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Monthly
Meeting
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The
next club meeting
is Saturday,
Feb. 6, 5 p.m.
RIRR Awards Banquet,
Warren Soccer Club, Warren |

Next Grand Prix race!
Old Fashioned 10-Miler
Sunday, Feb, 21, 2010, 11 a.m.
Foxboro/Invensys Company
Neponset Street, Foxboro, Mass.
To register,
click here!
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The 2010
season: March
25-Sept. 2
Spring
training takes place in
mid-March!
5
miles --
Thursdays -- 24 weeks
6 p.m. (walkers), 6:30 p.m.
(runners)
The party will be held on Sept. 9 at 7 p.m.
New in
2010: Christmas in July (details to
follow)
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Route 66
Marathon |
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Sunday,
Nov. 22, Tulsa, Okla. |
| Sheila
Lawless-Burke |
3:32:47
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Las
Vegas
Marathon |
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Sunday, Dec. 6, Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Eric
Benevides
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4:22:38 PR!
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| Bozena
Chmielewski
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4:53:10 PR! |
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There
aren't many races in southeastern New England in January, but
there's one in New Hampshire that usually draws a lot of RIRR runners
-- the dreaded Boston Prep 16-Miler in Derry. Some of the RIRR runners
who braved the 15th running of this popular race are (left-to-right)
Harry Carter, Scott Caldwell, John Santillo, Tom Stracqualursi,
Poyee Oster, Kelly Willette, Lisa Meehan, and the bearded Graham Powers.
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Check
out this
feature story on RIRR marathoner extraordinaire Sheila Lawless-
Burke in the Pawtucket Times.
Sheila ran in 10 marathons last year, including six in a six-week
stretch in October and early November!
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The
club's
long sleeved mock turtleneck, half zipper tech shirt is on sale, as
well as the club's bumper stickers, with the proceeds going toward the
club. Check out the web site's Club Gear
link!
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It's
not too early to register for the third annual Run the
Reservoir 15K in North Scituate! A very popular race with the club's
members, this race takes place on Saturday, March 27 and registration
is open on needtorace.com.
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RIRR member Milt Schumacher will be coordinating
Monday night track
workouts at the Smithfield High
track on Pleasant View Ave in
Greenville. Warmups will be at 4:30 p.m., and a workout of 2-3 miles of
varying distance intervals will be at 5 (or earlier). All
workouts
are open to anyone regardless of speed, experience, or
affiliation. Milt noted: "With winter being the "offseason", our goal
is to maintain our existing level of fitness and be ready to transition
to somewhat more serious training as the season progresses." For more
information, click on the link above or
e-mail miltschumacher@hotmail.com
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The
final
Grand Prix standings
are in. Pat Lachance and Wayne Peacock had huge races at the Nov. 28
Grand Prix's finale -- the
Trot Off Your Turkey 5K in Barrington
-- that catapulted them eight
spots in the standings and into the top five! Congratulations go out to
this year's winner, Dennis Branham, who iced the Grand Prix crown after
the 11th race, runner-up Dave Pember, and Pat, Sue
Kenney,
and Wayne, who rounded out a formidable top five.
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RIRR
president Kevin Brennan's 'State of
the Union'
address is on the Bulletin
Board
and is a must-read for all RIRR members!
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As
usual, race reports and pictures for the web
site will be graciouslly accepted. Send
what you'd like (contributions,
thoughts, comments) to EricBen24@cox.net.
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For
those of you who are familiar with Facebook and have profiles on
it, we have our own group (RHODE ISLAND ROAD RUNNERS) on it. Check it
out, join the group, and spread the word! |
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Adventures
in Italy
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Last
updated:
Feb. 16, 2009
Mike
and I arrived in
Rome on the 5th of January after a fantastic holiday at home. The
'rientro' was especially hard this time around and took us a while to
adjust to not only the time change, but the sadness we felt about being
away from our
families. ... more
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