Weakley County Running Club

Informational meeting TOMORROW--June 30 at 6:30 at the Weldon Library in Martin. Bring your ideas about what you want in a running club and how you would like to plug in!

National Running Day picts.

 I forgot to post these earlier. These are the group picts from those who met to run on June 1 for National Running Day.

Our 8:30 running group at the Martin Rec complex:
N, D, R, C and M Saunders, L Fieser, T, A and J Hill

The 5:30 running group at the Brian Brown Greenway:
Bekah, Weslee, Kimberly and Lexie


Maybe next year we will see you!?!?

The big jump

A couple months ago I had a conversation with a friend of mine about some thoughts I was having on one of my training runs. I was telling her that I had all these "ideas" about what to do with this blog, the group on facebook (Martin Runners--if you are interested) and the like but I was reminding myself that I don't have time to put into all the ideas I was having. She told me that she had been thinking about the same sort of things but didn't know about promoting it and where to get the people--looked like we each found what the other was missing. Seemed the time was right to get serious about this. Through several conversations, this is what we have come up with:

On Thursday, June 30th, we will be meeting at the CE Weldon Library at 6:30 to talk about what people in Weakley County would like from a running club. We want to appeal to every kind of runner--those who have run to the grocery store to those who have run marathons. We would love to see people of Weakley Country become healthier. For those who haven't ever run but have thought about it, we'd love to have you! For those who consistently run all the races around town and then travel to run others, we'd love to have you! We'd love to see those who have been running encourage those who are just starting out. We want to educate and encourage those who are starting out and challenge those who have been running awhile. Most importantly, we want to know what you want in a running club so please join us on the 30th. Bring your friends, neighbors, thoughts, questions, ideas, comments, etc and we'll see what we can do together.

Superman!

So I know this is a running blog, but I want to tell you about hubs who is going to be riding 64 miles tomorrow in Metropolis, IL at the 33rd annual Superman Bike Trek. It is his first race but I am sure it won't be his last. He is going to riding with some colleagues and this will be the farthest he has ridden before. I have to say I am pretty excited! It is my turn to watch and cheer as he competes. The kids are here too and I am thrilled they get to watch Daddy as he rides. They got to see me (I got to see them!) as I ran by during the Country Music 1/2 in April and it did my heart such good. Hope we can be and do the same for him.

It is fun to note the differences between this race and the ones that I run in.

• The price difference: $25 vs $85 (for 1/2 marathons) or $20 for local 5Ks
• The packet pick-up was also different: a couple people sitting under beach umbrellas outside a local mexican restaurant.
• The race packet: a t-shirt and a map

Excited to see what differences I find tomorrow but more excited to watch hubs compete. Good luck tomorrow hubs! We'll be cheering and happy riding.