Last night was the first trash pickup of 2008. Thank you to KC Reed, Tom O'Leary, Jean Murray, Julie Murray, Kevin Torgerson. With the southerly winds and the accumulation of a winter's worth of windblown stuff that accidentally gets left or dropped in various parking lots and roadsides, there were a record 11 bags of trash to be gathered up and hauled away. The following is a detailed analysis thanks to resident humorist Tom O'Leary:
Most popular beer amongst bottle drinkers Bud Light
Most popular beer from a can Mich Golden Light
Most popular pop can or bottle Mountain Dew
Most popular cigarette Marlboro
Most likely automotive part to fall off Hub Cap (runner up, any part of the tail light assembly )
Fast food chain making a comeback KFC (3 buckets!)
Most popular bicycle lock Masterlock
Most popular color of golf ball Tie between white and pink
Best Valentine card to survive winter Picture of a monkey with the words - Want to Monkey Around? Be Mine.
Most likely to strike gold Jean Murray (who found a signed, endorsed and uncashed check for $400)
KTTC story on a runner Christine Jacques, Lewiston native, who's going to run Fool's Five and has been diagnosed with MS.
Nice Post-Bulletin story about RTC member Brian Purrington who is now the new head coach for Century boys track & field.
Saw this New Balance commercial on TV the other day.
Thanks to Pete Schommer for passing along this story about a runner who has gotten the homeless involved and running and in the process has gotten donations of shoes and clothing if they remain sober. Very worthwhile effort. Thanks for the link, Pete!
April Running Room eMagazine available for downloading. This month, my French bread recipe (p. 14). Also included is a 20% off coupon good all month (p. 11).
From USATF Women's Marathon TV coverage:
TV Coverage
Sunday, April 27 - 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET - MSNBC (check local listings)
LIVE Webcast
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the Women's Marathon will be broadcast LIVE at NBCOlympics. The live webcast on April 20 will begin at 8:00 a.m. NBC Sports commentator Al Trautwig and 10-time NCAA All-American Ed Eyestone will provide commentary for the wire-to-wire coverage.
The guys that post on the MDRA Blog are very funny. Check out this morning's post about the giant pothole ...
Triathlon in Winona April 26 in Winona: 2.5 mile row/14 mile bike/5K run. THAT I'd consider. No swim.
Thank you to Jean Murray and Julie Murray and to Mary Chestolowski for each covering 2 water stops for the marathon training runs tomorrow.
Fetzer this 'n that: Got a box full of Fuel Belts in the mail to be used as door prizes. They're all the Revenge style and size M but they included a form so you can send it in in exchange for something different or a different size. Cookies for age-group winners were made yesterday and are in the freezer. THANK YOU to the 50+ volunteers who will make it possible for the event to even be held! That took a bunch of my time this week--getting the volunteers assigned their spots and instructions handed out. The T-shirts (20K and those that purchased them for the 2-Mile) and embroidered skull caps (for volunteers) are in:
When one is a race director, this is what your house starts to look like as race day approaches. This doesn't count the Gatorade/Propel in the dining room, the 350 boxes of Dippin' Stix or the 20 x 5-gallons of Culligan water:
I've had to rent a U-Haul to get all this stuff, plus all the stuff from the shed, down there. My little Honda just wouldn't cut it.
Knee update: It's coming along. I've been doing the RICE deal (Rest--Ice--Compression--Elevation.) The swelling is down markedly, but not completely. It's turning pretty colors. I've become sensitive to adhesive in recent years, so you can see a nice little patch of irritated skin where the most recent adhesive bandage was:
Though there's no pain other than the abrasion and from swelling, I don't feel like trying to run. I just want to be in Hopkinton on April 21, 10:30 a.m. ;-)
Let's meet Mark Wernstrom (there have been numerous photos):
Family? Wife - Mary, Son - Kyle (10) & Kallie the wonder dog (Golden Retriever).
Hobbies? Youth sports coach (soccer, basketball & baseball).
Languages you speak? English and a little bit of French.
How did you get started in running? To get in shape for college soccer. Time trials were 2 mi. in 12 minutes on the track.
Miles per week on average? Varies greatly throughout the year and depends on if I'm training for an event or not.
Your defacto, comfortable as a broken-in shoe training route? Mayowood or NW 10 miler on Wednesdays with whoever shows up at the Y at 5:15 AM.
How often do you run it? Wednesdays ;)
Favorite carbo loading food? Penne arriabata (Victoria's) and a good pale ale (Summit or Sierra Nevada).
Favorite indulgence food? Mary's wild rice soup or her chili.
Next race? Med City Marathon
Running goals? Keep on running so I can keep up with Kyle.
Running dream? To run and finish TCM 2010 with Jim, KC & Bobby K. Viva TCM 2010!!!
Next up, John Trolander (who was my son's CC coach at Mayo--great guy).
Thought for the day: "Happiness is a perfume you can't pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself."
Enjoy the warm sun--first day over 50 degrees since November 13. Yippee! I'm going to start the May newsletter now. Anyone out there have a favorite recipe they'e like to submit? Send it my way.
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