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FLRC Newsletter - Oct 2003 |
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Marathon season is in full swing! Please e-mail your
stories and results for publication to Diane Sherrer and Tracy Atlas (see
newsletter directory). The more grizzly the details, the better. We know
where some of you are headed, and we want to hear all about it. We're
good, but not that good on searching for every single result. Good luck,
everyone! PS: We'd like some XC stories too!
he annual Friends of the Library Book Sale, held in Ithaca, opens its doors on Oct. 4 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Then, the schedule is Oct. 5-13, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Oct. 18-19, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Oct. 20, 4 to 8 p.m. There will be more than 275,000 items, including new and used books. We tell you this, because we guarantee you'll find some vintage running and training books for your collection. Expect Fixx, Sheehan and Bowerman for starters.
Items decrease in cost each day, until the final day
when you can haul a grocery bag full of books out the door for a few
cents.
There's so much going on during the first weekend in October: Wineglass, Pumpkin Run, St. James 5K and the Syracuse Festival of Races.
So, it's easy to overlook the Pit Run, but it is directly connected to Ithaca's Pud's 5K Run. The Pit Run 10K is the final race on the Police Pursuit Series, which includes Pud's and the Lee Barta 5K in Binghamton.
The 10th annual Pit Run 10K has a new starting time of 10:45 a.m., and is held on Oct. 5 in Neahwa Park in Oneonta.
The 10K entry fee is $23, and includes a goody bag, long-sleeved T-shirt and a barbecue chicken dinner.
Proceeds benefit the Ricky J. Parisian Memorial Scholarship Foundation.
Cash prizes are awarded from first place ($500) through fifth place ($50), with additional bonus cash for fastest mile splits and course records. Additional awards are given to top age-group finishers, weight-class competitors and to members of the New York state police.
For information, visit their Web site at www.pitrun.org, or e-mail
infor@pitrun.org.
Lorrie and Don Tily have a new grandson, Nicholas James.
Dorothy and John Sholeen also have a new grandson, Neil Thomas.
You're all way too young to be grandma and grandpa.
The final series race on Nov. 15 (11 a.m.) has been moved from Green Lakes State Park in Syracuse to Cato-Meridian High School, also in the Syracuse area. This is Championship Day for the series, and will include a post-race party and awards ceremony.
For details, go to www.gvh.net and www.catomeridian.org/coinvitational.htm.
Hurrah! Races in November. Tom Scharf of the Community School of Music, and Laura Voorhees of the Interlaken Reformed Church -- both FLRCers, have created new races in our region for the cooler and quieter month of November.
See enclosed for applications for the Interlaken Steeple Chase 5K on Nov. 8 (not a steeplechase; they're raising money to fix a church steeple), and the 5-Kazoo (5K) on Nov. 9 in Ithaca, where all registrants will receive kazoos instead of T-shirts. Proceeds benefit the Community School of Music.
Be Kind to Animals: The third annual Zeppy's 5K will be at 11 a.m., Oct. 19 at the Cornell Vet School. Proceeds benefit a fund to help care for homeless and orphaned animals with healthcare needs. Go to www.zeppyrun.com for details
Don't miss any of these races!
Becky Harman agreed to be race director for the infamous Monster Trail Marathon & Half Monster on Labor Day 2004. In her own words "I am happy to finally do something to help out with the running club," and, "what awesome responsibility!"
Dave Burbank and Gill Sharp will co-direct the Virgil Mountain Madness in August.
Evan Kurtz will direct the Tom Bugliosi Trail Runs on Mother's Day. Tessa DuMont will assist as she steps down after many years as race director. Thanks to Evan and Tessa.
Our 2004 FLRC calendar is being finalized. We'll issue
it in December or January. Meanwhile track VP Tim Ingall is gearing up
for our wonderful indoor track season. A preview is enclosed.
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