September 4, 2007

We had a slim group of three, Susan, Matt, and Mark Hixson. We had a nice run a wee shorter than we anticipated due to getting lost for about 15-20 minutes. We recovered and ran about 4 miles. As it is getting dark sooner we will continue our runs until the end of September. No Bears were sited during our run. Hope to see a few more members next week now that school is in progress. If you would like to keep in touch, send me your email address for future fall group runs.

REMINDER TO REGISTER OF THE YMCA 5K ROAD RACE ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER PREREGISTRATION ENDS SATURDAY 9/8 (ONLY $20)

-- Mark Hixson

Weekly Run Group 8/28

We had 8 members this week, forming 2 groups one male and one female group. The temperatures were mid 80's with a fair amount of humidity. We continue to run about 6-7 miles averaging 7-10 minute per mile depending on the day. This week we had our second bear siting while we were standing in the McCleans parking lot. It was crossing 10 & 202 by the Human Society, no threat to us. Unless you had a back pack full of bird seed. Many of our run group members are training for fall events. If you know anyone that would benefit from our group run please recommend us, running with a group has greater benefits than running solo. As the daylight hours shrink we figure our group will run through September early October. Come join us before the days get to short to run @6pm.

Weekly Run Group

The Weekly Run group had a bumper crop of runners this past Tuesday with
12 people participating in the run. We are averaging about 5-6 miles
running in 2 groups with times ranging from 54:00-1hr. The weather has
been stellar for the past month. Let us know if Tuesday is a conflict
with anyone, we can always look into moving it to Thursday to
accommodate triathletes who compete Tuesday evenings.
Let me know.
Running tid bit: Lean forward slightly on the down hills your momentum
will increase.
Till Next Tuesday have a great week.
Mark Hixson

Blog Post

Many thanks to Matt Smith you who took my place as the official 6pm run
starter on Tuesday's Run. I was unable to attend due to a pre-engagment
to see the River Dance performance in Hartford. I'm thinking about doing
some cross training with them (NOT).
We had another 10 runners and with 2-3 groups forming. Weather was
ideal again, and next week we will have two groups one group running 4-5
miles and the second group running for any hour 7-8 miles. Hartford
Track Club has our group run information out to its members so we may
get a few new runners in the future.
Thanks for all those who showed.
Reminder when running hard or racing keep your jaw loose and relaxed.
See you next week
Mark Hixson

Tonight's Run

Hi guys,

It looks like the weather will be great for another run tonight! Let me know how it goes. Have we had lots of sucess with the Hartford Runners Club?

May Day Run

Doug I hope you don't mind posting for me I don't have a google connection.

For Tuesday's May Day run we had nice running weather and a great group
of 10 runners of which 6 are becoming regulars, 3 were from out of state
IL/CA thanks Steve for bringing your guests and we had one new member.
Welcome aboard!
We ran about 5-5.5 miles in about 45-55 minutes (group range). Steve
and Eileen have been showing us some nice runs through Mcleans. Our
tempo has picked up, at the same time groups are starting to form.
Reminder those who are running in the group keep spreading the word and
bring a friend.
Granby 10k Road Race is Sunday 5/6 @ 1pm weather looks like it will be
Awesome!
Did you know group running pass the time quicker.
See you next Tuesday.
Mark

Tuesday Run Group

Thanks for all those you showed up this past Tuesday the weather was
awesome!! We had a group of 7 runners and ran about 4.5 miles. We
had two groups that ran with in an ear shot, at about a 7-9 minute per
mile. The Hartford Track Club will have information about the Tuesday
Run in their next news letter so we should see a few more runners.
Keep spreading the word about our weekly run and we'll see everyone
again on Tuesday at McCleans at 6 pm.
Thanks
Mark Hixson