February 2012 Publication of Hudson-Mohawk Road Runners Club FEBRUARY 2012 Vol. 33 No. 2 Editor: Kristin Zielinski (
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[email protected]) 4 President’s Message Assistant Managing Editor: Open 5 What’s Happening in February Associate Editor: Bill Robinson 5 Profile of a Runner: Bridget Graber Production Editors: Kathleen Bronson, Mike McLean, 9 Letters to the Editor Robin Nagengast, Kristina DePeau Gracey Matthew Side 9 Profile of a Runner: Sean Maguire Advertising/Business Directors: Jim Tierney (869-5597,
[email protected]) Bob Knouse 11 Short Circuits Photo Coordinator: Bill Meehan 13 Off The Road: Hyponatremia Photography Staff: Tom Adams, Phil Borgese, Nancy Briskie, 14 Kinderhook Runners Club Fall 2011 Marathon Recap Donna Davidson, Ray Lee, Bill Meehan, by Julie Keating Gerri Moore, Paul Turner Proofreader: Daniele Cherniak 15 Breaking Traditions on a Traditional Day by John Furgele Contributing Editors: Jim Moore — Grand Prix Update 15 Winter Series #1 - Races Ring in the Cold Running Season Al Maikels by Kristin Zielinski — What’s Happening race statistics provided by Doug Bowden Dr. Russ Ebbetts — Off The Road 17 Profile of a Runner: John Carboni Nancy Clark — Athlete’s Kitchen Dr. Tim Maggs 17 My First Marathon — The Running Doctor by Jon C. Lemelin Dr. Robert Irwin — For Your Health 19 Athlete’s Kitchen: Recovering from Hard Runs: How to Refuel Mike Becker — Been There, Done That 21 Been There, Done That Jim Tierney & Ken Orner — Senior Running Ed Gillen 23 Grand Prix Update — Profile of a Runner Joe Hein 25 Meeting Minutes of the HMRRC General Meeting, Dec.