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Volume 48, Issue 7 July 2021 FOOTPRINTS July 2021 www.toledoroadrunners.org TOLEDO ROADRUNNERS CLUB 2 TOLEDO ROADRUNNERS CLUB In this issue… TRRC Officer Roster 2 .......... Officer Roster, Born to Sweat President 3 .......... The President’s Letter Tim Carney (567) 868-3647 [email protected] 3 .......... Newsletter Contributor Award Vice President 4 .......... Membership Terri Kirtos (419) 460-4313 [email protected] 4 .......... How Many? 4 .......... Contributors to Footprints Treasurer 5 .......... Whatever Happened to Randy’s Race? Stan Root (419) 666-1980 [email protected] 5 .......... Toledo Roadrunners Club Scholarship Secretary 5 .......... Financials, June 2021, June Correction Terri Kaczor (419) 787-2797 [email protected] 6-7 ...... Profile, TRRC Member, Bob Masters Membership 7 .......... Items for Footprints Lisa A. Stevens [email protected] 7-9 ...... Frantic Finish Race Schedule [email protected] 10-11 .. National Running Day Equipment Coordinators 12-13 .. Kids Kilometers Steve Kaczor (419) 833-6365 [email protected] 14-15 .. Repeater: Hatfield McCoy Marathon Volunteer Coordinator 15 ........ Ryder Rush Erin O’Connell (419) 654-3288 [email protected] 16-17 .. Fred Fineske’s Story Members At Large 17 ........ Running in Place(s) Dianna Ashton [email protected] 18 ........ TRRC Picnic Alert Kary Whearty (419) 704-0121 [email protected] 18 ........ Student Leaderboard Pictures 18 ........ Metroparks Trail Challenge. Jeff Swartz (419) 461-1364 [email protected] 20-21 .. Performance vs Weight Loss Nutrition in Austin Hagemann (419) 806-2761 [email protected] Runners Bonnie Baumann (419) 340-8435 [email protected] 21 ........ Sneakers4Funds Julian Avery (419) 973-1610 [email protected] 22 ........ Advertising in Footprints 25 ........ Historical Photos Past President 26-27 .. June TRRC Board Minutes Tom Silva (419) 705-6819 [email protected] 27 ........ May TRRC Board Minutes Past Vice President 28 ........ Calendar Sarah Anderson [email protected] Newsletter Editor Lois Berkowitz (734) 556-0809 [email protected] Webmaster [email protected] Born to sweat... Dear runner friends, I am very proud of both of our award winners this year, Jerome Tomc for the Sy Mah Award and Linda Shaw for the Newsletter Contributor. You are both wonderful mem- bers of our TRRC family. Going back through the past 2 years’ issues to verify something, I found that my Road Trips submissions have fallen off! Sigh. All you have to do is go somewhere, and photograph yourself reading Footprints. Then you send it to me. Is that so hard? Remember also that I am always looking for historical pictures. I will return them to you after copying them. Help fill in our history! Special plug here for the TRRC picnic, to be held August 10! Be there! We may ask you to bring games, etc. More details are coming as Kary and I worry them out. Lois Berkowitz, [email protected] July 2021 www.toledoroadrunners.org TOLEDO ROADRUNNERS CLUB 3 T HE PRESIDENT ’ S LETTER Dear Toledo Roadrunners Club members: It is July already?! Where does the time go? I hope everyone is enjoying their summer even with the extra bit of heat and humidity throughout June. No doubt there is definitely a strong sense of normal, particularly in the running community with several running and multi-sport events during the week and every weekend. We are so fortunate for the opportunities throughout the area. The Club hosted National Running Day on June 2nd at Swan Creek Metropark. Thanks to everyone that came out and got SOAKED! More on this on pages 10-11. The Club’s Running on Tap events have returned! The first one was at Patron Saints Brewery on June 9th and was well attended. There will be more scheduled throughout the summer and fall! Please come out for these social gatherings! The Club’s first race of a three-part trail series will kick off on July 25th with Where’s the Dam? Half and Quarter Marathons starting at Provi- dence Metropark. Save the date for the other two, the Oak Opening Stam- pede 25K and 5K on September 19th at Oak Openings and Falling Leaves 8 Miler on October 24th at Secor! The second half of year is shaping up to be as busy as the first half! Our relationship with Metroparks Toledo continues to flourish in partnership on our Trail Series, their Under the Moon Series – Christmas in July 5K on July 25th at Wildwood and Under the Maumee Moon 5K on September 28th at Sidecut, and participation in their Outdoor Expo on Sep- tember 18th at Blue Creek. All these events have just been launched in the last couple weeks! In the absence of a full event season in 2020 and traditional awards banquet, the Club presented two prestigious awards to two deserving members at the June Board meeting held at Sidecut Metropark on June 8th. The Newsletter Contributor Award went to Linda Shaw. Lois Berkowitz chose Linda to receive this award because of the many entertaining and informative articles she wrote about the races she travelled to around the country. She has a running costume for every major holiday and many themed events! The Sy Mah Award was bestowed to Jerome Tomc. This is the Club’s most prestigious award. It is not an award for accomplishments in a single year, yet for a member who has helped promote the Club, assisted in enhancing the Club, and helps event grow by participating, volunteering, or directing. This award was presented by Past President Jeff Bertram. Congratulations to Jerome and Linda! We are humbled and proud! The Club wrapped up its Track Leaderboard for the spring and we look forward to greater participation in the fall for the cross country season. 16 participated in this new program. The Club held its second Health Education program on June 22nd focusing on the foot and ankle and bone stress injuries. Thank you, Dr. Fernando, for the education! These programs will continue on the fourth Tuesday of each month. The record- ings can be found at TRRCHealthEdPrograms. Articles of conflict of interest were introduced at the June 8th board meeting and available on our website. Work continues on the draft constitution revision. Further updates to follow. Please enjoy your July! If you are looking for an running event, you can find many at our website at TRRCCalendar2021 or on the back page of Footprints! Keep on running, Tim Carney, President [email protected] 567-868-3647 At our June meeting at Side Cut Metropark, two awards were presented. The Newsletter Con- tributor Award was presented to an absent Linda Shaw (right), who was having fun with her family (and running) in Hawaii. On the cover, Jeff Bertram, former TRRC Presi- dent, presents the prestigious Sy Mah Award to Jerome Tomc. This awardee is nominated by and voted on by previous Sy Mah awardees. Congratulations to both of you! July 2021 www.toledoroadrunners.org TOLEDO ROADRUNNERS CLUB 4 Membership Report by Lisa A. Stevens Hello Everyone, It was nice to see so many people at our first LIVE meeting! Congratulations to our 2021 award winners, Jerome Tomc & Linda Shaw. I hope to see more people attending in the coming months. It is nice to be able to get a run in before the meeting and check out the different parks around Toledo. I have been receiving several emails from members who are opting out of their paper Footprints issue! Thanks, and we hope that more of you consider doing the same. If you are NOT receiving your digital issue of Footprints, or if you are experiencing difficulty opening/accessing it, please let me know right away and I can easily assist you in correcting the problem. Enjoy the summer weather, stay hydrated, and remember the sunscreen! Membership Report: New Youth Members: 5 New Senior Members: 17 New Single Members: 94 New Family Members: 94 Renewals: 2 Renewals: 150 Renewals: 214 Renewals: 421 Total as of 6/9/21 = 1014 New Members: Alan Bannister Caleb Blaine Lionel Brock Danielle Butram Victoria Case Will Cook Ethan Cope Renee Dallas Gregory Grajczyk Carrie Hawkins Hayden Henningsen Brett Infanti Yvette Infanti Kayla Joherl Melissa Lenahan Adam Lewis Jerrica Lucero Donald Lucero Wyatt Lucero Emelyn Lucero Melissa Mambot Kiley Sabo Stef Staley Janet Strader Jud Strader Welcome Back: Robert Austin Douglas Binkley Darrell Cousino Liam Cousino Marina Ederra-Austin Lynne Forsythe Scott Forsythe Ruth Griffin Christine Patten Andi Petrie Ayden Tennant Contributors to the July issue of Footprints (Thank you, and keep ‘em coming!): Sarah Anderson, Julian Avery, Lois Berkowitz, Tim Carney, Marc Ensign, Fred Fineske, Ruth Griffin, Terri Kaczor, Terri Kirtos, Bob Masters, Rob Nicely, Erin O’Connell, Stan Root, Mark Stender, Lisa Stevens And editors, Dianna Ashton and Tom Biblewski “How Many” by Marc Ensign I need another pair of running shoes, I need to run ten more miles, I need new running shorts, I need to get another race medal. I need to sign up for these races, I need to go to the running store and get more stuff. It’s never ending. Running can go from a simple sport to a very complex life style of decisions and commitments with events and friends, planning races close and far away. With everything starting to feel normal again, try to control the “how many” and re- member to keep things simple and not reach out for everything. So remember, it’s not how many, but what’s really important to you as far as goals and satistaction. It is just running, so keep it simple. Marc “the simple minded shark” Ensign July 2021 www.toledoroadrunners.org TOLEDO ROADRUNNERS CLUB 5 TRRC Financials for June 2021 What ever happened Jan 1 - June 12 to Randy’s Race? Ordinary Income/Expense by Erin O’Connell Revenue Membership Dues 6,104.88 Total Race Entry Fees 158,091.78 Randy’s 10 miler was held in the fall and typically Sponsorship 86,050.00 had several events of various distances all in honor Other Income 3,168.21 of Randy Raker.