Saturday Practice

Tour the Trots.

There has been some interest in running the turkey trot courses so here are two opportunities

Saturday Meet at 40 Acre Woods -119th, 1 block east of LaGrange. From there you'll head over to the hilly Palos Park Course. Meet at 8:30.

Wednesday Nov 5th - Meet at Tinley Park High School Track at 6:30. We'll jog over to Vogt Woods then we'll do a tempo run over the Tinley Park Turkey Trot Course.

Fun times last night after practice at the Blue Fox. That's it for the track until next spring. No tears were shed.

Pub Crawl is coming................

Last Track Workout of The Year

Meet at Tinley Park High School Track. We're going to do a fun, quick yet effective workout on Wednesday. Try to be warmed up and ready to go by 6:30.

Afterwards let's head over to the Blue Fox for some pizza and drinks. The team champs at the Shorewood Scoot is buying the first round with their winnings. Even if you're not going to practice try to stop by (We'll be there by 7:45). We haven't seen some of the marathoners for a while and it would be great to hear your stories.

Don't forget to sign-up for the Tinley Turkey Trot - let's make the finish line a black-out.

Race Results
RicK Miller Sycamore 10K 45:47

Best Run of the Year

Fall Colors are at their peak! We'll be running through the magnificence this Saturday. Meet at Little Red Schoolhouse at 8:30. It will be just like one of those Michigan radio ads.

Next Wednesday we'll practice on the track. Afterwards we'll celebrate the end of track workouts by heading out for some pizza and beverages. Even if you don't make the workout stop by for a bit. More details next week.

Wednesday Practice 10/22

Meet at the track at Tinley Park High School. We'll be doing some short intervals. Be warmed up and ready to run by 6:35.

Race Results
Flossmoor 5K We went 1-2-6 with Chris winning then Rich and Gary(P.R.)

Orland Park Ride & Tie Skullduggery (Rich & Chris) Overall winners - 4th Year TT&T has won this race. Steve & The Continental(Trail Skull Dogs) dipped their toe into multi-sport racing with an age-group win.

Any more results?

Saturday Practice

No official practice Saturday - marathoners take it easy. Everyone else do a race. There is the Flossmoor 5K, the Orland Ride & Tie & numerous other events.

There will be practice on the track - Wednesday and we'll hae practice next Saturday.

Don't forget to post your results.

Wednesday Practice

500's & 300's that's the workout du jour - be warmed up and ready to go on the track by 6:35.

Marathoners - take it easy - a few days off than only light jogging.
Everyone else - there are some prime races coming up and the weather will be perfect - jump in.

Save the date -Tinley Turkey Trot Nov 9

Marathon Results

Bruce Hall 3:00:00
Tyler 3:09:47
Mike Blake 3:13:31
Tim Buttimer 3:19:59
Jim Raymond 3:20:06
Darcy 3:38:02
Francisco 3:40:59
Brian O'Donnell 3:43:25
Tim Hanson 3:52:37
Karen Duffy 3:58:53
Ricky 4:08:04

Not sure of Carlos's last name & John ran under someone else's number

Marathon Weekend

Saturday -Practice is 8:30 at Little Red Schoolhouse but due to the marathon and other races - be sure to check in on the blog if you'll be there, so you don't run alone.

Marathoners - the traditional TT&T meeting place is in the Hilton on Michigan Ave. Go in the main entrance on Michigan and go up the big circular staircase and meet on the second floor. There are washrooms. This is a good place to meet and wish your teammates well. Many of you said you would be there at 6:30.

There are a big contingent of marathoners from the team. Good luck to:
Bruce
Tyler
Tim B
Mike
John
Ricky
Carlos
Francisco
Tim H
Darcy
Jim Raymond
Karen
Brian O'Donnell

Carb Up, Hydrate Up, Follow Your Race Plan and remember by running smart skulls don't get passed they do the passing. Listen to your respiration - it's the tell-tale sign if your running too hard.

Mark the calendar

Tinley Turkey Trot - November 9th - everyone should be there.
Pub Crawl Nov 22nd

Wednessday Practice

We'll meet at Tinley Park High School and run on the track. Be warmed up and ready to go by 6:35.

Marathoners - will do three miles a race pace with a 1 minute recovery between each. Everyone else will be doing a ladder.

Any race results?

Joe Simone made his comeback Sunday at the Lift & run 5K with a 19:40 with 12 lifts. Rich ran 18:35 with 14 lifts.

Keith ran a 27:03 at the Morton Arboretum 5K

Saturday Practice & Some Other Stuff

Saturday - Meet at Little Red School House at 8:30. Marathoners can get in their last long run (10-12 miles, some at race pace) and everyone else can some miles in with a tempo finish.

Okay, here is the plan for the rest of the Fall Season - we'll meet at the track for the next 4 weeks. Our workouts will be a little shorter(both in interval length and overall speed mileage) but also a little faster as we try to squeeze the last bit of speed out of our legs.
There will be a special tapering workout for marathoners.

Then the next two Wednesdays Nov 5th & Nov 12th - we'll do some tempo runs to keep people sharp for the Turkey Trot Season. After that we'll continue to meet on Wednesday nights to do a casual hour run. We'll keep that up through mid December. Then we will shut it down for about 4-5 weeks. And then start up again in the 3rd week of January. (The plan for Saturdays in a future blog)

Racing - Everyone is in or close to peak racing form - take advantage of this and get some races in. The weather is perfect and you should run some great times. I know it will start to get a little more challenging to get your miles in as it gets darker earlier and the temperature cooler but hang in there for another few weeks and great things will happen. I promise.
Mark your calendars for November 9th - It is the Tinley Turkey Trot and it will be a great race on a fast course to do as a team.

Marathoners - cut back on your mileage - but still get a lot of work in at marathon race pace - now is the time to lock into how that will feel on race day. Don't forget to carbo load.