Posted by: Preztc
The past few years, the outgoing president has had dinner for club members as a new president has taken “office” at the June meeting, and some of these outgoing presidents were “recognized”. As the third Thursday in February takes place close to a holiday for national presidents would like to honor all presidents of Little Rock Road Runners at this meeting.
Members attending will be treated to dinner sponsored by the club and a panel of the first few presidents if you are able to attend but need head count for Whole Hog. Members can ask questions and get a personal account/history of the founding members.
MEMBERS: RSVP and let me know if you are able to attend by February 12th to: tcoutu@att.net
Date: February 18th at the Whole Hog Cafe on Cantrell Rd, LR 6:00 pm to eat/6:30 to have intro’s/panel discussion.
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Posted by: Preztc
Happy New Year! Hope all members enjoyed the 2009 holiday season and the beginning of 2010 as much as I did. If you have made resolutions I hope that you have kept them and continue to do so., If not, as my sister says, every minute starts another 24 hours. Keep trekking especially for those who have made the commitment to spring marathons and the Grand Prix racing season. For all runners for whatever reason, the bottom line is running makes you better. So here’s to a better you and a “best” year of running.
Looking back at December, the weather not rainy like October but cold (and won’t go away) did not keep the club from experiencing opportunities to fellowship together. The Christmas Party held on the 19th at the Capitol Hill Building was very nice indeed-hats off to past President/current Treasurer Steve Hollowell for securing this location; it was well attended with lots of food, wine, laughs, and most important, good company! Thank you all for attending.
From that evening plans were made to celebrate the longest night of year (Winter Solstice) on the following Monday. Glen Mays hosted a run from his home on Kavanaugh to the Capitol grounds where we gathered to view the Nativity and saw some box with writing on it. From there the fast guys continued their evening jaunt to the River Market before returning back. The rest of us trooped back to the Mays’s warm kitchen, replenished and rehydrated with leftover libations and goodies from Saturday’s gig. Once Glen arrived back with Brian Scieskwosi. and Steve Preston, we pounced on the fresh baked gingerbread men cookies Glen had baked. This was a great run and hope this tradition continues. Thanks Glen!
Christmas Day gave us clear and bright skies with very cold temperatures. A few of us got out and showed spirit. Laura Naill and I ran later that morning, Joel Perez, Becky Humes, Joel’s brother and sister-in-law, and their wonder dog joined us for a very nice (?) hilly and chilly six plus miles through the Heights where we caught a glimpse of Santa (a fast and thin one who oddly enough resembled David Williams).
Paul Ward continued his traditional New Year’s Resolution run on the first day of 2010 that was well attended despite below freezing temperatures (again). It was so good to see all the members from both sides of the river come out to run. New member Mark Hagelmeier, who has also joined our Grand Prix team, was there with lots of energy and enthusiasm. He is a positive influence in the running community as he encourages and appreciates other runners and their accomplishments. One of his training partners was there, Joe Cordi. Joe is another positive person who encourages and makes an impact. As Joe and I were running back we reflected on how fortunate we are to be here in Little Rock running and appreciative of our running community and friends. Joe frequently guides Dave Wilkinson, a visually impaired athlete on races and training runs. He has influenced his lovely wife Sandy to quit smoking and take up running-she was out there in the cold that Friday as well. We needed these warm fuzzy moments as Kirk Riley, Mark, Robert Holmes, and Joe tried to stay behind David Williams and Bill Torrey pushing up the hills on the course, and assumed Kirk turned off early due to having to prepare for the even colder Winter Series run the following day. It was great to see Sarah Olney and Mary Wells out there as well as Rosemary Rogers-(Ginea was there too). Thanks to all runners who came out, especially the only one who didn’t run: Paul!
Returning to a warm house and hot coffee after this cold but “heartening” run, I started cleaning up Christmas decorations and found this fortune cookie saying under my tree: You will soon be surrounded by good friends and laughter. The back had the Chinese spelling and pronunciation for FRIEND. Reflecting back over the past year and especially the past six months as your club president, I can say that this indeed is true. Many events that I have been blessed to experience and enjoy have originated with running. ….here’s to more of that in this new year. As my dad and another good friend passed on to me in holiday greetings, I pass on to you:, “All the Best for 2010″.
*To assist you in reminding you to have the “best” year, please attend our club meetings held on the third Thursday of every month.
January 21-”Best” times on the books- Randy Taylor will speak about long distance records and perhaps life as a Razorback runner.
February 18th-”Best” Running club leaders- honoring LRRCs past President’s. It has been the tradition in the past few years to honor the past president as the incoming president takes office in the summer, so at this meeting I would like to give all those previous president’s an opportunity to be appreciated during President’s week
March 18th-”Best” recovery/inspiration-Randy Oates returns to give us an update on his healing and life since his devastating “accident”.
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Posted by: Brian S-ski
Okay LRRC, it’s time to sign up for the 2010 Grand Prix Series!
In 2009, we had a total of 64 LRRC members on our GP team. That was an all time state record for greatest participation by one club! Let’s beat our own record and get at least 65 in 2010.
So far we have 14 men and 10 women signed up for our team:
Dan Belanger
David Conrad - new to our team for 2010!
Mark Hagemeier - new to our team for 2010!
Greg Helmbeck
Robert Holmes
Bryan Jones
Hillary Kogo
Joseph Nichols - new to our team for 2010!
Joel Perez
Ron Sanders
Billy Shurley - new to our team for 2010!
Brian Sieczkowski
Roy Smith
Steve Yanoviak
Allison Acott
Alesa Davis
Kenya Doucette - new to our team for 2010!
Alea Humes
Becky Humes
Lisa Luyet - new to our team for 2010!
Ginea Qualls
Andrea Sieczkowski
Rhonda Smith - new to our team for 2010!
Eileen Turan - new to our team for 2010!
If you’ve run for the LRRC in the past, we need again for 2010. If you’ve never entered the Grand Prix before, this could be your year. You can find out more information on the Arkansas Grand Prix Series at www.arkrrca.com, but in a nutshell it is a series of 20 races all across the state. For every race you finish you accumulate points in your age group and help out the LRRC in the team competition. We were able to win both the men’s and women’s team competitions in 2009 largely because we had great participation from club members and that helped us score points at every race. No matter your speed or racing frequency, you can help out the LRRC and probably have a lot of fun in the process.
There are two ways to sign up for the Grand Prix:
Click here for Online Registration
-or-
Click here for a printable entry form that you can mail in
That’s all it takes. Your Grand Prix entry just has to be received 5 days before a race. The first race is the One Hour Track Run on January 24th, so if you plan on running that race then make sure you sign up for the Grand Prix by January 19th. But there is no benefit to waiting, so just sign up today - the data entry personnel for the GP Series (me) would be very happy if everyone didn’t wait until the last minute!
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