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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.
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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 Editor~
Do You Eat to Run, or Run to Eat?
Jennifer Zuri
My mother worked for a man who she described as someone who "eats to live," meaning he was thin and lanky and never ate more than his body needed. Although my mother is another one of these eat-to-live people, the rest of my family, unfortunately, is not blessed with her genetics.
No, the rest of us all have the stocky wrestler's build of my father. This is good if you aspire to be a power-lifter or mat-grappler, but not so good if you always wished you had long legs that look great in short shorts.
You'll notice that in several of our Runner's Bios, they're asked if they eat to run, or run to eat. You can always tell how they'll answer before they put pen to paper. The metabolically gifted runners typically eat to run. Their bodies are lean, mean running machines that they properly fuel to efficiently propel them out on the road. And it seems to me that a good chunk of our members fall into this category, which is a good thing.
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| Runner's Bio~ Dave Helmick
What prompted you to get involved with FRTR and how long have you been a member?
I moved to the Fox Valley area in 1993. I really didn't know anyone in the area, but I did like running on the trail.
One day I noticed the "Fox River Trail Runners" sign on the fence near the Geneva Water Treatment plant, so decided to show up one Saturday morning. I liked what I saw, and have been showing up ever since. I think that first Saturday, I ran with Shella and Wayne (an "item" at the time). Wayne was especially careful to welcome "the new guy". I thought that was great.
What's your position on the council and what do you do?
Well, I checked on line, and it looks like I'm an "ARD". That's either an aardvark, or perhaps an assistant race director. That must be it. Actually, last year I helped Gene Boehm with the Viking Sunset, (a little). This year I volunteered to be the Race Director for the Great Western Half Marathon. As you know, it's really not a "one man job". I had lots of good help from all the board members.
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Tuesday Track Workouts
Geneva Middle School - South Parking Lot
6:00 p.m.
Join Coach Al Edgecombe for a challenging track workout every Tuesday night. A weekly speed work out is a must for every competitive runner. If you want to run your next race a little faster - whether it be a 5k race or a marathon - then track workouts are just what you need to boost your speed.
If you've never participated in a track work out before, don't be afraid that Coach Al is going to push you until you're dragging yourself back to your car. Yes, he'll challenge you, but not to an extreme you're not ready for.
So come on out and join us for these invigorating work outs. You just might find you enjoy a change of "pace" in your normal running routine. Hope to see you Tuesday night!
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Illinois Runs Marathon Training
 It's not too late to sign up for this year's Illinois Runs marathon training program. Group training runs started just last week and are held on Saturday mornings at 7:00 a.m. beginning June 14th. The group meets at Leroy Oaks Forest Preserve on Dean Street in St. Charles (south parking lot under the pavilion). Pacers are available for different pace groups.
You can register at www.illinoisruns.org. If you are a member of the Fox River Trail Runners then you receive a very significant discount.
Read More
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| Cross-Country Summer Series
The Fox River Trail Runners and the Batavia Accelerators are joining together to present a summer series of Cross Country races at Wheeler Park in Geneva, IL. The series will commence with the first race 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 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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New and Renewed Members
Congratulations to the following new and renewed members:
New Individual Members: Kate Sheehan, Kelly Roe, Lesley Chermansky, Michael Pryor, Rena Sweeney, and Kelly O'Dette.
Renewed Individual Members: Heidi Schmidt, Ronald Kowalczyk, and Jeffrey Ward.
New Family Members: The Stacy Giarraffa Family.
Renewed Family Members: Michael Sullivan Family, and the James Steimel Family.
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June Birthdays
Happy Birthday to George Suter, Dave Helmick, Michael Sullivan, Kelly Roe, Nadine Johnson, Nick Fagan, Jeff Sullivan, Tom Kirts, Rachel Hegele, Lyuda Shemyakin, Chris Hobin, Phil Vitkus, Matt Drendel, Ann Brady, JoAnne Stone, Spencer Kurth, Carmen Cordogan, Gillian Leananh, Noah Kulisek, Zachary Kulisek, and Gary Moss. |
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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