Upcoming Practices

Great track meet tonight - we uncovered some speed that's been kept secret.

Saturday July 3rd - No Practice. There are a lot of great races this weekend - jump in

Wednesday July 7th - The famous Bridge to Bridge Workout - meet on 151st Street 2 blocks west of Harlem in the bike path parking lot. It's on the north side of the street. We'll do a tempo workout. Meet at 6:30

Saturday July 10th - Location to be announced

Mark the Calendar for July 15th - Sundowners 5K race in Joliet. Afterwards a pool party at the Casa de Barajas. Everyone should consider doing this race it will be a good time.

Have a great 4th of July!

The Track Meet is ON.......

Beautiful weather is predicted so join us for the track meet.

But first - Some bling was taken home by the skull at the MetLife Duathlon - Mary Bogdan, Rich, John McCarthy, Gerry C, and Sue Sipich all won some age group awards. I think I got everyone.

Sombrero Summer Classic Wednesday June 23 7:00 P.M
Mokena Junior High School Track19815 Kirkstone Way, Mokena

Events
100M
400M
800M
1 Mile
2 Mile
4 x 800 Relay,
Distance Medley Relay
More details - The first event the 100m will start at around 7. We'll kinda of go in this order. Bring your kids - we'll have a 400 and 800m race between these events to give us more mature racers a little time to recover.
All races will be age graded.
You can start warming up on the track at 6:15.

Invite friends and enemies - the more competition the better you'll do.
If you have extra stopwatches bring them. If you have an extra relay baton bring it.
Relays - we'll form teams that night but think about what you want to do. I know the Masters Team wants to take down the youngsters from the under 40 crowd. If they're up to it.
Guys against the girls???

Post Race Brunch

After the Met Life Duathlon tomorrow Steve is hosting a brunch. He'll have directions at the race. He lives about 5 minutes from the race site.

The Skulls are gonna rock this thing tomorrow.

Saturday Practice

Waterfall Glen at 7:30 a.m. Meet at the trailhead on Cass Ave. 2 blocks south I-55.
Please blog in if you will be there - may be a small group.

Good luck to everyone racing the Metlife Duathlon.

The TrackMeet has been rescheduled for this Wednesday at 7 pm in Mokena. Hope to see you there.

Track Meet

The track meet will be postponed until next Wednesday. Details to follow.

If it STOPS raining by 7:15pm and you want to stop by the Mokena track for a work out, feel free to join us.

Sombrero Classic Tonight

Come tonight rain or shine.
If it's pouring we'll wait for it to blow over, move the fallen trees off the track and then race.
Seriously we'll figure something out.


Bring lot's of water & G2 it's gonna be hot!

Get Spiked up and Psyched Up

Sombrero Summer Classic
Wednesday June 23 7:00 P.M Mokena Junior High School Track
19815 Kirkstone Way, Mokena

Events 100M 400M 800M 1 Mile 2 Mile 4 x 800 Relay, Distance Medley Relay
More details - The first event the 100m will start at around 7. We'll kinda of go in this order.

Bring your kids - we'll have a 400 and 800m race between these events to give us more mature racers a little time to recover. All races will be age graded.

You can start warming up on the track at 6:15.

Invite friends and enemies - the more competition the better you'll do.

If you have extra stopwatches bring them. If you have an extra relay baton bring it.

Relays - we'll form teams that night but think about what you want to do. I know the Masters Team wants to take down the youngsters from the under 40 crowd. If they're up to it.
Guys against the girls???

Saturday Practice

Beatin the heat starting at 7:30
Waterfall Glen. Meet at the trailhead on Cass Ave 2 blocks south of I-55.

Blog in if you will be there.

Wednesday Practice

Meet at Tinley track for the last time for a couple months. Be warmed up and ready to go by 6:45. We'll be doing 400's with decreasing rest.

Next Wednesday we'll be in Mokena for the Sombrero Summer Classic Track Meet at 7 p.m.
The events are
100m
400m
800m
1 mile
2 mile
4 x 800 relay
Distance Medley Relay

Cost for Tinley Track & Trail members is $2/event.
There will be awards and they will be age-graded.
Invite anyone to join us.

Good luck to all those running Short Run on a Long Day this Thursday.

Saturday Practice - An Early One

40 Acre Woods 7:30 AM. Long Run.

Mark your calendars for 6/23 7:00 p.m. Sombreo Summer Classic Track Meet.
Mokena Junior High School

Wednesday Night Practice

Meet at Tinley Park High School Track. Were' going to warm-up over to Mile Park. We'll depart from the school parking lot at 6:35.

If you want to go right to Lewis Park -it's at 16741Riverside Drive in Tinley. We should be there by 6:50.

Hawks afterwards?

Saturday Practice

Another tough but good practice last night with over 24 people attending. As I walked around last night and asked people how they did at their weekend races there were nothing but Personal Bests and Age Group awards. Your hard work is paying off.

For those of you that are still considering coming out - now is the time to give it a try. We have a wide range of abilities and ages so you'll have someone to run with. You have nothing to lose except a few minutes off of your race times.

Now back to Saturday - meet at Little Red Schoolhouse 9700 s. 104th Ave. at 8am for a long run.

Mark your calendar for our track meet "The Sombrero Summer Classic" June 23rd in Mokena. More details to follow.