Wednesday Practice July 2

It's hard to believe the year is half over.
Wednesday will be our final practice on the track for the next 6 weeks. As we usually do in the Summer we will move our wednesday night runs to the local roads, trails and hills to start building up our strength for the Fall racing season. Locations will be announced. Saturday runs will continue on Saturday morning. The Wednesday workouts will mainly be longer intervals, hill repeats and tempo runs. Saturday runs will just be long runs - perfect for those training for the marathon.

This Wednesday meet at Tinley Park H.S.track and be warmed up and ready to run by 6:50. We will do a slightly shorter practice to squeeze out that last bit of speed from your legs and get you ready to race on July 4th or the upcoming weekend. The practice will end a little earlier so if you want we can head out to a local beer garden for a few drinks.

Congratulations to John McCarthy for winning his age group at the MetLife Duathlon.

Saturday Practice 6/28

Meet at Little Red School House on 104th ave just south of 95th st. at 8:30. The trails should be in good condition.

Wednesday Practice 6/25

Two more weeks on the track.. Let's continue the big turnouts on Wednesdays.

Meet at Tinley Park High School Track. Be warmed up and ready to run by 6:50. We'll be doing a ladder.


Brian Gleich took third overall at the Short Run on a Long Day
Tyler runs a 3:04:51 - and qualifies for BOSTON - Congratulations!!!!

Saturday Practice

We'll meet at Waterfall Glen at 8:15. Meet at the main trailhead on Cass Avenue about 2 blocks south of I-55. http://www.dupageforest.com/preserves/waterfallglen.html
This will be a good old-fashioned long run - no ups or extras just some capillary-building aerobic effort.

Hey great turn-out last night - that's three weeks in a row with over 20 runners on the track - hopefully everyone is feeling the synergy and using the other runners to maximize your own effort - get some races planned - you're all getting faster and it's time to beat up on a few people.
Think about the Tinley Park Stars & Stripes for a 4th of July Race.

We'll be on the track for 2 more weeks than we'll take our summer hiatus and hit the roads and trails till mid-August. More details to follow.

Read an interesting article about our very own Continental:
http://www.nwi.com/articles/2008/06/14/sports/region_sports/doce8adcf8e85bc75cb8625746700811d64.txt

Good luck to Tyler who is doing Grandma's Marathon this weekend, all of the duathletes on Sunday and anyone else who's racing - be tough and pass a few people that last 1/2 mile.

Wednesday Practice

Practice will be at Tinley Park High School (175 - 2 blocks east of Ridgeland) Be warmed up and ready to run by 6:45. We'll be doing 500s.

All new runners are welcome to join us.

Ashley won her age group at the Pink Ribbon 5K with a 22:40

Saturday Practice

Harriers,

We'll be at Little Red Schoolhouse (9800 s. 104th Ave.) at 8:30. The workout will include a tempo run. See you there.

Wednesday Practice 6/11

Meet at Tinley Park High School (175th, 2 blocks east of Ridgeland) Be warmed up by 6:50. You can warm-up on the track or in the neighborhoods.
We'll be doing a ladder.....

All new runners are welcome to join us.......

Some weekend race results
Shana Run for the Animals - 24:44 3 AG

Band on the Run
Carrie Overall Female
Rich 1st AG
Carl 1st AG
Kevin 2nd AG
Jerry PR 5th AG
Keith Leikel 6th AG
Rick M 6th AG
Austin 9th AG

Jim Raymonds Team Fossil Velocity ran the Madison to Chicago Relay finished 10TH OUT OF 103 TEAMS!!!!! And..... they are all over 50 years old.

Saturday Practice - NOT

We are not going to have an official Saturday practice due to the number of people racing on Sunday at the Palos Band on the Run - if you haven't signed up for that race yet I would encourage it - it will be a good time to run with the rest of your teammates .

At the race we are also going to try and recruit some more members to the team. If you are interested in helping, try to find me and Carl immediately after the race and we'll get you some cards to pass out. Also try to wear some Tinley Track & Trail gear if you have it.

A training suggestion for those not racing on Sunday - do a tempo run 3.5-4.0 miles on Saturday.

Hope to see you Sunday.....

Wednesday Practice

Meet at Tinley Park High School. We'll jog over to mile park and do some mile repeats. We'll depart Tinley Park High at 6:40. If you're running late you can come directly to mile park.

We'll stay at the track for 3-4 more weeks working on our speed than we will hit the trails and roads for the summer -working on our anaerobic threshold and strength with some hill workouts.

Nice article about Austin & his dad Jim
http://www.southtownstar.com/neighborhoodstar/frankfort/979806,060108FMjenrich.article

A good team race that several of us are planning to run is the Band on the Run in Orland on Sunday June 8th. The course is in and around Centenial Park - where we have done several workouts this past year. So let's come out and support the team. It's $20 if you sign up before race day. www.palosfitness.com