Practice April 29th

Meet at Little Red Schoolhouse at 9:00 fOR A TEMPO RUN.

Wed. April 26th Practice -Some Hills....

Meet at 40 Acres Woods on 119th and LaGrange. We'll do a medium run then some hillwork up Little Bertha. We will start at 6:30. Try to be on time so we can avoid the mean Forest Rangers.

Practice Saturday 4/22

Join us for 10 miles of fun at Waterfall Glen. The run will start at 8:30.

Waterfall Glen is a crushed limestone path located on Cass Ave 2 blocks south of I-55.

The Easter Bunny Made an Appearance on Saturday...

But what happened to John Spannuth at Boston? Did he get some bad pre-race advice?

It looks like Brian Mitchell takes the team bragging rights at Boston with a 3:39.

This Wednesday meet at the track at Tinley Park High School. Practice will start at 6:30. Do your warm-ups from 6-6:30.

We will be doing 800s.

Easter Saturday Run Sat 4/15

Meet at 40 Acres (119th & LaGarange) at 9:00. Bring your easter baskets, the Continental may surprise us with an Easter Egg hunt.

Happy Easter.

Tempo Run Wednesday

Harriers,

We are going to meet at Forest Glen Drive & 123rd Street in Palos Park, right behind the fire station. This is about 1 mile east of LaGrange Road. We will warm up then do the Palos Road Runners tempo course. Here is a map of the course. Be there by 6:30.

http://www.runningforkicks.com/trainingcenter/courseMap.asp?g=1&o=69093&c=1&b=&u=

Saturday Practice 4/8

Meet at Little Red Schoolhouse 9:00. There will be some tempo.

Saturday Practice - Note Earlier Start.

Meet at Yankee Woods at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. The parking lot is on Central at approximately 165th Street. Just past the entrance of the George Dunne Golf Course.
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Practice March 29th

It's warming up and hopefully so will our attendance.
Meet at the Human Race at 6:15.

Saturday March 25th - VENUE CHANGE!!!!!

The snow melted quicker than I thought and it's supposed to rain so it will be pretty soggy on the trails. - Let's meet at the bike path on 151st just west of Harlem. Still starts at 9:00.

Practice Wednesday March 22nd

Bowing to Jim Raymond's scathing e-mail barrage - we will meet at Oak Lawn Indoor Track tomorrow night. The practice will start at 6:30.

Saturday March 18th Practice

What better way to shake off those St. Patrick's Day hangovers then to do some tempo at 9:00 Saturday Morning.

We're going to meet at Mike Sommer's house in Frankfort. He's not too far from L-W East. Here are directions from LaGrange.

Take LaGrange Rte 45 South to Route 30. Turn Right on Route 30 (W) go to Elsner Road the first stoplight. Turn left of (S). Take that about 1/2 mile south to Brook Side Lane. Turn Left on Brook Side Lane go to the end of the cul-de-sac and look for the ridicously big red truck. 621 Brook Side Lane. Mike's number is 708-373-2973.

There will be a special SKULL award for those who make it out Friday night and Saturday morning.

Wed March 15th Practice

Despite the dramatic protests of Jim Raymond, we will run outside this Wednesday.

Meet at Human Race Sports www.humanracesports.com at 6:15. We will continue our incorporation of tempo pace into our runs. Only a few more weeks until speedwork starts.

Soggy Saturday Practice 3/11

Let's meet tomorrow at the I&M Bike Trail at 9:00. We'll do the infamous GUTS tempo. There is an an 8 and and 11 mile loop so there is plenty of opportunity to get in some long miles if you're going to Boston.

To get to the Bike Trail take 104th Ave (Willow Springs Road) North to Archer Avenue. At Archer Avenue turn left. Go one block and make a quick right past the gas station. Then follow the signs down to the bike trail.

Map http://www.fpdcc.com/downloads/im_trailmap.pdf

Wednesday Practice March 8th

We had a good turnout last week at the Human Race Sports(152nd and LaGrange Road) so let's try it again. The run starts at 6:15. We will start incorporating some tempo portions into the run.

Saturday Practice 3/4

Meet at 40 Acre Woods - on 119th- 2 blocks east of LaGrange Road.

The run starts at 9:00 a.m everyone is welcome there are a variety of distance options you can run.

Rich

Practice Wednesday March 1st.

March is coming in like a lion so we'll be practicing outdoors - meet at the Human Race at 152nd & LaGrange in the Borders Plaza. The run starts at 6:15. The run usually goes for 1 hour but there are shorter options.

Practice Update for 1/18/06

Harriers,
Jeff started a new job and is unable to coach us on the indoor track.
Rich will try to talk to the school and see if we can get it but it won't be until next week at the earliest. We'll keep you posted.

In the meantime, we will be at the Human Race tomorrow. The run starts at 6:15.

Practice Update and the Disney Marathon

Practice on Wednesday Jan 11th is at 6:15 starting from the Human race.
Practice on Saturday Jan 14th will be at Little Red School House - the trails are in pretty good shape.

Jeff is coaching on the Thornwood Indoor Track! - Starting Jan 18th.
I will have indoor track workouts on Wednesday nights beginning January 18th, 2006 and ending February 22nd, 2006. Indoor workouts are at Thornwod High School in South Holland. From Orland Park, the drive is about 25-30 minutes. Time to be announced......

These workouts in the past were always fun, successful, and generally everyone stayed injury free. I think our biggest attendance was 40 runners in 2003. The workouts are moderately aggressive short/medium repetition workouts, followed by leg drills. We avoid injuries by switching directions throughout the workouts, and adding a thorough stretching routine after the warmup.

There is nothing like running once a week in in shorts and a shirt when the temps outside are 10-15 degrees. Fitness improves during these workouts also!

John Spannuth Disney Race Update

The race weekend was cold for FL standards especially on SAT for the 1/2 below freezing at the start with strong winds.

Jim Raymond did well running a superb 3:24 good enough for 4th in his age and 281st out of 10,200, this after running the 1/2 while cruising 24 hours prior in 1:34 good for 7th in his age and top 200 finish. What motivates this man? It is all about the Bling Baby! Jim had enough gold to look like he was wearing a MR. T starter kit! Count them 3 Gold medals draping this dudes neck, plus 1 in the mail for his top 5 age group in the marathon. Man this guy well need to do some neck rolls to keep his head straight.

I ran well setting a recent PR with a 3:11:11, if I could have controlled my bowels minus 2 pit stops watch time 3:08! Good enough for 119th, however only 21st in my age, and man I thought maybe top 5 in the Military Division, your tax dollars are being well spent people. 3:11 was only good enough for 11th in the military. See this war is good for something, get fit or die in combat baby!

Saturday Jan 7 Practice

Meet at the bike path on 151st Street just a few block west of Harlem. The run starts at 9:00. We wil go towards Yankee Woods.