Trail Bits 2006 #8

Trail Bits 2006 # 8

WE NOW RUN AT 7:30

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It was great to receive the emails back from a large number of you concerning the email from Lisa that I forwarded to all of you last week. As I mentioned in the email, it is nice to know that we are starting to have an effect in our community. It is also nice to get the feed back from you, knowing that you support the work that the Board is doing. I will try to continue to provide more feedback on the charity work that we do to all of you as information comes my way.

Is it my imagination or are there a ton of people out running on Saturday & Sunday mornings? Not just with our group, but in general. It seemed where ever I was on Saturday or Sunday morning there were people out for a run……good on ya. But Boy oh Boy are some of you girls noisy. We were riding in Morell on Saturday and could hear this constant roar of voices as we rode. From the level of the noise we thought it must be the main ROC Trail Group coming back from the ridges. It wasn’t the main group; it was only three very chatty ROC girls out for a run. The one positive thing from all their chatter is that we knew we were safe from any animals; the girls had scared away anything within miles.

This week saw Sean start up two more sessions of his Ab Classes and one more of his Spinning classes. Stupidly I thought, hey I am all better, I can take both classes. Well it is now Tuesday night as I write the Trail Bits and still my stomach muscles are sore from the Ab Class. I don’t know what is going to be sore tomorrow when I wake up after having taken the Spinning (lots of sweating) this morning. If you haven’t taken an AB Class you should really give it a try. You will be amazed at the difference that it makes to your running when your core is strong. I will give you a full report on the benefits of taking a Spinning Class in 8 more weeks. Sean, there better be a benefit to all the sweating.

If you have information that you would like me to pass along to the membership, please feel free to email.

Remember “Every Step Counts”

· First Half – Half Marathon – Steve has returned as the 2006 Champion. Way to go Steve. Congratulations to the rest of you that went over to Vancouver to race along with Steve in the First Half.
· Sponsorship – One of my duties as part of the Nanaimo Daily News Harbour City Half Marathon & 10Km Road race is to arrange sponsorship for the race. The money that we take in through the registration fees basically covers all of the operating costs associated with staging the race (permits, traffic control, signage, medal, shirts, prizes, etc, etc) It is the funds that we raise through the corporate and individual sponsorships that allows the race to be profitable for us and it is this revenue from the race that allows to do the charity work that we do throughout the year. If you or the company that you operate or work for would like to become involved as a sponsor of this years race please drop me an email and I will discuss the options available. I can tailor a sponsorship plan to fit what ever budget you may have in mind…thank you! This year we are re-routing the 10km and we will be giving the 10km a far higher profile than what it has had in the past. We expect to again have the top male and female runners coming to Nanaimo to compete in our races. With all of your support we will continue to grow the race in not only numbers but also in profile across the province.
· Storage Space – As you are aware, ROC is partnering with Arrowsmith Bikes and the Boys & Girls Club in the Bikes for Tykes program (B4T). A problem has popped up that we hope that one of you can help us with: Storage Space. The response from people dropping off bikes has been tremendous, but Robin has now run out of space. His shop is full and his garage is full. If anyone of you knows of a storage space that that we could use “free of charge” for a period of 6 months can you please let me know and I will get Robin in touch with you.
· The RUN Details – Westwood Lake – 7:30 am – For an Hour and twenty. A run of Lower Maple, Alder and other Morrell trails. We will meet at the lake again due to a number of leaders not being to sure about how their health will be on the weekend. We have a large number of people who know the trails of Morell so we will stay close to home this weekend. Next weekend will be Dumont Trails.
7:30AM START

Upcoming Stuff
· Hatley Castle 8km – February 26th
· Bazan Bay 8km – March 12th
· Comox Half Marathon – March 19th
· GutBuster # 2 Royal Roads - March 25th
· Sooke River 10km – April 2nd
· Whidbey Island Marathon – April 2nd
· Merville 15km – April 9th
· GutBuster # 3 Mt. Tzouhalem – April 15th
· Kusim Klimb – June
· GutBuster # 4 Mt. Douglas – June 3rd
· GutBuster # 5 – Westwood Lake Half Marathon & 8km – July 16th