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Wampanoag Road Runners
www.wampanoagroadrunners.com
In this Issue:
Boston Course Long Run
Boston Bus
Marathon Water Stop
Relays
Mt Washington Road Race
Wampanoag Triathlon Team
Fundraisers
Grand Prix Series
Shoe Drop
Wednesday Night
Sunday Fun Runs and Saturday fun
run
Dues
Monthly Meeting
Boston
Course Long Run
Our last long run for those
participating in the marathon will be on the Boston Course on march 25th
at 8AM. We will park at Boston College at the 21.5 mile
mark and run the course backwards for a while, turn around when you want.
There will be plenty of water stops along the way for hydrating.
We will leave DB at 7:30 for those that would like to carpool.
For those that want to meet us there, take a right into BC at the
bottom of the backside of Heartbreak Hill, just before the cemetery.
Take a left and first left into the parking lot, we will be ready to go
at 8.
Boston Bus
We will be leaving from DB
Sports at 7AM the morning of the marathon. Please park in
the old Ro-Jacks parking lot next to Sullivan Tire.
Marathon
Water Stop
The Wamps will again be manning
a water stop at this years Boston Marathon , nobody hydrates a runner like a
Wamp! It will likely be the same one as last year at mile
12. So if you aren’t running and don’t feel like going
to work, we could sure use your help. Go to www.baa.org.
Go to their website, under marathon, volunteering, find online
volunteer registration. Fill out the information including
Wampanoag for club affiliation and 12 mile water stop if they ask.
You can look up your volunteer ID if you have volunteered in the past.
At the end when you submit it, they will ask if you are part of a
group, answer yes. The group name is Wampanoag and the
passcode is Betty.
Relays
The Border to
Border relay across Rhode Island taking place May 6th. We have won this event
several times and it would be great to get a couple of 8 person teams in this.
Legs are fairly short...from 2 to 6 miles and the course is mostly gently
rolling from the CT border to East Providence . Send me an email as soon as
you can so we can get teams scheduled.
Finally, there is
the Reach The Beach (RTB) for those who like a little challenge to their
running. Although this won't happen until September, we need to get teams set
up fairly soon so we can work on logistics etc. Every year we have done this
event has been great for those who have participated so shoot me an email and
let us know you want to join in the pain…I mean fun.
Info on all of
these relays is on Cool Running website so check those out for the
particulars. There are some others that we may consider doing depending on
interest, so stay tuned for more updates as we get further into the season.
You can reach me at jimmor2@gmail.com
See you on the
roads and trails...
Jim
Mt
Washington Road Race
This year the Wamps will be
receiving a few automatic entries into the Mt Washington Road Race.
We will be getting 5 and it appears to be more than 5 people interested
so, if you are interested in the race, please enter yourself in the lottery
first at http://www.mountwashingtonroadrace.com
(deadline is Thursday May 15) Sorry for the short notice,
it was a busy weekend. Those that don’t get in through
the lottery will have their names drawn from a hat for the 5 spaces.
We will also need to provide 5 volunteers for the race in exchange for
the entries. Anyone interested in please let me know.
It has been some years since the Wamps have sent a group to climb Mt
Washington, and the folks at Pinkham Notch are still talking about it…good
times, good times.
Wampanoag
Triathlon Team
The Wamps are excited to
introduce the Wampanoag Triathlon Team. A primary goal of the team is to
introduce runners to the world of triathlon and get them started toward their
first race. Brian & Alicia McGowan will host an introductory meeting
at their house on Wednesday, March 21 at 7:30 PM (
15 Old Quarry Rd , Wrentham). All levels are welcomed. We’ll
have first-timers to Ironman finishers in attendance.
Please reply to Brian at b.brianmcgowan@comcast.net
if you’re interested in attending. Below is the meeting agenda.
Come on out and see what this is all about!
Fundraiser
Help Kevin
Myles support the Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center of Hopkinton,
MA.
Donation Instructions:
To donate online:
To donate by mail:
Kevin E. Myles Jr.
39 West Street
Attleboro, MA 02703
Grand Prix Series - 2007
The 2007 schedule is in and we
are going back to a more familiar format with 6 total races and the best 4
results counted in the standings. All 6 required for
IronWamp. The races are:
March 18– New Bedford half
Marathon
May – Attleboro 10K
May – Mansfield Booster 5K
July – Narragansett Blessing
of the Fleet
October – Rome BLVD 2 miler
(Overall place for this race counts in the standings, not age group)
November – Billy Kelly 5 Mile
Shoe Drop
DB Sports will collect your old
running shoes that you would normally throw away and we will give them to the
local high school track teams. In the short time we have been doing
this, it has been very successful and well received by the local teams.
If you are interested in helping, please just bring your old shoes to DB
Sports and we will distribute them. Thank you.
Wednesday Night Fun Runs
It is now light out for the Wednesday night
fun runs!! No reasons left not to join us for a 6 mile run
through the “Cliffs” at many different paces. 6:15 PM Sharp, everyone is
welcome to join us.
Fun Runs
You should all know this by now,
we are running from DB Sports on Sundays at 8 AM Wamp time. We
are starting a little earlier than usual, 8:10, so don’t be late!) Again,
great turnout lately with people doing all different paces and distances.
All are welcome to attend.
Also, Sandy Sheehy hosts regular
runs from her house in Lindsey Acres on Saturday mornings for those interested
in getting a few extra miles in on the weekend. These
aren’t for the faint of heart as Sandy has been known to make a grown man
cry on these “fun” runs. Distances and sometimes times
differ so please contact Sandy at the below information to get the details and
let her know you are coming.
508-643-626
ssheehy@mindspring.com
Dues
Time to get your membership
current!
Wampanoag Road Runners
PO Box 2526
Attleboro Falls, MA 02763
Or just drop them by DB Sports.
$20 for one year, $35 for 2. That is such a good
deal it makes me crazy!
Wampanoag Monthly Meeting:
Our monthly meeting for
March will be held on Wednesday, March 28th at 7:30 at Fitzy’s in Plainville
. All are welcome to attend. See you there!
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