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By BILL GORMAN
Turtle Running Club
The Turtle Running Club of Ocala, FL, has evolved from just three runners (Terry Varnadoe, Stephanie Barker, and Hugh McNichols) in late 1999. There was little growth as a running club until 2006-07, when the number of participants in our runs slowly grew to the point that we now have 44 turtle members on the email list for our group runs.
Farewell from a Faithful Friend
By Bruce Morrison, Publisher
Ole Holsti was a longtime correspondent for Running Journal – and Carolina Runner before we changed the name.
From this publication’s very beginning in 1984, Ole, who was a professor at Duke University, was running races, taking photos, and writing stories.
Running: Alive and Well
By Richard Ferguson, PhD/Running Journal/August 2010
In April I once again ventured to Boston to compete in the Boston Marathon. It had been 18 years since my last Boston Marathon and I was curious as to how the race had changed in the interim. For one thing the race is larger with more than 28,000 entries, wave starts, and chip timing. Some things have remained the same, such as the enthusiasm of the runners, the classic Hopkinton to Boston course, and the thousands of fantastic fans and supporters that line the route as the course passes through the venerable towns of Ashland, Framingham, Wellesley, Newton etc. I came away from the 2010 Boston Marathon with a major theme being etched in my mind, that being the sport of running is very much alive and thriving.
Changes and Challenges for the Runner over 40
By Lena Hollmann/Running Journal/August 2010
Welcome to my new column about Masters Running! Once upon a time, Running Journal had a Masters Running columnist. Now, after a long hiatus, and after finishing my introductions of Southern Region RRCA State Reps, I am going to write about this topic.
As most of you know, a masters runner is anyone 40 years or older. This includes grandmasters (50 and over) and senior grandmasters (60 and over). We used to be a minority at the races, but as time passed and most of us stayed in the sport, percentage wise we are now much more a force to be reckoned with. The median age in road races has certainly increased since the running boom took off in the 1970s, although it is hard to come by any statistical research that confirms this.
Running Journal Grand Prix XXXII Champions
The Running Journal Grand Prix completed its 32nd season on Memorial Day at the Cotton Row 10K in Huntsville, AL. Final awards for the Grand Prix were given out after the race and most of the champions were on hand to receive them and socialize with one another after the competition was over.
Huntsville Track Club
BY HAROLD TINSLEY
Vice President Communications/Membership, Huntsville Track Club
The Huntsville Track Club, Inc. (HTC), founded in 1971, is a non-profit, tax exempt, all-volunteer, family-oriented, membership organization located in Huntsville, AL. Each year, the HTC conducts 14 road races, four trail runs, a triathlon, Eurocross race, track meet, a summer cross-country race series, and a one mile series of races for grade school children. For all of the club’s 39 years, it has maintained a close and beneficial working relationship with city government and the support of local media.
Tip Your Hat to These Two Women
By Dallas Smith/Running Journal/July 2010
You should have seen Margie Stoll and Marie Threadgill.
They had not met each other before that Saturday morning in September, 2004. They were acquainted only by reputation.
Ms. Stoll, then 63, was the fastest senior runner in Tennessee, dominant at all distances from one mile to the half-marathon, having recently run a 5K in 21:54. She sets an age-group state record every time she runs.
Peachtree City Running Club
The Peachtree City Running Club
P.O. Box 2377, Peachtree City, GA 30269
www.ptcrc.com
Founded by a group of runners in 1981, the Peachtree City Running Club has become one of the largest and most active clubs in the southeast. The club was formed to promote and stimulate an interest in the sport of running; to encourage physical exercise, sportsmanship, and friendship; and to encourage individual members to strive for proficiency, conditioning, and safety.
ShamRockers USA
ShamRockersUSA Trains Youth to Run,
Gain Confidence With Graduate Programs
By DIANE LYONS
13.1@ShamRockersUSA.com
ShamRockersUSA, Inc. was formed in 2007 in Sarasota, FL, to “Teach Teens to Run Half Marathons Around the World.” From the ‘Elite,’ the original seven young men who ran the Walt Disney World Half Marathon in 2008, ShamRockersUSA grew into a non-profit corporation created solely for kids 10 to 18.
A New Outlook
By Richard Ferguson, Ph.D/Running Journal/June 2010
It’s as if you’re running in quicksand. Each race you run the same old pace, same old times, and have the same old feelings of frustration. How often have you been working hard in training and competition, yet you just don’t seem to see any improvement? It’s not that you’re really getting slower, it’s just that you don’t seem to be getting any faster.
