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VolumeCarolina Godiva XL Track Club, Vol. XL, No. 12 Sep 2015 Page 1 Number 12 September 2015 ~ ~ ~ 1st Electronic- only Newsletter! Newsletter HAPPY Contents President’s Column 1 “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” So sings Andy Wil- Club Info 2 liams in that Christmas song. Our holiday-spirit-filled vice president Jess Jenkins has coopted that classic for announcing this year’s Winter Upcoming Club Events 3 Series schedule (see page 7). And she couldn’t be more right. It is the 3 most wonderful time of the year. The hottest months are just ending, Weekly Runs but for those who love the heat there’s still a little more of it in early Godiva Goes to the Movies: 5 September. To me that means there’s still time for more shirt-soaking The Coach Buehler Story sweaty runs in Duke Forest or on the ATT, swims at the quarry in Eno Godiva fall picnic 5 River State Park, or a combination of the two with runs along the Eno Godiva Cross Country 6 River broken up by periodic leaps into a good swimming hole to take 6 Race Calendar the edge off the heat. My friends Winter Series is coming! 7 and I also do a trail run and then a Durham Bulls Outing 7 swim, or what we call the Dash ‘N’ Report Splash, on weekends at the quarry. Running and then swimming after- 8 History Corner ward (truth be told, I’d float on a Membership Corner 9 pool noodle) is what summer is all about for me. Thank you to our Past 9 This summer I wanted to do Postmasters something more to get me cross CGTC Makes the Cover of 10 training and avoid injury. I added Endurance Magazine road biking and distance swimming to the mix. So sometimes, instead of Am I jumping for joy because I Summer Track Results 11 finished the Lake Logan Triathlon? running and floating on Fridays af- Or because Winter Series is @ The Races 18 ter work, we’d bike out to Maple around the corner? (Photo courtesy of Jen Howard) 19 View Farm in Orange County for Monthly Meeting Minutes some delicious ice cream, then bike back and go to dinner (like a lot of Contributors 20 you, I exercise so I can eat whatever I want). If you want a real workout, try riding a mountain bike 25 road miles up and down those Membership / Renewal 21 country hills. I might’ve bemoaned doing so (okay, whined) on occa- Deadline for Oct 2015 Newsletter: sion while others easily pedaled ahead on their road bikes, but it paid SEPTEMBER 15TH dividends in early August when I did my first triathlon. Email (Continued on page 4) [email protected] Page 2 Carolina Godiva Track Club Vol XL, No. 12 Sep 2015 Godiva Listserv The Godiva listserv is open to members and friends of Godiva—use it to share infor- mation and stay up to date on club goings- on. To subscribe to the list, just send an email to [email protected] To post to the list, send messages to: [email protected] Godiva Club Contacts Club Discounts President Jamie Lewis [email protected] Bull City Running Company 15% off all non-sale items 265-3904 www.bullcityrunning.com Vice President Jess Broglie [email protected] Southpoint Crossings, Durham Treasurer Kevin Nickodem [email protected] Omega Sports 493-7603 10% on all non-sale items - New 360-9060 Hope Commons or Renaissance Meeting Secretary Brandy Burns [email protected] 859-2623 Pkwy., Durham; Crossroads, Cary; 871-0311 North Hills, Raleigh Membership Chair Ethan Caldwell [email protected] Inside-Out Sports 10% on all regular priced items. 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Event Date & Time Location More Info Weds. 9/2, 9/9, UNC & Duke CGTC Cross Country 9/16, 9/23, & p. 6; http://goo.gl/uH2Q1d XC trails 9/30 @ 6pm Submission Deadline for Tues. 9/15 Electronic Email [email protected] October Newsletter Godiva at the Movies: Durham Library, Starting at the Finish Line: Thurs. 9/24, 7pm p. 5; http://dcl.li/4etm1 Main Branch The Coach Buehler Story Duke Forest CGTC Fall Picnic Sun. 9/27, 3pm p. 5; http://goo.gl/3tAvjS Picnic Shelter at Gate F Winter Series Event 1: Sun. 10/11, Durham Academy p. 7; http://www.carolinagodiva.org/ Run for the Donuts 10am Upper School Track index.php?page=winter-series GODIVA WEEKLY RUNS Day Time Location Type of Run Coordinator 10 Park Dr, Durham, NC 27709. Behind RTP Federal Paved paths in the RTP. 5.2 to 7+ Monday 5:30 p.m. Credit Union; to the right of Jess Broglie, 910-286-6282 miles, at 8-9:15 minutes per mile. Research Triangle High School. Duke East Campus, at Trail and streets around Duke Univer- Tuesday 6:00 p.m. Asbury United Methodist sity. 5.27 miles, with two pace groups Jen Howard, 919-260-0261 Church, Durham at 7:30-8:30 and 9-10 minutes per mile 202 NC-54, Durham, NC Paved trail and neighborhood streets. Katie Biasi, 919-593-2578 Thursday 27713. Kroger grocery store 6:00 p.m. Two pace groups at 7-8 and 8:30-9:30 and Paul Worms- at South Point Crossing (p.m.) minutes per mile. becher, 919-303-0443 shopping center. Mostly single-track trails. Very hilly. Umstead State Park, Cary Saturday On single track, 10.5-11 minute mile Carolyn Huettel, 8:30 a.m. 27513. Harrison Avenue (Umstead) pace. On bridle trails, 8:45-9:15 mi- 919-491-4548 entrance nute miles. Duke Forest trails, with some road 8:00 a.m.; Duke Forest—Gravel lot off portions. Distance and speed vary Carolyn Huettel, Sunday pre-run at 751 between Science Dr and from 8-20 miles at 7:30-10:30 min. per 919-491-4548 7:00 a.m. Duke University Rd mile * For full details on these runs, see the “Weekly Runs” section of the club website (www.carolinagodiva.org) Page 4 Carolina Godiva Track Club Vol XL, No. 12 Sep 2015 President’s Column, con’t.. (continued from page 1) teers. Volunteers do three things: Arrive early to set Of course, the first event in a tri is swimming, so up, sign people in, and give out numbers; help time this summer I traded floating after my Friday night the event; and clean up afterwards. To compensate for run for actual swimming. In July I starting swimming low volunteer turnout last season, some volunteers did on Sunday mornings, too, because it’s not my forte all three; this can take more than three hours, depend- and it’s the most demanding of the three events for ing on the race and venue. (Race directors spend dou- me. In May I could barely swim one lap at the quarry ble that amount of time securing snacks and drinks, (about 500 yards), but in the tri I would have to go picking up and returning the equipment, marking the three times that distance without stopping (I did an course, and coordinating volunteers.) While some vol- international/Olympic distance triathlon: 1500M unteers helped with either set-up or clean-up and also swim, 40K bike, and 10K run). I didn’t follow a train- ran, those who worked the entire event had to forego ing schedule, but every week I did each of the three running it. They cheerfully volunteered, but I could activities at least once. I even did a 50-mile ride on a tell that at least some of them were disappointed they road bike once! weren’t racing. I’m proud to say I did extremely well for my first During this upcoming Winter Series, why not triathlon. But the result give the gift of time and that most matters to me volunteer for an event to is that I challenged my- help the race operate self to do something smoothly and end at a rea- new, then did it. Com- sonable time for all in- pleting it two weeks shy volved? To do so, simply of the 10th anniversary of email the race director and my stroke, which for two let them know you want to months had me unable to help.