Happy Halloween

I hope that everyone is in the spirit on Wednesday. I will be out walking with Sleeping Beauty and either a lion, Jasmine or Spiderman (gametime decision). Can someone give me the contact at TNT about the mentoring program? I tried to email someone from the website and got it kicked back.

Nike Half-Marathon Report from Beth...

Hope your trip went well Beth... let us know all about the big event once you get back in town!

TNT Mentoring

As of last week Shannon "spoke with Amy Rivera (she is the new staff person for triathlons and century rides)... basically the mentors are supposed to support and help with fundraising (along with general support) of TNT folks... it involves some random paperwork, checking in with folks, encouraging etc. As a mentor you can fundraise (which gives you the opportunity to participate just like we did last year... $ covered etc) or not fundraise (which means if you want to do the event, you have to register, pay to get there etc). You have to attend meetings to recruit people... (ie: the meeting on 10/22)... the meetings that are happening now are just for spring season... which means the ONLY triathlon event is St.Anthony's. Philly and hopefully a half-event will happen during summer meetings which start in the winter sometime."

So the no fundraise mentor option means that you do the event on your own but get to train with the team? That does not seem to be all that difficult but would like to ask Ms. Rivera some additional questions. Can you send along her contact information?

Spent a nice weekend in the mountains. Did some hiking, but mostly did a lot of eating and sitting around and fishing. It was great.

Crash and Burn

Yeah... Bernadette is back on the blog! Glad to hear the MS150 went well. How was the 5K today? My swim today at the triathlon went great... almost 12min faster than philly AND no current (phew... i did miss the shorter swim about a halfway into the mile swim ) The 18-19 miles on the bike were also great...took me a little over an hour... BEFORE... crashing over my handle bars onto the road/ditch. =( I tried to walk the last 6 miles, but was pulled. I have road rash from elbow to hand... and on leg...the worse part is my left shoulder was separated (collar bone is angry too) Obviuosly never made it to the run. OWELL!!

TNT is about to kick off St.A's training-- which is on April 27th.... even though i must become a runner 4 that silly half marathon... a bike ride would be fun...meeting for beer &food would be too!!!

Upcoming Running Events in Philly

Here are four cool runs coming up... since we are ALL such lovers of running... figured everyone would want the information... =) Let me know if anyone plans on doing one (or all of them)...

1) 10TH ANNUAL GREAT EASTERN STATE BREAKOUT RUN 5K... October 13, 2007. Looking for a great flat and fast course then this is the race for you. It will take you through the Fairmount Area ending at the East State Penitentiary. All participants can enjoy a post race breakfast & loads of giveaways. Who knows maybe you'll even win one of their cool awards!

This race is run by one of CGI's favorite volunteer groups ~ The Fairmount Running Club -www.fairmountrunningclub.googlepages.com
For more details visit ourpark.org.

2) Philly AIDS Walk(12K) or Run (10K) on October 21st...checkout http://www.aidswalkphilly.org/AIDSWalkPhilly.aspx

3) Dash for Democracy - a 5k here in Philly on Nov. 3rd.

(Nicole has a group of friends running as a team... maybe we could join that team or start another one)

4) Philly Marathon/Half-Marathon and 8K on Nov. 18th....(I am most likely running the 8K... but playing with the idea of running/walking the half in preparation for the half I am running in February

http://philadelphiamarathon.com/exec/philly/home/home.asp

Happy tidings for the 1st week of October

Congratulations to Beth on her engagement. Eric had mentioned at the Marlton Lakes Tri that he had gotten you a ring and was thinking of proposing during your vacation.

Congratulations to those that participated in the MS150 this weekend. I look forward to hearing how the ride went and hope that everyone made it there and back.

I am sorry that I did not follow up on Saturday's ride/run. It has been a bit busy with work and the girls birthday that I have lost track of my exercise routine. The hard part of getting together during the week has been the declining sunlight. Meeting this time of year at 6:45 or 7pm means running in the dark. I know that most of you are getting out there closer to your homebase so if anything, please keep us informed as to what you are doing. I know for myself seeing that you all are still motivated keeps me in the game too. If someone else has suggestions as to how/where/when we can meet, please post it.

I am supposed to run in the Conshy 5k on Saturday morning. I don't know who all is going to participate, but I hope to see most of you then. I am heading to the Poconos for some much needed R&R the following weekend.

As requested, please note the more positive post title for this week...