Tampa 26.2

12 MM Group Leader Update for 12/12/2009

Hey Fellow Road Warriors, Did you notice the 12/12 and 12 MM's....Hmmm, this must indicate the run Saturday is going to be productive.  If you have not decided on a half or full marathon, this is a good time to finalize those plans.  We had a good run last Saturday, although a little wet, but we finished our base miles and then some.  So, good work to those runners, who persevered, you are well on your way to that finish line. The plan is to meet Saturday 5:50 a.m. in the Temple Terrace School parking lot.  Janet plans to be there (even though it is her husband's birthday), and we will be running base miles.  Here is the schedule for miles this week.  To my knowledge no one is signed up for the Breast Cancer Marathon or Half.  If you are planning on running in that race, please let Janet, Iris or me know, so we can work on your mileage plan. Disney                               7 miles or base Goofy                                10 miles or base Breast Cancer Marathon     17-20 miles Gasparilla                          5 miles or base See you Saturday morning, if you are not able to make the run, please respond. Charlene

Let's Talk Turkey Again, II, The REAL Story.....

Ugh, so, I got to talking to Linda in the parking lot this morning, and I made a blooper.  Our party is scheduled for 12/19, Saturday a.m.  Not this coming Saturday, 12/12 but the following one.  MY BAD!!!!  So sorry for the false heads up. As luck would have it, this is a very good thing.  Because now all the regrets that I got about being out of town and doing something else actually won't work for 12/19 and we will have a better turnout, and more fun with all of you there.  Save the Date:  (For real this time.)  12/19, yes, 2009.  8-ish a.m.  Our Favorite Parking Lot.  Bring an appetite and a desire to win door prizes. See you there!  Iris

12 MM Group Leader Update for 12/5/2009

Hello Folks, Well, here we are in the middle of winter marathon training and races and several of our members have completed their marathons and half marathons...Congratulations to those runners...Job well done. Also, congratulations to the Disney/Goofy runners who ran 22 miles last Saturday.  And a special Thank You, to Jan and Elisabeth, who supported them in the long miles. Janet, our busy leader, will not be in TT this weekend, so you are stuck with me again!  The group is planning on meeting at the normal time 5:50 a.m. at the Temple Terrace Elem School parking lot. It looks like most of the group has base miles, except for the Gasparilla Marathon folks, who have 15-17 miles.  Let me know, if those running Gasparilla, would like to start early and I will arrange the time and route.  The following are the races scheduled with our group.  Disney Marathon 1/10          6 miles or base miles Breast Cancer     2/21          5 miles or base miles Gasparilla Marathon 2/28     15-17 miles Some Jingle Bell runs are coming up, if you want to have some fun, sign up for one.  Of course, remember that wearing bells for 3.1 miles can get a bit annoying.  Brandon has a Half Marathon this Sunday Dec. 5th and a Jingle Bell XCountry  5K on  Dec.12th in FishHawk.  See you Saturday. Charlene

3:1 Group Leader Update for 11/28/2009

Hello Folks, Congratulations to the ladies who ran in the Women's Half Marathon and 5K.  Janet said it was a great race and she would do it again!!!  Whoo Hoo, for Janet to say that it had to be good.  Anxious to hear all the stories and from what I have heard, everyone had great times. Iris and Janet will be enjoying Thanksgiving out of town this weekend, so you have to put up with me again. With the long weekend some of you will be out of town, but those who still plan to run, here is our schedule....part of the group has long miles this Saturday, so the Disney/Goofy folks plan to start at 4:00 a.m. to get in 22 miles.  If you need to get in long miles and would like to join the early group, let me know.  The rest of the group will still meet at 5:50 a.m. at the Temple Terrace Elem School parking lot.  The early runners will meet up with the rest of the group along the route. The races scheduled are below, if you have signed up for a race and it is not listed, please advise Iris, Linda or me.  Disney Marathon             20-23 miles Breast Cancer Marathon  5 miles or base Gasparilla Marathon        5 miles or base Let me know if you will be coming Saturday, either at 4:00 a.m. or 5:50 a.m. and I will adjust the route to meet with everyone. Happy Thanksgiving, Charlene

Nameless, Aimless Group Update for 11/21/2009

Hey everyone – I’m half way through the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles – a very busy week all around.  I’ll be flying back on Friday and will be running Saturday. 

Missed everyone last week, but as you can see I had a great run in Austin Texas (click the picture for a slide show):

5:00AM for Jeff and any takers.  6:00AM for everyone else.  Please email your plans!

jlo

Program Director’s Update for 11/21/2009

Hello fellow runners,

  The weekend has arrived for another big race weekend.  Velda is heading for Philadelphia for the marathon on Sunday.  We hope you have a great time and come back with not only a medal but great stories to share.  I imagine you will hear the Rocky theme song a few times along the route.  Good luck!

  We also have quite a large contingent heading over to the inaugural Women's Running Magazine Women's Half Marathon in St. Petersburg.  Good luck!  I know some of you in the beginners group will be running your first half marathon.  You should be so proud of yourselves and we can’t wait to see your medals, hear your stories and see those crocks!!!  You do us and yourselves so proud.

  For those of us still at home this weekend, we do have one longer run.  The Gasparilla marathon will be running 13-15 miles on Saturday.  Everyone else will be doing base mileage of 8-10 miles.  If you are running Gasparilla, most will probably come out at 5 am.  I (Linda) am planning to do that.  Please check with your group leader to see when everyone is planning to meet.  Iris will be out of town this week and next so please meet up with your group leader and start at 6:00 if you are just doing 10.  Another option would be to run an extra 3-5 miles after the 10 since the cooler weather is here. 

  Next weekend, the Disney marathoners will be running 20-23 miles.  If you are going to be out of town for Thanksgiving, you can plan to do that run the following weekend.  Please keep in mind that the holidays are upon us.  Look ahead on your schedules.  Gasparilla runners will be doing 20 miles the day after Christmas.  Think ahead of your availability and how you are going to fit the long runs in.  Do you want to do a 20 miler the day after Christmas or the day after New Years?  We might have a few who will want to do it on Dec. 19^th instead.  Plan ahead!

  I would like to recommend a book that has been on the best sellers list for sometime.  It is named:  Born to Run and written by Christopher McDougall.  I finally received a copy from the library this week and have not been able to put it down.  It reads like a novel and is filled with many historical and current facts about running and focuses on the greatest athletes known to the world from the Tarahumara tribe in the mountains of Mexico.  As a runner, you will love this book and it will help you improve your running skills.

  Next weekend Iris and Linda will be out of town.  Again it is Thanksgiving weekend and the numbers on Saturday may be slim.  Please check with your group leaders and let them know if you will be here to run.  Since Iris and I will not be here, you will not receive a program directors email next week.

  Again, good luck to our marathoners this weekend and Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Iris and Linda

Program Director’s Update for 11/14/2009

The meeting time will be 5:50 a.m.  The school parking lot behind the library in TT.  It'll be cool - HOORAY!  It should be perfect running conditions.  No excuses.  Come on out and get some really good quality miles down.

We have welcomed back our fall marathoners.  Twin Cities, Marine Corps, Chicago and New York have all come back joyously exhilarated from their efforts and the great time they had at their runs.  Last week I was treated to Naty's NY memories and photos, and saw Lynn's gigundo medal.  Wooohoooo.....Congratulations to everyone!  You made us all so very proud, and you've passed on that fabulous spirit to get it done, and get it done with style! 

Last week I was in the parking lot when Carmen, Chris and Zach came in from 20 miles!!!  They looked awesome.  It is amazing to me, even now, to think back to May and kick off and here we are, and here you are:  20 miles!  What an amazing achievement.  An achievement that will prepare you for your marathon goal. 

The Goofies came in last Saturday too having completed 18 miles.  Mary, Charlene and Mary Ellen:  WOW squared!  And that was after having run 10 miles on Friday.  Looking good!

The mileage looks like this for this weekend:

• Women's Half                  8 miles       11/22 RACE DAY!
• Philadelphia                    7 miles       11/22 RACE DAY!
• Memphis                          23-26 miles
• Disney                            5 miles or base 10
• Breast Cancer                 13-15 miles
• Gasparilla                       4 miles or base 10
• Goofy                              back-to-back 6 and 10 (6 is going to be run on Friday)

Looking for something new:  Check these out for 2010.  Dances with Dirt - 2/13/2010.  Sounds like fun to me!  But then I like running in the dirt.  Dade City, Green Swamp.  These trail runs are really different and so much fun.  There's something for everybody here:  50 mile relay, 50 miler and 50K ultra and more to our liking is a half marathon and marathon.  If you ever try a trail run, watch out, you might get hooked.  (Do not even think about these if you are doing Gasp or BCM!!!)

March 21, 2010 is the inaugural half marathon in Fort DeSoto Park.  Really neat place to run.

Just a heads up for everyone about the upcoming holiday.  There are long miles and very long miles and ridiculously long miles on some schedules before and after the holiday weekend.  Start talking to your group leaders and running and race buddies about how they will get done.  I will not be in 11/21 - that's the Saturday before Thanksgiving, nor the Saturday after Thanksgiving.  So make plans to get in your long miles.  If you find that you need to work around the holidays and reschedule, remember to try to schedule a really long one earlier rather than later.  It is much better to do a last long run 4 weeks before the marathon than 2 weeks.  2 weeks is not enough recovery time.  Have your plans in place for the holiday, and then relax and just come out and run.

See you Saturday morning:  5:50 a.m.  You know the place.  If anyone needs any schedules, schedule adjustments, books, shirts, etc., please see Linda and me Saturday morning.  And have fun when you run!

Iris and Linda

Program Director’s Update for 11/7/2009

Greetings fellow Tampa Galloway Runners!

  Halloween and the full moon have passed and we are lucky enough to have some sweet cool weather heading out way.  The mornings have been so nice for running.  Our weather should be dry and about 63 degrees before the sun comes up.  That sounds almost ideal and probably welcomed relief for our long Disney runners this weekend.  Many Disney runners will be out at 4:30 or 5:00 to get an early start on 17-20 miles.  Check with your group leaders to know for sure.  We don’t want anyone to be left out.  Some in the 4:1 group may be starting at the College. 

  We only have a few fall marathons left and we are full swing into the winter marathon schedules.  The best time to pick your next race is when you finish you current race.  Do you know what you are doing next?  It is always more fun to run with people in your group or relatives who run and live in another location.  Keep your options open and plan ahead.  Jeff Galloway, in his recent newsletter sent out all the marathon recommendations that he is running in the coming year.  If you would like to run a race with him, go for it. 

  Iris and I will be setting up a course in Temple Terrace for the virtual Breast Cancer marathon for Jacksonville.  We can do both the marathon and half-marathon.  You must sign up online, you will receive a shirt and a medal after you finish.  We have not set up the date as yet, so please let us know if you are interested.  If you are running Gasparilla, you can still at least run the half virtual marathon.  All the proceeds for the race go to breast cancer research.  So, it is a great cause.  Again, just let us know if you are interested.  No travel or hotel is needed for a virtual race, so you will save money!

         The training schedule for this weekend is as follows:

• Disney Full        17-20 miles
• Goofy                9-10 miles and 18 miles
• Gasparilla Full    11-13 miles
• Women's Half      8 miles or base
• Philadelphia        7 miles or base
• Memphis            7 miles or base

        Congratulations go out again to our New York Marathoners.  I heard you all had a great time and enjoyed the race.  Be ready for stories!

         See you all Saturday.  Iris will be bringing some long sleeve shirts because, yes, we will need them soon.

     Happy Running,

     Iris and Linda

3:1 Group Leader Update for 11/7/2009

Hello Folks, As I mentioned in a previous email, some of us will be running early to get in long miles. Goofy has 18-20, Disney has 17-20 and the rest have base miles. Early runners have agreed to a 5 a.m. start. As of now, Mary, Jan, Rachel, Mary Ellen and I will be starting at 5:00 a.m. at Temple Terrace Elem School.  Try to be in the parking lot before 5, so that we can get started on time. We will meet the rest of the group at the 10 mile mark around 6 a.m., which we should have 4+ miles under our feet. Both Janet and Amy will be out of town.  Michelle, Maria and Laurie C. will be running their long miles Thursday evening in South Tampa, if anyone would like to join them, contact Laurie (Laurie.Chane@chaneandeble.com).  Whoo Hoo, go girls! I have heard rumor that the weather may be a little cooler and less humid this weekend, so the run should be comfortable.  Plan to bring gels, replacement drinks and anything that you may want to try for your race. See you Saturday. Charlene

3:1 Group Update for 11/7/2009

Hey Folks,

Well, I am back and Janet will be out of town this weekend....so, I am checking to see who will be running long miles this Saturday November 7th.

Mary and I have a back to back run this weekend for Goofy....we will run 9 miles Friday morning in our neighborhood, then Saturday plan to run 18 miles with the group.  Our plan is to meet in Temple Terrace at 4:30 or 5:00 a.m. run a 4+ mile loop and meet with the rest of the group at the 10 mile mark at 6 a.m., as we have in the past.  Let me know, who would like to come early and if 4:30 or 5:00 is a better time.  Once I know who will be running early, I will send out another email to confirm the time to meet early on Saturday.

Iris will be meeting the rest of the group at 5:50 a.m. Temple Terrace Elem School parking lot and then meet us at the 10 mile mark or a place on the route.

Below is the schedule for races most of us will be participating in.

• Disney Full        17-20 miles
• Goofy                9-10 miles and 18 miles
• Gasparilla Full    11-13 miles
• Women's Half      8 miles or base
• Philadelphia        7 miles or base
• Memphis            7 miles or base

Let me know if you will be coming this Saturday early or the normal time.

See you Saturday,

Charlene