Call to Brickyard

Well ... it's lookin' like possibly *only* the Dynamic Duo (that would be Mari and Beth) will make it to Brickyard Saturday morning @ 7 AM. Even they (who I think need 14) might not make it cuz they may have other plans.

Yours truly, Tray, and Brent are racing Fall Frolic on Sunday. Brent is doing a "Lee Bradley" and doubling at some race on Saturday but I can't remember where it is. So the Trinamic Trio will be MIA.

Lea'll be at Brickyard but she's got the "afternoon shift" (see her log post).

Rose is gearing up to do 22 on Tuesday and will be joined for some of it w/ Paulette. She's resting on Saturday to be fresh for Tuesday. Rose has decided to run Hogsback and volunteer before and after the race.

I'm not sure about Barb or Dave - I know Barb's reporting in from San Diego so it doesn't look like she'll be on the greenway.

Linda and Rose'll be walking locally on Sunday while the Fall Frolic group is burning up the roads in Stratford.

I am happy to report we have 139 people registered for Hogsback. Online registration closes tomorrow so if you want to do it that way ... get crankin'!

PS

I added the group shot we recently took that included the Dynamic Duo to our log page so if you visit it there's a 1 in 11 chance you'll see them (there are now 11 pix).

Have a nice weekend everybody. Pack a sweatshirt. It's gonna be in the 30s!

Lee

Lea's Bread Is Getting Stale

Good showing this morning! We missed Lea but now know from the log that she skipped that important step of actually turning on the alarm so setting the alarm didn't help much! Glad to hear you're fine. And that you will be running today locally and tomorrow long at Brickyard.

Carolyn Lloyd came a little after we took off and told Linda that she's going to build up her miles a bit and join us in a few weeks.

Dave did make it and decided to go real short and give his injury time to strengthen. Barbara went out 4 and back for a total of 8. Mari and Beth went a total of 18. Linda put water, vitamin water, granola bars etc. at the parking lot off Arch Street and all of us stopped twice and rested a bit / drank / ate.

(This is the garage / parking lot area where we took our waterstop break. The Dog Pound Building is up the road, on the right. Thank you Linda. Thank you Google Earth.)

Rose covered about 13 today. Brent, Tray and Lee went out 7.5 and back, picking up the pace in the last couple of miles.

Met a gal who works at Fleet Feet and invited her to run Hogsback. When she and Tray saw the T-shirt and medal, they were both ready to run it. Tray was reminded by the Race Director that she is at the registration table ... I'd like to run it too but think it best to make sure all the jobs get covered and will run long on Monday, the 26th, instead. Sounds like Rose will do her long (22) run the Thursday before Hogsback and will work on the food etc. at Hogsback.

Lea, Mari and Beth will run 7 to 9 early before Hogsback and then run Hogsback. We'll try to have the arrows, signage etc. in place early enough so they will know their way. Would be useful to carry a map of the course in case it's not marked when they start.

The Fall Distance Frolic (10/20/30K) in Stratford on the 18th starts @ 7:30. Lee'll pick Brent up (and Tray? others?) early Sunday morning and head down. I think Mari, Beth and Rose will be running Brickyard on Saturday and won't do the Stratford race the next day.

Great run today. Beth says she saw a countdown sign in New Haven that says 35 days till Hartford! Plenty of time to get that pace just right so that on race day you can meet your goal, whatever it is.

Lee

PS - Beth uses her cell phone to track her runs. Who needs a Garmin?! She gets pace, distance, maps etc. from it!

PPS - However ... Beth, Mari and the Thin Man have yet to log their runs by clicking Sonic The Cat. I thought you all checked that little box on your Brickyarder application form that agreed to do this. This is pretty much unacceptable and ... and ... we're ... very ... You might consider doing this. You would not believe the stuff those who do log are saying about you.

Call to Brickyard!

You are invited to join us at Brickyard Road tomorrow morning at 7 AM!

Lea put in a request for a couple of loaves of bread from New Haven so we'll be taking care of her tomorrow on this front.

It's been a rather mixed week of running and not running for many Brickyarders. From tender heals to strained ITBs, we've seen it all. But we're a smart bunch and have chosen to take a few rest days, keeping the race dates in focus.

Carolyn Lloyd will join us tomorrow (a veteran HTC member who hosted the Eddy Gorecki bench dedication gathering at her house last year). She will be running only 5 and at a slow pace but is looking for company. I'm thinking some of us who are going long might be able to go South across the bridge and then come back to the parking lot for a warm up before heading North and then back to complete a long run.

I think Lea's looking to complete her 2nd 20. Brent, Lee and Tray have 15 in mind. Rose tells me she wants to run 12. If Dave's ITB is OK maybe he'll be running. Barb did run New Haven so we're hoping she'll be there. Not sure about anybody else but of course would love to see you! Who knows, maybe Napoleon'll do another 20! 

Linda, Rose, Lea and I are in Hogsback mode, building our volunteers, pricing bagels, blitzing the media and getting excited about the 100 or so registered so far runners. Thanks everybody for stepping up to make this a good one. "Hoggie" is proud of you!

New Haven!

New Haven 5K and 20K - Monday, September 5, 2011

LBrad

Photos

The fast guys

Mary Almy ran the 5K

Rose ran the 20K - Lee ran it in w/ her

Tray ran the 20K

Brent took Lee and Tray down and Linda took Rose and Jeannette. Mary, who worked all day yesterday and had to head back to work after the race today, drove as well. It was a bit muggy and got into the 80s by the time we were finishing. Mary crossed in about 33 minutes. Barbara Kream ran the 5K and Dave Condit ran the 20K. Brent, Lee, John Courtmanche and Dave Condit all finished very close to each other, averaging about an 8 minute pace. Tray finished in 1:51 and change. Rose crossed around 2:08. We all had fun trying to find each other in the park after the race! The beer line was a mile long. Between all of us we walked away with about 8 loaves of bread.

It was great to see so many friends today. 

Ronnie Behringer, Andie Williamson-Hughes, Tom Walsh, Lani Ralston, Catherine Lyons, Kate Stoker, Paul Couzelis, Al Metro, Marty Schaivone, Sherry Duff, John Krasniewicz, Rob Fryer, Larry Chaves, Bob Dacey, Bob Tumiski, Keron Smith 

20K results

5K results

Well done, everybody!

Lee

Call to Brickyard!

I think this breaks the record for how late somebody posts on what they envision for Saturday at Brickyard. But in case you were wondering ...

Per usual, the gun goes off @ 7 AM sharp.

Lea's going for 20 and Lee and Tray will join her for the 1st and 2nd 10 respectively. Mari and Beth are rumored to be at 16 in their plan.

New Haven is on Monday which is not something Lea, Mari or Beth are worried about but given Rose, Lee and Tray's 19 to 21 run last Thursday and tomorrow's "short long," Lee and Tray are obviously living on the edge.

Not sure about anybody else.

Rose should be fresh for Monday's 20K. Barb's running 3.1 and streaker Dave will no doubt once again show us how to do it.

Oh, don't forget Brent. He's been in front of me waaaaaaaaaay too many times recently. And I fear will not disappoint on Monday. But, trust me, I'm racing.

Lee

Brickyarders Social at Tray's House

Hi Everyone,

Okay, I've been talking about this for at least a month so I'm officially inviting everyone over to my house - to celebrate friendship and the awesome running season we've had. Spouses, significant others are welcome as well.

We have run out of weekends (due to racing schedule) for Sept. I would like to throw out a few dates in Oct. People can indicate when they are available and we'll decide based on the majority who are available on one of the dates.

Sat., Oct. 1st
Sat., Oct. 8th
Sun., Oct 9th

Please respond in comments (if you're interested and what date works best for you).

Thanks!

Southington Apple Harvest Festival

As you can see from the title, I am promoting our local Apple Harvest Festival. There is a 5 mile run and a 5K run - start time is 9 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2. This is 2 weeks before Hartford.

I have a copy of the race application - it was emailed to me. But I don't know how to do an attachment on this blog. Maybe Lee can help with that.

Anyway, it's a nice race and they serve delicious chili at the end, as well as bagels, cookies, donuts, fruit.