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Tuesday Night Group Run
Starts from the store at 6:30 p.m. All abilities welcome!
Gait Analysis
15-minute videotape gait analysis performed by Athletico the second Saturday of every month. Call 630.587.0745 to register.
Walk to Run
We started our second session of WALK2RUN on July 14th @ 6:30pm from the store. It is a 10 week (always on Mondays from the store) program that helps people who have never run but would like to start. The first session was well received with about 20 participants. For more information call 630.587.0745.
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Tuesday 6pm Weekly Track Workouts
Geneva Middle School South
Track. Coached by Al Edgecombe. For a map, click here. Wednesday Evening runs are now at the Great Western Trail in St. Charles ath the south parking lot of Leroy Oakes Forest Preserve at 6:00 pm.
Saturday Mornings 8am
Fox River Bike Trail South of IL 38 at RR Bridge For a map, click here.
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Winston Rasmussen, President
Tom Jurgens, Vice President
Bob Brown, Treasurer
Tom Dieter, Secretary
Tom Spadafora, Membership Director
Directors
Dave Helmick
Great Western Half Marathon Race Director
Jennifer Zuri
Foxtales Editor/Webmaster
Krista Mikulski
Education
Joe Roth
Viking Sunset Race Director
Jon Burmeister
Viking Sunset
Renee Daily
Viking Sunset
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| Dear Tom,
You are receiving this email as a member of the Fox River Trail Runners, or you may have signed up for this newsletter from our web site. If you are receiving this from a forwarded email and would like to join this list, you go to www.foxrivertrailrunners.org. Also, please keep us informed of any changes to your email address so that we can be sure you are getting all club communications. For any email address changes, email Tom Spadafora. Please add w.rasmussen@comcast.net to your list of "Safe Senders."
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A Word from the President~
A Tale of Grandma's Marathon
Well at least I can say that I survived another marathon and the old legs hurt no more today then they did before the race. I finished standing up in a PW performance but will live to run again.
It was a terrific day for spectators along the shores of "Gichigami" (Indian word for Great Water) but a warm offshore wind left the great water laying pretty calm along the shore. We had a few white cumulous clouds but mostly bright sunshine and once again 80 degrees at the finish.
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| Badwater UltraMarathon
~ Mary Gorski
Mary's story was submitted by FRTR member Steve Richey.
A folly. A silliness.
Wednesday evening, a friend had been hit by a drunk driver while out on an easy bike ride. Hours later, I watched as life support was removed and she quickly died.
"When do you leave for Badwater?" asked several people, trying to
find something "normal" to talk about in the midst of such insanity.
Badwater? It seemed so silly to me now. Running 135 miles across Death Valley. What was the point? Folly.
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Running Safety Tips
Jennifer Aviles, Tucson, AZ
As a runner who was jumped many years ago along a path that bordered a somewhat busy street that borders a park here in Tucson while running early in the morning, I can tell you I did not expect it given where I was running nor did I recover from the shock of it all for quite some time even though I managed to break away.
Afterwards I wrote an article for our local running paper and about the same time the RRCA published a similar article in its national newsletter. Here are some of the points covered by both pieces; I am
sure others have additional suggestions.
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Viking Sunset 5K and Jamie LaForce Youth Mile - July 30th
It's not too late to sign up for the Viking Sunset 5k this coming Wednesday. You can register at www.signmeup.com/59832. If you are a member of the Fox River Trail Runners then you receive a discount. Please note that this year's events have changed times.
6:15 pm Youth Mile
6:30 pm Junior Jog
6:45 pm Toddler Trot
7:15 pm 5K Start
For more information about this year's event, log onto the FRTR website. If you're interested in volunteering to help, send an email to Joe Roth at jroth@parker.com.
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| Cross-Country Summer Series
The Fox River Trail Runners and the Batavia Accelerators joined together to present a summer series of Cross Country races at Wheeler Park in Geneva, IL. The series started on Thursday, July 10th and continue every Thursday up to and including August 7th. Registration will begin at 5:30 pm and the first race will start at 6:00 pm. Cost is $1.00 per participant with a family rate of $3.00 no matter how many family members choose to participate. Participants will be assigned to the following age groups:
Participants Age Distance
2nd grade and under ¾ mile
3rd through 5th grade ¾ mile
6th through 8th grade 1½ mile
HS Frosh. - Soph. 2¼ miles
HS Jr. - Sr. 3 miles
Open 3 miles
Masters (40 and older) 3 miles
A runner's grade is the grade they will be entering in the fall. There will be two races: the first at 6:00 pm for 8th grade and younger runners and the second starting after the first for high school, open and masters runners. Males and females will be running together in each race. Ribbons will be awarded to each age group and males and females. All participants will be awarded a ribbon. Points will be awarded for the top 5 finishers in each group as follows:
Place Points
1 10
2 7
3 5
4 3
5 1
Points champions will be determined at the end of the series on August 7th. For further information log onto the Cross Country page on the FRTR website or contact Tom Jurgens at 879-6924, Al Edgecombe at 389-9930 or Scott Kurth at 406-8803. |
The Race Place
Here are some races in and around the Fox Valley. For a full listing, visit www.cararuns.org.
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July Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Devyn Johnson, Landry Johnson, Phil Nolte, Kimberly Wedow, Steve Richey, Nathanael Vitkus, Leandra Lyle, Shane Cole, Mark Drendel, Jennifer Drendel, Liam Conroy, Laura Anschicks, Greg Boyer, Nicki Davis, Jeff McKinley, Lauren Wasik, James Bailey, Beth Johnson, Alexis Ithal Karwoski, Stephen Femau, Vicki Wagonis, Julia Grootens, and John Pettit. |
CARA
The Chicago Area Runners Association (CARA) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding, motivating, supporting and celebrating the running community of Chicagoland. CARA connects runners to resources that enable them to run - further, faster, better, for life.
Due to CARA's advocacy efforts, runners in the Chicago area enjoy some of the highest quality road races in the country. This race has partnered with CARA and, on behalf of its runners, has agreed to comply with and uphold CARA's road race standards. The object of CARA's Race Standards is accuracy, safety and comfort for runners. To view those Standards and to learn more about CARA, visit www.cararuns.org.
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