12 Reasons to Take a Walk
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Wednesday Night Run 3-30-2011
Hello ORC,
I totally missed Earth Hour this weekend. We were out to dinner and didn’t even have a chance to look around the neighborhood to see if people participated. This past weekend was the Tour Decatur race which had a nice route through the Hibernia and Lenox neighborhoods. There were a lot of runners racing. I haven’t found the winning times. One cool thing to notice was that I had thought there was only the Oakhurst Track Club at Oakhurst Middle School. I find out just by watching the race, there is a Track Club at the other middle schools in Decatur. This was a very kid friendly run; lots of future runners running.
If you are interested in pizza tonight Decatur PD has 3 officers riding in the 2011 Police Unity Tour a 300 mile bike ride from New Jersey to Washington DC in May to raise awareness of Law Enforcement Officers who have died in the line of duty and funds for the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial and Museum. They will be serving pizza at Avellino’s from 4-10. Avellino’s will be donating back a percentage of sales to the Unity Tour. The event supports a local business and a great cause. Eat up!
Just in case you missed all the signage all around town, WrestleMania is this weekend. If you want smaller name wrestling, there is always Platinum Championship Wrestling at the Academy Theatre.
What else is going on? What events would you like to share?
There is not much on the race calendar this weekend. I saw a race in Marietta, Knock Out Cancer 5K, and a Dirty Spokes trail race in Woodstock. A couple of races here and there but nothing local; last weekend was a busy race weekend. Some other race news is Decatur won 2nd place during the GA Publix Marathon Neighborhood Challenge Cheering Zone, Division 2 – Marathon Course.
This Wednesday you will be running route 8, the East Lake Golf Course run. The link to the route is at the bottom of this e- mail. It's one of the oldest as in longest running routes I know of for the group. If there is a 5-mile race to be run, this would make a great route with the exception of maybe taking out the uphill on Garland Av. After the run, it's off to Mojo's Pizza for food, drinks and trivia.
Thanks for making the Oakhurst Running Club one of the friendliest running club in Atlanta.
Corny
http://oakhurstrunningclub.blogspot.com/
Pizza Fundraiser for Decatur Officers Riding in the Police Unity Tour
Picked up from Decatur Metro…
Decatur PD has three officers who will be participating in the 2011 Police Unity Tour which is a 300 mile bike ride from New Jersey to Washington DC in May. The primary purpose of the Police Unity Tour is to raise awareness of Law Enforcement Officers who have died in the line of duty. The secondary purpose is to raise funds for the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial and Museum.
Join police officers from Atlanta and Decatur and enjoy the best pizza in Atlanta next Tuesday, March 29th in an effort to raise money for the Law Enforcement Memorial Ride/Police Unity Tour at Avellino’s located at 902 West College Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030 from 4pm-10pm. Officers will be serving customers at this event. Avellino’s will be donating back a percentage of sales to the Unity Tour. So eat in, take out, or have some food delivered. This event supports a local business and a great cause!
And if anyone wants to directly support one of the Decatur Officers riding in this year’s Police Unity Tour, here are the links.
http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/dana-canipe/2011-police-unity-tour
http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/axel-fiksman/2011-police-unity-tour-1
http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/andrea-sibley/2011-police-unity-tour
What Is The Best Time Of Day To Run?
From Running Competitor online…
What Is The Best Time Of Day To Run?
Updated: Mar 22nd 2011 12:15 PM UTC by Mario Fraioli
The short answer is late afternoon—unless you normally run at some other time.
A couple weeks ago I rolled out of bed on an uneventful Thursday morning and went for an easy 6-mile run on the bike path outside my apartment. I covered my usual out-and-back route in 45 minutes, which seems to be par for the course when I lace up the sneaks before noontime on a weekday. Four days later, in the early evening on Monday, I ran the exact same route at an equally easy effort and the watch read a few ticks over 42 minutes.
It was nearly a 3-minute improvement over the same course in similar conditions just a few days later, with the only discernible difference being the time of day I headed out for my run. Afterward, I stood in my driveway for a second wondering, “Did my fitness really improve that much over the weekend or are my workouts simply more effective later in the day?”
Read on here.
Local Races This Weekend
Thursday, March 31
Gordon Hospital Run for Your Life 5K, Calhoun
Saturday, April 2
Knock Out Cancer 5K, Marietta
Dirty Spokes Olde Rope Mill 6.5 Mile Trail Running Race, Woodstock
Deputy Dash 5K, Hampton
What's a Zero Drop Shoe?
From Running Times online…
What's the Deal with Zero-Drop Shoes
Altra shoes provides something more refined than strip-mined running shoes
By Brian Metzler
As featured in the April 2011 issue of Running Times Magazine
For years, Golden Harper has been helping injured runners cut apart their old running shoes. Yes, literally, cutting them open with a saw blade. It's not that Harper and running store coworker and former high school cross country teammate Brian Beckstead were helping disgruntled runners achieve some sort of misplaced retribution for getting hurt, but instead trying to remove what they believe--what many experts now believe--is the culprit to a lot of common running injuries, namely the significantly elevated heels of most training shoes.
Essentially what Harper and Beckstead were doing was creating "zero-drop" shoes--or shoes that allowed the foot to sit level to the ground without a slope from the heel to the forefoot--by cutting a triangular shaped wedge of foam out of the back half of the shoe and then re-gluing them back together. They estimate they modified 2,000 pairs of shoes over the past seven years with an overwhelmingly positive response.
"Initially, we only recommended injured runners should do it, but then we realized it was a tool that could help a lot of runners who wanted to run more naturally and more efficiently," Harper says. "That's when we decided to pursue it as a marketable shoe."
Zero-drop shoes can make it easier to run with more efficient form, says Jay Dicharry, MPT, director of the SPEED Clinic at the University of Virginia's Center for Endurance Sport, though it's still possible to run efficiently in shoes with slightly raised heels.
Read on here.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tour deCatur This Weekend March 26
Come out and race or come out and cheer…
The ninth annual Tour deCatur is Saturday, March 26, at Decatur High School.
Participants can run the 5K race or 1-mile Fun Run, and all proceeds benefit Decatur’s children and youth through the Decatur Education Foundation. Check out the race route here and here.
1-mile Fun Run: 8:45am
5K race: 9:15am
Local Races This Weekend
Saturday, March 26
Atlanta Women's 5K, Atlanta, Candler Park
VanderDash 5K/Mile Fun Run/Tot Trot, Dunwoody
Kiwanis Club of Historic Roswell Spring "K" Classic 5K / 10K / Mile Fun Run, Roswell
Miles for Smiles 5K & 1K Fun Run & Tot Trot, Atlanta
Tour deCatur 5K & Mile, Decatur
Spring Into Action 5K & Fun Run, Marietta
Sunday, March 27
2011 Merrick's Walk and 5K Fun Run, Atlanta
Wednesday Night Run 3-23-2011
Congratulations to all who ran this past Sunday for the Publix Georgia Marathon and Half Marathon and big thanks to those who volunteered for the race. I had a chance to escort the 2nd place women’s marathon finisher which turned out to be a good story. Ever read this story, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/sports/othersports/23marathon.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1300730979-pneQjHACoW8dQjtJWw1C9A? Throughout the race my racer, Christine Rockey, was being cheered on as the 2nd place finisher. We heard the cheers of you are only this far behind, lead runner is cramping, and so on. So at the finish, she’s announced as the 2nd place finisher. I ended up checking the race results and Christine shows up as the 3rd place finisher. This is really fishy because the bike group I was with had the top 4 women’s marathoners covered. We brought this up to the attention of the race and it was corrected but not before the AJC reported the incorrect placement, http://www.ajc.com/sports/defending-champ-wins-georgia-879057.html. It would have sucked to lose out on prize money if a guy was running with a women racers timing chip. In the end, placement and prizes are based off of CLOCK time and not CHIP time. The old 2nd place finisher now shows a time of 5:32. It makes for a good story.
Earth Hour is this weekend and there will be a bonfire in Decatur Square. Also this Saturday is the Tour deCatur which benefits the Decatur Education Foundation. This is a great race because it focuses on kids running. Oakhurst Elementary has a track club which is helping students to train for this year’s race. We’ll be out as a cheering section at Adair and Hibernia.
What else is going on? What events would you like to share?
Here’s another route that we haven’t done in a while, the Lake Claire run. It’s not the best run for low light or dark conditions but now that we have more daylight during the evening runs, here it is. The link 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
Friday, March 18, 2011
Good Luck This Weekend!
To all the runners running this weekend during the Publix GA Marathon and Half-Marathon; Good Luck!
If you’re not running, come out and cheer!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Publix GA Marathon in Decatur
From the Decatur Minute...
The Publix Georgia Marathon is coming through the City of Decatur this Sunday morning, March 20th and we would love to have you participate! Decatur has a great history of participating in the Neighborhood Challenge and since it has started, we have won over $15,000 in prize money to go towards fitness initiatives in Decatur.
Decaturites are needed to come to the official cheering station on Ponce de Leon adjacent to the Old Courthouse Square on Sunday morning at 7:30 am to help cheer the runners on. Don your GREEN clothes and come out with a noise maker, signage, and/or a musical instrument. Let’s make noise so the runners remember our city. Runners are going to vote for their favorite Hydration Stations and their favorite Cheering Section so we want them to remember us! Prize money will go towards the city’s new walking program, “Walk There, Decatur!”
You don’t have a noise maker? Well check out the easy green project below…All you need is a clean, empty soda can, a few pennies or dried beans, and a piece of tape-VOILA! Plenty of noise for everyone!
See you on Sunday morning! For more info, please contact me katie.abel@decaturga.com or call 678-553-6573
Decaturites are needed to come to the official cheering station on Ponce de Leon adjacent to the Old Courthouse Square on Sunday morning at 7:30 am to help cheer the runners on. Don your GREEN clothes and come out with a noise maker, signage, and/or a musical instrument. Let’s make noise so the runners remember our city. Runners are going to vote for their favorite Hydration Stations and their favorite Cheering Section so we want them to remember us! Prize money will go towards the city’s new walking program, “Walk There, Decatur!”
You don’t have a noise maker? Well check out the easy green project below…All you need is a clean, empty soda can, a few pennies or dried beans, and a piece of tape-VOILA! Plenty of noise for everyone!
See you on Sunday morning! For more info, please contact me katie.abel@decaturga.com or call 678-553-6573
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