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2009 FRTR Circuit Results to Date!
Click here to go to the website to see club circuit results to date.
If you ran a race and your results aren't listed, please send your finish time, along with your name and the name of the race to Carlos Viramontes at wings26.2@comcast.net.
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Cross-Country Summer Series
Fox River Trail Runners and the Batavia Accelerators are once again partnering to offer the cross-country series at Wheeler Park in Geneva. The series began June 25th. Click here for more details and results.
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| Events at Dick Pond Store
Dick Ponds has started their Tuesday Night Fun Runs. Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the St. Charles store on Route 31.
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Weekly Training Runs
Monday Evening
2nd & 4th Monday of the Month - 6 p.m.
Master the Mound. Hill runs at Johnson's Mound Forest Preserve in Elburn, located on Hughes Road, west of Fabyan Parkway and east of Rt. 47.
Wednesday Evenings
6 p.m.
Meet at the Pavilion on the south side of Dean Street opposite the entrace of LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve. For a map, click here. 8 a.m.
Fox River Bike Trail South of IL 38 at RR Bridge. For a map, click here.
Pace Leader Run
Saturday Mornings
7 a.m.Meet at the Pavilion on the south side of Dean Street opposite the entrace of LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve MAPWe will run the Great Western Trail. MAP
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Club Officers
Tom Spadafora, President
Tom Jurgens, Vice President
Tom Dieter, Treasurer
Jennifer Zuri, Secretary
Directors
Jennifer Zuri
Foxtales Editor
Lesley Chermansky
Membership Director Gillian Leananh
Education/Social Events
Dave Helmick
Great Western Half Marathon Race Director
Jon Burmeister
Viking Sunset
Race Director
Tom Jurgens
Fox & Turkey
Race Director
Roger Schellenberger
Beginner Runner Program
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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 jzuri@mchsi.com to your list of "Safe Senders."
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Word from the Editor Master the Mound? Embrace the Mound!
 There are two things about me some of you may already know ...
1. I love a good challenge.
2. I get bored easily.
It's these two qualities (or curses) that prompt me to do things like run Johnson's Mound over and over again. It's definitely a tough challenge plodding up the highest point in Kane County and the first time I tried to run up that sucker I didn't make it the whole way. I actually had to walk the last few hundred meters, but that was about 5 years ago and I've since "mastered the mound" and can loop it several times now.
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Foam Rolling for I.T. Band Problems
By David Ginsberg
It seems I have seen a lot of IT band problems in the office lately, and come July and August is when I typically begin to see a lot of plantar fasciitis. I think the reason is that marathon training programs begin for most people around June. For many this results in an increase in mileage that is beyond their initial physical capability.
The increased training volume, regardless of your physical shape typically results in some tightness in the muscles, and more commonly on the outside of the leg at the knee or near the hip, which is the IT band musculature and fascia.
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 Congrats to Bill Holstine!
Congratulations to FRTR member Bill Holstine who won his division at the 2009 RRCA National 5K championship Aug. 1 in Anniston, AL with a finish time of 17:16.
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 Born to Run
"When the student is ready ..."
As the Zen master would say, "the teacher appears." And boy was I was ready!
After cutting my cruising speed from 10:30 to 9 minute miles, managing some indoor 7:15 miles last winter and judiciously increasing my distance from 3 to 6 miles, I was a happy camper. Why, at the ripe old age of 50 I hadn't improved that much since my twenties. Read more |
Cookout at Viramontes' Place
August 23, 2:00-7:00 p.m.
By Carlos Viramontes
 Members Invited! All Fox River Trail Runner members are invited to a cookout at the home of Carlos Viramontes on Sunday, August 23rd from 2 to 7 p.m.
Details: The Viramontes live at 8118 Stonegate Drive in Tinley Park. A swimming pool is available so bring your suits! Please send your R.S.V.P. to Carlos at wings26.2@comcast.net. Members are invited to bring guest or family members.
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| Important News about Fox and Turkey
New Date: Thanksgiving Day, November 26th
 This year's Fox and Turkey 4-mile and 1-mile race will is moving to Thanksgiving Day, November 26th! Please make note of it on your racing calendars.
This year's race will be a regular chip-timed race as opposed to a predictor race. We're hoping the move to Thanksgiving Day will increase participation. Many runners enjoy a Thanksgiving race after popping the turkey into the oven. But without a Thanksgiving race in the tri-cities area, it can pose a problem driving some distance to a race and getting back in time to finish dinner preparations.
The race course is the same as previous years. For more information about this year's race, visit our website.
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FRTR Member Larry Lobb ~
Running for Charity
By Larry Lobb
 I am running in the 34th Annual Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC (Oct. 25th) to raise money for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. The SOWF provides full scholarship grants, as well as educational and family counseling, to the surviving children of special operations personnel who die in operational or training missions and immediate financial assistance to severely wounded special operations people and their families.
A full description of the charity is included on my Firstgiving page: http://www.firstgiving.com/larrylobb and donations can also be made through the site. All donations are secure and sent directly to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation by Firstgiving, who will email the donor a printable record of the donation for tax purposes. |
| Volunteer for Chicago Half Marathon
 The Chicago Half Marathon is looking for volunteers to help at the expo . The event is coming up at Navy Pier on Friday and Saturday, September 11-12 and then race day is Sunday, September 13 with the start/finish in Jackson Park which is very close to the UIC Campus.
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The Race Place
This time of year provides a challenge in finding local races. Here are some races in and around the Fox Valley. For a full listing, visit www.cararuns.org.
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August Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Lorrie Beaumont, Ed Cave, Fritz DeJongh, Tom Dieter, Angie Dudman, Jefferson Geiger, Carl Hays, Ray Heriaud, Sue Hinds, Dean Kilburg, Robert McDermott, Larry Murison, Stephanie Mytych, Chet Phillips, Rick Pingel, Tina Prince, Tom Rairdon, Ed Rauch, Jacqueline Reever, Dennis Saye, Lisa Schultz, Alexander Shemyakin, Mike Slepikas, Daniel Stone, Greg Weddle, Craig Weyrich, Dawn Winkelman.
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New and Renewing Members
Congratulations to our new and renewing members!
New Individual: Preston Bussard, Karen Cerveny, Dan Cook, Allison Evans, Dennis Saye, and Juli Tatar.
New Family: The Wendy Cullen Family and the Greg Weddle Family.
Renewed Individuals: Lesley Chermansky, Christopher Cook, Wayne Giese, Rachel Hegele, Michael Hughes, and Jennifer Zuri.
Renewed Family: The Stephanie Mytych Family.
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