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Karla
Bartley, the co-creator and owner of The Island Heron – a brand
new Yoga studio in Jamestown, is welcoming our club members to her
studio with open arms and offering a 10% discount off everything that
they provide – from a drop-in yoga class to a monthly membership.
Karla said, "Yoga can and does compliment running nicely and encourages
a healthy and active lifestyle." For more information, see www.theislandheron.com.
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Jimmy
Brunelle, who hails from the RIRR's small, but very strong "Atlanta
Chapter", has launched a new project called Crusted Salt,
a comic strip for, as
Jimmy said, "people who like to keep moving. Check it out. Share it,
pass it on, Like it, tweet it, follow it on Facebook, Twitter, Email
subscribe!"
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Once
again, the folks from the Wampanoag Road Runners are extending the
members of our club a $5.00 discount for our first RIRR Grand Prix race
of the 2012 season, the Old Fashioned Ten-Mile Race in Foxboro, Mass.
To receive this discount, you must mail
in your application and
note "RIRR: on your form. This offer will stand until Feb. 10, 2012 or
until the race is capped at 1,000 runners, so act fast! Click
here for
the race's web site.

The
top 10
finishers in this year's 2011 Grand Prix series are 1. Milt Schumacher
(584.24 points), 2. Penny Catalano (561.31), 3. Harry Carter (557.69),
4. Dave Pember (533.45), 5. Cee Vallee (525.88). 6. Mark DiFranco
(502.77), 7. Mike Vallee (488.02), 8. Ann Noyes (486.22), 9. Poyee
Oster (468.45), and 10. Denise DiFranco, who jumped up from No. 17 to
take 10th place by 4.5 points (467.17). Please note: the
20-second discrepancy from October's Ocean Mist race and "Mrs. Claus's"
45-second head start in the Beat Santa 5K were taken
into careful
consideration, but still did not affect the final 10 places at all.
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What
a way to end the running season! An astounding record 57 club runners
ran in the 2011 Grand Prix finale, the Beat Santa 5K in Portsmouth.
Yes, 57! There have been a handful of Grand Prix races over
the
past several years in which the club fielded numbers in the 40s, but
never did the club reach and surpass 50 -- until this race! For those
of you anxiously awaiting the final Grand Prix results, the results are
updated and posted on the Grand Prix page.
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The
Red Rooster
Ramble in Warren won’t start up again until March, but until
then, the 2012
Winter
Pub Run Series is under way! Like the Ramble, the runs are 5 miles and
start at 6:30 p.m. from the
designated pub of
the week. Bring lights and reflective gear ... all are
welcome!
Here's the schedule :
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26 --
Mudville in Newport, RI
2 --
Common Pub in Bristol, RI
9 --
English Cellar Ale House in Providence, RI
16 --
Oak Hill Tavern in North Kingstown, RI
23 --
Tortilla Flats in Providence, RI
1 --
Speakeasy in Newport, RI
8 --
J.R. Beans in Bristol, RI
15 --
Wild Colonial in Providence, RI
22 --
El
Parque in Portsmouth, RI
RIRR
member Milt Schumacher will be coordinating
Monday night track
workouts at the Smithfield High
track on Pleasant View Ave in
Greenville.
Warmups will be at 4:30 p.m., and a workout of 2-3 miles of
varying distance intervals will follow. All workouts are open to anyone
regardless of speed, experience, or
affiliation.
Milt recently said:
"Could
you be a Trackie? OK, I just made up that
handle, but it occurs to me that most of us hear or read of, or see,
other runners track experience and think "perhaps that is something I
should try." I heartily recommend that you find out for
yourself. Join us on Monday afternoons at 4:30-5:30 at the
Smithfield High School track on Route 116 in Greenville. Our
numbers have been lower than average this year, due to weather
conditions, injuries, frequent after-school activities crowding us off
the track (those occasions send us a quarter-mile away to the
wide-open, but soft surface grassy soccer complex). Now is the perfect
time to join us for your initiation (or return). If you want to race
faster, you have to train faster (safer, less destructive, and perhaps
more fun than just using your races to get faster).
For more
information, see the link above or
send an e-mail to miltschumacher@hotmail.com.
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As
usual, race reports and pictures for the club's newsletter and web
site will be graciously accepted. Send
anything you'd like (contributions,
thoughts, comments) to EricBen24@cox.net.
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For
those
who are familiar with Facebook and have profiles on
it, we have our own group (RHODE ISLAND ROAD RUNNERS) on it. Check it
out, join the group, and spread the word!
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Wallbreakers
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| New
York Marathon |
| Sunday,
Nov. 6, New York, N.Y. |
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| Manchester
City
Marathon |
| Sunday,
Nov. 6, Manchester, N.H. |
| Mike
Vallee |
3:33:29 |
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| Tekleng
Ung |
4:50:44 |
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| Rehoboth
Beach Marathon |
| Saturday,
Dec. 10, Rehoboth Beach, Del. |
| Eric
Benevides |
4:27:02 |
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| Bozena
Chmielewski |
4:56:56 |
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| Rocket
City Marathon |
| Saturday,
Dec. 10, Huntsville, Ala. |
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