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DSEolphin outh nd NEWS 53rd Year September 2018 u From the DSE WANTS YOU: NOMINATIONS FOR THE u President’s Desk uuu JOE KANIEWSKI 2019 BOARD ARE OPEN! Bill Woolf DSE’s 2019 schedule is coming together. The club’s scheduling team and the DSE leadership Each year at this time, DSE members have the opportunity to place their board came together last week names for nomination to become officers of the DSE running club. Club officers and we came up with some are elected for two years with elections staggered as follows: Senior VP and significant changes for next year. Treasurer one year followed by President, Second VP and Secretary the next. What are the changes? DSE This year we will be electing a Senior VP and Treasurer to serve for 2019 and will schedule 4-6 fewer Sunday 2020. races next year and the club will Duties of officers are explained as follows: participate in more community PRESIDENT: To preside over meetings, represent this association in the RRCA, running events. to call any special meetings, and to appoint committees and chairpersons thereof, Why? Three main reasons, 1) and to report club news to the membership by writing a monthly column for the our operations team needs time club newsletter.. off; 2) getting our race permits SENIOR VP: To assume the powers of the president in his or her absence. is becoming more difficult; and SECOND VP: To take on special assignments as requested by the president. 3) fewer people are willing to be SECRETARY: To record minutes of meetings, to keep a file of such minutes, weekly race directors. Did you and when requested by the president, to accept assignments involving know that Vince French, Calvin correspondences and the keeping of records. Chan, and Kevin Lee do a lot of TREASURER: To administer all financial duties and to have the authority to sign work behind the scenes each or disburse necessary appropriations as directed and filing applicable tax returns. week getting your races ready? During the months of September and October a sign-up sheet will be available Vince has only taken one week off at the Sunday races, or you can send your name to me by e-mail at billwoolf2@ this year and Kevin has marked aol.com. The nomination process will be open through the end of October. every course this year. Calvin is Nominees will then submit a short introduction article for inclusion in the usually the first volunteer to arrive, December DSE Newsletter. Voting will take place by secret ballot in December usually 90 minutes before the race and the results published in the January newsletter. Only the new officer’s starts. They deserve a few weeks names will be announced. Vote tallies will remain confidential. off. In terms of permits, we are Here is your chance to participate at a higher level and to help form the competing against many other direction that the club will be taking in the coming years. groups and organizations for our favorite race locations. The permit I n s i d e u u u u u u u u u u u u u u and schedule team are trying to FEATURES Monthly Running Schedule ...........................10 be more creative but GGNRA and The 49-Mile Drive ............................................3 Membership Info ...........................................10 San Francisco Rec. & Park contain Race Report: Pikes Peak Marathon ..............5-6 Officers & Coordinators .................................11 overwhelmingly the largest share Lake Merced Series Wrap-Up .......................8-9 Folding Session ..............................................11 of our most popular courses. And DEPARTMENTS Weather Forecast ..........................................11 lastly, volunteer recruitment is Birthdays .......................................................12 Contact Info .....................................................2 a problem. Specifically, finding Classic Stu-Peds ...............................................3 Race Recaps ..................................................4-5 race directors each week is a big Folding Session Hosts Needed .........................4 headache. As Kevin Lee likes to Tip o’ the Hat ...................................................5 say: “We can’t keep asking and/ or expecting the same people to be Supporting Girls on the Run and race directors and race volunteers.” running Stow Lake is also good So it is up to you members, if you reason to take a break from our want to run more or different DSE race schedule. races, to step up and volunteer to be We are also trying to schedule race director without being asked. I a joint run with Oakland’s Lake think it is a pretty easy job--you buy Merritt Joggers and Striders and a few snacks and you make a few the Tamalpa Running Club in Marin speeches. Usually, your buddies County. We haven’t nailed down a step in and help with the finish line specific date but we are hoping to and as course monitors. So that’s run one of the Lake Merritt Sunday the bad news. The good news is runs and a run in Marin/North Bay Starting line of the 2018 Chinatown Run we are adding some great new run in the 2nd part of the year. © 2018 Diane Okubo-Fong locations and chances to build our DSE will continue to provide running community next year . in Chinatown. It is also another great running events for affordable In 2019, we will take off two great event that many DSE prices. We will continue to be an Sundays to support great, small, members have run over the years alternative to the new expensive time-honored community races. and now can run without missing “corporate” races that occupy a The first Sunday in June is the 99th DSE. growing list of races in the Bay annual Statuto Run in North Beach. We are also scheduling some Area. DSE will also continue our On that day, DSE will park our van time off for affinity group races presence at the largest races in our and support the only race I know by PAMAKIDS, Excelsior Running city, raising the DSE banner at the that offers a free salami for the first Club, and Team Impala’s “Girls on SF Marathon, Kaiser-PAMAKIDS 150 finishers. Statuto runs in North the Run” Stow Lake fundraiser. Half, and Bay to Breakers, where Beach and along the Embarcadero Supporting PAMAKIDS and Excelsior we promote our brand and and boasts Opera as its pre-race just makes sense since a good demonstrate our leadership in music. The second community number of DSE runners are dual the larger SF running community. race is the Chinatown Run, which members of each club. We all Next year, we will take a little more coincides with the Chinese New Year might not run as fast as those club care of our volunteer operations Celebration. It offers the only time runners, but we share some of the team and give them more time runners can run those unique streets same fitness and community goals. off and make less demands on our permitting officials. DSE will also DSE email list and electronic newsletter raise our profile, join forces with Join the DSE mailing list to receive DSE updates and other running other running clubs, and support information by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSERunnersClub/join. like-minded running organizations Receive the DSE News online instead of by mail by sending a request to dse. and causes close to our hearts. GO [email protected]. You will be notified when each newsletter is available DSE! for download from www.dserunners.com. Or, just check the website on folding As always, feel free to send session day. me your thoughts and ideas at [email protected]. How to contact the DSE News How to contact the DSE The DSE Newsletter is published monthly for the DSE Running Club. Mail Contact: DSE Runners Amber Wipfler, Editor Please note that submissions may be edited for P.O. Box 210482 Email: [email protected] length and clarity. San Francisco, CA 94121-0482 Telephone Contributions: Submission Deadline: Hotline: 415-978-0837 We encourage our members to submit Please submit your material to the editor by articles and photos for inclusion in the DSE the 25th of each month if you would like it to Website/Membership Application: Newsletter. Please send your contributions be published in the following month’s news- www.dserunners.com to the editor at the above e-mail address. letter. Webmaster: Rob Snaveley Members without e-mail accounts can send [email protected] their contributions to the DSE general mail- box (see address at right). 2 DSE News 9/18 HISTORY MOMENT: Did you know, Dolphin South End running club regularly runs sections of the 49 Mile Drive—such as SEPT. 14, 1938 Lake Merced, Baker Beach, and Golden Gate Park. 49 MILE DRIVE Kristine and Carolyn wanted to include DSE in the book because of DSE’s long SF history, and our shared Kristine Poggioli vision to get people of all ages out in the city, getting active. The book includes info about and a photo of You’ve seen the 49 Mile Scenic Drive seagull signs DSE, along with Walt Stack’s motto, “Start slowly and all over San Francisco. You may have driven it, but do taper off.” you know its history and its connection to DSE? Now for the 80th Anniversary of the opening of the The 49 Mile Drive was born back in 1938 when Drive, they have been challenging people to WALK (or the whole world had just been invited to visit San run) the Drive over the course of a year. And people Francisco for the 1939-40 Golden Gate International are taking the challenge. (You can get a free map or Exposition on Treasure Island. The Down Town their guidebook at walkSF49.com.) Association wanted a way to get all those visitors Carolyn says, “We love getting people out of their out to see San Francisco’s neighborhoods, marvel at cars, walking, talking(!), seeing new things, and falling her beauty—and think about doing business in San in love with San Francisco all over again—and with Francisco.