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INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Pres Column
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Be a Positive 4-5
Hare Jeff Brown and Turtle Jayne Baugher leading the children’s races!
Thinker
Wade’s Wit
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Happy
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Trails
FYI
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More RCU
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Recap
Runner
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RCU Charity Classic 2007; a 6.4 Mile Extravaganza!! Emily Blaskey
Humor is the best medicine no matter how it is served up and the
6.4 mile 10K course certainly was no laughing matter at the time
but the aftermath of teasing certainly has made this easier on me.
Apologies to everyone and this was the 13th annual, obviously an
unlucky number juxtaposed to otherwise perfectly measured
courses during the past twelve!!!
Profile
Calendar of
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Events
ITC picnic
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The good news is we did hit record numbers because it is a great
race with a long history, a picturesque venue and is put on by two
genuinely caring organizations. High 300;s and 440 runners last
year was or usual.
737 runners and $9800 was raised for Big Brothers Big Sisters
to contrast with the $4000 plus which is usually generated.
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President’s Column—Mike Salm
I have been nursing a hamstring injury for a
long time now. The older I get, the longer
healing takes.
Reminds me of Jerry Sazama. He calls himself a geezer jock. Bought himself a geezer
jock T-shirt or hat at Boston. I don’t remember which exactly. Showed me a geezer jock
magazine (you should have seen the centerfold). Claims that anyone eligible for an AARP
card is a geezer jock.
Hmmm. I could apply for an AARP card. I
have a short memory and a long injury. On
the bright side, maybe at some lucky point,
I’ll forget that I’m injured. Maybe being a geezer jock isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Lingering injuries have a way of causing mature runners to reflect on the reasons why
they run. Or why they should not… like in
the article from the Washington Post, “In
France, Jogging is a Running Joke”.
Lingering injuries let me prepare for the day
“my body don’t run no more”. I’ve seen it
happen. I’ve had friends, family, neighbors
and acquaintances who’ve stopped, who will
never run again.
Dare I say – they’ve lost a step.
chicken wire fencing from behind the
shed. The roll unraveled a little as I
pulled. I heard a buzzing sound. Puzzled, I looked up and saw that a huge
wasp nest in the center of the roll had
shredded when the roll unraveled. I did
not take the time to locate the swarm. I
felt a burning sting next to my right
knee. Then another. And again.
I let go of the fence. I turn. I sprint for
the backyard. I don’t slow down there. I
dash for the patio, then up the stairs to
the patio door. Open the door. Get inside. Slam it shut.
The swarm remains outside. Somewhere.
But. But. One just fell out of my shorts.
I stamp it into the kitchen floor. Whew.
He missed.
I walk into the living room and begin
removing my shoes. A wasp falls out of
my shoe. I swat him with the shoe I am
holding. I can’t figure out how he didn’t
sting me
“Are you alright?” my wife Claudia asks
while I’m swatting.
“Wasp nest. Wasps,” I explain then
pause. “What do you know. My hamstring didn’t hurt when I ran away. Didn’t hurt at all.”
But today isn’t that day for me.
A tender hamstring only gives me the excuse
to cross-train creatively. Add two daughters
going off to school leaving rooms of “stuff”
behind, and on Monday night, you would
have found me cross training by throwing
junk into a dumpster. Strength training
doesn’t bother my hamstring.
Everything was fine until I pulled out a roll of
So why do geezer jocks run? Because
we want to have a choice. Flight or
Fight.
Some days it’s O.K. to be brave, to
stand and fight.
Some days it’s better to be a wimp. A
very fast, scared wimp who is only
stung 3 times.
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In France, Jogging Is a Running Joke - washingtonpost.com http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
content/article/2007/07/06/AR2007070602104_pf.html
In France, Jogging Is a Running Joke
President's Exercise Regime Has Critics in a Lather
By Joel Garreau - Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 7, 2007; C01
The sight of the new French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, jogging -- often wearing his
favorite NYPD T-shirt -- has fired up a tempest in a Reebok in France and Britain
this summer. Sarkozy's running is an un-French, right-wing conspiracy, suggests
Paris' left-wing newspaper Libération. In response, British commentators gleefully
conclude: The French have lost their minds, again.
On the primary state television channel, France 2, Alain Finkielkraut, a leading
French intellectual, recently demanded that Sarkozy give up his "undignified" exercise. Not only did he imply that exposing the boss's naked knees is something that never would have occurred in the time of Mitterrand, much less Louis XIV, Finkielkraut claimed strolling is the proper activity of
the thinking person, from
Socrates to the poet Arthur Rimbaud. "Western civilization, in its best sense, was born with the promenade,"
said Finkielkraut. "Walking is a sensitive, spiritual act. Jogging is management of the body. The jogger says I
am in control. It has nothing to do with meditation."
Sarkozy has fueled a French suspicion that running is for self-centered individualists like Americans, reports
Charles Bremner, Paris correspondent for the Times of London.
"Patrick Mignon, a sports sociologist, noted that French intellectuals had always held sport in contempt,
while totalitarian regimes cultivated physical fitness," Bremner writes. "Jogging is of course about performance and individualism, values that are traditionally ascribed to the right," Odile Baudrier, editor of V02
magazine, a sports publication, told Libération. The British press is having a wonderful time with all this.
"The Sarkozy jog, say his critics, is a sad imitation of the habits of American presidents, and a capitulation
to 'le défi Américain' (a phrase that was the title of a book published here as 'The American Challenge') as
bad as the influx of Hollywood movies," writes Boris Johnson, a British member of Parliament and confirmed
jogger, in the Telegraph. "I am not deterred . . . by the accusation that jogging is right-wing," he says. "Of
course it is right-wing, in the sense that the facts of life are generally right-wing. The very act of forcing yourself to go for a run, every morning, is a highly conservative business. There is the mental effort needed to
overcome your laziness.
"Charles de Gaulle . . . moved with the stately undulation of a giraffe, and never broke into so much as a
trot."
Jogging is not a new affectation for Sarkozy. When he was finance minister, visiting Washington for meetings
of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, he found it congenial to jog around the Mall, a
French Embassy spokeswoman says. Former French ambassador to the United States (and recently named
an adviser to Sarkozy) Jean-David Levitte does not indulge, however. Levitte "has a lot of things to do. He is
on the run intellectually," she says.
Meanwhile, the readers of British press Web sites are piling on. "No decent conservative would dream of jogging. It's a vulgar, untraditional form of self-advertisement that might frighten the horses. What's wrong with
croquet?" posted Ian Morrison on the Telegraph Web site. "Had it been a spot of extracurricular horizontal
jogging instead, je pense que ze political classe wouldn't have batted an eye," posted Nixon McVicar.
In the heyday of vaudeville, there was a routine that had one woman complaining about the food at a Catskills resort. "It's terrible," she says. "Yes," agrees her friend, "and the portions are so small." Just so, not only
is Sarkozy's running being criticized, so is his style.
Renaud Longuèvre, a noted coach, tells L'Equipe magazine that Sarkozy's arms hang down, he bends too far
forward, his stride is bad and his feet strike the ground incorrectly, Bremner reports. The coach advised the
president to get his feet checked, strengthen his abdominal and posterior muscles and to "check your diet
because it seems you are carrying a slight excess in weight."
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Be a
Positive
Thinker
Submitted
by Brady
Anderson
I've read "Once a Runner" (Breakaway Books,
1978), by John L. Parker Jr. about five or six
times in the last four years. In that book the
main character, Quentin Cassidy, is a voracious reader of literature, but has certain reservations about writing poetry, becoming a zen
like mystic, and disdains eccentric personality
and any other trait that might distract his one
tract mindset for ripping up fast times on the
track. In "Once a Runner" Quentin Cassidy
breaks up with his girlfriend, drops out of college, and moves to a cabin in the woods
(reminiscent of Henry David Thoreau in his
classic novel "Walden") to train for the Olympics. So, like many other serious distance
runners who have lived by the words of "Once
a Runner" in the past 29 years since it's publication I have tried to block out as many distractions as possible that might negatively effect my running. This is my excuse for never
writing for the Indianhead Track Club newsletter. I thought writing an article about running
would distract my one tract mindset for running long distances as fast as I possibly could.
How silly and naive is that? As I grow older I
am starting to realize that Quentin was a fictional character and not a real person in today's society. Quentin Cassidy will always be
that 21, 22 year old speedster who moved to
the woods and ran 140 miles a week on no
pavement in hermit like isolation. I will admit
if I didn't have a hip injury right now I would
be trying to imitate Quentin Cassidy on a 10
mile run at 6:30 pace, just like every other day
except workout days (most often Tuesdays)
and Sunday long runs.
In a perfect world I would have written
an article in February or March of 2006 after I
received the 2005 Indianhead rack Club Runner of the Year Award. I could have summarized how I was following the "Jack Daniels
Running Formula" marathon and cross country
plans to huge pr's in every distance from the 8k
to the marathon! I could have written about
my weeklong vacation in the Mountains of
Montana with my brother in which we went
snowshoeing for five hours one day on the
Summit Ridge of Yellowstone National Park and
very easily could have been killed by the 11 Bison we were tracking all morning when we finally caught up to them. I could have written
about winning the Frigid 8 three years in a row,
after finishing 2nd to Adam Topper in 2003 and
how I feel that I've just been following in
Adam's footsteps the last three years. I could
have written about how cool it feels to have
Buckshot interview me every time I run a good
race. I could have written about how Ron
Daws' widow congratulated me on a great run
in at Grandmas Marathon in 2005 and how
great that felt because Ron Daws is one of my
heroes. I could have written about being tboned and totaling my green 1999 Chevy Cavalier in Des Moines, Iowa the day before the
2006 Dam to Dam 20k and then spending the
night praying in an emergency room that the
three friends I had in my car were going to be
okay before getting one hour of sleep and getting up at 4:30 in the morning to run the Dam
to Dam 20k in 1:08:54 with blood seeping down
my right shin and a banged up hip (yes the
same hip that's hindering me now) from the car
crash: then dealing with countless insurance
people over the phone, renting a car from enterprise, and driving back to Eau Claire, and running Grandma's Marathon two weeks later-woe! Now that I think about those two weeks I
shake my head and wonder how I did all the
stuff and kept my head together. I could have
written about how my chiropractor kept me
aligned, and about how much money I've spent
on massage therapy in the last four years, etc.
Rudyard Kipling's "If" is one of my favorite poems: to summarize part of "If" and not
destroy the poem's true meaning "If" mentions
"if you can fill the unforgiving minute-/With 60
seconds worth of distance run-/Yours is the
Earth and everything that's in it,/And which is
more you'll be a man my son!". This section of
"If" is also the opening to "Once a Runner". Any
very serious runner or dreamer should be required to read Kiplang's "If" at least once a year.
I say this because there are so many lines in
that poem that ring true. "If you can dream-and not make dreams your master", that line
really hit me hard a couple days ago because I
had big dreams of running fast marathon times
and qualifying for the Olympic trials. Thus far
I've failed miserably in my attempts to qualify for
the Olympic Trials in the marathon. After rereading "If"a couple days ago while feeling depressed about this injury I'm beginning to question the worth of all my sacrifices in pursuit of a
dream. Was my dream my master? Personally I
just think I'm feeling sorry and depressed because I can't run 10 miles everyday right now.
I like to think of myself as a "wild man"
that is oblivious to sickness and injury; someone who is above all that "sissy" stuff, someone
who can put his legs through a cheese grater
again and again and keep on going. If I'm feeling tired I usually just get through my runs as
best I can, if I have a bad race I know there's a
reason behind it and that this is not the runner
I really am, I'll always be able to adjust and run
good in my next race. Yet this year, except for
running 2:41:25 at Grandma's Marathon off a
very poor year of racing and training for myself,
things have seemed to come to a screeching
halt.
My college coach was a master at motivating his athletes through positive thinking.
He was always lecturing us on how easy it is to
make your thoughts go into a counter clockwise
negative direction. Quite often he would use his
hands and turn that counter clockwise direction
into a clockwise direction, sometimes he used a
piece of chalk and started making clockwise
"positive thinking" circles on a chalk board.
These "Positive Thoughts" lectures motivated me
to run better than I ever thought I was capable
of running. After every time I set a personal record my coach would be there laughing and joking and saying to me "I told you so, you have to
have that confidence." There were also the
times when I ran ridicules times that were very
slow for me and he always made sure I didn't get
down on myself and got back into a positive
mindset. These times included times when I
was injured and my season's future looked
very bleak and he would say "We'll just give
that injury the rest it needs and we'll have
you up and going in no time, no worries." I
believe we all need to think to keep a positive
mind set when things in our lives aren't going
so good, and believe that things will get better
after awhile. Like myself, I have to tell myself
"I'm 29, I'm still young, someday I'm going to
run a really fast marathon". This reminds me
of slapping fives with the infamous Al
Franken at this year's Grandma's Marathon.
Al Franken used to play this character named
Stuart Smalley who always looked into this
huge mirror and said to himself something
along the lines of "...I'm smart enough, I'm
good enough, and, gosh darn it, people like
me". Well there he was with an Al Franken
posse hanging out holding up Al Franken
signs around mile eight on Highway 61 at this
year's Grandma's Marathon. When I saw him
there smiling and cheering us marathon runners along the course I was so excited that I
slapped fives with him maybe a little too hard.
And for the next few minutes I tried to recall
that Stuart Smalley phrase and got into a
positive mind set that never left me that day.
And for the first time in my marathon running career I didn't bonk out before mile 20;
although, I was still five minutes off my marathon personal record. Still I believe running
an even pace and not hitting the wall at this
Grandma's Marathon was a very good thing.
I envision myself writing regular think
pieces of the positive thoughts variety for the
Indianhead Track Club, as well as getting
over these misaligned hips I now have, while
getting back to tearing up asphalt in the not
to distant future. I would also like to thank
Paul Billmeyer for giving me a two year membership for the price of one to the Indianhead
Track Club when I sent in my $15 membership fee in 2005; moreover, I would like to
thank Mike Salm and whomever keeps sending me the Indianhead Track Club Newsletter
even though I have yet to pay my $15 dollar
membership fee for this 2007 calendar year.
You can bet your bottom dollar that sometime
in the near future I envision myself writing a
$15 dollar check out to the Indianhead Track
Club and then sending it out into the mail.
WADE’S WIT BY Wade Zweiner
Finally, this running thing is paying off. After plugging away at it for a little over 20 years—I
consider 1985 my official start as a runner, since that is when I began doing races and daily runs
regularly—I’ve finally begun to win a few things.
It all started at the Frigid 8 last December. Kind of funny that it happened after one of my
slowest, most painful races in recent memory. Who cares, because I won the grand prize in the
raffle afterwards—an iPod shuffle. Never mind that I wasn’ t exactly sure how the thing worked—
does it play 8-tracks or cassettes, by any chance?—I’d actually won something in a race.
My good luck continued in the RCU 10K this past June. Kind of funny that it came thanks
to one of my rivals.
If you’ve been running in races for a while, you probably have one of them yourself. Someone who runs about your pace who you always seem to be going back and forth with. Sometimes
you finish ahead of them and sometimes they finish ahead of you.
Well, one of my rivals in the RCU 10K always seems to be Jeff Teeters. Every year he comes
back from California to visit family in his hometown of Eau Claire and to run the race. And every
year we seem to get locked in a real battle for the 40-49 age-group title
The past two years have been especially close. Last year he beat me by less than a second.
This year, he beat me by two. And for almost the entire 6.2 miles of this year’s race, we ran shoulder to shoulder. It was an epic battle, I tell you. Two old guys dukeing it out.
One of the good things about friendly rivalries like that is that they often elevate your performance. I’m pretty sure that I run RCU faster thanks to having Jeff there pushing me.
I had to leave pretty much right away after this year’s race because I had to get to an out-oftown family picnic. So I only had a few seconds to chat with Jeff afterwards and tell him good race.
And it’s not like I know him that well anyway. The only time I see him is every June at RCU.
So I was a little surprised when I got home from the picnic that evening and received a
phone call from Jeff. He’d won the Country Jam tickets in the raffle after the race and was wondering if I wanted them. He’d be back in California and couldn’t use them himself.
I didn’t have to think too hard about that one. Of course I wanted the Country Jam tickets.
Jeff was even nice enough to mail the tickets to me. Pretty classy move on his part, I’d say.
My good luck streak continued in the very next race—the Tortoise and Hare 5K on July
26th. This time I got a little help from Mother Nature.
A few hours before the race, a big thunderstorm blew in. Big enough so that on my way
down to the Y to pick up my number I was thinking that the race might be canceled. And big
enough, apparently, to scare off the group of fast college-age runners who usually do this Thursday night run organized by Fred Hable.
Usually it takes a sub-16 minute time to win this race. Not this year, though. This year
some old guy with a funny last name actually won. And for my efforts I received a nice trophy and
generous gift certificate to Fleet Feet. Thanks, Fred, both for the prizes and for not postponing the
race to a later date as you had thought about doing for a while when the thunderstorm first blew
in. That would have only created an opportunity for faster, fair-weather runners to show up.
All of this is not to imply that I am in it for the money. But it sure is nice to get a little reward for your efforts every now and then.
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THE HAPPY TRAILS DOC—LOU FRASE PAGE
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causes of premature heart dis-
FRUCTOSE
ease!
Scientists have been trying for years to
explain the rapid increase in overweight and obesity in America and the
In 1970 the per capita con-
world, and have fingered as a source,
sumption of fructose was only
our increasing consumption of proc-
0.5 pounds per year. Amazingly,
essed foods. Processed flours, refined
that has increased to 62.4
sugars, and high saturated fats all are
pounds per year. Does this prove
contributors. Now we have a new
that HFCS is the culprit in our
“culprit” on the scene – high fructose
obesity issue? Not yet, but it
corn syrup (HFCS), developed in Swe-
ited and easily overloaded. Be-
should strengthen our motiva-
den in 1969 and rapidly adopted as a
cause of this, excess fructose is
tion to work on consuming
sweetening additive because it is
metabolized in the liver where it healthy fresh foods focusing on
sweeter and is cheaper to produce.
is stored not as glycogen but as
The soft drink industry adopted HFCS
triglycerides, the storage form of –10 fruits and vegetables daily,
as their main sweetener in the early
fat. The fat deposits in the liver
portion control, and regular
1970’s. At that same time studies
are due to triglyceride overload
physical activity. It’s not rocket
demonstrated that fructose caused a
and can impair liver function,
science folks!
slower rise in blood sugar and a lower
leading to cirrhosis and ulti-
insulin response than glucose, both felt
mately liver failure. Fatty liver is
to be beneficial effects. It has since
now the second leading cause of
been learned that when fructose is
liver transplantation. (Fatty liver
consumed in excess, it is metabolized
was only a footnote in diseases of
differently than glucose. The meta-
the liver when I was in medical
bolic pathway taken by glucose pro-
school). In addition, the resulting Clinical Nutrition vol. 76, no. 5,
motes the production of glycogen, the
high triglyceride levels, elevated
storage form of glucose in our bodies.
LDL (bad) cholesterol, lower
Fructose cannot be stored as glycogen
HDL (good) cholesterol, insulin
without first being converted to glu-
resistance (pre-diabetes), and
cose, an enzymatic process that is lim-
high blood pressure, are major
whole grains, low saturated fat, 5
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ljfrase@citizens-tel.net
Reference: American Journal of
911-922 Nov. 2002
Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your
feet. It's also very good for the ground. It makes it feel
needed.
~Charles Schulz, Peanuts
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FYI
"Walk/Run for Life"
Saturday, September 15th
Stucky Chiropractic Center is
challenging you to participate in our
"Walk/Run for Life".
Proceeds from this event will go to St. Francis and Feed My People Food Pantries.
4.0 Mile Walk/Run or 2.5 Mile Walk/Run
Kids Race (10 & Under)
with donation of a bag of food. All events will begin and end at the
Stucky Chiropractic Center parking lot—2105 East Clairemont Avenue—Eau Claire, WI 54701
Donation/Entrance Fee
$12.00 if paid by September 13th—$15.00 if paid September 14th or later
Food items for Kids race.
Fast Fred should have stayed on the Farm Fun Run
Sunday, September 30
5:00 pm (varying distances)
Food following the run, you won’t be disappointed
7670 160th Avenue, Bloomer Call Fred 835-5897
for further directions
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Rutabaga Winners
Submitted by Jeri Weiser
Eau Claire runners were well represented at the 45th Annual Rutabaga Festival. The running of
the rutabagas included 5K and 20K races on Saturday, August 25. In the 5K race, Jim Bechly
placed 2nd in his age group. Paul Wagner placed 1st in his age group and 11th overall (5K).
In the 20K race, John Qualheim won 1st place in his age group and 5th
overall (20K). The next finisher in John's age group was over 20 minutes
back! Rick Lecher and Michael Weiser took the top two places respectively
in their age group. Bruce Begotka also placed first in his age group in this
race.
The weather was beautiful and the pepper sandwiches were hot!
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RCU Charity Classic 2007; a 6.4 Mile Extravaganza!!
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Those who made it possible are the following:
Nancy Gilbertson was our volunteer coordinator and got the volunteers where they needed to be.
David Carothers set the mile markers and cones out. The results team of Mark Wise and Sheila Cote of the
Lions Pride Run in Fall Creek worked the hardest without a doubt.
Our finish line crew consisted of Bob Lesniewski, Pete Beavais, Don Gilbertson and Kara Molstad.
Our traffic marshals were Olga Wise, Bob Green, Barb Magnuson, Owen Wahlstrand, Eleanor Wolf, Fred
Hable and Paul Wagner, Jeff Brown, Karen Possley, Tracy Messner and Jerry Sazama.
Corner marshals were Paul and Zoe Bowman, Jeanne Van Houten and her son, Theo Van Houten and her
gang from Longfellow School. We helped them out with their Puddle Jump Run.
The awards ceremony was wonderfully done by Mary Bodah Stone and Tracy Messner.
Kathie Schaus and Steve Thon got the water tables and supplies out to the spots.
Kathie headed up the kids races and had Jeff Brown and Jane Baugher as the Hare and Tortoise, respectively. jane got to sport the new Tortoise suit which was made by a seamstress in downtown Eau Claire
Karen Schoenrock and Mary Beth Clark helped Kathie out.
Mark Blaskey and Brian Leuck were the lead cyclists.
Water tables were manned by Jacob's Well. They also have a running club at the church which meets in
Phoenix Park on Saturdays at 6:15. All are welcome. Big Brothers Big Sisters manned the first one on the
10 K course and the Watts Family from RCU also manned that one as well as the two mile course water table.
John Qualheim was key in the results area recording runners as they came in.
Thanks so much everyone!
I am looking forward to next year hoping to attract 800 to 1000 runners and look forward to a 6.2 mile
course!!!!!
Emily Blaskey
Race Director,
Emily Blaskey
giving direction
Volunteers Dina St. Louis and Nancy Gilbertson
keeping everyone on the right track
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Tim Nelson running the 2
mile; learned from the best,
his mom, Joanne
Jen Theisen running the
longer course.
Fastest of the Fast, Delong
Principal Tim O’Reilly
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ITC member Mona
Grimm
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I am 53, married, two daughters, and one grand-daughter. Memorial High
School Graduate, Class of 1971, and a Degree in Tool and Die from Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis, MN. Also an Army Veteran. I have been
employed at National Presto Industries as a Modelmaker for more than 22
years. Also lived in Beloit, WI for 13 years.
When I started running and why: About 5 years ago, during a physical
exam, I was told ( like everyone else) to loss some weight. Blood pressure
was also up. Since that time, I watch my diet, run almost every day, and
attempt to live a healthy life style. Also dropped 55 pounds. I might also
add, I am not built like a runner. My legs are too short.
Why I run now: I feel great, and it is now part of my everyday routine. I
can't imagine not doing it.
Weekly mileage: Around 35-40 miles. I am not the fastest, but I hang in
there.
Proudest Running Accomplishment: The first race I ever did, was the
RCU Charity Classic in 2005. I ran the 10K, and survived. Nothing like
starting out with a long one. 1 hour and 2 minutes. I was hooked from that moment on. I can do it! I made
a promise to myself, next year I will medal in my age group, and the year after that a 1/2 marathon. I have
medaled since that time, and will do the Tour Of Eau Claire in the Fall of 2007.
Favorite Race: The Kerry Classic in Beloit, WI. I visit my in-laws, who live there, and do the race. Live
band, food, what more do you need? A close 2nd, is the Fall Creek Lion's Pride Run. The pizza afterwards
was great!. Notice the theme of food here.......
PR's I am not fast, so, keep that in mind.
2 mile RCU Charity Classic 16:58 2007
5K Fall Creek Lion's Pride 26: 50 2007
Worst or best running experience: The worst: The Spring Fever 6 and 2, 2007. I ran the 6 mile, and had
way too much clothing on. But, it was cold at the start.............I was swimming at the end.
The Kerry Classic 5K, Beloit, WI, 2006. My shoe became untied with 1/2 mile to go. No big deal............until
I crossed a wooden decked bridge, and the lace somehow flopped between the boards, and almost ripped
my leg off. It knocked me off balance so quick, I almost fell over the railing into the river below. I learned a
good lesson that day. Check your laces at the start line.
Best: Osseo Norske Nook 2007. Struck up a conversation at the start, to person I did not even know, and
talked the whole race, and still took 1st place in my age group. It doesn't get any better than that.
Secret Running tip: Lot's of dark chocolate.
Running hero: Easy.......the person in front of me. And there are a lot of them!
Favorite People to run with: I always run alone during the week, but at the races, I run with the other "
white haired" people. At our age, it is pure enjoyment and fun.
Hobbies: I own a 1952 Desoto Automobile, and drive it when I have time. I am the Assistant Membership
Secretary for the National Desoto Club also. I am an RCU Volunteer, and work at the Community Table
once a month with my church. Once a week I squeeze in a game of golf. I enjoy running, and have met
some of the nicest people in doing so. I was warned by a friend, that once you start to run, you will get
hooked. He was right. I usually run after work, 5-6 miles a day, 6 days a week.
My advice ( for what it is worth) is, running not only is good for the body, but for the mind as well. I hope to
keep up the pace as long as I can. I also have begun to bring brownies to the races that I am at. Just look
for the brownies on the food table, and you will know if I am there!
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Join fellow runners for one of the oldest ITC events! First running of the Carson 10 was the year
1969. This years event will be held on Saturday, October 27th. Tee shirt design is once again an
original by ITC member Jeannie Miller. The Halloween themed tee will be an orange long sleeved
shirt.
New this year is on line registration with Active.com entry forms enclosed in this newsletter.
Volunteers are needed and appreciated.
If you would like to volunteer, email Karen Schoenrock at Blackestdog@charter.net
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2007 ITC Board of Directors
President – Mike Salm
salm@centurytel.net
Vice-president – Karen Shoenrock
blackestdog@charter.net
Secretary – Lisa Buenger
drlisabuenger@oakleafpediatrics.com
Treasurer – Jeannie Lubinsky
lubinsky.jeanie@mayo.edu
Membership – Paul Wagner
wagnerpj@uwec.edu
Please email me, Tina Killey, newsworthy
items to Johnstk@uwec.edu.
Webmaster – Bob St. Louis stlouir2002@yahoo.com
Newsletter editor – Tina Killey
johnstk@uwec.edu
Banquet coordinator/race calendar – Mary Beth Clark
clark.marybeth@mayo.edu
Next newsletter will be November/December
Deadline for items October 22nd
Please send me your Buckshot photos!!
VOLUME
1,
ISSUE
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ITC minutes 8/6/07
Submitted by Lisa Buenger
(Reminder: all members may attend meetings)
Attendance:
Mike Salm, Lisa Buenger, Emily Blaskey, Tina Killey, Paul Wagner, Karen
Dreschel, Kaitlin Krause, Sheila Cote, Ben Anderson, Dave Caruthers,
Karen Schoenrock, Emily Berg, Jeanie Lubinsky, Brady Anderson, Mary
Beth Clark, Marty Bushland
- Google is set up to find ITC when many different entries submitted.
- Request for pictures of favorite local routes and possibly mapped out as well.
- Tim Dusick- Buckshot race director—prize donations for kids requested as coupons from local fastfood restaurants. Emily will look into cost of plastic RCU medals and obtaining some for the Buckshotgoal of $150.. Volunteers sought for helping Tuesday night 2 mile race.
- RRCA (our insurance company): ‘state championship status’ can be awarded to attract sponsors and
high quality athletes. Race needs to be established for 2 years and race directors need to apply to qualify.
- Discussed race and membership registration: Active.com vs. Needtorace.com or others with their associated costs/benefits. RCU and Carson 10/2 races had more participants compared to previous years.
President will look into for membership and race directors need to look into for races.
-Beer and M&M race is schedule September 29th starting at Owen park by the tennis courts. Entry fee
is beer and M&M’s. Organized by Don Marjala and John Qualheim.
-Trot to Cadott: is scheduled for October 13th- 14.2 miles at noon starting from ABC Lumber.
- Tour of Eau Claire is Sunday September 9th, and they will stuff promotional race material in the bags if
received by August 28th. Race course has been certified.
- 2008 all non-profit organizations need to file with the IRS.
-August 20th newsletter deadline.
- 4th Annual Fall Frolic 5k during Chippewa Falls Oktoberfest September 15th at 10:30- starts at Flage
Hill area of Irvine Park.
- Motion to keep advertisement in Volume One passed in an effort to promote ITC to people looking for
local activities.
-Need to delete and re-do website photos. Emily will contact RCU for some of their race photos.
- Recommendation made for an ITC race handbook for race directors. ITC recommends that the Tour of Eau
Claire has a volunteer meeting before the race for coordination and instruction.
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Address:
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