Last Chance to Register
The 13th Annual Great Western Half Marathon is almost full.
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2010 Fall Marathon Training Program
Once again, the Fox River Trail Runners is offering a fall marathon training program.
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2010 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 Jerry Marcec at marcecjj@yahoo.com
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Upcoming Events:
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Weekly Training Runs
Wednesday Evenings
6 p.m.
Meet at the north side parking lot of 5th/3rd Bank, 165 W. Wilson Street, Batavia.
Saturday Mornings
8 a.m.
Fox River Bike Trail South of IL 38 at RR Bridge. For a map, click here.
Saturday Mornings
7 a.m.Please check the website for the location of the Saturday morning 7 am run. Typically starts at Fermilab during the winter months. Click here to view info on the FRTR website regarding this group run.
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Club Officers
Tom Spadafora,President
Tom Jurgens, VP
Tom Dieter,Treasurer Jerry Marcec, Secretary
Directors
Lesley Chermansky
Membership Director
Tom Spadafora
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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Word from the Editor
 A New BeginningBy Tom Spadafora
I've always enjoyed the spring season throughout my life. When I was a lot younger with more dark hair than the present I often recalled the Alfred Lord Tennyson poem, Locksley Hall, and the line "In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." It symbolized for me a new chapter in the year.
Well it's not love so much that I turn to this time of year although I do enjoy pampering my wife on Valentine's Day for all she does and sacrifices for my running passion. It is the pleasure running more outside brings to this season. Read More
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FRTR Race Circuit -2009 Recap & 2010 Preview
by Jerry Marcec
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2009 Fox River Trail Runners (FRTR) race circuit consisted of 19 dates and 22
races. Some events offered more than one
race distance. A race results team of Bob
Unger, Jim Varney, Carlos Viramontes and Jerry Marcec scoured the race results
for FRTR member names and record their results.
If you are missed, please don't take as a personal insult. As we have 450+ individual members and the
team is not adept at memorizing a changing list on names that long, we
sometimes missed some members' results.
If we miss you . . .
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Dublin Marathon 2010 Trip October 21 - 28
Club members are organizing a trip to run the 2010 Dublin Marathon and visit the area. Running the race is not required if you just want a vacation. Contact Tom Dieter for complete package details.
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Mark Your Calendar/Update the Blackberry
Strength Training for Injury Prevention in Runners
Date/Time: March 3rd at 7:15 pm Presenter: Club member, Dr. David Ginsberg
Location: Ginsberg Chiropractic, 1795 W. State St, Geneva FREE |
New and Renewing Members
Congratulations to our new and renewing members!
New Individual: Mike Konopinski, Gordon Whiting, Steve
Saunders, Anna Hartlaub, Beth Guilaume, Carla Ordaz New Family: Michael Connelly Family, Andy Swims FamilyRenewed Individual: Karl Johnson, Grant Jones, Glen Kamps, Dick Lamermayer, Ron Piro, Jacqueline Reever, Steve Richey, Kelly Roe, Ed Sell, Kate Sheehan, Carlos Viramontes, Forrest Wagner, Sue Walls.
Renewed Family: Phil Bolander, Barbara Bond, Nancy Christensen, Angie Dudman, R.C. Fagan, Dave Helmick, Don Isaacs, Sandy Kurth, Tim Lee, Kaori Maeshima/Hans Wenzel, Everett Phillips, Tom Spadafora, Michael Sullivan, Vicki Wagonis, Eric Wedow Families
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February Birthdays
Happy Birthday
to Brian Ahern, Katie Boehm, Luke Boehm, Kerri Branson,
Samuel Branson, Robert Brown, Leah Campbell,
Craig Collins, Phyllis Cosentino, Michael Cullen, Matthew Dalpiaz, Melissa Di
Benedetto, Al Edgecombe, Todd Frampton, Shawn Ginsberg, Drew Glanville,
Antoinette Golab-Mach, Jason Grootens, Laura Grootens, Kathy Hamill, Becky
Hill, Paul Jurgens, James Maze, Robert McKeague Michelle McNish, Stuart Natzke,Jessica Lynch, Mary Pellico,
Everett Phillips, Eric Runde, Chris Schmidt, Mark Smudde, Noel Storm, Sue Tills, Bob Unger, Denise
Waldron, Jennifer Zuri.
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Club Calendar
03/01 FRTR Runners Council Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
Batavia Public Library. All are welcome!
03/03 FREE Seminar "Strength Training/Injury Prevention for Runners - 7:15 p.m. Ginsberg Chiropractic, 1795 W. State St. Geneva
04/18 - 2 p.m. - FRTR Club Trail Clean up. Details coming next month
Race Place
Here are some upcoming Spring races in the Fox Valley For a full listing of races, visit www.cararuns.org.
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