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Monthly
Meeting
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The
next club meeting
is Sunday,
Aug. 15, 12:30
p.m.
RIRR Annual Picnic
Common Fence Point, Portsmouth
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The 2010
season: March
25-Sept. 2
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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| Frederick
Marathon |
| Sunday,
May 2, Frederick, Maryland |
| Kyungja
Hwang |
5:41:32 1st 65-69! |
| Suksoo
Hwang |
6:35:39 |
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| COX
Providence Marathon |
| Sunday,
May 2, Providence, R.I. |
| Patrick
Leary |
2:48:25 5th overall! |
| Jim
Cole |
3:21:59 |
| John
Lariviere |
3:27:23
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| Jonathan
O'Hara |
3:36:23 |
| Sheila
Lawless-Burke |
3:49:58 |
| Martha
Huston |
4:20:20 |
Sue
McClure
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4:23:59
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| Mark
Schwager |
4:56:28 |
| Maria
Koskoff |
5:13:44 |
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| KeyBank
Vermont City
Marathon |
| Sunday,
May 30, Burlington, Vermont |
| Michael
Holtman |
3:36:28
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| Stacie
Paquette
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4:30:05 1st marathon! |
| Andrew
Beeber |
4:35:39 1st marathon! |
| Jack
Howley |
4:42:13 |
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Orders
are currently being accepted for the clambake/lobster dinner
of this
year's RIRR
Annual Picnic on Sunday, Aug. 15, at Portsmouth's Common Fence Point
playground, an hour after the Common Fence Point 5-Mile Race! The fee
for a dinner is $20 for both members and guests and it
comes with a lobster, steamers, sausage wrapped in fish, etc. You can
place your order on the link to the left! The
deadline to order one is Aug. 2.
And here's another
must-run race for all RIRR members -- the Memorial 5K in Johnston on
Sunday, Aug. 8. This race is for a very good cause (the American
Cancer Society through the Relay for Life program) and the festivities
take place on a nice venue (Johnston Memorial Park). The Memorial 5K is
partially inspired by the memory of one of the RIRR's most loyal and
founding members, Jerry Musco. To register, click here.
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Close
to a quarter of the RIRR members took part in one or two Fourth of July
weekend races in New England, and many runners, including
(left-to-right) Valerie Barcelos, Fred Zuleger III, Bozena Chmielewski,
Eric Benevides, and Chuck Hyson, participated in the inaugural
Harvard Pilgrim 10K Patriot Place race at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro,
Mass. You can check out the race report from
this race, as well as the ones from the Camire's Firecracker
4-Mile and Glocester
5.5-Mile Races.
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What
a month June has been for Graham Powers (right) and Kelly Willette
(second from right)! In addition to getting married at the end of the
month in Newport, they took on some sprint triathlons and road races,
including a certain one in Pinkham Notch, N.H. known
as the Mount Washington Road Race. They teamed up with Curt
Mason (left) and Kristi Miller (second from left) to tackle this 50th
annual historic event and were joined by several veteran RIRR
participants.
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An
important message for everyone who runs in the Red Rooster Ramble
on Thursday nights in Warren! Race director Dave Simmons reported the
following: "Runners are not to park in the parking lots for the Cross
Roads Restaurant. I got people to stop parking in the center of the lot
across the street from the restaurant for the past three weeks, but I
just got a call from the owner and now people are parking in
the main lot next to the restaurant and that is even worse."
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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 follow. All workouts are open to anyone
regardless of speed, experience, or
affiliation.
Milt recently said: "Could you be a Trackie? OK, I just made up that
handle, but it occurs to me that most of us hear or read of, or see,
other runners track experience and think "perhaps that is something I
should try." I heartily recommend that you find out for
yourself. Join us on Monday afternoons at 4:30-5:30 at the
Smithfield High School track on Route 116 in Greenville. Our
numbers have been lower than average this year, due to weather
conditions, injuries, frequent after-school activities crowding us off
the track (those occasions send us a quarter-mile away to the
wide-open, but soft surface grassy soccer complex). Now is the perfect
time to join us for your initiation (or return). If you want to race
faster, you have to train faster (safer, less destructive, and perhaps
more fun than just using your races to get faster).
For more
information, see the link above or
e-mail miltschumacher@hotmail.com.
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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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