ROC Trail Bits #5-2007

Trail Bits 2007 # 5

If you are reading this email it is because you are a survivor. You have either paid your 2007 membership fees or you have emailed me and convinced me that your membership is actually in the mail. The main thing is you survived the purge.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Runners of Compassion - Nanaimo Chapter and those people that will receive the benefit of your being a member of Runners of Compassion I want to thank you. With each of us paying our membership fees we quickly raised over $ 2000.00……… $ 2,000.00 that will go directly back into your community to help a wide range of people who live in our community that need our help…..Thank you. You will be happy yo know that in the four years that ROC Nanaimo has been in existence we have fund raised and put back over $ 40,000.00 into our community.

The AGM on Saturday was very well attended and in typical ROC tradition 55 people showed up when only 35 of you emailed me back stating you were coming…Oh well the more the merrier. I have attached the minutes from the AGM for you to peruse. The AGM on Saturday saw three new Directors come on to the Board. The new Directors are Charline Sinclair, Janet Oxler and Suanne Watson. These three directors will be replacing Kelly McKee, Lisa Crucil, Ken Jones and Rod Croome. A big thanks to these people for their hard work and support of ROC this past year. I would especially like to thank Kelly, who sat on the Board of Directors of ROC since our inception a number of years ago. Kelly was part of the original group of eight or ten people that met one cold night in the rugby clubhouse to see if there was enough interest informing a Nanaimo Chapter of ROC. Obviously there was! Even though Kelly will not be on the Board, I know he will be around helping out and volunteering at the events we put on. The AGM was also the last official function for the illustrious Lisa Crucil who has stepped down from the board and from being President in order to focus on finishing her Masters degree.

Your Board of Directors for 2007

Charlie Burrell - President

Charline Sinclair – Vice President

Suzanne Watson – Treasurer

Ross Palfrey – Recording Secretary

Dan Brady – Membership & Communication

Bob Patrick – Promotion of ROC

Eric Sundby – Funds Distribution

Janet Oxler – Social events

Derek Riley – Trail Maintenance & Bikes for Tikes

Lisa Crucil – Past President

In next weeks Trail Bits I will give greater details from the Board in regards to what our goals are for 2007. One goal will be to increase our profile in the community and another goal will be to fund more projects. We will need your help with these items.

o Filling the freezer for Natalie and the girls – Anyone can contact Kathy at kgrabher@shaw.ca or 751-8517 if they are interested in making a contribution. I can’t remember who asked for the Fletcher Trust Account information, so here it is for everyone to view. Donations can be made at any branch of the TD Canada Trust Bank; reference Branch 043, account number 6357524

o Gavin Memorial Plaque – last Thursday night a few of us ventured off into the darkness with the goal of mounting the “Gavin Fletcher Memorial Plaque” that Scott Barron did such a great job of making. When you run this weekend you will see that plaque mounted high in one of the trees at the junction of the Baby Head Trail and what we know refer to as Gavin’s Trail. FYI- We ran the GutBuster route from the lake in reverse (not backwards) up to the trail head as this was suppose to be the shortest route in and out, but once at the trail head the spirit of Gavin took over and in his spirit we decided to run the whole 12km GutBuster Route (both ridges) in reverse. No sense running back out over terrain you have already covered once…………I hope Gavin had a good giggle watching us as we climb and tripped our way up and over both ridges in the dark….we did have headlamps!

o Joga4Life Clinic – Starts Wednesday Feb. 21- Wednesday April 18…….(6:00pm - 8:00pm) …..Location: McGirr Elementary……Cost: $100

Goal Runs: Vancouver Sun Run 10km or Sooke 10km - both are April 22 OR Victoria Times Colonist 10km The Clinic: The focus of the clinic is to attract runners that are looking to get to another level in their running. Weekly workouts will focus on speed workouts and Tempo runs. Runner's only need to be able to run at steady state for 40 min.(this means they may not be at the 10km distance just yet...8 weeks will get them there!). They may also be doing 10min.jog/1 min. walk. The intent is to notch it up regardless of where they are at now. Yoga will start with a beginners program with the option to try more challenging poses. The poses are mostly runner focused. Registration forms are at Frontrunners or people can email me btaylor@sd68.bc.ca or phone Bobbie @ 729-3870

o Registration for the Adventure Racing Clinic is now open. Email Sean at seanlunny@shaw.ca to reserve your spot. This will be posted on the MOMAR website next week, so don’t delay. I can guarantee you this clinic will fill up immediately after being posted on the MOMAR site….Watch for exciting news about a Short Course Adventure Race coming to Nanaimo in August. This will be great training for that race as well.

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• Cedar 12km – The Nanaimo stop on the Island Race Series is the Cedar 12km, which is scheduled for February 11^th, 11:00 – Registration details available https://www.vira.bc.ca/upload/docs/3_Cedar_2007_final.pdf If you can help with volunteer duties on race day please contact Ross Palfrey at rosspalfery@shaw.ca

This week the run route is weather dependant. IF, the weather stays sunny we will run the original GutBuster Route (both ridges). If the weather turns crappy, we will run the Saddle/Gavin’s Trail. Either way, meet at Westwood for an 8:00am departure.

Upcoming Races

Cedar 12k – Feb 11^th

Hatley Castle 8k – Feb 25^th

Bazan Bay 5k – March 11^th

Comox – Half Marathon – March 18^th

GutBuster #1 – Royal Roads – March 24^th

Merville 15k – April 1^st

Sooke River 10k – April 15^th

Whidbey Island Marathon & Half Marathon – April 15^th

GutBuster # 2 – Mount Tzouhalem (Duncan) – April 21^st

Vancouver Sun Run – April 22^nd

Vancouver Marathon & Half Marathon – May 6^th

Mind over Mountain Adventure Race – Squamish – May 12th

Oak Bay Half Marathon – May 20^th

GutBuster #3 – Mt Douglas (Victoria) – June 2^nd

Port Angeles Marathon & Half Marathon – June 10^th

New Balance Half Iron – Victoria – June 16th

Scotia Bank Half Marathon & 5K – June 24^th

Mind over Mountain Adventure Race – Shawnigan Lake – July 7th

GutBuster # 4 – Westwood Lake Half – July 15^th

Nanaimo Daily News Harbour City Half & 10K Road Race – September 9^th

Run For the Mountain 6k – Westwood Lake – September 22nd

Mind over Mountain Adventure Race – Cumberland – September 29th