Red Mule Runners
May 2008
Next Meeting: May14, 2008
Red Mule Pub at 7:00 PM
Red Mule Pub Blowout!
Tim and Les Jinkens have their plans made and The Red Mule Pub will be celebrating 30 years of operation from May 5th to the 10th, with special events scheduled throughout the week. On Thursday May 8th, the Red Mule Runners will be honoring the Pub with a Club run, starting at two (2) points and merging as one back to the pub. All members are urged to either join Ernie at his house where he and his high school runners will run towards the pub, with the remainder of the members heading out from the Red Mule Pub with an out-and-back run, joining forces with Coach Chatman, finishing enmasse at the rear of the Pub. The run will begin shortly after 6:00 PM, so come ready to run. The Red Mule Runners will have a display of Club memorabilia for all to enjoy. Come join us and be part of the festivities.
http://www.redmulepub.com/
High School Scholarship
The scholarship applications are all in, all have been reviewed, and the winner is….well, not until the awards nights this month will the winner be revealed. A $1000 scholarship will be awarded this month to a Hernando County school senior, but until then, mums the word. All of the past winners can be found on this web-site. Since the year 2000 when the scholarships were re-instated, $7000 has been disbursed among deserving area high school seniors that have competed in cross-country and/or track. Congratulations to all that have benefited.
Marathon Corner
News flash! As far as we know Ernie did not run a marathon this month. What’s up with that? But one member that did was Judy Hensley who qualified for the Boston Marathon, and competed on April 21st, touring the sacred course in 4:24, good enough for 553rd in her age group. When asked for a comment, she stated, “Oh man, I had fun. What an experience. And it was great being there for the Olympic (woman’s marathon) qualifiers too.” We’re all looking forward to hearing more of her personal accounts and experiences.
Clear Your Calendars
If you haven’t already heard, GDCA (Gasparilla) has settled on dates for their annual week-end of races. The 2009 15K and 5K will be held on Saturday February 28th, and the half and full marathon on Sunday March (that’s right, March) 1st. Because Tampa will be hosting the Super Bowl in 2009, the entirety of the Gasparilla events will be impacted. It may be a little later than usual, but it’s still a great tradition that the Tampa Bay area should be proud to call their own.
Club Dues
Once again, the Club has made a change on the due date on dues. All member’s dues will now be collected on September 1st of each year to coincide with the high school memberships and the Club’s annual Labor Day 5K to be held on Saturday August 30, 2008. So hold onto your money until then.
The Summer Series
The three dates have been set for the Tri 5K Summer Series to be held on Friday evenings at McKethan Lake Park. Those dates are June 13th, June 27th and July 11th. The July 11th race will be followed by a picnic featuring Chef French.
Thoughts from the Mule
Is cross training for everybody? Is cross training for you? What exactly is cross training? Gordon Bakoulis, Editor-in-chief of Runing Times describes it this way:
“Many runners, when they hear the term cross-training, think of something they do when they’re injured. ‘I hate cross training with a passion,’ 1996 Olympic marathoner Keith Brantley has said. ‘My idea of cross-training is pulling weeds in my garden.’
Fortunately, at least a few runners, coaches, and exercise scientists have a broader and more positive association with cross-training. Done correctly, as part of a comprehensive conditioning and fitness system, cross-training activities can be of enormous benefit to runners – whether injured or not.
I’ve never seen a formal definition of cross-training by any official sports or exercise organization or governing body. Although I want to emphasize that cross-training is not an anything-goes concept; it is somewhat broad based and loosely defined activity. You shouldn’t let someone with several letters after his or her name tell you that what you’re doing is or isn’t cross-training.
Cross-training can be defined as a segment of an overall training or fitness program in which you participate in a variety of activities in a systematic way to promote balanced fitness. The goal of a cross-training program for runners is to maintain or enhance cardio-respiratory fitness in the body beyond what the runner can attain solely by running. Consequently, cross-training achieves: greater strength of muscle groups not used in running; reduction of the injury risk associated with a running only program; reduction in workout boredom because of increased variety of activities; prevention of over-training and burnout.
Examples of popular cross-training activities for runners include deep-water running, swimming, cycling, rowing, fitness walking, stair climbing, using an elliptical trainer, cross-country skiing, in-line skating, roller-skiing,” (a sort of cross-country ski with wheels…but you don’t want to wipe out), “and snow-shoeing” (well, not around here any way).
Hey, I didn’t see anything about 12 ounce curls!
Upcoming Races
May 10th Miles for Moffitt 5K, USF Campus
May 24th ARC Nature Coast 5K, Spring Lake
June 7th Spring into Summer 5K, Tampa
June 14th www.rapriverrun.com 5K N.P. Richey
June 20th Sunset at he Pier #1, Clearwater
For additional Tampa Bay area race information, see Florida Race Place Magazine at the link below:
http://www.flraceplace.com/Schedules/March%202008/run%20tampabay.pdf
See you on the roads!
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