Edited by author 03-03-2008 11:37 AM
Come join us for a training run on the Great Bay Half Marathon Course this Sunday March 9th. Meet at the Newmarket High School and be ready to run at 8:00am - REMEMBER TO SPRING YOUR CLOCKS FORWARD THIS WEEKEND!
Distances: 10 Miles, 13 Miles & some adding on. All Pace levels welcome. This is not a supported run, but there will be plenty of good company - our last training run had 45 runners all starting out together.

I am working with Mike putting together a group of official pace runners for the Great Bay Half Marathon on April 6th. Please let me know if you are interested in being an official pace runner (you will be provided a number/chip, race shirt, LOCO pacer hat & laminated pace time bib to pin on your back)- This is a great option for those Boston training that want the distance that day but may not want the pressure to run hard and fast. My email: ladressel@comcast.net

"Once a Runner, worth $300 at Porters Book store in Portland OR.ANYONE WANT TO BUY MINE?

Thanks Mike. I found a copy. I'll be in Texas saturday night getting ready to run a marathon

Mike Fiene you can borrow "Once a Runner" from the Newburyport High school library. If you are interested in the recently published sequel you can borrow it from me. Let me know and I'll bring it Saturday night.
Mike Menesale

Does anyone have a copy of "once a Runner" I would like to rent or borrow. I tried to buy one and there is a cult thing going on. They are $100+ on ebay or Amazon. I gave mine away a few years ago. forgot who I gave it to.

Edited by author 02-11-2008 07:13 PM
Tragic news about our fellow runner Bill. Pray for his soul and his bereaved.

Sending last call out for material for 30th party this Sat.
Specifically looking to note 'Highlights' and light-hearted 'Lowlights' of the club in general or groups of members.
Please e-mail them to me at stellamccormick@comcast.net

Also bring any vintage clothing-or wear it- and other memoribilia.

PLEASE come and celebrate the club which is all inclusive and has given more than any other--as far as any of us know. Meet new and old members, share some stories, beverages, and food. The fun starts at 5:30 with voting and happy hour.
Food at 7, followed by voices and pictures of 30 years of WCRC runners, races, and outrageous behavior.

Edited by author 02-11-2008 12:45 PM
I am sure that many of you who ran yesterday's Half at Hampton have already heard the tragic news about Bill Paradis, but here is part of the article from the Fosters this morning:

HAMPTON — Longtime, long-distance runner Bill Paradis died of an apparent heart attack on Sunday while running the half marathon, Half at the Hamptons.
Paradis collapsed at about mile 6 of the course and was taken to Exeter Hospital, but could not be revived, according to family and friends.
Paradis, 55, was a member of the Rochester Runners Club and was renowned for his encouragement, generosity and sense of humor.
He and his wife, Kathy, have worked for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for over 20 years.
Paradis' fellow runners from the Rochester Runners Club were shocked to hear the news of his death on Sunday afternoon.
On Sunday evening, club member Mary Ulinski said she had hoped that Paradis was not the man she saw lying on the ground at mile 6 of the half marathon. She said he was surrounded by EMTs, so she did not know it was Paradis until she finished the race.
Ulinksi said that a fellow runner asked her, "I wonder what that is all about?" as they passed Paradis, and she responded, "It doesn't look good."
When she reached the finish line, she was devastated to learn that the man was indeed her friend.
According to his fellow club members, Paradis had been running Sunday's race with his friend, Diane Levesque, and was complaining that he couldn't catch his breath. Not long after, Paradis collapsed on the course.
He joined the Rochester Runners club later in life, but once he started, he ran multiple marathons every year.
"He told me he was always training for a marathon," said a family friend and running partner, Janet Glazer, of Dover.
Paradis flew all over the country for various marathons, Glazer said.
"It was his goal to do a marathon in every state," she added.

Staff Writer Amanda Dumond contributed to this story.

Chris you can relay to that group that the Baltimore marathon is a bad choice

Hi everyone,

Would someone like to help out this group? Let me know. I responded to her already.

Thanks

From: Cil Bloomfield
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:36 PM
To: wcrc@xenia.unh.edu
Subject: Marathon Training Information

Hi Winner's Circle Running Club -

I am writing to you because I have a group of women who are interested in training for a marathon in the fall. I live in Amesbury and am looking to organize some sort of presentation to this group on training, picking a marathon, cross training, nutrition, etc. I was hoping you migth be able to help me find someone willing to talk to my group. I look forward to hearing from you!!

Best wishes,
Cil Bloomfield

I'm not sure I want to know!!!

Tom


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Interesting article about performance and aging:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/health/n...tner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Congrats to Chris Kealey for running a great time in the Master's Mile race at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games track meet this past weekend. Chris ran a 4:35.79 mile for 6th place, a 5 second improvement over his time at the GBTC meet at Harvard's indoor track a week earlier. Wished I had seen his Reebok performance! For race results go to: http://www.bostonindoorgames.com/2008/events/MastersMile.htm

For those that might be interested next year, you can participate in any of the non-invitational events at the GBTC meet and run in time seeded heats against high school, collegiate and wannabee track star runners. I recall the entry fee was only $15 per event.

Did anyone see "spirit of the marathon" last night ? I know it is coming back to theaters Feb 21 for a second showing. I was a little last minute and it was pretty much sold out as it wasn't at a lot of cinemas last night.
Just wondering what you might have thought about it.

Myles,
You're right, Hood to Coast needs upwards of a year planning. Good time to think about 2009.

Do I see that Webber is living in Maine??
Governor Dummer---did it change it's name??

Happy Anniversary WCRC!

Eddie, The Hood to Coast relay idea looks like it would only work if there were a few Circle members wanting to be part of a larger preexisting team w/ vacancies (since the relay is already "full"). I'll look at the Hood to Coast bulletin board and see what openings exist & see what's feasible right now.

It looks like we will have a WCRC men's senior team to compete in this years USATF-NE grand prix series. New Bedford 13.1 will be our 1st team race on March 16th. So far we have David Kelly, Dennis Donoghue, Don Hennigar and myself. Anyone else up for a road trip is more than welcome to join us. We will have room for one more in our vehicle and if there are others interested we can work on a second . The second race in the series will be in Nashua Nh. 6km. on May 11th. J.Webber 207-324-7390 617-590- 9070 jweb1041@psouth.net