Introducing the brand new Wicked Weekly Newsletter. Its full of “Wicked” good information! The newsletter is designed to be interactive and fun so send in your stories, your pics, and your race times to wicked.weekly.newsletter@gmail.com. The team that updates the Wicked Website will make sure it gets on the web for all of your Wicked friends to see. Got a suggestion or an idea on how to make Wicked’s Website even better?? Send those suggestions to the same email address as well. The newsletter will be updated every Friday, so send in your info before Thursday of any week to make sure it makes the cut. Enjoy!
CLUB NOTES… official club biz and reminders
-Our next Grand Prix race is Olde Salem Greens 5k, Presented by the Salem Park and Recreation Department. March 22, at Olde Salem Greens Golf Course 9am start.
Race benefits Salem Youth Basketball and Salem High School Cross Country Team. To register, go to https://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1663003
-”Wicked Does Yoga” with Alicia Diozzi at Green Tea Yoga. March 28th from 7am -8am. For more information contact Tim Short @ tim.short1@gmail.com
-Our next Board meeting is April 6, 2009. Meetings at held at the Salem Senior Center and start at 6:30pm. All Club members are welcome to attend. If you would like to suggest an item for the agenda, please email Tim Short @ tim.short1@gmail.com
From Beth O’ Grady
- Club members training for the Boston Marathon include “Steve’s Team” consisting of: Beth O’Grady, Karen Giroux, Sally Holtzman, Stephanie Cooper & Alison Phelan. The team is running in memory of Beth’s brother Stephen O’Grady, with all donations supporting the Stephen M. O’Grady Scholarship Foundation and the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem. Join us for a “Summer in the Winter” party on Friday 3/20 at the Moose Lodge. Summer theme, hot dogs, burgers & pasta. RSVP by 3/13. For info go to:
stephenogrady.com.
From Doug Bollen
Salem Park & Recreation Present:
Encore movie showing of the Steve Prefontaine Documentary
Inspirational movie
Thursday, April 16 at 7:00pm at 5 Broad St (Senior Center)
Showing:
Fire on the Track! Steve Prefontaine documentary (The best documentary on his life, Linda Prefontaine-sister of Pre)
Perhaps the greatest US runner!
Steve “Pre” Prefontaine
International Track Star – Hometown Hero – Running Legend
1951-1975
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift.“–Steve Prefontaine
A documentary film on Pre’s life (50 minutes)
15th Annual HIBERNIAN 5K RACE
Sponsored by A.O.H. Division 11 Peabody and Coors Light
Date/Time: Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 11:00 A.M.
Entry Fee:$18 Pre-registration (by March 12th) $20 Day of Race
Post Race Party with a D.J., free beer for runners, and raffle prizes!
For more information call Michael Page (978) 927-4203
To sign up online go to: www.northshorestriders.com/AOH
3.1 Miles TAC Sanctioned Fast Course. Mile splits and water stations provided. A.O.H. Club, 58 Lowell Street, Peabody, MA
From MJ
Although I joined some time ago, my time on the North Shore has been pretty non-existent, so I have not yet had the pleasure of running with or meeting anyone. I will be running in the Great Bay Half on April 5th, and hope to meet some of you then.
I’m writing now, however, to invite anyone who may be interested to come to Nantucket for an event. There will be a triathlon on July 11th on the island. I’d be happy to put up a few folks who may be interested. My house is small but cozy, (with an outdoor shower.) I can host up to five or six people. I won’t be participating in the triathlon. I am a chef and that’s our busy time, but thought this might be a chance for others who might like an excuse to the island (and have a place to stay!) I can be reached at mjmojer@yahoo.com
From Dan Barrett and Gail Gordon
Gail Gordon and I will be running the New Bedford Half Marathon this Sunday (March 15th, 11:00 a.m.) This is race number two in the USATF-New England Grand Prix. Unfortunately, it was just Gail and I in the 10 Mile Amherst Run.
So Wicked Running Club never got listed in results, but it requires a minimum of 5 people to make a team. You do have to sign up as member for USATF and cross reference Wicked Running Club if you want to be counted in the team. (But, you don’t have to if you want to just run individually) http://www.usatfne.org/road/gp.html
Are there any other Wicked Runners running this event? Please let us know. Thank you
From Rich Tomlins
Tewksbury Run a Pleasant Mile 5k race and 1 mile kid’s fun run, to benefit Tewksbury Memorial High School Scholarship fund. Sunday April 26th at TMHS. Prizes for top age group winners. Fees: $15 pre register-$20 race day and $10 for students. Race information and registration form can be found at
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/1/index.shtml or http://www.glrr.net/races/Pleasant_mile_5k/index.html
map route : http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=5423#reviews
Blog entry from the Dungeon Rock Racing. DDR recently competed in the Nationals at Mt. Hood in Oregon
Bill, Dan, Jay, Steph, and Patrick’s excellent adventure continues………..
DRR had the game plan, a day to get familiar with the course and conditions, a fuel loading team meal (jelly sticks and Hostess Snowballs on hold until after the race), a good night’s rest, DRR was going to make its mark. Then there’s Mother Nature…….Race morning had surprised us with another 10 inches of snow on top of the 4-5 inches the day before, and still snowing. Seven miles from the race at the base of Mount Hood, mostly uphill, and we had a team minivan. Race day start event, put on the tire chains. Dan, this wasn’t supposed to be this hard. With a race time of 11am for the Women’s’ and 11:45 for the men, we thought we had plenty of time. An hour later the chains were still being adjusted and the seven miles were going to be at 30mph and under. We could snowshoe faster than that. A little rushed to get out, DRR was on the move, its time to get racin’. As soon as we hit the road, the sun came out. Maybe the day was going to be good after all. But similar to New England, the Mt. Hood locals have a saying for the region, “if you don’t like the weather, wait a minute”. Sound familiar? The day would be a constant of a cycle of sun, dark skies-snow showers, sun, and snow showers, repeat.
The race start at Mt. Hood Snow Park had 15-inches of new snow and we would find the course was nothing like it was the day before. And the circus tent set up the day before for sponsors, officials and awards had collapsed under the weight of the heavy snow. There would be no passing zones outside the single track pack unless you wanted to get buried deep in snow; the only pass would be if the racer blocking your path would step aside when you shouted out “track”. On top of this, the bad weather in the morning delayed the early races, which were already perhaps packed too close together. Each race (5 scheduled) would find the fastest of the next trying to pass-by the slower of the previous. This would be a challenging day. The winner of the first race (Citizen’s) would turn in a time of 40 min plus for a 5k. The 10k was going to be a long race. Read more at http://dungeonrockracing.blogspot.com/
Members of DRR looking sharp
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