Hey gang,
Well, once again I apologize for the confusion tonight as we had to move our workout from Lake Highland to Howard Middle School. I appreciate your patience as I attempt to work out the kinks in the communication channel with Lake Highland Prep.
With that being said, great job by everyone who made it to the workout at Howard Middle School! Everyone looks to be running strong as the weather has cooled down. I wish I could be out there running with you!
Tonight the 5k/10k'ers did 6 sets of 2 x 400 and the marathoners did 3 sets of Mile/800.
Don't forget to mark down a couple of dates:
Saturday, November 22nd: We will be hosting a group club run out at the Clermont dirt road. We used to hail this as the "Flirt in the Dirt" race. It isn't so much a race as it is a good fun workout at somewhere other than the streets of Orlando. Please visit the website: www.flirtinthedirt.com for information. Thanks to Adam Gifford for putting up the website for us!
Saturday, December 13th: The Standing Broad Jump Invitational and YMCA Runners Club Christmas party! We will hold various events at our "winter" meet which will then culminate into evening festivities at a place to be determined. Feel free to bring me Christmas gifts! j/k More information in the Invitational will be forthcoming as soon as Pat reminds me of the events! lol
Best of luck to everyone competing in the Celebration 10k this weekend, or as they call it the Founders Day 10k. I expect to see some awesome results from the group based on the work I have seen at the track!
A few reminders as we have entered Daylight Savings Time: It is DARK out there, so we need to be extra careful. Mark Russell at the YMCA has been graceous enough to purchase blinking lights for our safety. These will be passed out and returned for each Monday run. Please remember to return them or at the very least bring them back the next time you run. Also, please try to wear white tops or reflectors to help you be visible to drivers out there!
Remember that we also have the Friday run at 6:00 pm. This is a great way to wind down the week!
Have a great week and be safe!
Paul
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
November 3rd, 2008
Hello everyone and welcome to Fall!
We had some awesome performances yesterday in New York. I guess they have a marathon or something up there every year.....probably not as big as the Lake Nona 5k, but close. :) Kurt Brewer put together a little race report for us...so here it is:
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November in New York. The leaves are changing in Central Park, the summer hoards are a distant memory, and the natives can finally find seats at all the good shows. Few things herald the beginning of fall in Gotham like the New York Marathon. Marathon purists tout Boston as the world's best marathon, but the millions of screaming New Yorkers who stand 10 deep throughout NYC's five boroughs beg to differ. In many ways, it's the difference between McCain and Obama. Boston, like McCain, has all of that glorious history, experience and perfect pedigree. The race in New York is far less experienced, but it has all the energy and enthusiasm of a monster rock concert (like, say, AC/DC & U2 together).
Five of our YMCARunners performed onstage at this consummate marathon show and posted some blazing times, although all claimed beforehand that 'I'm just taking it easy and enjoying the sights.' We didn't believe it for a moment. Hulya Atli, in particular, ran one of the fastest times ever posted by a woman YMCARunner. Here are their results:
Hulya Atli 3:08:16 (7:10 pace)
Donnie McCammon 3:08:22 (7:11 pace)
Mike Masur 3:12:24 (7:20 pace)
Jeff Tecau 3:03:54 (7:00 pace)
Kelly Partain 4:12:52 (9:38 pace)
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These time are obviously a testamant to the high calibre of coaching that they are receiving. I may have to ask the YMCA for a raise!!!
To honor these brave warriors, we will be having dinner in their honor on Wednesday night after the track workout. OK, actually we have dinner every Wednesday after the track workout, but this should make them feel special. :) This week we will meet at Tijuana Flats, next to Hue in Thornton Park. As usual, sometime between 8:00 and 8:15.
I hope to see everyone tonight and Wednesday night!
Take care,
Paul
We had some awesome performances yesterday in New York. I guess they have a marathon or something up there every year.....probably not as big as the Lake Nona 5k, but close. :) Kurt Brewer put together a little race report for us...so here it is:
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November in New York. The leaves are changing in Central Park, the summer hoards are a distant memory, and the natives can finally find seats at all the good shows. Few things herald the beginning of fall in Gotham like the New York Marathon. Marathon purists tout Boston as the world's best marathon, but the millions of screaming New Yorkers who stand 10 deep throughout NYC's five boroughs beg to differ. In many ways, it's the difference between McCain and Obama. Boston, like McCain, has all of that glorious history, experience and perfect pedigree. The race in New York is far less experienced, but it has all the energy and enthusiasm of a monster rock concert (like, say, AC/DC & U2 together).
Five of our YMCARunners performed onstage at this consummate marathon show and posted some blazing times, although all claimed beforehand that 'I'm just taking it easy and enjoying the sights.' We didn't believe it for a moment. Hulya Atli, in particular, ran one of the fastest times ever posted by a woman YMCARunner. Here are their results:
Hulya Atli 3:08:16 (7:10 pace)
Donnie McCammon 3:08:22 (7:11 pace)
Mike Masur 3:12:24 (7:20 pace)
Jeff Tecau 3:03:54 (7:00 pace)
Kelly Partain 4:12:52 (9:38 pace)
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These time are obviously a testamant to the high calibre of coaching that they are receiving. I may have to ask the YMCA for a raise!!!
To honor these brave warriors, we will be having dinner in their honor on Wednesday night after the track workout. OK, actually we have dinner every Wednesday after the track workout, but this should make them feel special. :) This week we will meet at Tijuana Flats, next to Hue in Thornton Park. As usual, sometime between 8:00 and 8:15.
I hope to see everyone tonight and Wednesday night!
Take care,
Paul
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