It's time for our Winter Break

It was a very successful year for our team in 2011.
Lots of individual and team success in a variety of races and events.
But now it's time for our annual winter break.

No official Wednesday or Saturday practices until Wednesday January 18 at LW East High school. Take this time to recover and rebuild for the 2012 season. Breaks in your training are a must for continued long-term success Cross train, do easy runs and start on the plyo and hip strengthening routines. As a whole our team was relatively injury free in 2011 which is a very good thing.

Sarah is resuming her Monday night run starting Jan 2.

Wednesday Run

Meet at Dick's Sporting Goods - Meet at the Entrance on the EAST Side of the Building at 6:30 for an easy run through the neighborhood. Wear your headlamps.

Monday night run 12/19

Hey everyone...we will be meeting at Centenial Park (pool parking lot) in Orland at 6:30 pm.  The run will be a 45-60 minute run through the neighborhood.

Hope to see all of you :)

Saturday Practice

Let's change it up a bit. Let's meet at Yankee Woods - 165th & Central Ave in Oak Forest. Parking lot is on the west side of Central. Meet at 8 am. We'll do an easy 6-7.

Just three more practices - Saturday, Wednesday and Christmas Eve, before we take our winter break. We'll start back on the track on January 18th. Take it easy for a few weeks, cross train and get ready for the 2012 season.

The Sombrero Run is Here

Sombrero Run Wednesday night 6:30 Human Race Sports on 152nd & LaGrange.
Join us afterwards for a feast of Burritos at Chipoltes.
Dress festively but do not outshine the Sombrero. You do not wish to anger the Sombrero.

Anyone can run a marathon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2QkfjHDYAM

Monday night run 12/12

Hey guys we will be meeting at the Palos fire station at 6:30 pm for some lovely hills...the run will be 4-7 miles.

Remember wear reflective clothes!

Palos fire station is on McCarthy Road (127th street)...right side of the street.

Saturday Run

Meet at Little Red School House at 8:15. We'll do an easy 6-7 miles. If you don't have any races planned it's time to shut it down. Cut back on your mileage, recover after a long season and let those nagging injuries heal. It's also a good time to start-up some cross training. Next year in addition to running races we will consider doing some adventure races and maybe even a triathlon as a team. More details coming soon.

Wednesd 12/7 Christmas Light Run

Tour the streets of Orland Park for 6-7 miles. Bring your headlamps.
We'll meet at the Human Race Running Store - for those that haven't been there it's in the strip mall on the west side of LaGrange 15148 S. LaGrange Road. - It's about 6-7 stores north of Chipoltes. Be ready to run at 6:30.

Monday night run 12/5

Hi guys...there will be no official practice tomorrow night.

I have to work...but you guys can always meet each other. 

Also, our big move was this weekend....so feel free to check out our new location.  Remember you guys get 15% off.

See you soon!!

This Weekend

Saturday - No official practice.

Sunday- If you are doing the cross country challenge:
We are going to car pool from Jerry Nelligan's house -13535 Tallgrass Trail, Orland Park. Be there by 7:15 am.
Bring an empty garbage bag(for your dirty clothes) and extra warm clothes for after the race.
Expect to get muddy - you won't be crawling through mud i.e. Warrior Dash but you may be running through it. During the race I would wear shorts even if it's cold - long pants will soak up water and mud and then you'll be lugging it around for 3 miles. You may want to bring an old, disposable t-shirt/sweat shirt that you can wear to the starting line and throw away (Marathon-style) at the start.
NO FUSCHIA.
e-mail me if you have any questions. richm259@comcast.net

Pub Crawl - Friday Dec. 2nd 7:30 PM!!!

We've had a lot of interest in the pub crawl, and we've worked feverishly to coordinate this around all these races to maximize the number of participants this year, so whether you’ve run with us once or every day this year, this is the time to come out! The pub crawl will start Friday December 2nd at 7:30 at Buffalo Wild Wings in Orland Park. If you’re planning on eating, get there earlier and order food right away, as we will depart at around 8PM sharp.

For first timers: This is not a race… we all participate together and move at a very comfortable/slow pace, so no one should feel they can’t keep up. Plus this year all places are within ¼ mile or so from the next one. Some women even did this in heels last year! (male or female, we are all tough skulls… no heels for the men though).

If you would like to join in but cannot make the start, you can call Carl’s cell: 630-854-6266 or Rich’s cell: 630-697-1499 during the evening to find out where we are going to be so you can meet up. Or if you can only make it to the last location, you can find us at Harrison's at approximately 10 PM. If I’ve missed anything or you have questions, just comment on the blog under this post. Hope to see you all there.

Wednesday Practice

Meet in the pool parking lot at Centential Park at 6:30. We'll do a run into Crystal Tree. If you have a head lamp bring it along.

Don't forget about the pub crawl this Friday -it starts off at Buffalo Wild Wings on 159th and LaGrange. Details to follow......

Monday practice: 11/28

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend!!!

We will be running from the New Balance store this week....we will meet at 6:30 pm and do 6 miles through the neighborhood.

Again wear reflective gear...see ya then :)

Saturday Practice

Meet at Little red School House at 8 am. We'll do a 7-8 mile run with some hills.

Wednesday Practice

If you're not racing on Thanksgiving. Meet at Centennial pool at 6:30pm. We'll do a warmup, a tempo run of 4 miles, some core work and a cooldown. Totaling 6-7 miles.

If you're looking to go out for Black Wednesday - post on the blog or on our FB page. If there is some interest Craig may try to organize.

If you're racing Thursday - good luck , wear black and take some photos.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Saturday - Meet at Little Red Schoolhouse at 8am.

Monday night run: 11/21

Happy.....Birthday Carl!!!!!!!

Please join us for the Monday night run and after get together for Carl's Birthday.

We will be meeting at Carl's hood....located in Orland Park @ 6:30 pm.  The run will be a 45-60 minute run through the neighborhood....and directly after we will be heading to Begger's Pizza to have a drink for Carl's Birthday. 

Carl's at 9800Avenida Del Norte Street, Orland Park 60462  (park on the side that allows parking please).

Also, once again wear reflective clothing...its more light but more traffic at this location.

Saturday Practice 11/19

Meet at 40 Acre Wood 119th st. (1 block east of LaGrange) at 8 am.
We'll do a run through the woods. Maybe a few hills for good measure.

Wednesday Practice - Mixing it Up

We'll meet at Centenial Park by the pool in Orland again Wednesday at 6:30.
We'll do a warm-up. Then we're going to try something different. We're going to incorporate some plyometrics & strength building circuits into our run.
We'll be doing:
Hill Climbs
Lunges
Push-Ups
Bench Jumps
Mountain Climbers
Kettle Bells

The run will be based on time not on distance so everyone will start & finish at the same time. You can do as little or as many of the circuits as you would like depending on your goals. We have never done this before but it should be a good work-out.

Monday night run: 11/14

Wow...that's all I can say.  We really have a strong team...and I feel so lucky to be apart of  it.  Congrats to all the SKULLS that ran the Tinley Turkey Trot.

We will be revisiting Palos Hills for our Monday night run @ 6:30 pm.  Hills are a great way to keep up the endurance and keeps the legs strong.

Once again please....wear as much reflectability as possible.  As we know there is not much traffic there but it is pretty dark.

Please park at the Fire Station again on 123rd (McCarthy Rd)...the fire station is on the right side about 1/2 mile from LaGrange.

See you all then :)

This weekend

No practice Saturday - Taper for those Sunday races.

Sunday if you're doing the Tinley Turkey Trot. Meet at the swinging bridge by the baseball field/concession stand at 7:30 a.m. for a warm-up. You can even park on that street, it's only a short jog to the start.
We'll all jog over to the start together at 7:55. Wear black Tinley gear if you have it. If not any black and/or with a skull will do.


If you're doing the Red-Eye good luck.