October Schedule

October Schedule…

Hello Ladies,

The fall weather is upon us and our running weather is improving. We made it through the hot summer runs, Congratulations!

I would like to take a moment to ‘Thank’ all of you for allowing me the opportunity to organize the club this past year. It has been a learning experience for me and I have a new appreciation for everything that Lori did. I appreciate everyone’s patience while we got through some of the ‘bumps’ along the way. I only hope I didn’t ‘scare’ any of you away. The club has done many amazing things and has been a very strong support system for so many ladies. So thank you, and please remember that you are a part of something amazing! And I also want to thank everyone who has helped with aide stations, help lead runs, help with schedules, run the track sessions, volunteered to host a book club meeting and whatever else I have forgotten. I really appreciate all of the help.

Just a reminder, the book club book this time is “The Ledge” by Jim Davidson and Kevin Vaughn. The “meeting” will be November 7^th. More details will follow.

October Schedule

Tuesday October 1^st, 2013 – 5:30 pm – track workout at Oberon Middle School. ***Note new time.

Sunday October 6^th, 2013 – 7:00 am – last long run before Rock-n-Roll! ½ marathoners have 14 and full marathoners have 15. We will meet at 64^th and Miller at the Tennis Court Park and run the Ralston Creek trail west and then back. You can make this run as long as you would like. I will need volunteers to put an aide station at Quaker and another one at Elderidge. If you can do one of these please email me at ltkrapes@msn.com

Tuesday October 8^th, 2013 – 5:30 pm – track workout at Oberon Middle School.

Sunday October 13^th, 2013 – 7:00 am – Taper run ½ marathoners have 6 and full marathoners have 12. Meet at the dog park at 64^th and east of Hwy 93 to run around the Arvada Reservoir. I will need someone to volunteer to lead the run please.

Sunday October 13^th, 2013 – 9:00 am – Run the Rocks 5k. Many of us are running this at Red Rocks, please let me know if you would like to set up a carpool. There is still time to sign up and join us.

Tuesday October 15^th, 2013 – 5:30 pm – track workout at Oberon Middle School ***Weather pending. Please watch Facebook for updates.

Sunday October 20^th, 2013 – Rock – n – Roll Marathon – Please let me know if you are running this. At this point I’ve not been able to reach someone to volunteer for helping with aide stations along the course. Please let me know (if you are not running this) if you would like me to set up a run for this Sunday outside of the race.

Tuesday October 22^nd, 2013 – 5:30 pm – track workout at Oberon Middle School ***Weather pending. Please watch Facebook for updates.

Sunday October 27^th, 2013 – 7:30 am – meet at Starbucks at 64^th and Ward and we will carpool to Angie’s house at Lookout Mountain. You can run whatever distance you would like. There will be an aide station 2 miles out (4 miles total) or there will be a loop and you can run 7.

September Schedule

Happy Almost Fall Ladies,

 

I’m so happy that we had a successful Georgetown to Idaho Springs race for many of you. It was so nice to see some of our old friends back to run with us. Evergreen was a great race for many runners also!

Our schedule in September is a little bit different because we have some people training for a full marathon and I’m trying to accommodate the long distances.

For those of us that join in the book club, the book has been picked…The Ledge by Jim Davidson and Kevin Vaughan. The meeting will be on November 7^th at Kim’s house…More details will follow.  

For those of us not choosing to run a ½ marathon or full marathon in the fall the idea has been thrown out there to be a volunteer at the Rock-n-Roll Race where we have many runners racing. I didn’t want to contact Rock-n-Roll and then be the only one show up so I would like to get a head count of who would be able to commit. Please let me know. Ltkrapes@msn.com

I also want to mention, we have some first time marathoners and first time ½ marathoners training with us this session. We have all been there with our first long distance races, so any help (weather running with someone new ideas for race day or encouraging words) are always welcome.  It would be great if we could come together as a group to help some of our newer members.

Also, when you get a minute if you could email me your race schedule for the fall, I would appreciate it. I might join you J.

September Schedule

September 1^st – 6:30 am – meet at Goddard School (87^th and Indiana) to run Candelas (with some mileage tacked on). ½ marathoners are at 9 this week and full marathoners are at 14. Michelle will do the aide station at the top of Candelas. I would also like a volunteer for the nursery aide station. Please email me if you can do this. Ltkrapes@msn.com

Tuesday September 3 – 6:00 pm – meet at Oberon Middle School for another fun filled track session.

Sunday September 8^th – 6:30 am – meet at the Tennis Court Park at 64^th and Miller and we will run the Ralston Creek trail going west and then back. I will again need two volunteers for aide stations please. A map will be posted to show where the aide stations should be placed. ½ marathoners have 10 and marathoners have 16 miles.

Tuesday September 10^th – 6:00 pm – meet at Oberon Middle School for a track session

Sunday September 15^th – 6:30 am – meet at Coalton trail head on McCaslin and Coalton Round-a-bout. ½ Marathoners have 11 miles and full marathoners have 14 miles. The whole Coalton loop is 15 miles so if the full marathoners would like to extend a little you have that option. Otherwise we will do an out and back and I would like to have 2 people do aide stations please. Again we will post a map to show where we would like the aide stations.

Sunday September 15^th – 9:00 am – the Farmers 5000 is also this day so you have the option of this run if you would like. Contact me if you would like a registration form. I am currently planning on running this race so I may need a volunteer to lead the session at Coalton. 

Tuesday September 17^th – 6:00 pm – meet at Oberon Middle School for a fabulous session.

Sunday September 22^nd – 6:30 am (marathoners) 7:00 am (1/2 marathoners) – Meet at the parking lot at 100^th and east of Simms on the south side.  We will run the big dry creek trail. ½ marathoners have 12 miles and full marathoners have 18 miles.  We have the option of running around Standley Lake and then adding on by going out on the Dry Creek trail. Or we can just run out and back on the Big Dry Creek Trail. Maps will be posted the week before the run and we will decide where to put aide stations. I will need volunteers for the aide stations.

Tuesday September 24^th – Meet at Oberon Middle School for another track session.

Sunday September 29^th – I’m actually going to take a poll on this run. The marathoners have 20 miles and ½ marathoners have 8. I would love to do something like Matthew Winters for the ½ marathoners but to get 20 miles by Red Rocks sounds really difficult…So I’ll take suggestions…email them to me ltkrapes@msn.com and by the 22^nd I’ll announce where we are running. Also, we could set up where the marathoners run 2 10 mile loops somewhere and set up shifts to run the first ½ and second ½… I’m throwing out ideas. I look forward to hearing suggestions.  

August Schedule

August Schedule…

 

Hi ladies,

 

As usual it has been a very busy summer for most of us. I hope all the running is going well. I hope the changing up of different runs every week is keeping everyone in good shape. We had a great book club gathering at Debra’s house and Kim has volunteered to host the next meeting, we will announce a book soon. Rosa is going to tentavily plan the 5k fundraiser again for family and friends in September. When more information becomes available we will let you know. Both our track sessions and Sunday sessions continue through August… We have changed both of the start times so please pay attention to that. I would like to send a giant “thank you” to Stacy for helping with all the maps each week and to everyone who has done aide stations and helped out when I had some unexpected time out of town. I really appreciate the club and how helpful everyone can be. 

August schedule…

 

Sunday August 4^th – 6:30 am – Last run before Georgetown – 7 miles are scheduled – meet at Goddard school (87^th and Indiana) and we will run Candelas with a mile tagged on at the end. This will be good up and down training right before the race. I need a volunteer for the aide station at the top of the hill please.

The Evergreen Town Race (5K and 10K) is also this weekend. If you are planning on running and would like to carpool please post on Facebook.

Tuesday August 6^th – 6:00 pm – Track session at Oberon Middle School – these sessions are really fun and tend to be over in a little over an hour.

Saturday August 10^th – Georgetown Race – on Facebook we will post about meeting places for carpooling to the start and packet pick up information. Also, if you have an entry that you aren’t using or you want an entry please let me know and I can help coordinate…

Sunday August 11^th – As most of the club is running Georgetown we will not have a long run this week.

Tuesday August 13^th – 6:00 pm – Oberon Middle School – track session

Sunday August 18^th – Recovery run – meets at 6:30 am at Starbucks at 64^th and Ward and we will carpool to Evergreen to run at Elk Meadow. There are a few options as far as distances but you will need to carry liquids.

Tuesday August 20^th – 6:00 pm – Oberon Middle School – track session

Sunday August 25^th – 6:30 am – Meet at the dog park at 64^th and East of Highway 93 and we will run the Fairmont trail. For those going into Marathon training there are 12 miles scheduled. For those in ½ marathon training there are 8 miles scheduled. After we run the out and back we can connect into the trail around the reservoir for the last 4 miles. If I could get someone to volunteer for an aide station by the fire station I would really appreciate it.

Tuesday August 27^th – 6:00 pm – Oberon Middle School – track session

I'm also guessing on this date, I believe the Pomona 5K will be August 24th if anyone is interested. This is a fundraiser for the Pomona track / cross country team so if you are interested in running it let me know as we have to sign up through a student. I'm working on getting a firm date. This is a super low key event but fun.

My email is ltkrapes@msn.com if you can volunteer for an aide station.

July Schedule

Hi Ladies,

So sorry for my late posting of July’s schedule. Seems like my weeks and days are all melding together and I don’t know what day it is anymore. Congratulations to everyone who ran Slacker…it turned out to be a great race. Also, congratulations for everyone who ran the Leaves of Hope 5K and the Father’s Day 5K. I’m so fortunate to know such a great group of ladies…

July’s Schedule

Tuesday July 2, 2013 – 6:00 pm – New time meet at Oberon track for a track workout. Remember kids are always welcome.

Sunday July 7, 2013 – 7:00 am – 10 Miles are scheduled for those running Georgetown; we will meet at Goddard school – 87^th and Indiana -- and run Candelas with some extra miles through the neighborhood. I need a volunteer for the aide station at the top of the hill please.

Tuesday July 9, 2013 – 6:00 pm – meet at Oberon track for a track session.

Sunday July 14, 2013 – 7:00 am – 12 miles scheduled – we will run the Coalton trail 6 miles out and 6 miles back. I need a volunteer for the aide station please.

Tuesday July 16, 2013 – 6:00 pm – meet at Oberon track for a track session

Thursday July 18, 2013 – 7:00 pm – Book Club meeting for Strides by Benjamin Cheever. Deborah’s house –14453 W 70^th Place Arvada  -- please bring a snack to share.

Sunday July 21, 2013 – 7:00 am – 10 miles are scheduled. We will meet in the west parking lot of the APEX center and run the Ralston creek trail. We should be able to have an aide station out by the reservoir so I need a volunteer for that please.

Tuesday July 23, 2013 – 6:00 pm – Meet at Oberon Track for a track session

Sunday July 28, 2013 – 7:00 am – our last long run before Georgetown of 14 miles. We will run the Big Dry Creek again. Meet at the parking lot on 100^th just east of Simms. We should have two aide stations along the trail if I could get two different volunteers I would really appreciate it.

Tuesday July 30, 2013 -- 6:00 pm – Meet at Oberon Track for a track session.

Please email me (ltkrapes@msn.com) to volunteer for the aide stations. I will also bring a calendar to the runs so I can get people to sign up for them.

June Schedule

June Schedule

Congratulations Ladies! Racing season is officially upon us and many of you are off to a great start! Palisade was a successful trip. We had some people set some new personal records, some that continue to amaze us with consistency, some that ran a new distance, others that just raced, and one that drove all that way just to support us. We are an amazing group! We had runners at the Bolder Boulder who also did great things. In June we have many races coming up such as the Leaves of Hope 5K, the Father’s Day 5K and the Slacker ½ marathon, (Relay anyone?) In case you didn’t see it our Long Run Schedule has been updated through October. We can always modify a run shorter so if you know anyone that would like to run with us, feel free to invite them. We have still continued the speed sessions at the track which have been fun yet challenging. The tempo runs have been on a little bit of a hiatus because of an injury. My schedule continues to be crazy throughout June so I will still be asking for helping leading runs and stuff. I appreciate what everyone has done to help me out.

It also has been asked people could email me their favorite races so I can put a list on the website. Some have been having a hard time deciding which races to sign up for.

Schedule

Saturday June 1, 2013 – 7:30 am meet at Prospect Park on 44^th Avenue for the bike ride that Stacy has planned. See further details on FaceBook.

Sunday June 2, 2013 – Leaves of Hope 5k in Wheat Ridge – or we will have a run at the Coalton/Meadowlark trail head. We will meet at 7:00 am. This trail is located at McCaslin Blvd and Coalton Roundabout on the west side. Most people have 9 miles scheduled this week so we can do a 4.5 mile out and back. We can always modify for shorter runs if we need to. Cindy has signed up for an aide station.

Tuesday June 4, 2013 – 5:30 pm Track workout, Oberon Middle School

Sunday June 9, 2013 – 7:00 am meet at Goddard School to run Candelas. Most of us have 10 miles scheduled so after running the hill you can add on 4 through the neighborhood. I need a volunteer to lead the group and Wendy will do the aide station at the top of the hill please. Email me (ltkrapes@msn.com) if you can lead the group.

Tuesday June 11, 2013 – 5:30 pm Track workout, Oberon Middle School

Sunday June 16, 2013 – Apex Father’s Day 5K, for those of you not racing you can still run the Ralston Creek trail. There are 8 miles scheduled.

Tuesday June 18, 2013 – 5:30 pm Track workout, Oberon Middle School

Sunday June 23, 2013 – 7:00 am meet at the trail head on Highway 93 just south of 58^th on the east side. It is directly across from Golden Storage. We will run North Table Mountain. There are 10 miles scheduled but not a great place for an aide station so I strongly recommend carrying your own liquids.

Tuesday June 25, 2013 – 5:30 pm Track workout, Oberon Middle School

Sunday June 30, 2013 – 7:00 am meet at the Parking lot just east of Simms on 100^th to run the Big Dry Creek trail. There are 11 miles scheduled. I will need someone to volunteer for the aide station and to volunteer to lead please. Email me if you are available. (ltkrapes@msn.com)

May Schedule

May Schedule

First I have to apologize! It feels like more runs have been cancelled than actually run for this training session. Clearly Mother Nature has told me who is really in charge. Just know that each and every one of you are strong runners so you will do fine. Second I have to apologize again for the late timing of getting this posted. I really do try to be more efficient.

The last book club meeting was a success! Thank you Denae for hosting and picking such a fabulous book. Deborah has volunteered to host the next book club meeting. The book this time is “Strides” by Benjamin Cleever. When a date is set it will be updated on the website and Facebook.

As most of you know, there has not yet been an applicant for the scholarship. I extended the deadline to May 10^th and have also contacted Coach Versaw who runs the Colorado Mile split website. If we do not get an applicant than we will roll the money over for next year’s scholarship and scale back our fundraising efforts. In the meantime, if you know anyone that would qualify for the scholarship please encourage them to get their application in.

Schedule…

Friday May 3, 2013 – 5:30 am – Tempo Run – meet at Oberon Middle School

Sunday May 5^, 2013 – 7:30 am – Group run at the Arvada Reservoir, meet at the dog park at 64^th, just east of Highway 93. Linda has volunteered for an aide station.

Tuesday May 7, 2013 – 5:30 pm – Track workout – meet at Oberon Middle School

Friday May 10^th – there will be no tempo run because of all the girls racing Palisade.  Meeting times will be posted for the girls going to Palisade and wanting to carpool. Also, if someone would like to set up reservations for dinner in the Palisade / Grand Junction area I would really appreciate it, as I’m not familiar with the area.

Sunday May 12, 2013 – again because of Palisade we will not have a group run this weekend.

Tuesday May 14, 2013 – 5:30 pm – Track workout -- meet at Oberon Middle School

Friday May 17, 2013 – 5:30 am – Tempo Run – meet at Oberon Middle School

Sunday May 19, 2013 -- 9am, rain or shine. Van Arsdale 5k and kids 1k run. Come out and support your local elementary school, $25 race entry. Rosa is looking for community volunteers again this year, if you don't have anything lined up on your calendar yet for Sunday the 19th, please email Rosa.

Also on May 19, 2013 – group run / breakfast at Stella’s house. 7 am start time meet at Stella’s house (8467 Pierson Court). Also please sign up for dish at the following website. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B44A4A92EA64-arcbreakfast1

Tuesday May 21, 2013 – 5:30 pm – Track practice – meet at Oberon Middle School

Friday May 24, 2013 – 5:30 am – Tempo Run – meet at Oberon Middle School

Sunday May 26, 2013 – 7:00 am – meet at the dog park in west Arvada again and run the Fremont trail

Monday May 27, 2013 – Bolder Boulder – please let me know who is running this to see if there is a possibility of carpooling.

Tuesday May 28, 2013 – 5:30 pm – Track workout – meet at Oberon Middle School

Friday May 31, 2013 – 5:30 am – Tempo run – meet at Oberon Middle School

April Schedule

March has been a bit difficult to get our group runs in with all the weekend snows. Hopefully the weather is a little easier on us this month. We will be adding in tempo runs this month. These are great at continuing to build our strength so if you can it would be great to join everyone. For our spring race this is our last month of long runs! Please remember there are always shorter / modified runs available!

Reminder after March 30th, the block of rooms at the Wine Country Inn will be put back into inventory. To be secured a room please call them before the deadline.

April Schedule

Tuesday April 2^nd, 2013 – 5:30 pm – Track practice at Oberon Middle School

Sunday April 7^th, 2013 – Platte River ½ -- or for those not racing -- 8:45 am – Notice the later start time, we will meet at Starbucks at 64^th & Ward to carpool to Angie’s house. We have a recovery week of 7 / 8 miles and Angie has a great course mapped for us.

Tuesday April 9^th, 2013 – 5:30 pm – Track practice at Oberon Middle School

Sunday Aril 14^th, 2013 – 7:30 am – Notice the earlier start time. Since our mileage is increasing and we need to practice running earlier because Palisade has an early start time we will start our last runs a little earlier. There are 12 miles scheduled this week. We will meet at Goddard School and run Candelas, for the ambitious folks we will run it twice, for the others we can add mileage through some of our old routes. I’m only suggesting the hill twice because Palisade does have a hill and it is good to practice this. I will need a volunteer for the aide station at the top of the hill please.

Tuesday April 16^th, 2013 – 5:30 pm – Track practice at Oberon Middle School

Thursday April 18th, 2013 -- 6:30 pm -- Book club meeting -- "A Life Without Limits" by Chrissie Wellington. Denae's house 6851 Pomona Drive Arvada 80003. You do not need to read the book to come to the gathering, but please bring a snack to share.

Friday April 19^th, 2013 – 5:00 am – Yes that is AM. Tempo run, meet at Oberon Middle School

Sunday April 21^st, 2013 – 7:30 am – Recovery week, there are 7 miles scheduled! We will meet at the Dog Park and run the Fairmount trail. It would be nice if we could get someone to put an aide station out.

Tuesday April 23^rd, 2013 – 5:30 pm – Track practice at Oberon Middle School

Friday April 26^th, 2013 – 5:00 am – Tempo run, meet at Oberon Middle School

Sunday April 28^th, 2013 – Cherry Creek Sneak – For anyone not running the Cherry Creek Sneak we will have a group run. We will meet at the Coalton trail head at the Coalton / McCaslin Roundabout at 7:30 am. We have an out and back route planned and there are 13-14 miles scheduled. This is the last long run before the race! Also, need someone to volunteer to put out an aide station. We will put a post on Facebook a post for carpooling for those running the race.

Tuesday April 30^th, 2013 – 5:30 pm – Track practice at Oberon Middle School