JAMS Club

Hanover Firecracker 5 mile run is Saturday at 8:00.  Have to be there by 7:30 to get bus up to Horton start.

Sunday’s run calls for a 6 mile run and a favorite one is the Mapledale hills between Hatch Rd and Tygh.  1.5 miles long means down and back twice, or more if you want. 

How about 7:30 a.m. parking on edge of Mapledale Rd just south of Hatch.  Route is http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1590135

Weather:

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.

Bugs:  ??, hopefully slow.  Leslie and I talked with a couple that walked MacCready last Sunday afternoon and they said bugs were not a problem there, interesting.

Happy 4th

EST Events held a ‘women only’ tri/du on 06/27/09 out at Waterloo’s Portage Lake.  There were a quite a lot of area athletes there.  They had a great day for it, and a large attendance.  It was EST Event’s first tri/du and seems as though they did an excellent job. Got a picture of a few of or girls.

EST Events is putting on a 10-leg triathlon in August.  After seeing that this one went off so well I’m eager to spread the word about the biggie.  I and a couple guys I know have signed up.  Some are talking about it and probably better not wait too long.  Check it out at http://www.estevents.com/race-bow.htm

Matthews

Wednesday nights feature the weekly "speed" workouts at the Middle School at Parkside.  
When I refer to "speed" I am defining "speed" as running intervals just slightly faster than what your target pace is for your "A" priority race/s.  

Jeff Beagle and I have Ironman Switzerland coming up on July 12, 2009, and as many of you are aware the last leg of an iron/full distance triathlon is a marathon.  So our version of a "speed" workout may be slightly different than someone who is working on foot-speed for a 5 Kilometer race.   The good news is that this usually means a large group can stick together in the same workout without causing too much confusion or congestion.

If your schedule (and interest) permits, join me at the Track on Wednesday night at 6:30pm.
Jeff and I will be leaving for Switzerland on July 6, 2009.   This may be your last chance to see (tell race stories, swap lies, etc)  Jeff and I until we resume training again (try not to miss me/us too much while we are gone).   This by no means gives everyone an excuse to slack off on their training.  

Speaking only for myself, I can say with 100% confidence that I will not be back before August – regardless of my performance.

Total running distance (including warm-up and warm-down) is usually in the 5-6 mile range.

Colin Dunham

EST Events is having their women’s only tri/du on Sunday at Portage Lake where Waterloo Tri is also held. 

Cheryl is doing the sprint.  Leslie and I and maybe others are going out to cheer and see how this event goes.  We are taking our bikes and planning to do some riding and running out there.  You are welcome to come out and join us.

Leslie and Scott are doing Detroit Marathon, Cheryl and I are doing the Grand Rapids Marathon.  Both are Oct 18.  Sunday runs are going to follow that training schedule for the next 15 weeks.  My schedule says 9 miles Sunday.

Concord Classic is 27th at 8:00 a.m.

Matthews

I can’t please everyone, so I got to please myself. Nothing Personal just Business.

Saturday, 27th,RUN,  8:00am (I think), Concord 5k, I should end up with 8 or 9 miles. Starts at Concord High School

Saturday, 27th, SWIM, 12:30pm  @ YMCA, 4000-5000yds, maybe less so I can ride more!!

Saturday, 27th, BIKE, 3:00pm @ East Jackson Middle School, Looking for 75 miles.

Saturday, 27th, RUN, 7:00pm  @ EJMS, 3-5 miles ….easy pace.

Sunday, 28th, Bike, 11:00am @ JCC field house Parking Lot (North end). Gotta Be done by 2:00, Graduation Party, you know!

There it is, possibly my last real weekend till after Clark Lake.

Beag

Fathers Day Weekend Workouts

Friday,7:10pm, SWIM @  YMCA till 8:30pm

Saturday,7:00am, SWIM @ Vandercook Lake County Park, over and back measures about 2200yds, I’ll cross it twice, wetsuits optional, 65 degrees last week.

Saturday, 12:00pm, BIKE @ East Jackson Middle School on Walz Road, Will ride loops around the Waterloo Bike Course and Surrounding Area.

Saturday, 7:00pm, RUN, @ East Jackson Middle School, 3 miles

Sunday, 11:00am, BIKE @ JCC Fieldhouse Parking Lot ( North End), ONE LOOP, 33 miles MAX!

Sunday, 1:00pm/1:30pm,RUN @ JCC, same place. I will run when I’m done with the first lap, I know two 9 miles routes and  8 & 7 mile routes also, I’m looking to run 20 miles 3 hours plus? Come run the last miles or walk with me.

Now for the rest of the Story, Colin is doing things differently. he’s Swimming Friday and doing an Open Water Swim at Portage Lake at 8:30am, a variety of distances, 200,400,800 and 1600. He’s going to start riding and meet me at 12:00 at East Jackson Middle School and ride till 3:00 i think He said. Sunday He has other commitments.

There it is, see you on the other side.

Beag

Cheryl and Matthews are going to join Beagle and others at Vandercook Lake for a swim at 7:00 a.m. Then off to run …

Run the 3 loops at MacCready Reserve beginning at 8:30 a.m.  Then bike from there out for some ____ miles.  And then back to MacCready to run some more.  Should make for a good morning.

Weather

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. East wind between 3 and 6 mph.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 74.

Next week, Saturday June 20, there is an organized open water swim at Portage Lake put on by the new Tri Race people at www.estevents.com.  It’s $15 + USAT before 19^th .  Might do that and either way we are going to do some running and biking out there.  This will be on Saturday and with Sunday being Father’s Day, we may skip Sunday.  Skip and Matthews are doing the EST Events Battle of Waterloo in August and were thinking of running some of those five run legs.  The maps are on EST website.

Cheryl is running Sunday morning.  Around Clark Lake for 7.5 miles.  See post below for Beagle’s plans out at Clark Lake Sunday too.

7:30 a.m. Meet at the county park across the street from the Beach Bar on Ocean Beach Dr.

Saturday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. East wind between 6 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76.

Matthews is running in South Bend Saturday and will have to miss Sunday.

SUNDAY,7:00am, SWIM Vandercook Lake, over and back 2000yds, give or take.  One or two crossing, you’re choice.Meet at the county park by the Bathrooms….4000-5000yd

SUNDAY, 9:30am, BIKE, Meet at Clark Lake, County Park on the East Side across from the Beach Bar, will ride the Clark Lake Triathlon bike course, 13 miles (6x), stopping for fluids every 2 or 3 laps…..80 miles

SUNDAY, 3:00pm, RUN, From the Park on the East side of Clark Lake, we can run the Clark Lake Triathlon Run, 4 miles or/and the Clark Lake 12K (7.4)……10-13 miles

Again looking for company for any part of the adventure, do the last 40 miles bike and the first 5 run or what ever. This is a trial run for Colin and I to see if we are on track.

This is a great opportunity to ride and run the Clark Lake Courses and get to know them.

Squeeze in that swim and what ever on Saturday.

Chow for Now, Beag