The Wicked Running Register November/December 2011 • Priceless
EST. JAN 2010
Grand Prix Series Year-End Wrap Up T.R. Ramsdell, the New V.P. :o)
Helllloooo Wicked Runners, Can you believe we are at the end of 2011 already? What a great year we had. The Wicked Grand Prix Race Series had the biggest rise in participants ever, thanks in part to some great races, even greater members coming out and getting involved, and the introduction of our team series. We had a record 205 members take part in at least one race in our series this year. That’s 2/3 of our entire membership folks! We also had 6 “Iron-people” that ran every race in the series including the relays. No small feat. Congrats to everyone that came out and ran with the red. Our last regular series race was Doug Bollen’s Wild Turkey 5-miler on Thanksgiving morning. Albeit a little chilly, we still had 124 Wicked members show up and run this 8th annual race. Doug knows how to throw a party with lots of post-race food, and lots of medals. Great job on another successful event Doug! Our final event of the year was The Mill Cities Relay held on Sun Dec 4. The race, which takes place in 2 states, over 27 miles, with 5 legs, along 1 very long river, was Wicked’s 4th trip to this invitation-only event. Once again this year, we sent a club record 11 teams to do battle with 19 other running clubs, finishing 6th overall, and winning a coveted brick in the Male Masters category. This is a fantastic way to spend a day with some of your team mates. Some of the most fun you’ll have is leap-frogging
Wicked at Mill Cities: Mike Higgins, Patrick Smith, Frank Lanzillo, Don Gallucci, and Kenny Hewson (l to r). Nice job guys!
around trying to get all your runners to their correct hand-off spots. Congrats and thanks to all of you that came out with us to run this one. Well that’s it guys and gals. My last column for the year. I would like to thank Rich “The Hammer” Tabbut for being my co-race coordinator this year. He’s the guy that puts together all the results with his fancy spreadsheets (I write pretty, he does the numbers). He’s also the guy that put together the idea of doing a team series. While I’m at it, he was also the guy that helped me put together all the teams for Mill Cities and put that whole event together. He’s also a pretty good guy to run with (just don’t run on his right, you’ll get whacked). Without the help of so many members (sometimes uncredited, but never unnoticed), this little running club of ours would never be where it is today. In the 3 very short years since I joined (Frosty Four race 2009), we have grown
from 100 members to about 320. That is amazing growth in a small amount of time. I would like to assure you that the incoming Board of Directors (about half vets and half newbies) will continue to work in the best interest of our club. Great things are on the horizon for 2012, and with your help, the Wicked Running Club will continue to grow and flourish, and take its place as the premier running club on the North Shore. Thank you all for a wonderful year.
Join the fun in 2012!
Wicked Grand Prix Series schedule will be announced soon! Questions? Email Rich at welshhammer@gmail. com, or T.R. at mopartr@comcast.net.