PACELETTER News & Information for Members of the Port City Pacers Running Club th 35 Annual Azalea Trail Run March 24, 2012 2011/2012 PCP Officers Port City Pacers President Jon Bowie www.pcpacers.org 626-2891 February 2012 Vice President Online Race Results Gary Beeler Volume XXXIV, Number 7 649-9705 Mobile, Alabama Grand Prix Standings Secretary Table of Contents Joy Brewer Race Announcements 209-6364 PCP Board ………..……......2 Promotion Commotion…….3 Forum Course Marshal T-Shirt Quilts………………4 OPEN Running Quotes…........…....5 Links to Other Web Sites Treasurer of Interest David Dutton Board Meeting Minutes…...7 340-7345 Training Runs/Walks ……..8 Membership Recipe Corner….…………..8 Advertising Rates Joe McReynolds 662-3626 Corporate Cup……………..9 The PACELETTER is emailed Promotions/Corporate Cup PCP Race Calendar……....11 electronically and by mail monthly to approximately 700 members. If you Will Wright Race Calendar…………….12 342-1363 are submitting flyers, please give us Running Groups/Clubs.…..13 100 flyers and an electronic copy in Programs Word. Frequent Runner Number.14 Roy Seewer All materials must be camera-ready 802-1569 th Membership Application…15 and received by the 10 of the month prior to first insertion issue. Newsletter The prepaid rates are: Wanda Smith Business Card $100 per year 401-3536 ¼ Page $25 per issue ½ Page $40 per issue Registration/Results OPEN Full Page $75 per issue Race Coordinator Kenny Pfeiffer 501-6980 Volunteer Coordinators Race results found on the following web sites: Cecilia Newsome Cathy Randall pcpacers.org Past President Richard Leonard 607-9733 productionsbylittleredhen.com ATR Race Director Peggy Olive 401-8039 February 2012 Page 2 Promotion Commotion By Will Wright CANCER – Hodgkin's lymphoma, leukemia, Pancreas - the only consistent LOWER YOUR RISK NOW! uterus, liver, brain, kidney, risk factors are age and tobacco, myeloma, bladder, cervix, and but more recent studies have I have lost several friends to stomach. For men they are lung, found obesity raises the risk by cancer and have many others in prostate, colon & rectum, 28%. Again, staying active to rem ission from the dreaded pancreas, liver, leukemia, keep weight down reduces the disease. Cancer isn't inevitable esophagus, bladder, non- risk. but the older we get, the more Hodgkin lymphoma, kidney, likely it seems to occur. If you brain, stomach, skin, oral cavity Esophagus - The risk of have reached the age of 40, your & pharynx, and larynx. esophageal cancers goes up with odds of getting some form of Here are a few comments increasing body weight. A diet cancer increase; current statistics concerning the major cancers rich in fruits and vegetables indicate one out of every two and what we can do to dodge seems to protect the esophagus. men and one out of every three them: In addition to diet and exercise, women will be diagnosed with a screening tests are recommended potential killer. Last year Lung - smoking dwarfs all other to aid in early detection. 571,950 cancer deaths occurred causes, along with resulting in the US. You can't keep from passive smoke and genetic getting older but you can change disposition. Death from this type Mammograms and self exams, a your lifestyle to reduce the risk cancer is declining due to the fecal occult blood test, flexible of developing many kinds of reduction in smoking that sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, a cancer. An old adage came to typically goes along with digital rectal exam and PSA test, mind: "a fence at the top of the exercise. and a pap test and pelvic exam cliff is far better than an should be scheduled regularly ambulance at the bottom of it." based on age and genetics. In other words, let's try to Breast - obesity is now accepted Give priority to good eating and prevent it from happening. as an increasing risk factor. exercise as aids to good health Physical activity probably In a recent health newsletter I and a longer life. Throw in some was interested in reading about reduces the risk of breast cancer. multivitamins and checkups and which cancers are most you will be looking for those common, which are most Prostate - While nothing is races with 75 and 80 year age deadly, and what we can do to firmly established, diet seems to groups! lower our risk. It was no surprise have a significant impact on this to read that diet, weight, and cancer. Studies indicate that Speaking of health, 2011 was a exercise are high on the list of older men who regularly engage those things we need to manage most trying year for me. While I in vigorous activities like feel ok and am active, my annual properly in our everyday living jogging or brisk walking had a to minimize the chance of blood work revealed the 70% lower risk of this cancer getting cancer. Those of us who production of a "rogue" protein being lethal. and a reduced hemoglobin count. run and walk already practice a more healthy lifestyle than our My internist suggested I see an non-exercising peers and are on Colon & Rectum - diets rich in oncologist last October; after the right track for a longer life fiber, grains, fruits and many tests I have been diagnosed and good health. vegetables are protective. Being with a slow growing, rare, Leading cancer killers for overweight or obese is clearly incurable blood cancer called women in order from worst to associated with this cancer; thus Waldenstrom least are lung, breast, colon & staying active can lower your Macroglobulinemia. rectum, pancreas, ovary, non- risk. ………continued on page 10 February 2012 Page 3 T-Shirt Quilts So many people have dresser drawers overflowing with t-shirts saved from high school, college, playing sports, going to concerts, races run, graduation, vacations, political and business occasions but don't know what to do with them now. A memorable fix to this problem is to have a keepsake quilt made that will record these special moments for generations to come; not to mention the joy you will get from remembering each shirt's special time. I made my first t-shirt quilt from running shirts that a wife sneaked from her husband‟s prized stash. I was so afraid he would come after me but he loved it! He said it was the best Christmas present she ever gave him. Later, I made three quilts from Mary Taylor's shirts. Many of you may remember her from her 30+ years of Azalea Trail Run races as well as other races. She loved her quilts so much that when she was sick she asked her daughters to please use them as her casket blanket because it was such a happy part of her life. And they did. This touched my heart. From the first t-shirt quilt I made about 25 years ago followed by many more t-shirt quilts for loved ones memorials, race car drivers, Harley and Honda lovers, fish shirts and many more; I was HOOKED with the love of helping people save happy memories. I consider it a huge honor to be entrusted with this job. Please contact to design your special quilt. We can decide on your border color, hand tie or machine quilting, cotton or flannel backing, etc. to preserve your memories. Contact information: Marie Brooks: 251-455-2032 email: [email protected] Facebook: T-shirt quilts by Marie You can see more of my quilts there. February 2012 Page 4 Running quotes to keep in mind when you need a little motivation or inspiration to keep running. Post one on the fridge, your mirror, your computer or the dash board of your car for a reminder of why you run. "Every day is a good day when you run." -- Kevin Nelson "You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement." -- Steve Prefontaine "I always loved running...it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs." -Jesse Owens "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." -Juma Ikangaa, 1989 NYC Marathon winner "In running, it doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, 'I have finished.' There is a lot of satisfaction in that." -Fred Lebow, New York City Marathon co-founder "Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." --OprahWinfrey "Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about." -- PattiSue Plumer, U.S. Olympian "Believe that you can run farther or faster. Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do. Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself." -- John Bingham "Whether you believe you can or believe you can't, you're probably right.” -- Henry Ford "Remember the feeling you get from a good run is far better than the feeling you get from sitting around wishing you were running." -- Sarah Condor "Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors.