Anyone interested in helping w/the Yankee Homecoming Childrens races can meet me at the Fuller Track on Friday July 31 any time between 3-4. It will take an hour and is well attended by children b/t the ages of 3-12. I know it sounds like the "diaper derby" to most of you but the children appreciate it as evidenced by the smiles when we did this last year. I am going to take the tables from the Circle and clean out a few other things like old number, pins and any old ribbions to give out, and the speaker. I will have everything back by the p.m. to ensure that The High Street Mile is not impacted.
Thanks, john

p.s. Nice job by all WCRC runners at the Y.H. 5k + 10 mile.

qK6SD7 Very interesting site. Hope it will always be alive!

Thought I would share this note I received from someone who ran the High Street Mile:

"I ran with my 4 year old and he did so well. It was a magical moment for me as a parent. Thank you for doing race.

You can count us in for many, many years to come."

While it is very exciting to see the elites sprint down High Street this is really what putting on races is all about.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen. This is smoothest HSM I have seen as a race director. There were over 30 WCRC'ers helping out and everyone played an integral role.

Let me know if you have any suggestions for improvements for next year.

Chris

Congratulations to all W C R C members who ran Beach To Beacon. the old
guys and girls grabed the hardware.

1 Carol Weeks 60 F Kennebunk ME 48:08.3 7:45
1 Steve Reed 61 M Wiscasset ME 40:33.3 6:32
1 Joel Croteau 65 M Biddeford ME 43:54.8 7:05
3 Robert Coughlin 70 M Cape Elizabeth ME 54:07.3 8:43
5 Robert Randall 72 M Springvale ME 54:29.8 8:47

This should inspire all you Chicago Marathon Runners
Subject: 25 Years Ago Today


Let us not forget what Joanie did 25 years ago - Today.
 
Bob
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dFgH_vDh6E...ure=player_embedded

Chris great shots on the WCRC home page, you must have run fast to take the picture on the left

    I hear Chris can run a 4 minute mile backwards

For anyone who missed HSM I have updated the web site http://www.highstreetmile.com with results, videos, and pictures from this year's race. Videos are pretty cool. Taken by Matt Muise who hosted the winner. Kathie O'Neil snapped the photos.

Chris, Good videos. The winner of the men's heat could have broken the record this year for sure...but he drifted way over onto the westbound side of High St around the 3/4 pt. Kudos to whoever was in the video truck hollering out to him to to move to his right. It looks as though the fastest way to run the last quarter is stay near the middle & then taper in on the tangent. Maybe enough of a difference to shave 2 seconds?

Myles, Actually he did exactly the right thing there, hitting the tangent. I have the USATF map on my web site (click on the USATF link on left) and you will see that Steve Vaitones measured the course as an open road course and right @ the 3/4 mile you need to hit that tangent. Abraham's best mile was a 4:01 on the track(while racing in college) so I think he ran an accurate road mile @ 4:04. The # 2 guy was an Olympic Trials qualifier in 3K Steeple (also 4:01 on the track) and was almost 5 seconds back and did not hit the tangent. See you tonight @ the track. Chris

Interesting statistic about Usain Bolt's world record 100 meter run last night. Between 60m and 80m, he topped out at 28.58mph. Also, in April of this year on a rain-soaked day in Manchester UK he clocked 8.72sec for the last rolling 100m on a 150m straight. We will never see someone like this again in our lifetime. The 200 meter finals is on Versus TV (formally the Outdoor Network) on Thursday night.

FREE RACE - The Sixth Annual LOCO Seacoast 5,000M. Free, but donations, night of the race, cheerfully accepted to benefit the Portsmouth High School Track. Yep, that’s right you can run in an organized 5,000-meter track event, test your mettle, savor the glory of those 12.5 laps and, the best part is, it’s FREE! Brought to you by those crazy folks at LOCO Running! Where (new location ‘09): Portsmouth, NH High School Track. When: Thursday, August 27th, 6:30PM (2 heats under & over 20 min groups maybe a kids race). Registration: Opens 5:30PM, sign waiver the night of the race. Prizes: Not so much. Refreshments: Water, fruit pops & sliced watermelon, that’s it; hey, you’re racing for free, what did you expect? Timing: Fairly official, we do have a race clock! Entertainment: Run to your favorite tunes provided (along with trackside color commentary) by Andy Schachat! Raffle: Register to win a pair of LOCO Bandito racing flats and more! Questions: arlon@locorunning.com.

Sept 3rd
Atkinson Road Race - 32nd annual race
Atkinson, NH 6:00PM Pope Field, Pope Rd (local 5km only 10 dollars, kids fun run, prizes, raffle, hot dogs, food)
Contact: Sandy Cannon (Atkinson Road Race), 38 Maple Ave, Atkinson, NH, USA, 03811. 1-603-362-8329 sandy-cannon@comcast.net
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More into on the Atkinson 5K:
The 32nd Annual Atkinson 5K Road Race will be run Thursday, September 3, 2009. 6:00PM start at Pope Field, Atkinson, NH. Mark Kimball, a long time area runner, and WCRC member, was stuck by a car while running in early June. This year the Atkinson Road Race will serve as a fundraiser for Mark Kimball and his family. The race will continue, as it has in the past, to provide donations to the Timberlane Cross Country & Field Hockey booster organizations, but all additional money raised will go directly to the Kimball Family. For additional information contact at sandy-cannon@comcast.net. Timed by WCRC.

On September 13th Stella McCormick ( stellamccormick@comcast.net ) and some of Paula Holm's friends and co workers are running/walking the NOCC ovarian cancer race. Paula and Stella ran this race together since she was diagnosed 6 years ago and this year a group is running in Paula's memory. Paula had many friends in WCRC that may be interested in running for this great cause. They are registered as a team under 'Paula's Pals' and anyone can sign up online and join the team. Stella is also having 'Paula's Pals' tshirts printed up that the team will wear on the day, they will probably cost around $10. This is a great event and all the money goes to raising awareness and promoting research for Ovarian Cancer. The website to enter the race or get more information is http://nocc.kintera.org/MA.