Health & Fitness
Highland City Strider Update (2/24/14)
Good Evening Striders,
This week, we are pleased to welcome Bernadette Golas of Boylston as our newest Highland City Strider.
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Hyannis. Congratulations to all of our Hyannis runnahs. It was a great day to be a Strider. 30 folk made their way to the Cape and four of our six relay teams came home with clamshells. In addition, Larry Kaplan set a new HCS record in the ½ marathon. All in all it was a great day and here are the results:
HIGHLAND CITY STRIDERS;COLONIAL RR Big Dave Kittredge took home the top honors in the ½ marathon for the guys and Maria Benway took the top spot for the women. Larry Kaplan set a new HCS record. Outstanding!!
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Mens’ Master Relay Team - Hebert, Milton, Kreiche, & Cattarin – 2:57:08 & a clamshell
Men’s Clydedales – Hoffman, Kitterman, Sambuchi, Zickus – 3:20:42 & a clamshell
Mixed Open – Mahoney, Cormier, Jake, & Volk – 3:22:00 – 8th place against some very stiff competition!
Mixed Master Relay – Lambert, Patalano, Johnson, Krom – 3:38:00 & a clamshell
Women’s Open – Masterjohn, Hebert, Foster, Burnett – 3:32:03 – 5th place finish – again some tough competition
Senior mixed master– McCombs, Rae, Taylor, Tanaka – 4:00:16 & a clamshell
Wonderful day with some wonderful folk! Be on the lookout for our next HCS camaraderie event on Monday, March 17th – our annual 3.17 mile fun run. Faith and begorra, there are only 22 more shopping days until St Patrick’s Day. Let the countdown begin!! Details forthcoming.
Charity Opportunity. Many of you know Sharon Foster, who leads our Wednesday night speed work sessions at Hudson High. Sharon is running the Boston Marathon this year with Team in Training to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). As a 10+ year leukemia survivor, Sharon is running to raise critical funds for research and treatment to help other have the same great outcome she has. If you are interested in contributing you can donation online at http://pages.teamintraining.org/ma/boston14/sgf726; if you would prefer to contribute via check; checks can be made payable to LLS and mailed to her at 15 Falls Brook Road, Hudson, MA 01749. Thank you in advance for your kind generosity.
SAVE THE DATE. The HCS Annual Meeting will be on Wednesday, March 12th in the evening,7PM at the Hudson Elks Lodge – details to follow, but the evening will feature a couple of presentations – one on nutrition and then a demonstration of yoga moves & techniques beneficial to runners.
Thought for the week:
Have a great week of running
Regards,
Jim
Stuff coming up – so many choices
A link to upcoming races – www.funonfoot.com/bosevents and also www.coolrunning.com and alsowww.cnsrun.org and finally www.northmedfordclub.org
Every Monday Night
Grey Hound Pub Monday Nite Run
Worcester, MA 6:30PM Grey Hound Pub, 139 Water St
(Free, Self Timed through scenic Canal District. Open to all levels)
Contact: Cyndy Curley (Grey Hound Pub). 1-508-754-1600 Email
February 23, 2014 (Sunday)
34th Hyannis Marathon, Half Marathon & Marathon Team Relay (HCS Camaraderie Event)
Hyannis, MA 10:00AM Resort & Conference Center of Hyannis, 35 Scudder Avenue
Contact: B.A. Event Promotions. 1-617-625-2140 Email
March 1, 2014 (Saturday)
The 4th Annual Black Cat 10 & 20 Miler
Salem, MA 9:00AM Bentley School, 25 Memorial Drive
(A perfect training race for you marathoners. Scenic route, awards, tech shirts.)
Contact: Ashley Steeves (BNS EVENT MANAGEMENT). 1-978-836-0271 Email
Tour de Patrick details visit: www.tourdepatrick.com
1. IRISH 5K, March 1, 2014 Pawtucket, RI
2. ST. PAT'S 5K, March 8, 2014 Providence, RI
All entrants will receive a race t-shirt, but the early entrants will receive the long sleeve technical shirts shown below. See each shirt below for limits
March 2, 2014 (Sunday)
35th Annual Stu’s 30K Road Race
Clinton, MA 11:00AM (Around the Wachusett reservoir.)
March 16, 2014 (Sunday)
Ras na hEireann U.S.A. 5Km
Somerville, MA 11:00AM Davis Square, Elm Street (The Race of Ireland & U.S.A.)
Contact: Somerville Striders Athletic Club. 1-617-625-2140. (HCS Camaraderie Event)
March 17, 2014 (Monday)
HCS Annual St Patrick’s Day 3.17 Mile Fun Run. Starts & ends at Finnegan’s Pub at 5:30
Faith and begorra - who knows when we will finish???? (HCS Camaraderie Event)
May 4, 2014 (Sunday)
12th Annual Westborough Spring Festival 5K Road Race – Westborough High School – 9AM
90 West Main Street (Route 30), Westborough, MA. On-line registration at www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=2122362
Only $15 bucks for pre-registered runners.
