News for January 13, 2012

WORKOUT NOTES

Saturday: Our second indoor bike ride will be coached by John Pellizzari at YWCA Main Building at 7:00a! Please arrive at least 10 minutes early for setup! Bring your bike, hydration/nutrition and a towel. Indoor trainers are provided. We will get started at 7:00 and ride for about 45 - 60 minutes. You may choose to do a 10 minute brick at 7:45a or stay for a cool-down on the bike! Whether you want to race or recover - this opportunity on your bike will be priceless to your training!

Sunday: Run from Starbucks at Landfall. Join us for a pre-run social at 6:15a. Come share your 2012 goals! Run starts at 7:00a. Various mileage, routes and paces available!  

SOCIAL NEWS

PARTAY:  Join us on January 21 at 6:00p as we celebrate the new year! Bring your family, a dish to share and your favorite beverages for a casual get-together at the Masonboro Forest Community Clubhouse. If you haven't received the evite yet, look for it HERE!

Directions: Masonboro Forest is off of Navajo Trail in Wilmington. From the YWCA traveling south, turn left at Lansdowne (first turn after light at Cape Fear Academy). Take Lansdowne to stop sign. Cross over Navajo into Masonboro Forest. Take first right into clubhouse/tennis/pool parking lot. 

OLYMPIC TRIALS 

Join the Wilmington running community on Saturday, January 14 at the Carolina Ale House. The Wilmington Road Runners Club has arranged a viewing of the OlympicTrials Marathon on Saturday, January 14 at 3:00pm at the Carolina Ale House (317 College Rd).  Local competitor Christa Iammarino will be in the women's field and even though the races won't be covered live they should still be exciting to watch.   

 

Iammarino is ranked 40th among the 194 women who are currently qualifed and finds herself among favorites like Shalane Flanagan, Desiree Davila, Kara Goucher and Magdalena Lewy Boulet. There are 150 men in the field including Ryan Hall, Meb Keflezighi and Dathan Ritzenhein. The trials will determine the three men and three women who will represent the United States in the marathon at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. 

RACE NEWS

Congratulations to the runners in last weekend's road races! Ben Bowie rocked it out at the 8th Annual Ocean Isle Run for Food Half Marathon last Saturday! He finished with a time of 1:52:56! Ty Rabon finished in 2:00:53.

Leanne LaFave, Ty Rabon and Ben Bowie

Closer to home, Brian Coughlan, Beth Sheppard and Beth Andrew had (as Brian put it) their best race all year! Beth S. finished fourth in her age-group [27:52] at the WARM Resolution 5K in Wrightsville Beach! Brian Coughlan finished in 27:02 and Beth Andrew had a podium finish with 25:25. Plus, hubby Neal Andrew finished third in his age group (in his second ever race!) with a time of 22:56.

Want to race?  CLICK HERE for an upcoming race calendar. OR.....CLICK HERE to sign up for Wilmington's first tri of the season. It's right in our back yard (on and around the UNCW campus) and a great start to the year. Our swims, bikes and runs will have you prepared for an amazing race to kick off 2012.

WANT TO VOLUNTEER??

EXPERIENCE 13.1 or 26.2 MILES OF MADNESS! If you're not running like mad - you should volunteer like crazy! Sami Winter is coordinating the volunteers for the Quintiles Full & Half marathon on March 18, 2012!! Primarily, she needs directional volunteers along Military Cutoff Road. Please CLICK HERE to contact Sami if you're available.

Renee Griffin: chief directional volunteer at Military Cutoff and Landfall in 2011.

CONGRATULATIONS

A quick congrats to Jay Ma and his wife Wendy on the birth of their son, Carter Phillip. He was born on January 11, 2012 at 8:09am and was 7.13lbs, 21in! Jay was a tri-clubber last spring and a fixture at many of our open water swims this summer!

Carter and Jay [photo credit: by Emily Anon. via his Fbook page]