With 17 or runners out this morning, we seem to be maintaining a higher turnout for the first month of 2012. This is a good sign and we should build on that for the rest of the year. A very positive development is that we have had a half dozen new people join our runs since the start of the year.
It's not yet like "the good old days" when we could draw 50 runners on a Sunday morning. However, the local running scene is a different world now, mainly because a large number of people run with the Marathonfest and Galloway training programs on both Saturdays and Sundays. Some of our runners like Wendy, Seth and Kirsty are members of both groups. Congratulations to Kirsty on completing the Ocala Half Marathon last weekend in a very respectable 2:21!
This morning we had Amy Weaver join us for the first time. Amy is an ORC Board member, as is Dave, our stalwart regular. Debbie and Sara, two of our newest members, did their first seven miler with the group today and pulled me along in the process. Their buddy Helene will be joining us next weekend. Helene and Liz 2 both plan to run the Princess Half next month.
Speedster Luis showed up minus his brace today, which hopefully signals a repaired hamstring. As it turns out, Luis ran with Lori, a young lady visiting from
It should be noted that Dede and Jeff returned to join us this morning after absences due mainly to pesky injuries. Hope both of you is back in the saddle again! It is good to have you back
See you February 5! We now have month one out of the way! Have a great week.
Jack
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I believe we should also recognize Russ for making a comeback after a brief down-period. I had him chugging pretty good until Seth's house where we parted ways. Later, I found myself running with Kim and Claudia (and Claudia's dog) all the way to mile 8. It was that kind of jet-pack morning.
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