COMMUNITY
August 13, 2008: Welcome to new member John Gorsek! John's name is well known in Medina, by both race results and his successful career as a CPA (any advice on getting running shoes as a tax write off?). We are happy to have him in the club and look forward to any ideas that he may have to help the club grow.
August 5, 2008: Member Steve Marshall made the front page of sports in the Medina Gazette. The story coverd Steve's triumph over non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and his dedication and love of running. Hopefully, everyone got a chance to read this inspiring story. Steve, your fighting spirit, love of family, and dedication to your running serve as an example to us all and we are proud to have a you as a memebr of this club.
Mile after mile after mile...Congrats to Frank Dwyer and Roy Heger for yet another 100 miler under their belts. It was a fairly warm weekend for the Burning River 100 but as you can see from the Burning River website photos, everyone looked like they enjoyed themselves. Frank and Roy, you have a caloric deficit my friends...beer and pizza....beer and pizza.
Is it something in the water around here? We had a significant showing of members at the Buckeye 50k. The entire Fisher family, Frank Dwyer, Becky Steiner, and Denise Flores (who by the way set an age group record) all had great runs. Ultra running is going strong in Medina!
The feedback we've been receiving on the race has been great! For the first year there were only a few small glitches that are easily tweaked for next year. Leftover post run treats went home with volunteers and non-perishables (safety pins, pens, duck tape, etc. are tucked away for next year). Personal favorite moments of the race by Lisa Herbert was the AMAZING team of Bucks and Bees who were all of 10 years old and were simply rockets in size 3 shoes! Also enjoyed was the subtle "Niiiiiiccccce" by Becky "wildwoman" Steiner with nearly every finisher announced. Becky has an amazing talent of making everyone feel that they ran a personal best no matter what the clock says. By the way Becky, good luck in your triathlon next weekend!
August 3, 2008: The first Double Trouble Road Race ran at 7:30 am, August 3, 2008. It was a beautiful summer morning with a great turn out for a first time race. The volunteer support was outstanding and a big thanks to all who came out. Please check out the race page for results. The overall feedback on race day was "well organized, fun, great police support, good food, quick results, would definitely do again next year". How could we complain about comments like that!?! Having one under our belts we know how to make next year even better!
07-14-08: Thanks to everyone who helped update the roster. Some handwritings were hard to read so I repaired as best I could. Your replies helped tremendously. The last repair will be the Links page which I will repair once we get back from Cape Cod. Also, great news...the registrations are pouring in! Everyday we get new people signing up for our race. Members are encouraged to run so sign up today!!!!
06-28-08: Due to a significant server issue our site experienced a major crash on 06-28-08. Lisa is going to require some significant prescription medication to get through this one! After a lengthy conversation with tech support somewhere in the Pacific Rim, it was determined that the info could not be retrieved. Seven of our pages have to be completely redone from scratch. After sitting catatonic for a few hours Lisa began piecing back our fractured site. Please bear with us while we get things back to normal. Since our Roster was also lost in this crash, please double check that your info is correct when it is back up. Thanks for your understanding and patience. - Lisa