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

Saturday Practice-VENUE CHANGE

Meet at Vogt Woods Park in Tinley Park - 171st and about 3 blocks East of Oak Park Avenue. Vogt Woods 6527 W. 171st Street.

We'll start at 8:30 Please try to be on time.

The trails will be too sloppy - that's the reason for the move.

Our goal now is to keep working hard to reach peak racing form in the next 4 weeks. Everyone of your workouts should have a purpose. Add a little up-tempo portion to all of them if you can. No junk miles.

Wednesday Practice May 28

Meet at Tinley Park High School Track -be warmed up and ready to run by 6:45.

You'll do 3 x800 1 x400(fast) 3 x800
Recovery between 800's 2 minutes for the faster group
2:30 for anyone taking longer than 3:15 for their 800's

I will not be there due to my Grandma's wake.

Run hard!

Rich

Saturday Practice

Meet at Little Red Schoolhouse at 8:30.
There will be a shorter option for those racing on Monday.

We are going to go with team dri-fit t-shirts. More details to follow next week. I should also have a few samples.

Let's hear how the Corporate Challenge went.

Wednesday Practice

Meet at Tinley Park High School Track. Be warmed up and ready to run by 6:45.
We're entering the heart of the Spring/Summer Racing Season - if you want to drop your race times down please join us for a few workouts on the track. You WILL get faster.


Nice turn-out at the pub crawl we had 12 crawlers at our peak. It was a lot of fun and an unique experience. We'll probably have another one later this summer.

TTT Spring Bar Crawl - PRACTICE INFO TOO

SATURDAY PRACTICE 8:45 40 ACRES - 119TH - 1 BLOCK EAST OF LAGRANGE

It’s time for the TTT Spring Bar Crawl, which will take place Friday May 16. Thanks for voting, it’s good to see we’ll have 10 or more people out there for this event. Everyone is welcome whether you are new or old to TTT, or if you are thinking of coming out to run with us but haven’t done so yet. This will take place on the south loop, which includes Buffalo Wild Wings, Rock Bottom, Houlihans, and Harrison’s. Park at BWW (NW corner of LaGrange and 159th St.) and meet the group inside in the bar area. Note that this is a bar crawl, so those looking for speed work or mileage will have to wait until Saturday’s practice. But that gives everyone else a chance to come out as we migrate from bar to bar at warm-up pace. Here’s the schedule for those who may join part way into it or meet up after 10 at Harrison’s:

7:30 – 8:30: Gather at Buffalo Wild Wings maybe grab some food
8:30 – 9:15: Rock Bottom
9:15 – 10:00: Houlihans
10:00 - ???: Harrison’s

Note that finishing at Harrison’s allows us to be close to vehicles for leaving. We’ve also mapped out good spots for crossing intersections. Also, guys, I don’t want to see any short running shorts/shirts in the bars, and neither do the other patrons. I’d recommend cargo shorts or running pants (use your best judgement). Furthermore, don’t be scared to be out on a Friday night with practice on Saturday morning. I’ve pleaded with the Skullmaster to start practice later, and I believe he’s been generous enough to move it to 8:45. If you have any questions I haven’t covered here, or are just plain excited about this event, feel free to reply to this post.

Wednesday Practice

Meet at Tinley Park High School Track (175th - 2 blocks east of Ridgeland) We'll start the practice at 6:45 so be warmed up, stretched and ready to run.

Carrie came in 2nd female in 31:41 in the Explore Joliet 8K
Jim Raymond finished the Ice Age 50 in 8:45:48 26th Place Overall and 2nd in his age group.

Saturday Practice

Meet at Little Red Schoolhouse - 9700 S. 104th Ave. at 8:30. Part of the workout will be a tempo run as we continue to build our strength and speed as we enter the prime spring racing season. Be sure to choose a few races to take advantage of the fitness you've been working on since January.

Good luck to Jim Raymond this weekend as he embarks on his 50-miler!

Note to all runners that haven't been out for a while or those that haven't given us a try yet.
Come on out for a practice or two. There is no committment. If you want to come out once a month that is fine. If you want to come out for just 4 weeks to get ready for a race that is okay too. We welcome everyone. The more people that come out, the more people we have to run with and the better we all get. The speedwork, tempo and long runs we do are a lot harder to do by yourself. Plus with a group they are a lot more fun. So come on out - the only guarantee we'll make is that you'll get faster

Wednesday Practice

Meet at Tinley Park High School Track -175th and 1 block east of Ridgeland.

Be warmed up, stretched and ready to start by 6:45.


Note Steve also had a 1/2 marathoner PR on Sunday and Mary Bogdan was the first female at the Griffin 4 miler

Note to all runners that haven't been out for a while and those that haven't given us a try yet.

Come on out for a practice or two. There is no committment. If you want to come out once a month that is fine. If you want to come out for 4 weeks to get ready for a race that is okay too.
The more people that come out the more people we have to run with and the better we all get.
The speedwork, tempo and long runs we do are a lot harder to do by yourself. Plus with a group they are a lot more fun. So come on out - the only guarantee we'll make is that you'll get faster.

Great Day for the TT&T

Jerry did it! Jerry threw in a surge on a hill crossing over Rte 45 and gapped Kirk who had the lead most of the race.

Special thanks to Carrie, Rick and Kevin - for their much needed support on the course.

Here are the results
Bruce Hall - 1:17:10 Amazing! first male veteran $250 prize winner (he's buying Wednesday)
Rich - 1:27:59
Brian Gleich - 1:37:14
Jerry - 1:37:58 PR
Kirk 1:38:25 PR
Steve 1:38:30
Jackie 1:42:38 PR
Karen 1:49 :57

Some more TT&Ters that should be joining us soon:
Maureen Hansen 1:41:11 - 1st in Age Group
Karen Clifton 1:39:44
Brian O'Donnell 1:37:05

We'll be at the track on Wednesday - more details tomorrow evening.
If anyone is interested - we can go out for a drink after practice on Wednesday to celebrate.
It's good to see everyone nearly all of us hit our race goals.

Saturday Practice

Meet at 40 Acre Woods 119th St. 2 blocks east of LaGrange at 8:30.

There will be a full workout and a shorter option (3-4 miles) for those doing the 1/2 marathon on Sunday.

I would like to order either singlets or technical shirts for the team this year - please vote on the blog which you would prefer.

Also it would be cool to have a short saying on the back. Example
"If you're walking - you don't belong here." Perfect to wear on the indoor track next season

If you have any ideas throw it on the blog.

Wednesday Practice & More

Back to the Track
Meet at Tinley Park High School - 175th Street. Two blocks east of Ridgeland. Be warmed up and ready to start by 6:45. You can warm up on the track or surrounding streets.

Half marathoners - be sure to taper this week - cut your mileage by about 25% but maintain your intensity. Do some miles at your race goal pace.

Good quote as we enter racing season -
There are people in your race you are faster than. Beat them.

There are people out there who are probably equal to you. Beat all of them because you ran a smart race.

There will also be people who are better than you. Beat half of them because they run stupidly

TT&T has a long tradition of running smart races and beating people that go out too fast - figure out a good race plan based on a realistic evaluation of your fitness, be flexible to the conditions then implement! If you do this right you will be passing people in the last few miles of the race and we should never get passed!

Saturday Practice

Meet at 40 Acre Woods on 119th Street 1 block east of LaGrange.
We'll depart at 8:30.

I saw the article on the Running Times web-site and I posted the link in honor of the brave and tough women that run with Tinley Track & Trail

http://www.runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=11830&PageNum=&CategoryID=

Wednesday Practice

One more hill workout before we return to the track.

IT'S RAMSGATE!!!!!

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/partridge+lane+and++wolf+road+palos+Park+IL/

From Wolf Rd. take Partridge Lane west all the way down to the bottom of the hill and park in the cul-de-sac at the end.

We'll start our warm-up at 6:30. There will be hills, thrills and chills. Something for everyone.

Junior Skull Update

Austin is running well for Mokena Junior High representing the junior Skulls. He ran with the group last summer and some during the fall and winter. He's a 6th grader and ran the 1600m in 6:01 in his second meet. 15 minutes later he came back and ran the 800m in 2:52.

~ Jim Sz

Saturday Practice April 19

This will be a fun one:

Meet at Little Red School House 9700 S. 104th Ave.

6:00am Ultra marathoners start running
8:10 Half marathoners/Marathoners or anyone that wants to get in a few extra miles
8:30 on the dot - 3 mile warm-up to tempo run
4 mile tempo run (starting on 95th and Country Lane Rd.
2-3 mile cool down run.

For the mileage monsters - 12 miles
For anyone else 9-10 miles

Wear your mudders it's supposed to rain on Friday.

We'll be moving back to Tinley Park Track on 4/30. Let the speed begin.