February 28, 2009 Newsletter

THIS SATURDAY AT-A-GLANCE

Mileage: 14 (revised mileage, see training corner below)

February Volunteers:
Set-up – Sherry and Clark Osborne
Breakdown – Laura Diamond
Supplies – Tom McKiernan, Tom Monahan, Tim and Sendia Lysaght
Aid station/s – Tom Monahan

TRAINING CORNER
By George Arita, Advisor of Training
Georgerunvta@aol.com

ADJUSTMENTS TO CALENDAR MILES

We have two significant races coming up next month that have impact on Run Ventura/Inside Track Running Club. The first race is the inaugural Ventura Half Marathon on March 15 (Sunday) and the second is the The Great Race of Agoura Half Marathon on March 28 (Saturday). We encourage all RV members to sign up and run one or both of these races to obtain more long distance racing experience before entering a full marathon race. A number of our members and I will be running them. Come join us. Flyers for the VTA Half can be picked up at the store. Register for The Great Race race at http://greatraceofagoura.com/

The last day of regular registration for The Great Race is this Saturday, February 28th so go online today! Your entry will enable Run Ventura to have a booth at this race to help recruit new members.

To accommodate these two races, we will need to make the following adjustments to our scheduled miles starting this Saturday (Feb 28):

➢ This Saturday (February 28), instead of the scheduled 18 miles, we will run 14 miles.
➢ Next Saturday (March 7), instead of the scheduled 12 miles, we will run our first 20-miler.
➢ March 14 (day before VTA Half), instead of the scheduled 20 miles, we rest or run 2-3 miles only.
➢ March 15 (Sunday), run the VTA Half.
➢ March 21, instead of the scheduled 12 miles, run 20 miles.
➢ March 28, instead of the scheduled 20 miles, run the Agoura Half or help man our booth.
➢ April 4 and thereafter, back to our scheduled miles to target LAM. [However, if you are running Big Sur on April 26 as I am, ask me about my own schedule].

NO ESSAY THIS WEEK (sorry).

CLUB NEWS

*The Great Race of Agoura - coming on Saturday, March 28th

There's still time to sign up for one of the most popular and well-organized races in Ventura County! Sign up online at:

http://greatraceofagoura.com/

Our club is expected to have a big turn-out at this race. If you have signed up (or are about to) sign up) for the half-marathon, 10K or 5K, please e-mail Mira Reverente at mirarev@hotmail.com

Inside Track/RunVentura will receive a $10 credit towards a booth for every member that signs up on or before February 28th. Late registration fees start on March 1st.

*Call for Volunteers

Do you have an hour or so to spare to set-up/break down our home base on Saturdays? Or perhaps purchase some supplies before Saturday?

This Saturday, February 28th is critical. Our regular, ever reliable, water station guy a.k.a. Tom M. will not be around. Can you or someone you know fill in for him? Please e-mail Naomi Kress at nukress@yahoo.com ASAP.

An advanced big thank you from the club for volunteering!

Good luck to our Napa Marathon-bound members! Happy PR Day to all of you!