Chuckit Running and Walking

Mid Week

2009-07-07T10:05:00.000-07:00

Had a great turnout on Saturday considering my hemming and hawing about being there with the holiday and all. Was nice to see about 20 smiling faces that am. I even ran a mile and walked a mile and am happy to say my knee wasn't that bad on Sunday morning.

Now that I've shared all of this happiness I'm sicker than a dog today. Must have eaten something bad. So I'm more than likely not going to make it tonight. It's time for the 2 mi TT/pace run so I won't be posting the workouts today. If you're still feeling a little sore from Rn R just cruise it more or less as a tempo run.

Tomorrow night for those on the east side the plan is to meet at Inglemore HS at 7:00 for the workout as the track at Juanita is getting resurfaced. I will be unable to make it then as well. Nice to have Regina around. Maybe we should rename the group RegIt.

Have a good run!!

Showing the love

2009-07-03T10:06:00.000-07:00

I'm going to go up to Seattle tomorrow for the run if you're interested. Same bat Channel , same bat time.

Figured I've really got nothing better going on so come on out and get your run over with.

Also remember thanks to The Special Olympics and Colleen and Andy you can get a free entry into the Seafair Torchlight 8K so let me know if you want one.

Seattle Shines Hosting Inaugural Rock 'n' Roll Marathon | Running Network

2009-06-30T11:11:00.001-07:00

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Mid Week , Rock n Roll

2009-06-30T09:57:00.000-07:00

Nice job to those that ran this weekend at Rock n Roll, with pacers and those who participated I'm sure there were about 80 or so of you out there.

Thanks to all those that paced from what I can see most were right on it although I found it interesting the number of you who finished but didn't really appear to have anyone following them and like I said most seemed be pretty much on their pace.

Also thanks to Enid and Rachele for their help in coordinating things, they really worked hard and helped make this easier for everyone.

It was getting on the warm side but all in all I think it was a great event with very good support.

I posted results (below) that I could find (in no particular order) and I know some of you aren't listed, but I couldn't find you. Again it's very helpful if you put your name on the roster, that's one of the reasons I put that up. I did see some of you but still couldn't find your times and I know some of you used others numbers so for sure I can't find you.

It's kind of funny I was able to get a media pass so I was right at the finish line taking pictures and almost all of you ran right by as I yelled in your face with out even noticing, now that is great focus. As far as the picture taking goes it got really hard at about 2:00 for the half as the flow for that race was really heavy and to top it off th eamrathon was just picking up steam finisher wise so I missed a lot of you but here is a link to the photo gallery I put together.

As far as the mid week workouts go I'll get them posted a little later today. Those of you who ran over the weekend except for most of those who paced should go on the easy side. Those who are training for Portland will be starting hills. Looks like we'll have a big crew training fo rPortland which always make it nice with a lot of trainin partners to workout with.

Last week on the eastside we went to the track for a workout only to find that the track is gone. I guess they are going to resurface it. I mentioned that we could go to another school but now that hills are going to start for most I think we can still meet at Everyday Athlete for now.

As most of you know the track at Grennlake is supposed to go away for awhile as well this summer but again while most are doing hills we'll keep with the current plan.

Since the 4th is this Saturday I think we'll bag the run unless a lot of you think you'll be running. Let me know.

Rock n Roll Seattle Chuckit Finishers

Tien Doan 4:59:46
Scott Armstrong 1:46:22
Jennifer Bendemire 2:23:22
Lisa Galvan 2:09:26
David Arthur 3:53:51
Suzanne Potts 1:59:26
Ken Tarleton 4:13:24
Melissa Frank 4:39:08
Ian Cox 4:00:14
Megan Thompson 3:54:56
Janet Palmer 2:25:40
Audrey Waller 2:13:01
Colleen Engle 2:33:42
Corrie Vaa 2:00:27
Allison Klune 1:56:51
Karen Gutkowski 2:15:32
Rutuja Khanzode 2:18:47
Vipul Hingne 2:18:48
Kyle Zitek 1:48:27
Susan McIntosh 4:14:12
Deborah Kerns 3:54:32
Pippa Fordwood 4:31:29
Brady Gustafson 3:14:51
Teresa Van Horn 2:14:20
Martha Koshiyama 2:01:40
Andrew Hammer 4:59:46
Suresh Krishnamoorthy 1:54:24
Andrew Bryant 1:26:32
Steven Brooks 3:57:20
Andrea Millikan 1:50:22
Laura Karassik 1:58:31

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2009-06-29T12:57:00.001-07:00

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No chuckit meeting on Saturday

2009-06-26T08:59:00.000-07:00

Due to fact that so many of you are invovled in the run tomorrow (Rock n Roll) we won't be meeting Tomorrow Saturday for the run.

I'll be down early and am going to take some pictures and maybe do some video. Since I can't do both at the same time (although I might try) I was wondering if any of you who might be going down to spectate would be interetested in help the ole coach out. If so let me know and if not I still love you.

Good luck to those are running, both pacers and those running for time.

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2009-06-26T08:07:00.001-07:00

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2009-06-25T14:35:00.001-07:00

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Mid Week and hopefully helpful info including building a little Chuckie

2009-06-23T09:17:00.000-07:00

Well Rock n Roll is upon us with the weather looking perfect all should be smooth sailing from here on out. Tonight's workout is posted and is meant to give you a feel for the pace you'll be running (hopefully the whole race). For those that are pacers in the race I recommend that you do the same workout working on your pace and for a little extra practice it might be good to lead others at the pace you plan to run. Get you used to running with others.

As you are working on your pace this should be hard from the stand point that it's hard to run the pace because it feels so slow, if it feels too fast then maybe we should talk and reconsider your goals. From here on out the rest of the week your runs should be lite and easy.

Here is some good info from a previous blog posting that I think will be helpful including building a litttle Chuckie.

So with so many of you running soon I want to go over a couple important things. Now that you have spent several months training for your event it seems like a waste to ruin it now by doing something silly. What do I mean by something silly, oh like wearing something new that you haven't tested out in training, eating something during (or right before) the event that you haven't tried in training. Not sticking to your race plan and having feelings of grandeurs. (this is a big one) Now you say heck I wouldn't do any of that stuff but it seems to me that the week of the race a certain level of insanity seems to set in and normal level headed people do some really silly stuff. I will admit that I have fallen victim to all that I listed so I know of what I speak.

So let's take the big three separately:

Wearing something new - What I mean by this is don't try some new stuff this week, meaning new shoes or clothing. You might get away with it but you might not, so it's not worth the risk. If you're going to do new shoes make sure at least they are the model that you have been wearing. I ruined a perfectly good Seattle Marathon by doing this, getting some very nice blisters in the process.

You'll be tempted at the race expos to buy new stuff for your race so you'll be the best looking person on the course but again unless you've worn it before not worth the risk. We had a group member once ruin a perfectly good Disney Marathon by wearing some new shorts he got at the expo and wearing them and in the process loosing some blood and not finishing, he could have used some serious body glide.
Eating something new - Meaning don't try new foods or supplements before the race, again those abound at the expos but unless you've tried it in training don't risk it. I "once" found out that Bee Pollen is a good laxative and ruined a perfectly good marathon.
Not sticking to your race plan (getting feelings of grandeur) - Now this is probably the biggest one. I don't know what happens on race day but like I said something happens to normally level headed people, again here I know what I speak of from past experience. As you start your race it should feel very easy. Its supposed to, it doesn't mean you're in better shape than you thought and all of a sudden you're a contender for the race victory. It means be cautious and enjoy it while it last as it will get tougher as the miles go by and if by chance you're still feeling good into the last quarter of your race then let er rip, you've ran a good race and had a good plan.

If you start out a little faster than you want then slow it down and get back on your pace. The earlier the better. It's easy to get out a little fast because you're excited and your adrenaline is pumping so you'll feel very good early. Don't make the mistake of believing that you're in much better shape than your training has told you, you're probably right, again if you feel good going into the last quarter of your race then go. It's funny how many people end up doing this.

On another note if you're not feeling good early, as long as you're on the pace you should be you'll probably work out of it as you warm up. My best marathons were ones where I felt I wasn't going to be able to finish in the first few miles.

I know you all are say I won't do any of this stuff but you know what I bet 1/3 of you will. Hey we have already had people fall victim to this this year. So try to stay sane.

Ok by request I'm going to go over building my pre race Chuckie. I know sounds kind of scary but it's not and it's a good idea so there.

What I mean by building a little Chuckie is making sure that I have all of my gear that I'm going to need come race time. So generally the day before, not the night before as you might need to get something and it might be to late to get it.

So I go to my bed (I know you're thinking where the hell is he going with this. ) I start with Chuckies head. If I'm going to wear a hat I lay that down first, maybe some sun glasses. Next I lay down the top (right below Chuckies head) I'm going to run in making sure to put on the number, you would be surprised at how often you don't have enough pins. Below that I put my shorts and any thing else I might wear. Below that my socks, then shoes and timing chip if needed and there you have it a little Chuckie. Now if you decide to do this and you call your layout a little Chuckie, now that is a little scary ;)

One more thing be careful with your prerace activities I know you're going to different lands and they are full of adventure but save that for after your race, make sure that you rest up and stay off your feet, the day before don't walk five miles taking in the sites. Remember you've invested a lot of time in preparing for this and being a tourist can wait until the day ofter.

Have a great race.

Mid Week, Hydrate, Fall plans, Oiselle, Shore Run

2009-06-16T10:22:00.000-07:00

The mid week workouts are posted. Well RnR is only about a week and half away so most of you are winding your training down with this weeks group workout being your last hard one, make it a good one.Make sure that get plenty of rest here on out and hydrate well. Don't over do it but with the way the weather has been it might be on the warm side so it might be good to keep that area covered. You might also mix in something like gator aid along with water to make sure you don't flush out your system with water.

The rest of you are gearing up for a fall event. So far I see a few planning for SJJ Half, Portland, Skagit Flats, Victoria, Marine Corps, Nike Women's, Vegas, Cal International, New York and of course Seattle, so another well rounded training summer ahead of us.

I was out at fremont on Friday and saw a few of you there. I put up a slide show of the pics that I took. It was a nice night for the run and most had great runs.

Don't forget the Oiselle ladies night this saturday night at Super Jock from 6-8 pm if you plan to attend please rsvp here http://www.runchuckit.com/oiselle.asp

Also don't forget that the Shore Run (Seward to Madison) is the Day after the RnR events and they are in need of volunteers here is the info that I have.

I hoped that you could add a plug to the Shore Run to the blog--we need runners and course marshals, so if people have just run Rock N Roll, they can still come out and help on the course. It's a great event--all the $$ goes to support cancer research. Here's a link: http://www.fhcrc.org/about/ne/events/shorerun/index.html.

Photo Gallery Posted, Chuckisms, oiselle night

2009-06-11T10:11:00.000-07:00

I put up a photo gallery from this weeks mid week workout.

Last night after the workout 18 if our members went out for pizza to wish a couple (Geoff and Nancy Dunbar) from the group good luck in their move to California. They had put a list of their favorite sayings (chuckisms) that I use (appearently a lot) and once that got started everyone from the table had one or two so we put a list together that I'm sharing here.

Don't slap your feet
Don't do your long runs too fast.
Consistency.
It's ok to wake up with a little chuckie.
Don't buy anyhting new the day of the race.
The first few miles during the race should be easy.
Run like you have ski poles in your hands.
If you want to run fast you have to run fast.
use your arms to run faster.
"what are you carring all that crap for"?? (water and Gu)
I'm getting alot of complaints from people that their times aren't improving
Ice it.
They've got the love injury(new boy friend or girl friend)
Wedding and babies kill my business

Well after looking at it they're right I do thos use those a lot and probably always will.
Good luck Geoff and Nanacy it's been a pleasure getting to know you guys and being able to help you with your runniung and of course being able to chare my Chuckism's with you.

On June 20th from 6-8pm at Super Jock n Jill, Sally from oiselle will be having a ladies night where she'll offer group members 20% of product in her line. if you plan to attend please here and RSVP

Mid Week, ,tune up race, Chuckit member Chicago blog.

2009-06-09T10:20:00.000-07:00

The midweek workouts are posted. Most will be finishing up with track for RnR while many are stating to get ready for a fall event. The Super Jock n Jill Half Marathon training plan starts this week. Only 3 months to go which means only 4 months to go for most fall marathons.

For those finishing up with training for RnR I was thinking that the Fremont 5K would be an exellent race to get in before RnR. I always like to run a race 2-3 weeks before my marathon. Take advantage of the tapering and get one extra speed workout in to sharpen up before the race. The race is this Friday evening in Fremont of course. It's pretty fast course with a hill early on and then mostly flat. I'll be out taking pictures and of course takiung advantage of the beer garden afterward. Hope you can make it, it's always good to see you guys outside of the group.

A few people have mentioned getting singlets, (tanktops) for the summer. I'm going to investigate over the next couple of days and send out mail once I get an ideas of which one we''ll get as well as a price. More coming soon.

One of our fine members has been selected by the the Chicago Marathon to provide an online blog of her summer training for that race. I think a fine selection as well. Enid Moore who has been in the group for a few years will be blogging through the summer so follow her and her training here ,it should be fun.

Image Gallery Posted, Chuckit night at Super Jock

2009-05-28T13:04:00.000-07:00

I put up an image gallery from the mid week workouts this week -
http://www.runchuckit.com/mid-week-galleries/ig-5-28-09/index.html.

Also don't forget about the Chuckit night at Super Jock n Jill this Sunday the 31st from 5:30-7:00 they will be giving you at least 15% off on everything and more on some close out items. They will also provide food.

I also must say that you guys are looking great in your workouts, I can see a lot of you who have made great improvements over the last few months, if nothing else by the way you are running, very smooth and relaxed, I can also see it in the pictures. Great Job !! Keep up the great work.

Speed Training II

2009-05-26T10:18:00.000-07:00

The mid week workouts are posted with most doing what they did last week. For those running the 400's lets' try to speed up a bit if you can.

Recently we have had people run The Kirkland half, capital City Marathon and half and over the long weekend we had people in LA and Vermont. Although I do like the information you can get from the results in Vermont I wasn't able to determine if Larry Parker ran 5:40, 4:36 or 3:18. there we three Larry Parkers running and looking quickly I couldn't determine what city they were from. I'm thinking it's the Larry that ran 3:18. At any rate there have been many great runs which I have been behind in posting but will updating the list shortly. This weekend we have a lonely soul (Lisa B) headed down to SD for rock n roll. Have a great run.

Last week I mentioned here taking advantage of your base developed over the winter/spring. Of course that got me to thinking and this summer I'm going to institute what I'm calling "speed week". I will put together weeks interspursed in your training aimed at working on your speed. More to come on that as we get going. I think this is something that will really help your running and if nothing else provide a little variety in your training.

Getting Faster

2009-05-19T10:12:00.000-07:00

Well about 6 weeks to go until Rock n Roll so many of you are on the track finishing up with your training over a pretty wet spring, which I'm sure will make you all that much stronger come race day. This also means that you'll be on the track finishing up you training with a little speed. Try to make the most of these workouts and if you want to maximize them try not to miss any. If you can't make the group try to do it on your own. If you can't find a track let me know and I can give you a workout for the road that'll pretty much equal your track workout.

Soon they will be tearing up the track to put in a new soccer field so we'll have to make arraingments for Tuesday nights as far as were we'll meet for the workouts. I'm already cooking up some new workouts for us that I'm sure you'll find interesting as we won't be using the track for them but will for sure get the job done and like said they'll be different so might be kind of nice for those who have been with the group for awhile.

For those of you who have just run a marathon or half as always I encourage you to run some of the shorter races and work on your speed before you jump back into a mararthon training plan. You have a nice base built from your training over the winter now let's see if you can't get faster by doing some faster running. There is a 5 or 10k's pretty much every week now that we're heading into summer and the nice thing about running the shorter races is that it only takes a couple of days to recover so you can run a few in a season be able to bounce back do it again.

I always like training for a fall marathon because I was able to race the shorter stuff during the spring and early summer and once I stated training for the fall race I still had the speed so was able to do that training a little faster as well.

So if you decide to heed my advice and train for some of the shorter races I would probably jump in with those that are finishing up their trraining for Rock n Roll and get some more track work in and get FAST!!!.

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2009-05-13T10:28:00.001-07:00

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Mid Week

2009-05-12T10:01:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. I won't be at the workout out tonight as I'll be with the family celebrating my 49th and planning workouts for the next 50 years. Regina will be there to oversee and I hope she doesn't work you too hard. ;)

The mid week workouts are posted, you'll notice a lot of empty spots for planned race, that being because so many of you have run races recently and haven't updated the roster if you could go there and update it at would be helpful. For now as I know most will be running a fall marathon or half I've put in tempo and strides.

As far as those who are up to date many of you are running Rock n Roll so are transitioning to the track(marathon this week and half next). You'll be running 400's for the next few weeks (1/4 mile, 1 lap on track) the idea here is to work on your speed after building strength over the last few months. As far as pace goes what I would do is start at your most recent time trial pace and try to pick it up as you go. So maybe you ran 16min for your TT. Start at 2 min per 400 for 3-4 of them and the try to drop down to 1:58 for the next 3-4 and then 1:56 for the last set. You should find this pretty easy as you;ll be getting 90 sec rest in between. If you can run them faster all the better.

Ok got celebraten to do !!

Mid Week, Results Updated.

2009-05-05T09:58:00.000-07:00

The mid week workouts are posted and I've updated the results from the weekend with a few I overlooked, posted below. Again great job to all!!

Now that I've heard from a few people about their races over the weekend the thing that strikes me is the number of people who say they would have run faster if they hadn't taken a pee break, most late in the race. Obviously you're losing time here but the thing that I think about it lost momentum. You've been running for many miles and most probably having a good race and then you stop in your tracks, that is one thing I never wanted to do. As soon as you stop your legs stiffen up and it's hard to get going again not to mention the mental effect that has. Your focus is lost and that is hard to get back as well.

You're saying to yourself is he saying I can't go to the bathroom? No I just think when four people give me a race review and 4 say they had to stop for a pee break that I think many of you are probably drinking way too much during your race. Because they have fluid every couple of miles doesn't mean you have to drink it. If it's a warm day certainly you want to think about hydration but with the weather that Eugene and Vancouver were run in, being dehydrated is less of an issue and besides you all trained for the event so your bodies were prepared for the run.

You also wanted to be careful not to be over hydrated because that can be as dangerous as dehydration and I bet more people have problems with this then people being dehydrated at these events.

So what I would suggest is that you think about hydrating the few days leading up to the event and the morning of, again don't over do it. A good rule of thumb is if you're thirsty then drink. Hydrate early in the race and unless it especially warm, hydrate lightly later in the race, at that point most of it is just going to sit in you stomach anyway. I used to poor it over my head later in the race just to wash the sweat off and give myself a little jolt.

Eugene Marathon

John Leddy 3:39:18
Ian Cox 3:49:50
Rene Crickenberger 4:04:16
Shauna Shimono 4:25:15
Joseph Cunningham 4:09:01
Adarsh Rema 3:47:05
Andrea Millikan 4:11:33
Andrew Hammer 3:37:23
Bill Henry 4:03:29
Guido Aversa 5:09:48
Monica Callen 5:09:46
Patrick Niemeyer 3:20:03
Steven Brooks 3:38:33
Sumanth Donthi 3:17:35
Tien Doan 3:56:55
Zebene Assefa 3:48:44
Ms. Bert Chavez 4:17:44
Josh Romoff 3:50:12
Robert Schraeger 4:05:42
Sankara Narayanan 3:39:25

Eugene half

Eric Ott 1:38:29
Amy Roe 1:51:14
Enid Moore 1:54:46
Corrie Vaa 1:56:12
Kris Palmer 2:20:37

Vancouver Half

Anna Hughes 2:29:53
Irene Klima 2:24:50
Marla Ellingsen-totah 1:45:50
Timea Tihanyi 1:45:04
Susan McIntosh 2:26:56
Dana Caldart 1:54:53

Pittsburgh Marathon

Jennifer Margolis 4:01:54

Yesterdays Chuckit member results at Vancouver and Eugene

2009-05-04T08:36:00.000-07:00

Great Job to everyone!! as always if I didn't get yours I apologize, just send it my way and I'll add it.

Eugene Marathon

John Leddy 3:39:18
Ian Cox 3:49:50
Rene Crickenberger 4:04:16
Shauna Shimono 4:25:15
Joseph Cunningham 4:09:01
Adarsh Rema 3:47:05
Andrea Millikan 4:11:33
Andrew Hammer 3:37:23
Bill Henry 4:03:29
Guido Aversa 5:09:48
Monica Callen 5:09:46
Patrick Niemeyer 3:20:03
Steven Brooks 3:38:33
Sumanth Donthi 3:17:35
Tien Doan 3:56:55
Zebene Assefa 3:48:44
Ms. Bert Chavez 4:17:44
Josh Romoff 3:50:12
Robert Schraeger 4:05:42
Sankara Narayanan 3:39:25

Eugene half

Eric Ott 1:38:29
Amy Roe 1:51:14
Enid Moore 1:54:46
Corrie Vaa 1:56:12
Kris Palmer 2:20:37

Vancouver Half

Anna Hughes 2:29:53
Irene Klima 2:24:50
Marla Ellingsen-totah 1:45:50
Timea Tihanyi 1:45:04
Susan McIntosh 2:26:56
Dana Caldart 1:54:53
Pittsburgh Marathon

Jennifer Margolis 4:01:54

Mid Week and race advice for new and old members

2009-04-28T10:25:00.000-07:00

The mid week workouts are posted and with many of you running your big race this upcoming weekend and the following weeks I want to go over some stuff that I have covered before. It's very important / useful info especially for you that are new to this running a half or marathon game.

So with so many of you running soon I want to go over a couple important things. Now that you have spent several months training for your event it seems like a waste to ruin it now by doing something silly. What do I mean by something silly, oh like wearing something new that you haven't tested out in training, eating something during (or right before) the event that you haven't tried in training. Not sticking to your race plan and having feelings of grandeurs. (this is a big one) Now you say heck I wouldn't do any of that stuff but it seems to me that the week of the race a certain level of insanity seems to set in and normal level headed people do some really silly stuff. I will admit that I have fallen victim to all that I listed so I know of what I speak.
So let's take the big three separately:

Wearing something new - What I mean by this is don't try some new stuff this week, meaning new shoes or clothing. You might get away with it but you might not, so it's not worth the risk. If you're going to do new shoes make sure at least they are the model that you have been wearing. I ruined a perfectly good Seattle Marathon by doing this, getting some very nice blisters in the process. You'll be tempted at the race expos to buy new stuff for your race so you'll be the best looking person on the course but again unless you've worn it before not worth the risk. We had a group member once ruin a perfectly good Disney Marathon by wearing some new shorts he got at the expo and wearing them and in the process loosing some blood and not finishing, he could have used some serious body glide.
Eating something new - Meaning don't try new foods or supplements before the race, again those abound at the expos but unless you've tried it in training don't risk it. I "once" found out that Bee Pollen is a good laxative and ruined a perfectly good marathon.
Not sticking to your race plan (getting feelings of grandeur) - Now this is probably the biggest one. I don't know what happens on race day but like I said something happens to normally level headed people, again here I know what I speak of from past experience. As you start your race it should feel very easy. Its supposed to, it doesn't mean you're in better shape than you thought and all of a sudden you're a contender for the race victory. It means be cautious and enjoy it while it last as it will get tougher as the miles go by and if by chance you're still feeling good into the last quarter of your race then let er rip, you've ran a good race and had a good plan. If you start out a little faster than you want then slow it down and get back on your pace. The earlier the better. It's easy to get out a little fast because you're excited and your adrenaline is pumping so you'll feel very good early. Don't make the mistake of believing that you're in much better shape than your training has told you, you're probably right, again if you feel good going into the last quarter of your race then go. It's funny how many people end up doing this.

On another note if you're not feeling good early, as long as you're on the pace you should be you'll probably work out of it as you warm up. My best marathons were ones where I felt I wasn't going to be able to finish in the first few miles.

I know you all are say I won't do any of this stuff but you know what I bet 1/3 of you will. Hey we have already had people fall victim to this this year. So try to stay sane.
Ok by request I'm going to go over building my pre race Chuckie. I know sounds kind of scary but it's not and it's a good idea so there.
What I mean by building a little Chuckie is making sure that I have all of my gear that I'm going to need come race time. So generally the day before, not the night before as you might need to get something and it might be to late to get it.

So I go to my bed (I know you're thinking where the hell is he going with this. ) I start with Chuckies head. If I'm going to wear a hat I lay that down first, maybe some sun glasses. Next I lay down the top (right below Chuckies head) I'm going to run in making sure to put on the number, you would be surprised at how often you don't have enough pins. Below that I put my shorts and any thing else I might wear. Below that my socks, then shoes and timing chip if needed and there you have it a little Chuckie. Now if you decide to do this and you call your layout a little Chuckie, now that is a little scary ;)

One more thing be careful with your prerace activities I know you're going to different lands and they are full of adventure but save that for after your race, make sure that you rest up and stay off your feet, the day before don't walk five miles taking in the sites. Remember you've invested a lot of time in preparing for this and being a tourist can wait until the day ofter.

Have a great race.

Brooks Sale

2009-04-22T18:27:00.001-07:00

"Outlet Truckload Sale

The Brooks Outlet Truckload Sale is back—just in time for your Spring training! The sale runs this Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26.

We have some great shoe and apparel styles at even greater clearance prices.

More Registers = Less Waiting!

Brooks Shoes priced as low as $24.99, $29.99, or $39.99—while supplies last!
Axiom and Radius - $29.99
Addiction™ and Addiction™ Walkers - $39.99
Ghost "seconds" - $49.99 (Great shoe: Lightweight, contoured arch, cushioning, and fast!)

Brooks Apparel at better prices than ever—come early for best selection, sizes and quantities are limited!
Platform socks - 3 pair for $9.99
All hats - $5
All Brooks Apparel 50% to 70% (or more) off suggested retail prices!

Moving Comfort – purchase a tank, T, short, or skort: 2 for $15
Bring in a copy of this email to enter to win a $100 store gift certificate! Be sure to write your name and email/phone number on your email. Place it in the box by the cash register to enter the drawing.

Feel free to share this offer with your friends!

Bothell Outlet Store
22627 Bothell-Everett Hwy
Bothell, WA 98021
phone: 425-402-1632
See map
store hours:
Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Auburn Outlet Store
1101 Supermall Way, Ste 1114
Auburn, WA 98001
phone: 253-735-1999
See map
store hours:
Friday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Please accept our apologies in advance. We cannot hold product and won't be answering the phone on sale days during peak hours. Thank you."

Mid Week and Blog trouble, Include your blog

2009-04-21T10:21:00.000-07:00

Congrats to those that ran in Boston yesterday other than a little head wind it seemed like nice conditions for the race.

The mid week workouts are posted. Speaking of mid week workouts many of you need to update the roster so that I can keep posting yours.

Speaking again of midweek workouts some have mentioned that they aren't getting the blog letting them know that have been posted until Wednesday. The thing is that I post the workouts every week pretty much with out fail so you can always just go to the site and check for it. I have the blog scheduled to be sent at 11:00 am if I post it. Unfortuatley I think that time is little flexible in the google world so even though I post it before 11:00 many times it somehow misses the window and doesn't go out until the next day. I'll play with it a bit and see if I can't fine tune it. The bottom line is though you can check the site for your workouts pretty much after 10:00 am and they will be up to date.

Now speaking of blogs I know many of you have blogs I was thinking about a site make over and thought it might be cool to include your blogs if you are interested, kind give th esite a little more personal touch, I can use the RSS feed from them and create a page page where your latest blog entry would be posted. It's all automatted so we wouldn't have to do anyhting once I add it to the page. So a way to promote your buisness or just you if you want. Let me know.

Ok Eugene and Vancouve are up next for many of you so it's getting down to crunch time so lest's make sure you do the right things and take of yourselves and get plenty of rest and make the best of the quality workouts you have left.

Final Boston Results - Chuckit members

2009-04-20T12:42:00.001-07:00

Bib

Name

Age

M/F

City

State

Country

Ctz

3776

Bryant, Andrew V.

Seattle

USA

Checkpoints	5k	10k	15k	20k	Half	25k	30k	35k	40k
Checkpoints	0:20:36	0:40:50	1:00:31	1:20:32	1:24:51	1:41:34	2:04:50	2:29:04	2:52:49
Finish			Start Time Offset	Pace	Projected Time	Official Time	Overall	Gender	Division
Finish			00:00:48	0:07:04		3:05:19	1967	1865	1327

2566

Epstein, Jason

Redmond

USA

Checkpoints	5k	10k	15k	20k	Half	25k	30k	35k	40k
Checkpoints	0:20:36	0:40:51	1:01:36	1:22:31	1:27:04	1:43:38	2:06:25	2:29:11	2:50:21
Finish			Start Time Offset	Pace	Projected Time	Official Time	Overall	Gender	Division
Finish			00:00:48	0:06:50		2:59:07	1236	1176	879

20486

Moore, Glen H.

Seattle

USA

Checkpoints	5k	10k	15k	20k	Half	25k	30k	35k	40k
Checkpoints	0:27:02	0:52:45	1:18:01	1:44:17	1:50:02	2:10:48	2:39:59	3:11:40	3:44:46
Finish			Start Time Offset	Pace	Projected Time	Official Time	Overall	Gender	Division
Finish			00:03:30	0:09:06		3:58:21	14859	9819	255

8613

Morton, Neil

Seattle

USA

Checkpoints	5k	10k	15k	20k	Half	25k	30k	35k	40k
Checkpoints	0:24:08	0:48:07	1:11:48	1:35:37	1:40:49	1:59:31	2:24:30	2:50:23	3:16:11
Finish			Start Time Offset	Pace	Projected Time	Official Time	Overall	Gender	Division
Finish			00:05:11	0:07:54		3:26:56	6317	5416	1108

Boston Marathon update - Chuckit members

2009-04-20T09:30:00.000-07:00

Jason and Andy at Boston Start

The Latest Spilts

Bib Name Age M/F City State Country Ctz *

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3776 Bryant, Andrew V. 27 M Seattle WA USA

Checkpoints 5k 10k 15k 20k Half 25k 30k 35k 40k

0:20:36 0:40:50 1:00:31 1:20:32 1:24:51 1:41:34 2:04:50 - -

Finish Start Time Offset Pace Projected Time Official Time Overall Gender Division

00:00:48 0:06:43 2:55:58 - - - -

2566 Epstein, Jason 33 M Redmond WA USA

Checkpoints 5k 10k 15k 20k Half 25k 30k 35k 40k

0:20:36 0:40:51 1:01:36 1:22:31 1:27:04 1:43:38 2:06:25 - -

Finish Start Time Offset Pace Projected Time Official Time Overall Gender Division

00:00:48 0:06:48 2:58:09 - - - -

20486 Moore, Glen H. 60 M Seattle WA USA

Checkpoints 5k 10k 15k 20k Half 25k 30k 35k 40k

0:27:02 0:52:45 1:18:01 1:44:17 - - - - -

Finish Start Time Offset Pace Projected Time Official Time Overall Gender Division

- 0:08:25 3:40:31 - - - -

8613 Morton, Neil 43 M Seattle WA USA

Checkpoints 5k 10k 15k 20k Half 25k 30k 35k 40k

0:24:08 0:48:07 1:11:48 1:35:37 1:40:49 1:59:31 - - -

Finish Start Time Offset Pace Projected Time Official Time Overall Gender Division

00:05:11 0:07:43 3:22:10 - - - -

Mid Week, big races coming up

2009-04-14T10:22:00.000-07:00

The mid week workouts are posted with most on the track again. I've been able to see everyone getting a little faster, that's the thing I like about doing the same workout every week we can see the improvements as you get comfortable with the workouts and you are able to put more effort in every week which will pay off come race time. Keep up the great work!!

Well Boston is coming up, next Monday with Eugene, Vancouver and Tacoma close behind. Let's make sure that you getting your workouts and taking care that you don't over do it and get your rest when you're not working out. You've spent a lot of time running in the rain and cold this winter working hard for these events so let's finish thing up right.

Regina has printed up some sheets on race preparation which should come in handy and will have them at the workouts the next couple of days so feel free to ask her for them.

I want to thank Sally from Oiselle who came last week to the workout with her samples that she has collected over the last couple of years and for distributing them to most of you and only going away wioth a couple of itmes left. She did mention that she had planned to take some to another group as well but as I knew you and your mental toughness you showed no mercy and manged to take almost all. Great Job!!