October 27, 2008

Hello Everyone,

Some important things in this Monday's edition...so pay close attention!

First, Track Workout:
My apologies for the mixup last week at Lake Highland. As some of you found out (the hard way), there was a football game on Wednesday that forced us to to move to Lake Davis and run repeats around the lake. The game was a makeup game and was not on the schedule....so unfortunately I found out the same time you did! Anyway, we are back at the track this week!

Second, Birthdays:
Last week we celebrated the birthdays of Sean McCormack and Ryan Hall, they are 19 and 18 respectively (just kidding, I think they are 28). This Wednesday we celebrate the birthday of the running club matriarch, Teresa Calio. I'm also gonna guess that she is 28 too....(momma didn't raise no fool). With that in mind, we will be having a Birthday dinner after track on Wednesday night, at 8:00, in Teresa's honor. I'm thinking Dexters in Thornton Park. I hope everyone will attend!

Third, Race Results:
This weekend had some exciting results from the group. The Great Floridian Ironman and Florida Challenge Half Ironman took place in Clermont on Saturday. In the Ironman distance race, Mike Easterling had an awesome performance..taking 5th Overall with a time of 9:54:00. In the Half Ironman distance Sean McCormack blistered the course in 5:18:45 to take 1st in his age group. Also putting the hammer down were Heather Bellardo (6:21:09), Adam Gifford (6:30:47), Chris Scott (6:52:53) and Julie Scott (7:02:03).This weekend also showcased the inaugural Daytona Beach Half Marathon. The race was won by Running club alumni Stanley Mania with a time of 1:17:33. Also competing was Erin Walsh from the YMCA front desk with a very impressive 1:50:31. Congrats to both of them!

Finally, Future Events:
Stay tuned for another email later this week to discuss two upcoming 'weekend' events. The first will be an informal 'Flirt with the Dirt' Clermont run...probably the weekend of November 15th. For those of you who have not run the Clermont Dirt Road, you are in for a treat (as long as it isn't raining). The second will be the annual Standing Broad Jump Invitational in December (date TBD) with the always fun, post meet party!

Lake Nona 5k - 11/1 (http://www.trackshack.com/)
Celebration 10k - 11/9 (http://www.trackshack.com/)
Junior League 5k (inaugural) at Baldwin Park - 11/15 (http://www.buttar.com/)
OUC Half Marathon - 12/6 (http://www.trackshack.com/)

Look forward to seeing everyone tonight. Please make sure to congratulate all of the great performers from this past weekend when you see them!

Regards,
Paul