Lots of Running Friends News!!

Hello Running Friends,

In last week's newsletter I forgot to mention that John Fletcher received 1st place for his age division at the Scott County Park 8k Frostbite Footrace. Congratulations, Fletch ! You rock !
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Happy Birthday Terry Curry (a.k.a. KAZAR... leader of the Wildebeests)!
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This week's runs :

Wednesday at the Y @ 5 p.m. (carry lights and wear reflective vests)

Saturday at the Y @ 8 a.m. (color scheme for the day - any shade of blue)

Sunday at MHS @ 8 a.m.
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February 7 - 4 mile B-rrry Scurry in Clinton @ noon. Meet at Farm & Fleet @ 10:15 a.m. to carpool.
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February 7 - Rocky Raccoon Ultra Marathon in Huntsville, TX (Good luck, Joe & Dave Timmsen!)
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February 22 - 4 mile Chili Chase in Davenport @ 1 p.m. Meet at Farm & Fleet @ 11:45 to carpool.
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March 28 - Clinton Lake Ultra Marathon in Dewitt, IL ( 30 mile trail run )

http://www.secondwindrunningclub.org/Clinton/Clinton.htm

Running Friends that are signed up : Joe Timmsen, Nancy Shell, Tony Carl, and Laurie Eash
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April 11 - Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon in Champaign, IL

http://illinoismarathon.com/

Running Friends that are signed up for the Champaign marathon / bus trip :

Nancy Shell
Nancy Foxen
Teri Lyon
Danelle & Mike Much
Noel & Kate Spencer
Noel's Brother

We are traveling with Larry Sandhaas' QC running group. FUN ! If you are interested in joining us, it's not too late. Contact Nancy Shell for more information. ShellNancy@stanleygroup.com
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April 20 - Boston Marathon http://www.bostonmarathon.org/

Running Friends that have qualified and are registered :

Terry Curry
Kathy Whiteside
Joe Timmsen
Daphne Donald
Mario Garcia

The Boston group is gathering to discuss their plans for the marathon. They are meeting at the Button Factory @ noon on February 14th... Valentine's Day. We are invited to join them during their luncheon. Let's show them our support!
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Is anyone interested in competing in a triathlon? Tonya Armstrong sent this website for us to look at. We could get a Muscatine group to travel together to compete. If interested, contact Tonya.

tonya_armstrong@grainprocessing.com

http://www.hy-veetriathlon.com/

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PIE Fund Raiser (for Joe Mann’s Race Across the West 1,040 miles – June 2009)
Homemade Pecan / Pumpkin Pie / Cherry Pie / Apple Pie = $13.00 each

Contact Connie : cmann@machlink.com or call 263-9403 to order.
This PIE Fund Raiser will be ongoing for the next few months. _________________________________
Pictured below: 1 - 20 ) Muscatine Y Try Melon Triathlon on Sunday, January 25th.

1) Tim Armstrong / Joseph Brown (not pictured) - winners for male team with a time of 48:54.


2) Winners for age divisions : Connie Mann - 56:26, Chris Mann - 44:15, Kelsey (Chris' friend from ISU), and Eric Furnas - 52:20

3) Erin Carl, John Fletcher, and Mike Thomas (not pictured) - winners for coed team with a time of 42:52. 4) Hailey & Jeremy Oepping - winners for family team with a time of 47:43. 5) Kurt Sanger, Randy Kemper, and Mario Garcia - winners for business team with a time of 47:30. 6) Brett Guerra - overall female winner with a time of 50:46. AWESOME BRETT !
Other Running Friend winners for their age divisions were :
Dave Hurlbut - 54:39, Joe Timmsen - 50:58, and Alma Brunson - 1:10:36.
Charles Potter, Chuck Prill, Tony Carl, Dell Wagner, and the Zeck family also competed. Congratulations to all of you !

7) Tony Carl running his first few laps... only 30 some to go ! 8) Kelsey (Chris' friend from ISU) finishing up her last last laps to win for her age division. 9) Julie Evans took 3 minutes off her time from last year ! Way to go !

10) Dave Hurlbut waiting patiently for the gun to shoot off to begin his pool laps. 1st place for age division. 11) Brett Guerra's younger brother finishing up his final laps on the track. 12) Mikayla Timmsen (Dave's daughter) completing her 40 laps. 13) Mark Evans pedaling his way to 7 miles. 14) Dave Timmsen eagerly awaiting to begin. 15) Mike Thomas giving it his all on the final lap. Winning 1st place for the coed team. 16) Brett Guerra looked strong to the very end. First female overall. Wow ! 17) Tim Armstrong makes running look so easy! Winning 1st place for the male team. 18) Jeremy Oepping kept a steady pace for the 2.5 miles, winning 1st place for the family division. 19) Jean Pfeifer ran the track to help win 3rd place for the family division. 20) John Fletcher working up a sweat on the bike. Coed team finishing 1st place. 21) Last Sunday morning group run. We ran 7 miles. It snowed the entire time. 22-23) Last Saturday's group run... before and after our 12 mile run. Is it spring yet? Thank you cartoon editor, Dave May ! Keep Running ! Keep Smiling !
Teri