(((( JUNE )))))

Hello Running Friends,
Welcome to the month of June ~
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Lori Belokopitovs    June 3 (Thursday)
Eric Walsh & Carlos Rondon
June 11 (Friday) June 13 (Sunday)

Joe Timmsen and Noel Spencer raced in a 5k in Cedar Rapids. Read Joe's message :

Noel, Jon Appelbaum, Anthony Krumbholtz, Brian Garrett (Retiree), and myself from MFD and Deputy Willy Leza from the Sheriff's office. Went to the Cedar Rapids Fire Dept's annual 5k. They have a team division for Public Safety agencies. MFD was first over Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, fire and police teams. I'm off to "Another Dam 50k" in Dayton Ohio this weekend. Enjoy Dam to Dam.
joe

Congratulations Muscatine Fire Department ! (Picture below) Good luck Joe in the Dayton, Ohio 50k !

Nancy Shell and Peggy Bailey ran a 10k in Texas last Saturday. Read Peggy's message :
Stonebridge Memorial Day Race - McKinney, TX
Nancy and I were both in the Dallas area for the memorial day weekend so we participated in a 5K / 10K race.  There were 517 participants. We ran the 10K.  Nancy placed 1st in her age group and I placed 2nd in my age group.  Lots of fun!
Peggy
Congratulations ladies ! Way to run !

Charles Potter informed me of the following results in the Springfield duathlon this past weekend :
Saturday's Capital City Duathlon in Springfield, Illinois:
Tim Armstrong won his age group and was 11th overall.
John Fletcher was third in his age group and was 12th overall.
- Charles

Congratulations Tim and John !

Last Sunday was the Melon City bike races. Read the local results from Greg Harper :
Results of the 32nd Melon City Criterium, May 30, 2010 held in Muscatine’s Weed City Park.  Beautiful hot Sunny day for bike racing. 569 entries from 24 states, Canada and the Ukraine. 
Results for the Melon City Bike Club/ Harper’s Cycling & Fitness racing team:
Greg Harper finished 4th in the Masters 50+ and 16th in the master’s 40+
Bill Ford finished 22nd in the masters 40+
Chad Bishop 1st in the category 3 men’s race.
Jon Sulzberger finished 38th in the category 4
Josh Long finished 25th in the category 4.
The Memorial Day Weekend of racing finishes Monday in Rock Island at the Quad Cities Criterium.
Greg Harper http://www.muscatinecycling.com/MelonCityCriterium.html

Last Sunday, Chad and Becky Zeck ran a half marathon in Elkhart, WI. How did that go for the Zecks?

Upcoming races :
June 12 (Saturday @ 8 a.m.) ---- Race for the Cure - 5k - Moline, IL
June 12 (Saturday) ----------------- Marathon to Marathon - 26.2 miles - Storm Lake, IA
June 19 (Saturday @ 8 a.m.) ---- Maple City 4 - 4 miles - Geneseo, IL
June 19 (Saturday @ 8 a.m.) ----- St. Malachy's Steeple Chase - 4.65 miles - Muscatine
June 19 (Saturday @ 8 a.m.) ----- Paul Skeffington - 5 miles - Dewitt, IA
June 27 (Sunday @ 8 a.m.) ------- Hennepin Hustle - 5k - Colona, IL
July 3 (Saturday @ 7:30 a.m.) --- Freedom Run - 5k - Grandview
July 4 (Sunday @ 7:30 a.m.) ------ Firecracker Run - 5k or 10k - East Moline, IL
July 10 (Saturday @ 9 p.m.) ------ Moonlight Chase - 4 miles - Eldridge, IA
July 18 (Sunday @ 8 a.m.) --------- West Liberty Fun Run - 5k - West Liberty
July 24 (Saturday @ 8 a.m.) ------ BIX - 7 miles - Davenport


A message from Kent Ferris :


Hi Everybody! I know some of you, but I haven’t been to many races these past years. I’ve really enjoyed watching the Running Friends grow! It is truly amazing! My wife, Lori, and I read the updates and marvel at the races and runs y’all get in. My own “update” would be that I’ve hit the best stretch of running that I’ve had since 2003! I’ve slowly increased my mileage and am going pretty consistently again. Lori and I rotate who gets to go outside and who is on the treadmill (age of our kids and all). Enjoy your runs! Remember, KRKS goes on and on…
-Kent


Dam to Dam (Iowa's Distance Classic) - 5k or 20k - Des Moines, IA - June 5 (Saturday)
Here is a list of the times at Dam to Dam of the Running Friends :
Lee Hammerand 1:19:59   Teri Lyon 1:49:00
Joe Brown 1:32:30   Alma Brunson 1:55:12
Lisa Hughes 1:39:54   Mike Donald 1:55:30
Andrew Carson 1:45:30   Paula Gillespie 1:58:01
Stacey Eberhard 1:45:40   Charles Potter 2:04:46
Daphne Donald 1:45:54   Nancy Shell 2:13:21

Lee Hammerand placed 4th in his age division, Lisa Hughes placed 6th in hers. WOW !!!
Congratulations to all of the runners ! Awesome run !

Joe Timmsen... how was the 50k you ran in Dayton, OH last weekend?

June Bug Jog - 5k - Hampton, IL June 5 (Saturday @ 7 p.m.)
Eric Walsh & sons, Nancy Shell, Jim Tiedemann, Rodney Kirk, and I competed in the June Bug Jog.  Everyone received awards for their age divisions. Yahoo ! (picture below)

This week's group runs :
Wednesday - 5 p.m. @ the Y (6-8 miles)
Saturday & Sunday - 8 a.m. @ the Y both days. I will not be there, riding TOMRV this weekend.
Charles Potter is running Marathon to Marathon this Saturday in Storm Lake. Good luck Charles ! Ernesto Venzor, are you also running this race?


Dave May sent information for an upcoming race that some of you may be interested in :
Lots of money to be won at this race. http://www.fifthseasonrace.com/index.php
- Dave

Terry Curry has suggested the first "migration" of 2010 :
Do we want to run to Grandview on July 3rd? And then run the 5K Freedom Run? Put it out there and see how many we get. - Terry

For the past 3 years we have met at the Musco parking lot before dawn and ran 12.5 miles to Grandview...
then we run the 5k Freedom Run. Who's game?

The Des Moines Marathon is Sunday, October 17th. (3 weeks after the QC marathon) Is anyone interested
in going as a group to Des Moines? Nancy Shell and Charles Potter are planning to run it. I would like to run the QC half and the full in Des Moines. Please let me know if you would like to go. I will set up hotel reservations. Thank you !