SignMeUp hosts our online system.  There are two different SignMeUp options.  One is for renewal payment only as it will just ask you the questions needed to process your payment. The other asks you for all of your membership info.

Use this if any of your info has changed.  It is the same form as we use for new memberships. Links follows:

• Renewal payment only https://www.signmeup.com/site/online-event-registration/67734

• Full membership update https://www.signmeup.com/site/reg/register.aspx?fid=XT2VNK7

You can also get to the full membership update from the Strider home page.  Look on the top right for membership renewal.

SignMeUp charges an extra $2 or so, but it is convenient.  You can also send in a check and renewal form to the Striders.  I’ll give details in another message.

After you renew, you’ll get a confirmation message with your new expiration date.  Some members have already renewed.  Disregard this message if that is you.

If you have questions, email me at  membership@strider-members.org.

The Run for a Reason kick-off party for the Houston Marathon is Saturday, June 29 from 7–10 am. Come out to Memorial Park and enjoy the festivities. We are cancelling our Rice track sessions on Tuesdays due to construction being done on the field inside the track. We are entertaining ideas for a new Tuesday workout (for inside the loop).

Following are the training opportunities for this week:
Tuesday:

• Inside the Loop – Track Tuesdays – Rice University Track. Cancelled until September due to construction.
• Westside – Terry Hershey Park @ 6:30pm; Meet at Terry Hershey Park south parking lot across Memorial from the gazebo (Memorial Mews Drive). Workout is Boot Camp. Led by Miriam Terc

Wednesday:

• Inside the Loop – Matt’s Mystery Run – @ 7:15pm @ Memorial Park. Meet at the parking lot with the tree in it near the Rugby Pitch off Picnic Lane.  Led by Matt Wright. We had 10 runners last week; let’s see if we can increase that amount.

Thursday:

• Inside the Loop – Hilly Thursdays @ 7pm.– meet across from the United Way at 3800 Feagan for hill training led by Steve Reddy.
• Westside  – Boot Camp Hills – Location:  George Bush Park @ Highway 6 between Memorial Drive and Briarhills Parkway @ 6:30 p.m. Parking lot is located on westside of Highway 6. Led by Miriam Terc

Saturday:

• Open Long Run (members and non-members welcome)  6am; meet at the swimming pool at Memorial Park –  Led by Garrett Rychlik (garrett.r.rychlik@conocophillips.com) – please email Garrett of your intentions to run!

Upcoming Events:

Polish Pickle Run, 5K/Kid’s K, June 22, Bremond,TX, 713.230.7848

Run for a Reason Kick-off Party, Saturday June 29 at Memorial Park, 7-10am.

Run for Wellness, 5K, June 30, http://www.thehwp.org/5k.php

Run Wild 5K, Thursday July 4, www.extoregister.com

Freedom 5K, Thursday July 4, Sugarland, 281.634.9555

Baytown Heat Wave, Thursday July 4, 5 miles, Baytown, http://www.budheatwave.com

Hempstead Watermelon Festival – Rock Island 4-H Fun Run, 5K Run/3K Walk, July 20, Hempstead, www.rockisland4-h.com

Blues Capital of Texas, 5K/1mile, August 10, Navasota, www.bcot5k.com

BENeezy Purple Monkey, 10K/5K/Kids K, August 31, Alvin, www.purplemonkeyfunrun.com

Toughest 10K, Saturday September 21, Kemah, www.onetough10K.com

Space City 10 miler, Sunday October 13, Clear Lake, http://www.EZtoRegister.com

Houston Half Marathon, Sunday October 27, http://www.houstonhalf.com

Lets be careful out there,

Chris Cornell

The heat of the summer is on us. Remember to hydrate before and after your runs. Be careful and pay close attention to what your body is telling you. Don’t overdue it. We want everyone to enjoy training but yet test your endurance.

Following are the training opportunities for this week:
Tuesday:

• Inside the Loop – Track Tuesdays – Rice University Track. (Parking – use Entrance 17 off Rice Blvd; drive past the stadium and use the free lot across from the Farmers market – then walk across campus toward Main Street to Holloway Field where the track is). Workout at 7pm led by Steve Reddy.
• Westside – Terry Hershey Park @ 6:30pm; Meet at Terry Hershey Park south parking lot across Memorial from the gazebo (Memorial Mews Drive). Workout is Boot Camp. Led by Miriam Terc

Wednesday:

• Inside the Loop – Matt’s Mystery Run – @ 7:15pm @ Memorial Park. Meet at the parking lot with the tree in it near the Rugby Pitch off Picnic Lane.  Led by Matt Wright. We had 10 runners last week; let’s see if we can increase that amount.

Thursday:

• Inside the Loop – Hilly Thursdays @ 7pm.– meet across from the United Way at 3800 Feagan for hill training led by Steve Reddy.
• Westside  – Boot Camp Hills – Location:  George Bush Park @ Highway 6 between Memorial Drive and Briarhills Parkway @ 6:30 p.m. Parking lot is located on westside of Highway 6. Led by Miriam Terc

Saturday:

• Open Long Run (members and non-members welcome)  6am; meet at the swimming pool at Memorial Park –  Led by Garrett Rychlik (garrett.r.rychlik@conocophillips.com) – please email Garrett of your intentions to run!

Upcoming Events:

Dad’s Day 5K, June 15, www.dadsday5k.org

Polish Pickle Run, 5K/Kid’s K, June 22, Bremond,TX, 713.230.7848

Run for Wellness, 5K, June 30, http://www.thehwp.org/5k.php

Run Wild 5K, Thursday July 4, www.extoregister.com

Freedom 5K, Thursday July 4, Sugarland, 281.634.9555

Baytown Heat Wave, Thursday July 4, 5 miles, Baytown, http://www.budheatwave.com

Hempstead Watermelon Festival – Rock Island 4-H Fun Run, 5K Run/3K Walk, July 20, Hempstead, www.rockisland4-h.com

Blues Capital of Texas, 5K/1mile, August 10, Navasota, www.bcot5k.com

BENeezy Purple Monkey, 10K/5K/Kids K, August 31, Alvin, www.purplemonkeyfunrun.com

Toughest 10K, Saturday September 21, Kemah, www.onetough10K.com

Space City 10 miler, Sunday October 13, Clear Lake, http://www.EZtoRegister.com

Houston Half Marathon, Sunday October 27, http://www.houstonhalf.com

Lets be careful out there,

Chris Cornell

This Wednesday is National Running Day. Plan to meet at the tennis center in Memorial Park at 6:30 pm for the official “National Running Day” group run organized by the Houston Marathon Committee. This is a three to six mile run led by 2012 Olympic Trials Marathon Champion Meb Keflezighi.

Below is the info from the Chevron Houston Marathon website:

The Houston Marathon Committee will celebrate National Running Day at Memorial Park from 5:30 to 8:00 pm

The “party in the park,” located near the tennis center, will feature music, refreshments and giveaways including a drawing for five guaranteed race entries, free National Running Day T-shirts (while supplies last), plus a one or two lap run at 6:30 pm led by Houston Marathon Committee staff members and three-time Olympian and 2012 Olympic Trials winner Meb Keflezighi. Runners will also be able to make a donation and receive an Olympic Trials flag or autograph card signed by Meb. Quantities are limited. All donations will benefit One Fund Boston.

Check out the link and test your mettle against the rest of the city.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/rice/sports/m-track/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/allcomers2013.pdf

The boot camp warriors love the Tuesday workouts and want MORE so we are going to add a hill/core workout session on Thursdays at the hill.  We will do a warm-up, a hill set, total body core exercises and then more hill sets and then a cool down.  If you are interested in just running, you can do the sets back-to-back so this workout will accommodate all runners, no matter what your interest and level.  If you plan on joining in on the exercises, please bring a yoga mat/towel and small weights (optional).

Location:  George Bush Park @ Highway 6 between Memorial Drive and Briarhills Parkway @ 6:30 p.m. Parking lot is located on westside of Highway 6.

Please note that we will be sharing the hill with the ATP group so if there isn’t any parking available in the parking lot, you can go to the light at Briarhills Parkway, turn left and can park in the office building parking lot.  You’ll have to go to the trail and walk underneath the bridge to the hill.  Call me if you have any questions.

Miriam

713/447-2904

The Strider picnic was a tremendous success and special thanks to Pony Peterson for organizing, buying, thinking, and as always, her wonderful attitude. Yeah, PONY!

Summer is upon us so make sure that hydration is fresh on your minds. There are limited opportunities for racing and I have added some to the calendar below. Be careful and represent the Striders with those great new RED shirts. Chris and Michelle have them for $10. And, the Westsiders have decided that Thursdays weren’t challenging enough so the Boot Camp workout from Tuesday has expanded to HILLS on Thursday…woohoo!

Following are the training opportunities for this week:
Tuesday:

• Inside the Loop – Track Tuesdays – Rice University Track. (Parking – use Entrance 17 off Rice Blvd; drive past the stadium and use the free lot across from the Farmers market – then walk across campus toward Main Street to Holloway Field where the track is). Workout at 7pm led by Steve Reddy.
• Westside – Terry Hershey Park @ 6:30pm; Meet at Terry Hershey Park south parking lot across Memorial from the gazebo (Memorial Mews Drive). Workout is Boot Camp. Led by Miriam Terc

Wednesday:

• Inside the Loop – Matt’s Mystery Run – @ 7:15pm @ Memorial Park. Meet at the parking lot with the tree in it near the Rugby Pitch off Picnic Lane.  Led by Matt Wright. We had 10 runners last week; let’s see if we can increase that amount.

Thursday:

• Inside the Loop – Hilly Thursdays @ 7pm.– meet across from the United Way at 3800 Feagan for hill training led by Steve Reddy.
• Westside  – Boot Camp Hills – Location:  George Bush Park @ Highway 6 between Memorial Drive and Briarhills Parkway @ 6:30 p.m. Parking lot is located on westside of Highway 6. Led by Miriam Terc

Saturday:

• Open Long Run (members and non-members welcome)  6am; meet at the swimming pool at Memorial Park –  Led by Garrett Rychlik (garrett.r.rychlik@conocophillips.com) – please email Garrett of your intentions to run!

Upcoming Events:

Run 4 Life 5K Family Fun Run, Saturday June 8 @ 8am; http://jydfflwebconnex.givezooks.com/events/run-4-life-5k-family-fun-run.

Hot Undies Run benefitting the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Saturday June 8 at 10am, Brian O’Neill’s Pub, 5555 Morningside; https://raceassist.webconnex.com/hotundies2013

Dad’s Day 5K, June 15, www.dadsday5k.org

Polish Pickle Run, 5K/Kid’s K, June 22, Bremond,TX, 713.230.7848

Run for Wellness, 5K, June 30, http://www.thehwp.org/5k.php

Run Wild 5K, Thursday July 4, www.extoregister.com

Freedom 5K, Thursday July 4, Sugarland, 281.634.9555

Baytown Heat Wave, Thursday July 4, 5 miles, Baytown, http://www.budheatwave.com

Hempstead Watermelon Festival – Rock Island 4-H Fun Run, 5K Run/3K Walk, July 20, Hempstead, www.rockisland4-h.com

Blues Capital of Texas, 5K/1mile, August 10, Navasota, www.bcot5k.com

BENeezy Purple Monkey, 10K/5K/Kids K, August 31, Alvin, www.purplemonkeyfunrun.com

Toughest 10K, Saturday September 21, Kemah, www.onetough10K.com

Space City 10 miler, Sunday October 13, Clear Lake, http://www.EZtoRegister.com

Houston Half Marathon, Sunday October 27, http://www.houstonhalf.com

Lets be careful out there,

Chris Cornell

The Strider picnic is Saturday June 1 at Bear Creek Park -Pavillion #1 Off Clay Road  in between Bear Creek        Drive & Schultz Lane; 12 – 3… Please bring a side dish to share: Veggies, Fruit, Pasta, Chips & Dip, Beans, Potato Salad, Assorted Desserts. I understand Pony has some new fun and games planned so don’t miss it!

Following are the training opportunities for this week:
Tuesday:

• Inside the Loop – Track Tuesdays – Rice University Track. (Park at Entrance 8 off University Blvd – then walk across campus toward Main Street to Holloway Field where the track is). Workout at 7pm led by Steve Reddy.
• Westside – Terry Hershey Park @ 6:30pm; Meet at Terry Hershey Park south parking lot across Memorial from the gazebo (Memorial Mews Drive). Workout is Boot Camp. Led by Miriam Terc

Wednesday:

• Inside the Loop – Steve & Matt’s Mystery Run – @ 7:15pm @ Memorial Park. Meet at the parking lot with the tree in it near the Rugby Pitch off Picnic Lane.  Led by Steve Reddy and Matt Wright. We had 10 runners last week; let’s see if we can increase that amount.

Thursday:

• Inside the Loop – Hilly Thursdays @ 7pm.– meet across from the United Way at 3800 Feagan for hill training led by Steve Reddy.
• Westside  – Terry Hershey Park at 6:30pm. Meet at Terry Hershey Park south parking lot across Memorial from the gazebo. Led by Jay Sonnenburg.

Saturday:

• Open Long Run (members and non-members welcome)  6am; meet at the swimming pool at Memorial Park –  Led by Garrett Rychlik (garrett.r.rychlik@conocophillips.com) – please email Garrett of your intentions to run!

Upcoming Events:

Strider Picnic, Saturday June 1 @ Noon til 3, Bear Creek Park pavilion #1; food and fun for the whole family

Run 4 Life 5K Family Fun Run, Saturday June 8 @ 8am; http://jydfflwebconnex.givezooks.com/events/run-4-life-5k-family-fun-run.

Hot Undies Run benefitting the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Saturday June 8 at 10am, Brian O’Neill’s Pub, 5555 Morningside; https://raceassist.webconnex.com/hotundies2013

Run Wild 5K, Thursday July 4, www.extoregister.com

Freedom 5K, Thursday July 4, Sugarland, 281.634.9555

Toughest 10K, Saturday September 21, www.onetough10K.com

Space City 10 miler, Sunday October 13, Clear Lake, http://www.EZtoRegister.com

Houston Half Marathon, Sunday October 27, http://www.houstonhalf.com

Lets be careful out there,

Chris Cornell

The May pub run (5/27 7:00pm) will visit some places in midtown and downtown. The meeting place will be will be at light rail stop at Main and McGowan. We will be visiting the OKRA Charity Saloon, Flying Saucer and Mongoose versus Cobra. There should be some  parking on the side streets or we have special Strider permission to use the parking garage that services Piola, although I hear it gets busy due to the health club.

Steve Moore (leader)

Just a brief report of those Striders that survived the 80 degree heat and 15 mph winds down in Corpus….well everyone did except for the organizer who is still limping a bit as he writes this BTB wrap-up.  I am proud to say we took four teams into the Crucible of Corpus and came out with virtually flawless hand-offs, but more importantly all four teams placed and got Strider honor and hardest hardware of all, Tile.

Here is the roll of honor:

Houston Master Alliance:  John Yoder (Captain), Steve Schroeder, Doug Schroeder, John Hill, Tom King, and Andrew Sharenson: time of 2:40:19, 1^st place Master’s Men, 10^th Overall.  This is their 2^ndyear in a row to win the division, though on a different note they did confess to being 1 second slower than last year and are still trying to figure who cost them that second!

60 Up Striders:  Jim Peiffer (Captain), John Emmons, Barry Chambers, Tom Woltz, Lev Gutman, and Dave Stadnick: time of 3:57:39, 2^nd place Ultra Senior Men.  They missed 1^st place by only 2 minutes, and were left pondering if they only ran 4 seconds per mile faster they would have won.  I heard various stories on this possibility, but one team member indicated that more speed may have equaled the loss of more Striders!

Cheetah Chicks:  Lindsey Chase (Captain), Stephanie Webb, Maria Mandell, Karen Bowman, Jen Smith, and Kimberly McClintic: time of 3:45:47, 10^th place Open Women out of 407 teams.  Five of them just joined the Striders prior to the race, a very fine team containing some ex-collegiate and top road race finishers.  The only unbelievable error they made is five of them left before the awards ceremony!  Well I sure this will not happen again and please welcome them into the club.

Buffalo Striders:  Miriam Terc (Captain), Sabra Harvey, Alison Stewart, Predag Bojovic, Darrell Yarbrough, and Jack McClintic: time of 3:13:25, 1^st place Senior Mixed.  For a beat up 50 year old guy this was a dream team composed of the most important ingredient for any good mixed team, fast women!

We all had a great time, great food, and good fellowship.  There were a few obstacles like slow service at one restaurant and some loud karaoke music that went until 2:00 am before the race.  But like any good runner, we all persevered, gathered up some food and accommodation work-arounds for next year, and had the wonderful satisfaction of having our cars riding a little bit lower back to Houston with all that Strider Tile!

Jack McClintic