Are You
Running the Chicago Marathon?
In an effort to make it easier to identify FRTR members
when compiling our race circuit results, we ask that you
send an email to Carlos Viramontes at wings26.2@comcast.net and let him know that
you're running the Chicago Marathon. This will greatly reduce
the amount of time it takes to filter through all the finisher
names. Thanks!
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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
The
FRTR cross-country series at Wheeler Park in Geneva has
ended. Click here for
more details and final results.
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| Dick Pond
Pre-Marathon
Special!
Dick Pond in St. Charles is
offering $50 off any Garmin 405 purchase
from now until October 10th! The St. Charles store is
located on Route 31 just north of Route 64.
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Weekly Training Runs
Monday Evening
2nd & 4th Monday of the Month - 6
p.m.
Last hill run of the season
is September 28th. 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
Member,
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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Runner's
Bio ~ Kim Klausner
 How long have you been running and what
motivated you to start?
Off an on for
5 years (significantly more off than on) steadily for a
year.
What was the first
running goal you set for yourself?
Finish a
5k.
(Kim is on the left in the
photo)
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| KindOfAMarathon
~ November 29
Looking for something a little
different? Consider running the third annual
KindOfAMarathon at 8:15 on November 29th that begins in
Sycamore and runs out and back on the Great Western
trail. It's a bargain at just $9 per entry. Space is
limited to 50 runners so sign up right away! Click
here for a downloadable brochure with entry
form and additional information.
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Statins and Muscle
Pain
By
David Ginsberg
Statins are a class of drugs that are used to lower
blood cholesterol. While they often do a very good job
of lowering the lab values, statistically speaking
people are not living longer because of taking the
statin medications- but that is a topic for another
time.
For some individuals taking statins results in mild
to severe muscle pain. We have know for years this is
the case and it was always thought that stopping the
drug would eliminate the pain. However, some individuals
continue to experience muscle pain and breakdown long
after they stop taking the medication.
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Pre Marathon Get-Together
October 4, 12-8 p.m.
By Carlos
Viramontes
 Marathoners
Invited! Are you
running a marathon this fall? FRTR member, Carlos
Viramontes, is hosting a pre-marathon get-together at
his home on Sunday, October 4th from 12
to 8 p.m.
Details:
The Viramontes
live at 8118 Stonegate Drive in Tinley Park. In addition
to lunch and dinner, running movies will be played for
added motivation. Please send your R.S.V.P. by September
27th 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: 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
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September
Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Steve Kulisek,
Victoria Bentley, Kipp Johnson, Catherine Sullivan, Jeff
Lee, Kelly Patchett, Robert Nitsch, Edward Swayka, Eric
Wedow, Timothy Lee, Mark Maleski, Ed Sell, Naomi
Williams Wenzel Maeshima, Sirak Zewdie, Phil Bolander,
Hope Helmick, Julie Galloway, Matthew Galloway, Samuel
Galloway, Denise Trimble, Nancy Sawyer, Shawn Glanville,
Christine Saffran, Heidi Schmidt, Maureen Bruce, James
Steimel, Tom Carter, Jeff Ward, Juli Tatar, and Dan
Cook.
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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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New and Renewing
Members
Congratulations to our new and
renewing members!
New
Individual: Tim Olson, Cynthia Hagerty,
Barry Killian, Scott Reffett.
Renewed Family: The Greg
Boyer Family.
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