of the ingenious Yasso’s 800s known to runners everywhere. I simply needed to write about my personal observation and experience. Simply put, Bart is the boy next door. At the banquet on Saturday I learned he is the most downto-earth, laid-back, humble person you’d ever meet who just happens to have run on every continent, broken bread with countless indigenous peoples I cannot pronounce the names of, conquered the grueling Badwater Ultra Marathon, plus scores of other accomplishments that occupy the pages of magazines and running blogs across the world. By Sunday my teenage awkwardness had worn off (turns out it was just the three glasses of wine I had at the pre-banquet cocktail hour), and as we huddled around Bart for a six mile run, I found myself alongside just another RAW member out for a weekly run (although Jeff “Barney” Barnhart’s paparazzi-like stake-outs every quarter-mile were a bit surreal). We talked about music (he likes U2 and African music), concerns about the environment, and his next backbreaking assignment: The Sanctuary Resort in Arizona had invited him to come and be pampered for the next few days. But Bart wasted no time in admitting how good he has it, saying, “I have the best job in the world.” By the end of our run, Bart Yasso was huffing and puffing right along with us which I found to be an endearing reminder that he puts his running shorts on just like the rest of us…one beautiful leg at a time.
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A Personal Worst, Belly Dancers, and a Lesson in Value By Mark Miller A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. – Oscar Wilde Mr. Wilde would label me a cynic. I buy my clothes on sale and drive a car that’s been paid off for years. I prefer local races in part because I hate paying to travel. In short, I’m cheap. While my propensity for penny pinching has increased my savings, that same mentality has caused me to discount the value in many things, most significantly in relationships. I am an unqualified loner with a tendency to view interactions with others in terms of their price rather than their value. If I were to run with others, they might interrupt my workout, or worse, my internal monologue with actual dialogue. I prefer the familiarity, and the relative safety, of my own company. A rare road trip with RAW friends to the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon helped to correct my perspective. The race itself was regrettable – high winds, humidity, and general wimpiness resulted in a personal worst time of 2:55. The second half was a survival test in which each mile was slower than the one before. The last 10K was a blur from which one scene was most vivid: a team of belly
dancers performing at Mile 22. Why that one distraction stood out through the pain, exhaustion, and disappointment, I have no idea. Yet for some inexplicable reason, I was glad they were there. Upon stumbling across the finish line, I was met by Mary Keeffe, who had finished the half marathon. I collapsed in her arms and she helped me walk out of the finish chute. Beyond the physical assistance at a time when I wanted to lie down on the road, it was comforting to see a friendly face after a humbling performance. Yet this was just one in a weekend full of meaningful interactions with both friends and strangers. I had shared a ride and a hotel room with Jon Korte in which we shared countless stories and laughs. We ran into our friend Bob Smeby on race morning and were welcomed by total strangers at the First United Methodist Church into, appropriately, their fellowship hall for a prerace breakfast. Their warmth and kindness was touching and the fellowship genuine. This was moments after touring the Oklahoma City Memorial dedicated to the 168 people who lost their lives on that April day in 1995. The starting gun was preceded
by 168 seconds of silence to honor the victims of that tragic spring day 14 years earlier. Talk about putting a personal worst into perspective. Unlike those who were lost on that site, I would get a chance to try again on another day. After the race, Joe and Evelyn Luccioni commiserated over post-race pizza which kept me from getting too depressed about my on-course meltdown. I might have even cracked a smile or two. What did I learn from the slowest marathon of my life? Not much about running, other than I’m not nearly as strong as I once thought I was. Instead, I discovered that even a loner needs people to pick him up when he is down. That people, even strangers, possess the potential for overwhelming kindness and compassion. That life is incredibly precious, and that I am blessed with friends who love me, even when I fail. So, to Doug and Mary, Joe and Evelyn, Jon, and Bob, along with a church family three hours from home, thanks for teaching this cynic that friendship is, in fact, worth the price. Oh, and don’t forget the belly dancers.
How My Ponytail Saved My Life By Kelly “K2” Richards, Former President As most of you know, my ponytail is a big bushy mass of long, naturally curly strawberry blonde hair. I’ve long since given up on trying to control it, especially before a morning run. The swishing ponytail that easily identifies me from a quarter mile away is what saved my skull, if not my life, on September 12, 2003.
Knowing the van was going to hit me I put my arms out in front of me, palms down. A part of me was denying the truth and hoping the driver was just trying to scare me--that they would stop the moment my hands came into contact with their hood. But that’s not what happened.
I was less than a half-mile from home on a short run, facing oncoming traffic. There were no sidewalks, but I was just yards away from turning onto a park road. The lane I was in had no oncoming traffic, because all the cars were in the middle lane turning left toward an elementary school. Suddenly, a red minivan moved into “my” lane, a move I hadn’t anticipated, since turn signals weren’t used and the lane was going to end in several yards. There just wasn’t any reason to pull into the lane. I moved closer to the curb, but so did the van. I wondered, “Why doesn’t the driver see me?” Then the realization… “The driver wants to hit me! Why else aren’t they slowing down? But why would they want to hurt me?” With bulging eyes I strained to make eye contact with the driver. I lifted my arms in front of me as if posing a question… “What the___! Don’t you see me?” Then the reality… the van is going to hit me!
With outstretched hands, palms firmly planted, the moment of contact came. It propelled me onto the top of the hood with my navel making direct contact with the hood ornament. I landed with a loud thud when the scary thought hit me: my face is going to go through the windshield! Just as suddenly, after the screeching of brakes, I was flying backwards through the air. I don’t remember the airborne flight (as described by witnesses), nor do I remember landing spread-eagle on my back, several feet from the van. I do recall lying there in the road, realizing I was alive and that everything seemed to work. After several seconds, I sat up. After a few minutes, I got up. And after the police and the witnesses left, I walked home.
It was a terrifying moment. You don’t realize how wide a car is until you’re trying to get out of the way of a moving one. In retrospect, I’m at amazed at how many thoughts I had in what must have been a 2 second span of time. I wish my brain always worked that quickly.
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My only injuries were deep bruises on my legs and abdomen; there were no internal injuries. No one can understand how my head wasn’t injured, because in these types of accidents, the most damage occurs when the pedestrian lands on the ground. I know it was my big bushy ponytail; it acted as a cushion. It saved my life.
In Step With Joel Moss Are you from around here or did you decide to bring your talents to DFW? I was born and raised in Syracuse, New York. After graduating from Marist College in Poughkeepsie this past May, I got a job with IBM and moved to Coppell in mid-June. I’m really enjoying the DFW area so far. What’s the history of your running “habit” – when did you start? I’ve always had a passion for running starting back in elementary school, when I participated in the “Cross Country Day” races. As I went through high school, I also developed a passion for music, playing tuba in the marching band during the fall, preventing me from running cross country. However, I always ran indoor and outdoor track throughout my high school career, running the mile and the steeple chase. After choosing to attend Marist College in the fall of 2009, I decided to try out for the cross country and track teams. It turned out to be one of the best decisions I ever made and with the help of my great coach and teammates, I eventually became the 4th runner on the varsity squad and a team captain my senior year. When did you join RAW? Shortly after I moved to Coppell in June, I went to the local RunOn! ™ store and asked about running clubs in the area. They recommend I check out RAW, and after looking up more information on the website, I went to the clubhouse the following Saturday. I’m really glad I did!
What does running do for you now? Running really does two things for me. First, running is a major stress reliever. I find it to be a good way to forget about long work days and enjoy the outdoors. I also love running as a way to test my limits both physically and mentally. I enjoy the thrill of racing and challenging myself to run as hard as I can. What’s your favorite place to run? My favorite local running location is, of course, the area surrounding the RAW clubhouse. My all time favorite place is Minnewaska State Park in the Hudson River Valley region of New York. The trails are long, hilly, and challenging, but nothing beats the view from the top of the mountain and jumping in the lake after a tough long run. What day in your running career would you like to live over again? Without a doubt, it would be the Boston Terrier Invitational in 2012, where I ran a 14:54 in the 5K, becoming the 19th runner in Marist history to break 15 minutes in the event. I clearly remember the rush of excitement sprinting down the finish line, learning that I went under 15 minutes, and my teammates hoisting me up on their shoulders. It was a night I’ll never forget. Assuming you have a life outside the club, tell us about it. Professionally, I work as a Client Technical Specialist at IBM. I am currently in a one-year training program with other recent college graduates where I am developing both sales and
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technical skills. A group of 20 or so of us have been regularly traveling to various training sessions and have spent quite a bit of time bonding and building connections. Outside of work, I am still trying to find some other activities to participate in as I continue to start my new life here in Texas. Do you have any running advice or insight for other runners? I have two pieces of advice to offer. My first piece of advice is to be persistent. Running is a very challenging activity and it is easy to become frustrated and disappointed with both physical and mental setbacks. However, if you stick with it and fight through the challenges, you can surprise yourself and achieve something you never thought was possible. Second, abs and core training can make a big difference in running performance. The tough core workouts I did last summer really improved my race times and are something I need to get back into. Fess-up – tell us one secret about yourself. A favorite hobby of mine is watching terrible movies, ones that are so bad that they are “good.” My high school friends and I would always have a great time watching these films at my house on a regular basis. If you want a good laugh from unintentional comedy, I highly recommend The Room, Shark Attack 3, or Troll 2. But be warned, you might lose a few brain cells in the process!
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The following people have either recently joined or renewed their membership. Lori Allison Susan Barnett Jeff Barnhart Randy Bobe Richard Bower II Jackie Brainerd Pamela Bridges
Marybeth Crane Ross Darrow Sara DeVoto Michael Dingler Jeff Garber Sheila Gardner Elizabeth Gentry
Tujuana Giles Kathryn & Bruce Gleghorn Claudia Halman Yvette Hanshaw Kyle Keifer Genevieve Knauf Phil Kobos
Jamie Levine Melanie McNamara Cindy Minter Jennifer Mueller LaNelia Ramette Sheri Rasnake Srikant Ravirala
Houston & Hannah Richards Kelly Richards Christine Stevens Robin Waguespack Kevin & Lorraine Wessels John Wrinkle
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How I spent my summer: running four 100-milers By Chris Barnwell hot, the second hottest Western States on record. At one point during the first 20 miles I thought to myself, “What were you thinking?” In the end it was one of the best race experiences I’ve ever had and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Western States is a very well organized race with huge support. It’s very easy to see why people love this race. Having completed Western States in very good shape, I toed the line at the Vermont 100 three weeks later. This race winds through the Vermont countryside in a cloverleaf-shaped loop and uses mostly dirt country roads which provide excellent footing. I definitely wanted to “buckle” in this race which required a sub-24 hour finish. My pacer really came through and pulled me in for a 23:39 finish. Many consider this as the “easy” race in the Slam due to the faster finish times, but this is a popular misconception. Covering 100 miles by foot within a day is never easy, but overall, the experience was great.
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ow! What an amazing summer! Who would have thought when I joined RAW in September 2010, having only run a single marathon, that three years later I would be writing an article for the FOOTPRINT about running 100-mile trail races, let alone running my first four 100-mile trail races within 11 weeks to complete the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning. If you’re not familiar, the Slam consists of four of the oldest and toughest 100-mile trail races in one season. It includes Western States 100, Vermont 100, Leadville 100, and the Wasatch Front 100 all spaced within three to four weeks of each other. Each of these races features significant elevation profiles, unpredictable weather, and challenging terrain in some of the most remote and beautiful wilderness areas. The first race, Western States 100, is a point-to-point race between Squaw Valley and Auburn, California, through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. As my first 100-mile race, I really didn’t know what I was getting myself into. The day was
Next up, the Leadville Trail 100 provided me with a humbling experience. This course is an out-and-back in the Colorado Rockies all above 9,200 feet of altitude. I became depleted of calories during the double crossing of Hope Pass and I never quite recovered. The best thing about Leadville is the beauty of the course. The mountains are huge and the views are majestic. I wish I had enjoyed this race more, but this event has clearly lost touch with the ultra/trail running community. I sincerely hope that the sponsor corrects the problems we encountered this year. The last race was the Wasatch Front 100, the toughest of the four. This course is a point-to-point across the Wasatch Front Mountain range between Kaysville and Midway, Utah. The trail runs through some of the most beautiful remote wilderness areas and is very challenging with 26,000 feet of ascent and descent. I was having a great time and maintaining a pace to finish right around 30 hours. Then at about mile 64, a missing course marker sent me off course for about 1.2 miles. Luckily, I ran into a guy who had DNF’d and told me to turn back. Overall, I ran 2.4 extra miles and lost nearly an hour. Even worse, I was never able to get back into the race mentally. With 35 miles left and
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about 15 ½ hours before cutoff, I knew the Slam was in the books and I could just hike it in. Completing an endeavor of this magnitude requires a lot of support from family and friends. I definitely couldn’t have done this without the love and support of my wonderful wife Anne. It was absolutely priceless to have had several of our RAW friends at the races to share in the experience: Troy and Laura Pruett in Vermont, Jack Hase and Byron Benoit in Leadville, and Brad and Michelle Liles in Wasatch. One of the most frequent questions I am asked is why attempt the Grand Slam? This is difficult to answer since I never really started out with the goal of running 100 miles. In fact, I barely knew these kinds of races existed until I joined RAW and met people who had run 50- and 100mile races. The one thing that struck me was that every one of these people was just an ordinary person who just happened to do extraordinary things. This year’s Slam will mostly be remembered for the epic battle between two of the best ultrarunners of our time (Ian Sharman and Nick Clark) for the cumulative Slam record and the controversy regarding the record prior to Wasatch. Not to downplay the magnitude of their accomplishments, but there were many other amazing stories that will likely go unnoticed. We had the best finishing rate of all time with 22 completing the Slam out of the 31 runners who started—almost a 71% completion rate. Dan Brendan completed the Slam for an unprecedented eighth time. Keith Straw completed the Slam plus Badwater for the third time. There were two slammers, Brandon Solomon and I, who completed the Slam as their first four 100-milers. I think this had only been accomplished three times prior to this year. Furthermore, there were two other slammers (Andre Blumberg and Traci Falbo) who, in addition to me, also had significant weight-loss stories. Just ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Caring For and Crewing Your Ultrarunner: An Instruction Manual By Anne Barnwell
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t is a story as old as time itself. Boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy and girl get married. Then boy beats the odds and is chosen for Western States. Perhaps our story has taken a slightly different course, but you get the picture. The Western States 100 is an extremely difficult race to get into but as soon as he qualified, my husband’s plotting and planning began. Never mind that he had yet to complete a 100-mile race. In November, one month after we married, Chris informed me that he only had a 7% chance of securing that coveted Western States bib. So it was obvious to him that IF chosen, he had to complete the Grand Slam. The Grand Slam of Ultrarunning encompasses four of the oldest 100-mile races, completed in a span of 11 weeks. I am not a stupid woman. With the words “only 7% chance” still dancing in the air, I confidently and supportively said, “absolutely!” One month later, his name was drawn. The goals that Chris set could not be reached without the support of his entire family. His kids closely tracked his race results and his parents stepped in whenever we needed. I accepted Chris’s goal with one nonnegotiable requirement—he must use a pacer in the later stage of each race. The rest of my support came along the way. Preparing for a 100-Miler, Pre-Race Remain Positive At All Times. Despite my concerns, my husband only heard positive feedback from me. Sure I told him he was crazy, but I never told him he couldn’t do it. Listen and Help Solve Problems. They will need help planning their race and analyzing problems. Listen, read, and help. Plan Life Around Training Runs. To succeed, they must run. A lot. Accept it and don’t take it personally. Help whenever you can. Plan Logistics. Review the race website—drop bag locations, aid stations, cut off times, rules, and more. Plan your driving route. Review race rules. Plan Aid for Race Day. Review the details. Each drop bag, needs at each aid station, emergency items to carry. Organize a foot care kit, plan change of shoes, socks and clothing. Attempt to predict the unpredictable. Set clear expectations. Note: Plan drop bags as IF you won’t make it to the aid stations. A lot can happen—traffic jams, wrong turns, runner ahead of schedule. During the Race Get to aid stations early. Mountain roads and hundreds of vehicles driving to the exact same destination can cause extreme delays. Better to be hours early than risk missing your runner. Be prepared. Your goal is to get your runner out of that aid station and back on the trail quickly. Follow your aid plan.
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Stay Positive. Focus on Moving Forward. Don’t ask how they are feeling—you know the answer to that. Instead, tell them they look strong. Review their pace versus goals or cut-off times. Aid Station Recon. Find out what food and supplies the aid station has available. Don’t offer your runner something that the aid station can’t supply. Set Time Limits. IF your runner sits, set a time limit. In Vermont, Troy Pruett wasn’t happy when I gave him the two-minute warning, but sitting too long will not help him. Take Care of Yourself. Remember to eat and sleep if you can. Have fun. The ultrarunning world is an extremely supportive community. After the Race You thought you were done? Nope! After the race, your runner will need you even more. Food. You would think that a 100-mile race would have decent food available afterwards, but that is often not the case. Try to have food for your runner. Clothing. If they finish close to the cut-off, bring clothes and supplies for a shower. Include very comfortable shoes. Temperature. After a long distance race, the body cannot regulate its temperature. Have a blanket ready. Immune System. A runner’s immune system will be compromised after completing such a long race. Hand sanitizer is your friend. General After Race Support. Providing aid during the race is easy. They run in and out so quickly. After the race is a lot more difficult—their needs are greater. Add your own lack of sleep and food and it is easy to get cranky. Don’t worry—their neediness will not last forever. Eventually your runner will fall asleep… often times in the middle of a sentence. Our summer was hectic and at times, stressful. But I wouldn’t have missed a single race. The experiences were incredible and the races unforgettable. Chris does not have the green light to do this next year, but I am so thankful he took advantage of the 7% chance that he was given this year.
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Road Runners Club of America By Kelly “K2” Richards, RRCA Director-At-Large
It might seem like winter just arrived, but you want to make plans now for a must-do spring event – the 56th Annual RRCA National Convention is May 1st to 4th in Spokane, Washington, in conjunction with the Bloomsday Road Race.
is a 50,000-person race and the 2014 RRCA 12K National Championship. Convention attendees will receive special seeding in the race. Need some motivation to run a PR? How about nearly 50,000 chasing you down?
The keynote speakers are Olympians Don Kardong, Bernard Lagat and Deena Kastor. Social events include morning fun runs, a trip to Arbor Wine Cellars for a spectacular wine dinner and the national awards reception and banquet. There will be numerous educational sessions, a coaching certification course, regional meetings and more.
Before the end of the year arrives, consider nominating an event, newsletter, website or individual for one of the many RRCA National Awards. Awards include Outstanding RRCA State Rep, Outstanding RRCA Race of the Year, Runner of the Year and multiple journalism awards. A complete list of awards and criteria can be found at http://www.rrca.org/services/national-runningawards/.
The convention weekend will conclude with the 37th running of the Lilac Bloomsday Road Race. Bloomsday
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