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As part of the 1952 presidential campaign, the handlers of Dwight D. Eisenhower came up with “I Like Ike” as his campaign slogan. It was short, to the point, and fit on small, cheap campaign buttons. A New York Times article called “I Like Ike” as one of the most “shrewd political slogans ever coined because it so perfectly fit the man’s appeal.”
Well, we don’t like Hurricane Ike.
We didn’t like Allen. We didn’t like Alicia, nor did we care for Allison either. And certainly Carla didn’t endear herself to residents of the Gulf Coast back in 1961.
Our hopes and prayers is that -- if you’re reading this e-mail today on Friday, September 12 -- you’re already safe and have a plan to be away from the greater Houston area. Or if you’ve chosen to stay, that you have a plan to stay safe through the duration of the storm.
Because of the uncertainty of the situation as well as many members of the Board being involved in the recovery efforts through their employment, the Board decided to postpone the Membership Social that is scheduled for Sunday, September 14, at Town Hall Texas.
Luke’s Locker has also cancelled Run The Woodlands 5K #208 on Saturday morning.
THIS WEEK’S RUNNING SAFETY TIP (Courtesy of the RRCA)
3. Always stay alert and aware of what’s going on around you. The more aware you are, the less vulnerable you are.
THIS WEEKEND’S TRAINING RUNS
Saturday, September 13 (Trail) -- Cancelled
Sunday, September 14 (Road) – Starbucks in the new Wal Mart parking lot on Woodlands Parkway & 2978 (closer to Branch Crossing and the Parkway intersection), 6:45 a.m. for 6 & 12 milers to be ready to run at 7:00 a.m. Plan is to do the 12-mile loop and then add 6 at the end.
THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
Brooke Massier (September 12), Kimberly Carlton (September 13), Matthew Griggs (September 14), David Smart (September 14), Ron Manchester (September 15), Meg Mendeck (September 16), Carrie Davies (September 17), Bill Crews (September 17)
LAST WEEKEND’S RACE RESULTS
Bearkat Bash 5K
Klein, TX, September 6, 2008
Jacob Mazone – 16:29 1st Masters
Stephanie Johnson “Mini-Sprint” Triathlon (200-meter swim, 6-mile bike and 2-mile run)
Spring, TX, September 7, 2008
Audrey Manchester – 39:03 1st AG, Vivian Corliss – 47:57.5, Carol Steele – 54:41.7
Stephanie Johnson Kids Triathlon (100-meter swim, 3-mile bike and 1-mile run)
Chloe Manchester – 27:12.1 2nd AG
PrairieMan Half Iron
Grand Prairie, TX, September 7, 2008
Dan Jordan – 6:03:40 3rd AG, Susan Rouse – 6:20:56 1st AG
Sioux Falls Half Marathon
Sioux Falls, SD, September 7, 2008
Jon Walk – 2:20:13 State/Province No. 24
… AND ONE WE MISSED
Beneezy Purple Monkey 10K
Alvin, TX, August 30, 2008
Juan Flores – 41:42 3rd AG
If we missed your result, please e-mail us at bdwyer2@comcast.net. Additionally, if you run at an out-of-town race, also drop us a line so we can include your result.
Trivia Question: What was the name of the hurricane that made landfall a few miles east of High Island on September 13, 2007 – one year ago?
*** Two Weeks to HARRA Cross Country Relay …. See Below! ***
Membership Social: The club’s third general membership meeting, originally scheduled for Sunday, September 14, has been postponed due to Hurricane Ike. Coach Green will be our featured speaker offering tips on successful marathon training. President Tony Allison advises that at least one order of business will be conducted at the meeting and that will be to vote on an amendment to the By-Laws that would authorize the board to elect up to two additional board members in addition to the coaches’ representative. These additional board members would have limited voting power, but would serve as critical resources for the club as it continues to grow in numbers and activities.
Enjoying eDeerTracks?: We hope you are. It is a new member benefit to your TWRC membership. The TWRC membership year, of course, started on Tuesday, July 1 and corresponds with the Houston Area Road Runners Association (HARRA) membership year. TWRC memberships are one-year memberships that expire on June 30. Annual dues are $20 for an individual and $25 for a family. A membership application can be found on page 2 of the most recent August 2008 edition of “Deer Tracks” that can be found on the club website underneath the “Newsletters” tab at http://www.thewoodlandsrunningclub.org/. Don’t run the risk of missing out on this weekly source of information … besides belonging to a group of pretty cool people!
Long Runs?: You bet, TWRC has them! JoAnn Blakeley graciously coordinates these and they’re typically early on Sunday mornings and at a location to satisfy that caffeine fix after the run. If you have a question about the long runs, please e-mail JoAnn at joann_blakeley@sbcglobal.net. Here is September’s list of scheduled runs:
Sept. 14 (Sun) – Starbucks in the new Wal Mart parking lot on Woodlands Parkway & 2978 (closer to Branch Crossing and the Parkway intersection), 6:45 a.m. for 6 & 12 milers, 6:00 a.m. (“ready to run”) for the 18-mile group
Sept. 21 (Sun) – Starbucks – Research & New Trails, 6:45 a.m. for 6 & 10 milers; 6:00 a.m. for the 16-mile group
Sept. 28 (Sun) – Brooklyn Café (Bagel Hut), 6:45 a.m. – 10 miles (recovery)
Trail Runs: Susie Schreiber usually gathers a group together every Sunday morning. Her weekly reminder e-mail that announces the meeting location and time and where the group will usually goes out on Thursday evenings or during the day on Fridays. Most weeks, the group gathers at the Exxon station on Greenbridge & 242 to run at Jones State Park. To get on Susie’s trail runners e-mail, please contact her at susieschreiber@lukeslocker.com.
Join HARRA: TWRC will attempt this year to field more competitive teams in HARRA’s Fall Series of races (see below). For the club to score points in the inner-club competition, members have to also be HARRA members. More information can be found in the May and June editions of “Deer Tracks”. There is a paper membership application on page 4 of the May 2008 edition of “Deer Tracks” and online membership can be accomplished at http://www.harra.org/.
HARRA Fall Series:
Sep. 27 (Sat) Tornados Cross Country Relay (4 runners; 2 miles each); Houston, 5:00 p.m.
Oct. 12 (Sun) United Space Alliance 10-Miler; Clear Lake, 7:00 a.m.
Oct. 26 (Sun) Koala Health & Wellness Centers / Luke’s Locker Houston Half Marathon; Houston, 7:00 a.m.
Nov. 9 (Sun) HMSA Classical 25K; Houston, 7:00 a.m.
Dec. 14 (Sun) Sugar Land Lakes of Williams Ranch 30K; Sugar Land, 7:00 a.m.
XC Relay, Three Weeks Away!: Stephen Smith, our TWRC Team Racing Coordinator, reports that the first event of the Fall HARRA team competition series is the Cross Country team race at 5 p.m. on Saturday, September 27 along the sides of Buffalo Bayou near Memorial Dr and Shepherd. This race is run as four person teams. The teams compete in the following categories: Open Male, Open Female, Masters Male (all 40+), Masters Female, Mixed Open (2 male+2 female). Mixed Masters (2+2), Senior Male (all 50+), Senior Female, Veteran Male (all 60+), Veteran Female.
For more information on the race, you can check out the website at: http://www.tornadosrunningclub.com/XC2007/index.html
You can also find photos of the race from last year at: http://www.tornadosrunningclub.com/XC2007/images/XCRelayAlbum/index.htm
Since the teams need to register as a team, I will be happy to assist in helping put together the groups of four. Or you can put together your own team and keep me out of the loop. If you want my help, just send me an email expressing your interest. I will then *try* to put you in contact with three others, but please remember that I cannot manufacture runners if I end up with an odd number. For the teams that are formed, it will then be up to the four of you to register and arrange to get to the race on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept 27.
(Stephen forgot to mention that one of the benefits of this race is that the Tornados bring free beer for the end of the race! Additionally, while all members of the team need to be a HARRA member before the start of the race for TWRC to score HARRA Club and Team points, you do not HAVE to be a member of HARRA to run this race. TWRC’s target should be ten (10) teams. This is what the Bay Area Running Club brought out last year.)
Montgomery County Triple: The Fall ’08 version is once again taking shape! Its creators – Friends of the Running Community - are hoping that the turnout for the third annual Runfest will be greater than the first two years. The City of Conroe has announced its 4 th annual Turkey Trot 5K to once again be the day after Thanksgiving – Friday, November 28 - at Conroe’s Carl Barton, Jr. Park. In fact, a few of our members – Joseph Mazone, Jacob Mazone, Mike Mendeck and Stephen Smith – can be seen on the cover of the City of Conroe’s Parks and Recreation Playbook: http://www.cityofconroe.org/images/stories/parks/downloads/playbook.pdf
The third and final race, which also includes the immensely popular Turkey Day classic, “Run Thru The Woods”, will be announced at a later time – and there’s even talk of a Fat Ass 50K, which includes one of old The Woodlands Marathon courses -- on Sunday, November 30. Stay tuned!
Want To Run This With Me?: In the face of $3.50 (down from $4) per gallon of gasoline, this section is for club members to indicate their interest in perhaps getting a group of runners to go run particular races. Our first participant is Najat Shayib, who is looking for other club members that might be interested in going to ROC Fun Run 10K in Kemah on Saturday, September 27.
If you’re interested in doing either one of these events with Najat, please contact Bill Dwyer at bdwyer2@comcast.net and he’ll put you in touch with her or others who express their race interests here.
2008-2009 Texas Marathon Price Tracker (An eDeerTracks exclusive)
Oct. 4 (Sat) – West Texas Crossroads Marathon, Odessa - $70 until race day (NEW)
Oct 18 (Sat) - Marathon 2 Marathon, Alpine - $65 until October 1, 2008
Oct 26 (Sun) – Miracle Match Marathon, Waco - $75 through October 18, 2008
Nov 9 (Sun) – Fort Worth Marathon, Fort Worth - $85 until October 30, 2008 (2nd YEAR)
Nov 16 (Sun) – Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon, San Antonio - $110 through November 9, 2008
*Use the code “SOLDOUT” for a $10 discount off of either of their races*
Dec 7 (Sun) – Fiesta Marathon, McAllen – $60 through November 1, 2008
Dec 14 (Sun) – Nexbank White Rock Marathon, Dallas - $90 through January 31, 2009
Jan 1 (Thu) – Texas Marathon, Kingwood - $45 through October 2, 2008
Jan 18 (Sun) – Chevron Houston Marathon, Houston (SOLD OUT)
Feb 14 (Sat) – Surfside Beach Marathon, Surfside Beach - $50 early registration is currently in effect
Feb 15 (Sun) – AT&T Austin Marathon, Austin - $100 through September 30, 2008
Feb 28 (Sat) – Cowtown Marathon, Fort Worth - $70 through February 2, 2009
March – El Paso Marathon, El Paso – Registration Not Open
Mar 15 (Sun) – Seabrook Lucky Trail Marathon, Seabrook – Registration Not Open
Apr 5 (Sun) – Big-D Texas Marathon, Dallas - $65 through January 17, 2009
Apr 11 (Sat) – Davy Crockett Bear Chase, Groveton - $45 through September 27, 2008
Courtesy of The Woodlands Running Club
(If you copy and share this with non-members, please including the heading and the courtesy line immediately above.)
Financial Consulting: Because of the current economic conditions, club member (and one of Houston’s faster masters runners) Jacob Mazone has offered TWRC members two (2) hours of complimentary consulting in the areas of retirement planning and investment advice." Jacob’s direct line is (281) 362-4737 or email at jacob.mazone@ms.com.
Next Two Months Local Race Calendar:
Sep. 27 (Sat) Fall Fun Run 10K/5K; (Seven Hills RC club race); SW corner of West Hill Mall; Huntsville, $1, 8:00 a.m.
Big Events TWRC Members Are Training For: Here’s your place to tell us what marathons, half marathon, ultramarathoners or beer runs that you’re training for. Let’s us hear from you! (We tend to randomly peruse race web sites; however, if we miss you, please don’t be offended. Just drop us a line! We want people to know what you’re planning on racing – and after the race, the membership would love a race report for Deer Tracks.)
Montana Marathon: Billings, MT; September 21, 2008 (Lou Wilson)
Hamptons Marathon: East Hampton, NY; September 28, 2008 (Lou Wilson)
Mount Rushmore Marathon: Rapid City, SD; October 4, 2008 (Lou Wilson)
Portland Marathon: Portland, OR; October 5, 2008 (Russell McCoy)
Ford Ironman World Championship: Kona, HI; October 11, 2008 (Dana Lyons)
Heartland 100: Cassoday, KS; October 11-12, 2008 (Lynnor Matheney)
Bank of America Chicago Marathon: Chicago, IL; October 12, 2008 (Mary Kerschbaum, Patrick Morein)
Siouxland Lewis & Clark Marathon: Sioux City, IA; October 18, 2008 (Lou Wilson)
Nike Women’s Marathon: San Francisco, CA; October 19, 2008 (Kristin Collins, Susie Schreiber)
Ford Ironman Florida: Panama City Beach, FL; November 1, 2008 (Dan Jordan, John Laskowski)
ING New York City Marathon: New York City, NY; November 2, 2008 (JoAnn Blakeley, Sarah Broyles, Don Cole, Carrie Davies, Sharon Griggs, Bernhard Skarpeid, Johanne Skorve, Mark Whittemore)
SunTrust Richmond Marathon: Richmond, VA; November 15, 2008 (Lou Wilson)
Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon: San Antonio, TX; November 16, 2008 (Misty Baugh, Sarah Broyles, Bill Crews, Bill Dwyer, Karen Felicidario, Kelley Golden (debut), Kevin Golden, Joey Krivi, Katy Lampson, Kim MacDougal, Donna Ryals, Najat Shayib, Richard Tramm, Debbie Tripp, Jon Walk)
Rock ‘N’ Roll Half Marathon: San Antonio, TX; November 16, 2008 (Leslie Alli, Althea Caldwell, Fran Blanton, Barry Blanton, Judy Blevins, Chad Broyles, Mary Kerschbaum, Todd Kerschbaum (debut), Susan Meyer, Corina Privett, Kim Rawls)
Ford Ironman Arizona: Tempe, AZ; November 23, 2008 (Bruce Cobb, Michael Collins, Kim Hager, Buck Snyder, Susan Rouse)
Charlotte’s Thunder Road Marathon: Charlotte, NC; December 13, 2008 (Lou Wilson)
Texas Marathon: Kingwood, TX; January 1, 2009 (Jon Walk)
Chevron Houston Marathon and the Aramco Houston Half Marathon: Houston, TX; January 18, 2009 (A complete list appears in the August edition of Deer Tracks)
Western States Endurance Run: Squaw Valley to Auburn, CA: June 27-28, 2009 (Rick Cook)
2008 Remaining Local Race Calendar:
Nov. 15 (Sat) 5K Turkey Trot; Spring Baptist Church Klein Campus; Spring, $10 before November 2.
Nov. 28 (Fri) 4th annual City of Conroe Turkey Trot 5K (1-Mile Family Mile); Carl Barton, Jr. Park; Conroe, 8:00 a.m. (Part of the Montgomery County Triple)
Coach Dana Fossmo at Willis High School tells us that the third annual Willis Wildkat 5K will be on either December 13th or December 20th.
An excellent race calendar can be found at the website of our friends from Huntsville with the Seven Hills Running Club. It can be viewed at this link.
Our Board: Tony Allison is our President in our third year of operation. Bill Dwyer is the Vice President and President-Elect. Kerri Snyder is the Secretary, Pam Meaux is the Treasurer, Tracy MacEwan is our Registrar and Dan Green is our running coach.
Courier of Montgomery County: Read Jon Walk’s local running column in the Courier (most) every Tuesday. If you need to know where the best locations are to pick up a copy, please drop us an e-mail.
Trivia Answer: (Via Wikipedia.org) Hurricane Humberto formed and intensified faster than any other tropical cyclone on record before landfall. Developing on September 12, 2007, in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, the cyclone rapidly strengthened and struck High Island, Texas with winds of about 90 mph (150 km/h) early on September 13. It steadily weakened after moving ashore, and on September 14 it began dissipating over northwestern Georgia as it interacted with an approaching cold front. Humberto was the eighth named storm and third hurricane of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, and became the first hurricane to strike the United States since Hurricane Wilma of 2005. Damage was fairly light, estimated at approximately US$50 million.
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