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FLRC Newsletter - Dec 2003 |
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Note that the Hartshorne Memorial Masters Mile will be held on Saturday, Jan. 24. If you haven't run it before and want to enter, you must request an entry from director Rick Hoebeke. Former entrants usually receive an application via mail in late December. We will not publish the Hartshorne Mile application in this newsletter. The sectional heats do close due to limits on the size of the field. See the enclosed FLRC track sked for contact information.
Snowshoe season is fast approaching, so we've enclosed one-time only snowshoe skeds from the Western Mass. AC, which has a real multi-race series (I'm so envious); and Mark Elmore's (aka, snowshoe guy) championship series calendar.
Our friends from Western NY have announced updates for the Frozen Assets 5K Snowshoe Race, Jan. 10, near Honeoye Falls. They have a new course, with separate starts for men and women. The Brewery has come on board as a sponsor, so the post-race gathering will be even more fun. For details, e-mail Tim Ratowski at goutnow@yahoo.com; or visit the Web: www.geocities.com/goutnow. Note, you can use this 5K as an ESG qualifier.
The Finger Lakes Snowshoe 7.6 miler and 1-mile Fun Run will be held at 11 a.m., Jan. 31, in the Finger Lakes National Forest in Hector. An application will be available in our January newsletter and online at www.fingerlakesrunners.org. It's the first event on the FLTrailrunners Circuit.
Speaking of our circuit, 2003 Stonehead/Pebblehead
rankings will be delayed until spring. Head stonehead/beachboy Joe Dabes
is currently getting a tan in Florida, and mysteriously left the data in
NYS.
The FLRC has been approached to become involved in the inaugural Western NY Ultramarathon Series, and it looks like it's a go. Details are not completely finalized, but it looks like there will be 4 races on the series: BPAC 6-hour run in April (Buffalo); the Finger Lakes Trail 50 miler in July (Hector); Canandaigua Lake 50 (road) Miler in September; and the Mendon Ponds 50K in November (Rochester).
No additional fees except usual entry fees; there's a
scoring system; awards and age-groups 39-under; 40-49; 50-over for men
and women. I think someone needs to push for a senior division as
well. More information will follow as it's released.
The all-female masters marathon, set for Central Park,
NYC, on Mar. 21 is going to be run on multiple loops of Central Park. See
www.nyrrc.org for information. You can
begin registration procedures in mid-December.
Many runners buy a new pair of runner's shoes with high hopes that they will be the perfect pair for their running style only to be disappointed. We find out that they are a little too small or a little too big, they cause blisters, hurt our calves, knees, ankles, hips or shins. We throw them in a closet after a few runs to let them collect dust or we turn them into garden shoes or something else less glamorous. This is our chance to save these poor shoes form a fait worse than wear. The Finger Lakes Runners Club has started the "Put the shoe on the other foot" Campaign. Starting with our December track meet we will be collecting new, or lightly used running shoes that are no longer of use to you. We will offer these to area Track and Cross Country coaches for distribution to disadvantaged team members. This is one way we can continue to support our upcoming athletes and the running community at large. Please look for the posters and drop off bins at future FLRC events. Also feel free to contact a member of the "Put the Shoe on the Other Foot" committee if you have shoes to donate but do not have access to a collection site or if you have questions about the program.
Lorrie Tily ljm2@cornell.edu
Sarah Posegate sarahkp@verizon.net
Geri
Lake-Bakaar gl77@cornell.edu
Don and I would like to invite members of the Finger Lakes Runners Club running community and their families to our home to share the spirit of the holidays at our annual open house on Saturday December 13th between 4 and 9pm. We ask that you bring a dish to pass and your favorite beverage. We will provide music, good cheer, smiles, plenty of laughter and lots of cookies.
Coming from Ithaca: Take Triphammer Road to the end. Go straight through the blinking light. Take a right onto Route 34 / Auburn Road. Follow Route 34 past Bakers Acres. Take a right onto Locke Road. Continue on Locke Road to the stop sign at the end. Bear right onto Route 90. Take Route 90 to the four corner intersection in the town of Locke. Go straight at the blinking light. Our house is the first house past the bridge on the left hand side of the road. It is a gray house with white trim and has a large sycamore tree in the front yard.
Coming From Cortland: Follow 281 to Homer. Take a left onto Route 90. Go down Route 90 for 12 miles. Our house is on the right hand side on the base of a big downhill. It is a gray house with white trim and has a large sycamore tree in the front year.
The 911 address is 12269 Water Street (otherwise known as Route 90), Locke NY 13092 if you would like to use MapQuest for directions from other locations.
Lorrie
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