Wednesday Night Run 4-25-2012

Hello ORC,

To all my gnomies out there, for the Inman Park Festival Parade, the gnomes are gathering to set the world record for a gnome march. They need to beat 478 set by the Brits. Darn those Brit gnomes! Line up at 2pm on Saturday and bring your pointy red hat. I love gnomes! In addition to the gnome parade there is also some small festival going on called the Inman Park Festival. Note, take Marta. Avondale Estates is closing their streets for their Sunday ride which is an open streets initiative. Springdale Heights is having a neighborhood yard and bake sale. The West Ponce neighborhood is also having a neighborhood yard sale, minus the bake sale.

What else is going on? Want to share?

There are a lot of runs around the area from road races to stair climbs and trail races. Here is a sampling of some. On Saturday is the 2012 Fight for Air Climb at 191 Peachtree Tower, in Inman Park is the 4th Annual Rocket Run 5K & Caterpillar Cruise, in Atlanta is the 12th Annual IOCC 5K, Dirty Girl Mud Run 5K, the Walk for Wishes / Run for Wishes 5K, the Girls on the Run of Atlanta Spring 5K, the Atlanta Beltline Northside 5K, 21st Annual Take Back the Night 5K & Mile, and the Set Our Souls Afire 5K & Mile Fun Run/Walk. The Athens Twilight 5K & $1000 Mile is in Athens. I included it because some of you may be in Athens for a bike race already. For trail runners there is the Muddy Duck Dash 3.5 mile Challenge Race in Gainesville, the 2nd Annual Torching the Trail for Burns 5K/1 Mile in Morrow, and the Chehaw Cheetah Chase 4 & 8 Mile Trail Run and Kids Mile in Albany. You can even fit in a Sunday run at the Springtime Bop 5K/Mile/Tot Trot in Sandy Springs.

Also, if you are interested in running the GA Warrior Dash on May 19th, Kimberly has 2 race numbers available. She is injured and is offering the numbers up. Let me know if you are interested and I can send you Kimberly's info. Get well soon Kimberly!

Wednesday you will be running Route 9, the Lake Claire run. It's a nice run starting with the short hills going out and then the long hard flat coming back into Decatur and Oakhurst, along Ponce and East Lake Rd. The link is at the bottom of this e-mail. It's been a while since running this route so if the link doesn't work, let me know. After the run it's off to Mojo's Pizza for food, drinks and trivia.

Enjoy your run Wednesday night. Thanks for making the Oakhurst Running Club one of the friendliest running club in Atlanta.

Corny

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Local Races This Weekend

Saturday, April 28
2012 Fight for Air Climb, 191 Peachtree Tower
4th Annual Rocket Run 5K & Caterpillar Cruise, Inman Park
12th Annual IOCC 5K, Century Center Office Park
Water for the World Run 5K/10K, Johns Creek
Cross Country Stampede 5K Trail Run, Cumming
2012 Sope Creek Fun Run, Marietta
Dirty Girl Mud Run 5K, Atlanta
Athens Twilight 5K & $1000 Mile, Athens
Walk for Wishes / Run for Wishes 5K, Atlantic Station
Walk of Women 7K Walk/Run, Marietta
Muddy Duck Dash 3.5 mile Challenge Race, Gainesville
Girls on the Run of Atlanta Spring 5K, Atlanta
Run for the World 5K, Kennesaw
Atlanta Beltline Northside 5K, Atlanta
2nd Annual Torching the Trail for Burns 5K/1 Mile, Morrow
Chehaw Cheetah Chase 4 & 8 Mile Trail Run and Kids Mile, Albany
21st Annual Take Back the Night 5K & Mile, Atlanta
Set Our Souls Afire 5K & Mile Fun Run/Walk, Lenox
St. John the Evangelist 2nd Annual 5K Run/Walk, Hapeville
Beach Bash Dash 5K & Mile, Jonesboro
5K to benefit Etowah Valley Humane Society, Adairsville

Sunday, April 29
Springtime Bop 5K/Mile/Tot Trot, Sandy Springs

Wednesday Night Run 4-18-2012

Hello ORC,

I guess it's been great weather because there are more and more folks out running these days. It's that time where it's still relatively cool and not the overbearing heat of summer. The rain date for Touch A truck is this weekend. Not that the adults receiving this email will want to touch a truck (or maybe you do), you may have young-uns that want to jump on the trucks. On Sunday is Decatur Earth day at the Oakhurst Gardens. There is a Girl Scout yard sale in Avondale Estates. Earth Fest 2012 is going on at Shallowford Presbyterian. There is the Sweetwater 420 fest in Candler Park. The Dogwood festival is this weekend. There is the WRFG Bluegrass festival in Clarkston. There is a roller derby double header with the Atlanta Rollergirls at the Yaarab Shrine Center Auditorium. The Druid Hills Artists Market is at St. John's Lutheran.

What else is going on this weekend?

Again there are a lot of local races this weekend. It's actually pretty amazing to see. This past weekend, I was driving on DeKalb Av and there were 2 races going that passed by the same busy intersection. Literally, runners from 2 different races would pass each other. This weekend is the Southern Blue Relay up in Amicalola Falls State Park. On Saturday on the local races side are Sweetwater 420 Fest 5K in Candler Park and the Romp Thru The Woods 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run in Decatur. On Sunday but not local are the ZOOMA Atlanta Half Marathon & 5K at Lake Lanier Islands, the Rock the New Moon Half Marathon/5K/10K in Lawrenceville, and the 1st Annual Coach Jay 5K and Crocs Walk in Kennesaw. For you trail racers there is the Dirty Spokes Gainesville State College 5.3/2.5 Mile Trail Running Race in Gainesville.

This Wednesday you will be running route 11, the Decatur Cemetery run. There are a lot of turns on this route. Hope it's laid out enough on the map for you to follow. I don't remember the last time this route was used; it's been a while. The link to the route is at the bottom of this e-mail. After the run it's off to Mojo's Pizza for food, drinks and trivia.

Enjoy your run Wednesday night. Thanks for making the Oakhurst Running Club one of the friendliest running club in Atlanta.

Corny

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Local Races This Weekend

Friday, April 20 & 21
Southern Blue Relay - Georgia's Relay, Amicalola Falls State Park

Saturday, April 21
Sweetwater 420 Fest 5K, Candler Park
Dirty Spokes Gainesville State College 5.3/2.5 Mile Trail Running Race, Gainesville
Mountain View Cross Country Bear Tear 5K and Cub Run, Lawrenceville
Run the River 5K/10K, Roswell
Truett's Grill Run of the Mill 5K, McDonough
Sprint for Cancer 5K/10K, Perimeter Place
Hembree Runs Wilde 5K Race & 1K Cub Run, Roswell
Cheerios Challenge 5K/10K, Covington
Sprint for Cancer 5K/10K, Dunwoody
Run the Corcers 5K & 1K, Norcross
Romp Thru The Woods 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run, Decatur

Sunday, April 22
ZOOMA Atlanta Half Marathon & 5K, Lake Lanier Islands
Rock the New Moon Half Marathon/5K/10K, Lawrenceville
1st Annual Coach Jay 5K and Crocs Walk, Kennesaw

Wednesday Night Run 4-11-2012

Hello ORC,

This is awesome weather and there are a lot of people out and about. Although I wish Decatur kept up with food truck Thursday's over by Cosmic Kitchen. I went on the last Thursday they had it and it was great to see. I guess this means I am jumping on the Atlanta food truck bandwagon. East of Eden is screening at the Toco Hills library this Friday. The Oakhurst Community Gardens is having a plant sale. If you have paint to get rid of, Briarlake Baptist has a paint recycling event. Snow White is playing at DHS. Atlanta S.T.E.A.M. fest is at Academy Theatre. At Olmsted Linear Park is the Spring Festival on Ponce. Speed-the-Plow is at Pinch 'n' Ouch Theatre. Hip Hop Meets Classical at Smith's Olde Bar. Atlanta CPR is offering free CPR classes. The Atlanta Comic Convention is in town. The Atlanta Rollergirls is having a Spirit Night at Grindhouse Killer Burgers on Thursday, April 12th.

What else is going on? Care to share?

There seems to be a whole lot of races this weekend. Some are even doubling up in the same parts of town. On Saturday, April 14, are the Run with the Wolves 5K on Atlanta, the runningnerds 5K also in Atlanta, Oakhurst Cooperative Preschool has the Beat the Street for Little Feet 5K & Mile at Coan Park, the Atlanta Track Club is hosting their Spring 8K & 15K in Inman Park, the 40th Annual Pi Mile 5K Road Race is at Georgia Tech, and the Run Before You Crawl 5K is at Brownwood Park. There are even more around the Metro Atlanta area.

This Wednesday you will be running route 15. It's the Katie Kerr run. The group hasn't run this in a while but with more daytime light, the run will not be on unlit streets. All the construction along Candler Rd is also finished up. There are some nice challenging hills and after making at all the way past the last steep hill and false flats, you finish strongly on the downhill to One Step at a Time. It's one of the few routes that actually has a downhill finish. You can see the map through the link below. After the run it's off to Mojo's Pizza for food, drinks, and trivia.

Brushing the dust off a couple of routes so let me know if the link below doesn't work and I will correct it.

Thanks for making the Oakhurst Running Club one of the friendliest running club in Atlanta.

Corny

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Local Races This Weekend

Saturday, April 14
Knock Out Cancer 5K, Marietta
Y Not Run 5K & Skirt Run 5K, Marietta
2nd Annual GPC Spanish Club 5K & Mile Fun Run, Dunwoody
Roswell Kiwanis Club Spring "K" Classic 10K / 5K / Fun Run, Roswell
Run with the Wolves 5K & Mile, Atlanta
runningnerds 5K, Atlanta
OCP Beat the Street for Little Feet 5K & Mile, Coan Park
2nd Annual Deputy Dash 5K & 10K, Hampton
Sickle Cell Road Race 7K & 4K, College Park
ATC Spring 8K & 15K, Atlanta, Inman Park
40th Annual Pi Mile 5K Road Race, Georgia Tech
Gwinnett Braves American Cancer Society 5K, Lawrenceville
Pound the Pavement for Peter 5K, Brookhaven
Eagle's Talon Obstacle Course 5K, McDonough
Run Before You Crawl 5K, Atlanta, Brownwood Park

Sunday, April 15
Mutt Strut 5K, Gainesville

Wednesday Night Run 4-4-2012

Hello ORC,

There is more sunlight during the Wednesday night runs. Warmer weather is coming around so brace for the Summer heat. I have read that Yoga is good for runners and there are 2 introductory yoga classes going on; one at Shambhala and the other at Trilogy. There are lots of Easter events this weekend and it's hard not to miss them on event calendars. The Night of the Iguana is at the Mary Gray Munroe Theater. Improv A-Hole is at the Village Theatre.

What else is going on this week/weekend?

Here's a sampling of local races this weekend. If a Friday run interest you, you are going to have to drive for it. There are races in Eatonton, Good Friday Races 5K/10.4K, and Dawsonville, Moonlight Flight 5K & Fun Run. On Saturday, there is the Dirty Spokes Olde Rope Mill 6.5 Mile Trail Race in Woodstock, the Northeast Georgia Spring Run Mile/5K/Half Marathon in Blairsville, Give By Faith's 5K Rabbit Run in Chastain Park, the Fuller Center 5K & Mile in McDonough, and The Atlanta Encore Color Run 5K in Hampton. On Sunday is the Hoppin' Easter Half Marathon/5K/10K in Snellville.

This Wednesday you are running through the Winnona neighborhood on Route 1. The run goes through Kirkwood, through McKoy Park, around Winnona, through Agnes Scott, and a long finishing straight on Ansley. This run has a lot of turns but it's all in the neighborhood, you can run your way out. The link to Route 1 is at the bottom of this e-mail. After the run it's off to Mojo's Pizza for food, drinks and trivia.

Enjoy your run Wednesday night. Thanks for making the Oakhurst Running Club one of the friendliest running club in Atlanta.

Corny

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Local Races This Weekend

Saturday, April 7
Dirty Spokes Olde Rope Mill 6.5 Mile Trail Running Race
Northeast Georgia Spring Run Mile/5K/Half Marathon, Blairsville
Give By Faith's 5K Rabbit Run, Chastain Park
Fuller Center 5K & Mile, McDonough
The Atlanta Encore Color Run 5K, Hampton

Sunday, April 8
Hoppin' Easter Half Marathon/5K/10K, Snellville