Wednesday Night Run 11-2-2011

Hello ORC,

On Sunday is the 2011 World Run Day, http://www.runday.com/, so go out for a run. Can you imagine with all the snow and bad weather the NE is having; folks will still line up and run the NYC Marathon. World Run Day lines up with the NYC Marathon as added motivation.

Yes, Cabbagetown Chomp and Stomp is this weekend. The weather is cooler so a little chili will be nice. The event has grown and grown over the years. It use to be easy to come in a couple of hours after it starts and there would still be chili available. Now it’s wise to come early. At Kavarna is Singing Green, a fundraiser for Greening Forward. Also on Saturday is the Decatur Wine Festival. Atlantic Station celebrates the Day of the Dead. Inman Park hosts the Inman Park Beer Fest and of course its requisite 5K. The Atlanta Area School for the Deaf in Clarkston has their Fall Festival this Saturday. It seems to be a busy weekend.

What else is going on this week/weekend?  Want to share?

With cooler weather comes a bunch of local races. Starting on Thursday is the Parks and recreation 5K at Piedmont Park.  I do not think it is based on the TV show of the same name. A couple of races in Inman Park. On Saturday is the Inman Middle School 5K while on Sunday is The Inman Park Beer Chase 5K. Other close races are the Strong Legs run at Turner Field on Saturday; the ATC Run Around the Rock at Stone Mountain; the Pass the Torch race at Grant Park; Georgia tech hosts the GT Econ Club 5K; and of course the Cabbagetown Romp and Stomp 5K, a favorite of mine just for the chili.

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.  The Lake Claire run was next in the line-up but it’s getting a bit too dark to run along McClendon and up East Lake Drive so it’s temporarily shelved for the winter.  After getting out of the hill on Garland, the route runs downhill until climbing Oakview Rd.  Then the route continues to climb Howard to a quick downhill on College.  Then it's the climb on Wisteria, and a finishing uphill at the shop.  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

Thursday, November 3

2011 5K for Parks and Recreation, Piedmont Park

Saturday, November 5

Run for the River 10K & 5K Road Races, Marietta

3rd Annual Partners for Chare "what if?" 5K Run/Walk, Dunwoody

Inman Middle School 5K, Virginia Highland

Kids II Strong Legs 10K / 5K / 2K / Mascot Trot, Turner Field

XTERRA Georgia Battle At Big Creek 9.0 Mi / 5.0 Mi Trail Running Race, Roswell

ATC Run Around the Rock 5M/10M/15M, Stone Mountain

Gwinnett Parks Foundation 5K, Lawrenceville

Callaway Gardens Twilight 10K, Pine Mountain

Pass the Torch 5K/10K, Grant Park

GT Econ Club 5K, Atlanta, Georgia Tech

Transfiguration Mission Run 5K/Mile, Marietta

Cabbagetown Romp and Stomp 5K, Atlanta

Minter Trail Blazer 5K & Mile, Fayetteville

Habitat for Humanity 5K Pumpkin Chase, Conyers

Kincaid Fun Run & 3K, Marietta

Sunday, November 6

Anything is Possible 5K, Kennesaw

Kincaid Fun Run & 3K, Atlanta

The Inman Park Beer Chase 5K, Atlanta

Fall Back 5K/Mile/Tot Trot, Sandy Springs

Wednesday Night Run 10-26-2011

Hello ORC,

It is the last weekend before Halloween so I guess you can call it Halloween weekend. So on Sunday is the 1st Annual HomeGrown Halloween Parade and Monsters' Ball. If you haven’t run (pun intended) through the neighborhoods, there is the Decorate Decatur Halloween Contest. There are many a yards that go all out to decorate for Halloween. Just at the corner of Hibernia and Adair are several yards filled with decorations. At Twain’s on Saturday is the 3rd Annual Moonshiner’s Ball. This is just a few of the local events this weekend.

What else is going on this week?

There are a couple of local races this weekend and some of you are busy training for your fall marathons. One of which could be this weekend, good luck to you. There is much more races going on this weekend and here are some local ones. On Saturday are the Big Pumpkin 5K Run/Walk in Roswell, the Race for Smiles 5K & 1K Fun Run in Johns Creek, and the Start! Heart Walk 5K at Turner Field. For a longer run in Mableton is the Silver Comet Half Marathon/Marathon. Meanwhile on Sunday is the 2011 Atlanta Dog Jog at Piedmont Park. Also on Sunday, watch out for traffic for the ATC Atlanta Marathon & Marathon Relay.

As a continuing friendly reminder from now until it gets lighter, wear your lights, reflective vests, etc. so you can be seen during your run. Please run safely.

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, October 29

Big Pumpkin 5K Run/Walk, Roswell

Race for Smiles 5K & 1K Fun Run, Johns Creek

Silver Comet Half Marathon/Marathon & Fun Run, Mableton

Start! Heart Walk 5K, Turner Field

Sunday, October 30

2011 Atlanta Dog Jog, Piedmont Park

ATC Atlanta Marathon & Marathon Relay, Atlanta

Inman Park Beer Chase

The secret of the world's oldest marathon runner

From The Guardian online…

The secret of the world's oldest marathon runner

Fauja Singh, 100, who completed the Toronto race, says it's all down to avoiding stress

By: Nosheen Iqbal

guardian.co.uk

Wednesday 19 October 2011 15.30 EDT

'Anything worth doing is going to be difficult," says Fauja Singh, the 100-year-old runner who this week became the world's oldest person to complete a full-length marathon, crossing the line at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront event in eight hours, 25 minutes and 16 seconds. (And he didn't finish last: five came in after him.)

At five foot eight and weighing a little more than eight stone, Singh is a spindly figure under his heavy turban and wispy beard. "Girl, you tell me: has anything you wanted ever been easy?" he says. "I was so worried we [he ran with his trainer] might not make it that we didn't tell our relatives we were doing it. I just wanted to break that bloody record."

Read on here.

How quickly is water absorbed after you drink it?

Interesting little article from Sweat Science…

How quickly is water absorbed after you drink it?

October 19th, 2011

I’ve always been curious about this. Sometimes, after drinking a big glass of water, it seems like I pee it all out literally just a few minutes later. Is this just in my head, or is ingested fluid really processed that quickly? A new study by researchers at the University of Montreal, published online in the European Journal of Applied Physiology, takes a very detailed look at the kinetics of water absorption and offers some answers.

The study gave 36 volunteers 300 mL of ordinary bottled water, “labelled” with deuterium (an isotope of hydrogen than contains a proton and a neutron instead of just a proton) to allow the researchers to track how much of that specific gulp of water was found at different places in the body. They found that the water started showing up in the bloodstream within five minutes; half of the water was absorbed in 11-13 minutes; and it was completely absorbed in 75-120 minutes.

Read on here.

Wednesday Night Run 10-19-2011

Hello ORC,

With a high in the 80’s on Monday and temps falling for the rest of the week; does 80 degrees count as Indian Summer even though it was just one day. This Saturday, Glenwood Estates is having a neighborhood yard sale. It will be Food Day at the Decatur Farmer’s Market. On Thursday October 20^th is a free self-defense class at the Beacon Hill Center. Garden Jams is going on Friday night at the Oakhurst Community Garden Project. Turn DecatuRED is doing a citywide fundraiser on Saturday. The taste Of Atlanta is at Spring and 5^th. There is a free screening of ‘FLOW’ on Friday night at Emory University. The Atlanta Indie Market and the festival on Ponce continue on. And finally the Little 5 Points Halloween parade and festival are this weekend.

What else is going on this week/weekend?  Anyone want to share?

Local races this weekend include the Run Like Hell 5K & Run Like Heck 1K for Kids at Oakland Cemetery. You can bet there will be a Halloween theme for races for the next week and a half. In Atlanta is the Road Race for Education 5K and in Piedmont Park is the 2011 Kids' Wheel & Run. On Sunday is the AKF/Partnerships in Action 5K & 1K & Kids Run in Centennial Olympic Park.  For something longer or different are the Athens GA Half Marathon in Athens and the 2nd Annual Georgia State Championship Trail Running Race in Lawrenceville.

This Wednesday you will be running route 6.  It's the elephant run as named by Gail.  There are the challenging hills of Delano, the grind up Rogers, and of course climbing up McClendon.  By the way, if it is getting too dark for this route to be run, let me know and I will shelve it for the winter. Last year a comment was made that the path/sidewalk along East Lake was too dark to see. And of course since daylight is shrinking away, wear your lights and other reflective gear for the run. 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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Play It Safe Before You Lace Up

This is pretty cool and something I picked up from the Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch online…

Healthy Patch Living

By Kelly Marie George

Play It Safe Before You Lace Up

Decatur sports chiropractor gives tips on how to avoid injury by preparing properly for running.

As the cooler temperatures kick in, people are able to spend more time outside walking and running. Perhaps you are even getting your running shoes out now and getting ready for one of the many races coming up.

Whether you are a competitive runner or you just like to do fun runs, it’s important to make sure you’re taking care of yourself and avoiding injury.

Decatur sports chiropractor Dr. Alan Bragman agrees that running is a great way to stay fit. However, he also knows the repetitive nature of the sport is associated with injuries such as, sprains, strains, tendonitis, fascitis, fractures and other problems with lower extremities.

“Most running injuries and problems are related to improper preparation and over training,” says Bragman. “Runners need to prepare for this challenging high impact activity by stretching, properly warming up, having adequate core strength and cross training."

These principles apply to all runners. Many people ramp up their running routines for upcoming races. Here’s where Bragman says he sees problems.

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A Marathon Runner Delivers a Baby

From the Sun Times online…

Woman gives birth after running Chicago Marathon

BY DAN ROZEK Staff Reporter/drozek@suntimes.com October 10, 2011 12:12PM

Amber Miller will take running a marathon over labor pains any day — but on Sunday, she mastered both.

Despite being almost 39 weeks pregnant when she hit the starting line of the Chicago Marathon, Miller ran through labor contractions and the unusually warm 77-degree day to finish the race.

She delivered a healthy daughter about 7 1/2 hours later.

“The race was definitely easier than the labor,” Miller said Monday as she cradled her 7-pound, 13-ounce newborn, June Audra Miller.

Read on here.

Local Races This Weekend

Saturday, October 22

Spooktacular 5K & 1K, Smyrna

Run Like Hell 5K & Run Like Heck 1K for Kids, Oakland Cemetery

Contact: Ed Williams (404) 327-7738. 

Dyslexia Dash 5K, Roswell

Helping Hand 5K, Lawrenceville

Road Race for Education 5K, Atlanta

2011 Kids' Wheel & Run, Atlanta, Piedmont Park

Paws on Pavement 4 Mile Run & 2 Mile Walk, College Park

Sunday, October 23

Race to Rally Hope 5K - 10K - Fun Run, Alpharetta

Athens GA Half Marathon, Athens

AKF/Partnerships in Action 5K & 1K & Kids Run, Centennial Olympic Park

2nd Annual Georgia State Championship Trail Running Race, Lawrenceville