Dick Ponds
Tuesday Night
Fun Run
The weekly Fun Run is back! Meet at Dick Pond Athletics on Route 31 in St. Charles at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays.
A good-sized group participated in last week's run. Runners separated into groups according to speed and distance.
Don't be shy - come on out and enjoy the company of fellow runners, from beginning to advanced.
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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 Fox River Trail in Batavia at 6:00 pm . Meet at Fifth Third Bank in Batavia. For a map, click here.
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 Spadafora, Secretary
Directors
Dave Helmick
ARD/Great Western
Jennifer Zuri
Foxtales Editor/Webmaster
Krista Mikulski
Education/Viking Sunset
Gene Boehm
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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 ww.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 Gene Boehm. Please add w.rasmussen@comcast.net to your list of "Safe Senders."
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| Upcoming Circuit Race
The first race on FRTR's 2008 Circuit is coming soon! It's the 5K Spring Gallop at Blackberry Farm in Aurora on March 29th at 8:30 a.m.
If you've never actively participated in the FRTR's annual circuit, this is a great year to tackle it. All of the races are local, with the exception of the Chicago Marathon. Although some of you world travelers may consider Chicago to be local.
Click here to access the registration form for the 5K Spring Gallop. And if you haven't seen the circuit listing yet, click here to see the full listing on our website. If you do run a circuit race this year, be sure to contact Carlos Viramontes at wings26.2@comcast.net so he can include your finish results.
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A Word from the Editor~
Touched by an Angel
Jennifer Zuri
On occasion, and probably more often than not, we're touched by angels that take the shape and form of ordinary human beings. The past two Saturdays, I've been blessed with just such an angel.
March always prove to be a challenging month for most runners in the Midwest. Spring hasn't fully sprung, and winter is reticent to remove its icy claw from the landscape. Blustering winds and dark mornings leave me wanting to burrow under my down comforter in the early hours of a Saturday morn. But I've got running partners waiting so I drag myself out into the cold, cruel world.
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| Runner's Bio~ Renee Daily
 How long have you been a runner and what motivates you to keep running?
I have been running now for 5 years. I started out not even being able to run from 1 driveway to the next without losing my breath, and I worked my way up to a marathon. It's incredible. What keeps me motivated? Well just my LOVE for the run, the friends I have met along the way and the incredible places I have been to, just because I have run there.
How many miles per week do you typically run?
Well right now I am in training for The Flying Pig marathon in Cincinnati,(5/4/08) so I am running about 35-50 miles per week.
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Spinning Proves Beneficial to Running
By Phil Vitkus
This winter I've been preparing for a triathlon mostly by "spinning," running a moderate amount, and swimming off and on (you can tell I need to get on a solid schedule!).
One thing I've noted after spinning a few months is - no Achilles tendon soreness. I can't say if my chronic injury was tendonitis, an inflammation; from what I understand it was likely tendinosis, deterioration.
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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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March Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Adam Ahlden, Christine Anderson, Meera Atkins, Eric Bahe, Tracey Bilut, Scott Brennan, Jonathon Burmeister, Annette Collins, Kristin Czarnecki, Bonnie Derylo, Corinna Foust, Jack Foust, Karl Johnson, Linda Johnson, Tony Jones, Travis Kamps, Katie Schmidt, Steven Lauridsen, Glenn Lyle, Jerry Marcec, Troy Medlin, Kevin Mikottis, Dan Milinko, Krista Moss, Susan Nolte, Donna Potaczek, Nick Schneigert, Robert Sellers, Mikhail Shemyakin, Tom Spadafora, Christine Storm, Pauline Swenson, Brian Tanquary, Ernie Tecuanhuey, Jim Varney, Hannah Vitkus, Greg Wiitanen, and Tyler Wojdyla.
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New and Renewed Members
Congratulations to the following new and renewed members:
New Individual Members: Suzanne Everson.
Renewed Individual Members: Robert Bradford, Grant Jones, Jim Varney, Carlos Viramontes, and Lawrence Huey.
New Family Members: The Jason Grootens Family, Kathy Kulisek Family, and Ronald Daszkiewicz Family.
Renewed Family Members: The Glenn Lyle Family, Eric Wedow Family, Bill Gilmore Family, and Bob Raynett Family.
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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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