The Endurance Club For The Endurance Athlete Celebrating 35 Years On The Road PERS LO LOPERGRAM Volume 33, No 4 Member of the RRCA - Road Runners Club of America Fall 2011/Winter 2012 Lopers Take The hoLiday... aT T h e C L a s s i C 1 Happiest plaCe on eartH Coast to Coast Hungry for Disney Coast to Coast Coast to Coast 2 THE LOPERS CLUB Marking the RUNNING & PRESIDENT’S FITNESS CLUB MESSAGE A Charitable Corporation Founded in 1977 by Don Hall Miles By JIM WALLING _____________________________www.rrca.org WOW! What a great training year we ways playing it “heads up” using com- Officers and Directors have enjoyed so far! It has really been mon sense and keeping your personal President ................Jim Walling 909-437-3194 fun thanks to the outstanding Leader- safety and that of your fellow Lopers [email protected] ship of Judy and Alan Remele and their foremost in your thinking, Treasurer ........... Christel Dreier 909-873-1208 crew of volunteers! We have enjoyed ice Secretary ........ Nellie R. Killion 909-558-4543 Also avoid trying new things at this cream, oranges, bananas and snacks af- Board Members point in your training. Stick to what is ...................................Bill Carter 951-788-8425 ter our runs; a very good turn-out at the working for you and wait until after LA [email protected] Mission Inn Run; a great Holiday Clas- to innovate. LA is getting too close to ............................ Christel Dreier 909-873-1208 sic Run and a super training run at Surf [email protected] risk injury or lengthy interruption of City! But most of all, we enjoy seeing ..............................Kris Harapan 888-819-7295 your training. [email protected] you, our new members, sticking with ................................Ruth Homan 951-780-2099 your training program to finish your first It is normal at this time of our training [email protected] full Marathon in March, in L.A.! You year, for some to become discouraged ............................... Alan Remele 909-556-3645 deserve our big Congratulations! [email protected] if they miss a few Sundays or when the distances get long. If you know of any- ............................... Judy Remele 909-499-8761 In addition we see you making new and [email protected] one who has dropped out for any reason, lasting friendships as you share the road ........................... Ron Whitehead 951-697-0036 please let Judy or Alan Remele or es- each Sunday. Over the years, we have [email protected] pecially your pace leader know, so we ................................Sandy Wible 951-581-4260 seen many of these friendships turn into can re-assure them that ‘all is not lost’. [email protected] long-term associations. That is a benefit They can still pick up where they left off Course Svcs .............. Bill Carter 951-788-8425 of the Lopers Club that probably was not and finish L.A. but they may need our apparent when you joined. Lopergram Staff special help and encouragement at this Editor ................. Kris Harapan 888-819-7295 All the Volunteers who have made this a point in their training. [email protected] successful year deserve a big “THANK Website Manager .......................... Bill Carter Again, I urge any and all missing Mem- YOU” from all of us. Without your con- Asst. to the Editor ................... Dexter Emoto bers who started the training program, scientious dedication each Sunday this [email protected] to come back with new courage and let Staff Photographers could not happen. We simply can’t do us help you finish training to reach your ........................Tom Ballesteros 909-862-5494 it without you! ............................Dexter Emoto 909-553-5185 goal. Contributors As we finish our training year, please do Keep up the good work! See you all Russ Barber, Tom Ballesteros, Dexter Emoto, not forget to practice good safety rules Kris Harapan, John Sheppard, and Jim Walling Sunday… on the road. Try to form the habit of al- THE LOPERS CLUB PO Box 495, Loma Linda, CA 92354 Website: www.lopersclub.org User name: just Password: goforit Social: http://lopersnetwork.ning.com/ E-mail: [email protected] E-mail for Lopergram: ComeLoper join us for the LoperBanquet Banquet [email protected] The articles and pictures printed in the Lopergram do on Sunday, April 1 at 6:00 pm not necessarily represent the opinions of the editor, Lo- pergram staff or the Loper Organization. We, as a Run- ning and Fitness Club, do NOT endorse any particular at the San Bernardino Hilton. individuals or products. Any persons, products or web- sites mentioned in this newletter are as an “informa- tional” resource only and not an endorsement as such. Cost is $25.00 per person, and is due at sign-up. The Lopergram is designed by Kelley Herr-Roadruck, (masthead by Ryan Becker) and printed by Loma Advance sign-up by March 25 is requested. Linda University Printing Services 909-558-4552. 3 some time together at everyone’s favor- ite pastime. Food! In the meantime, be sure to congratulate Editor’s Notes Sarah Emoto. She’s finished her coast- By Kris Harapan to-coast run and has made it back home. What an accomplishment! An extra special congrats to Robin Der- A New year, A New you dowski - first time Boston Marathon Welcome to the start of a new year and ers!). And that’s just for starters. You’re Runner. You’ve joined an extra elite a wonderful new you. You have six developing mental stamina as well and group. Well Done! months of training under your belt and that pays off in it’s own ways. It’s a new year folks, what goals have the end of the season is in sight. Con- As we head into the final stretch of the you set for yourself? After all, you’re gratulate yourself for having made it this season, it’s time to start thinking about a new you now. A new you who can do far. You deserve it! what you will do after the marathon or anything you set your mind to. You’ve By now you should have discovered the half-marathon is over. You’ve worked exceeded your past expectations already. serendipities of all this training. You’re really hard to get this far. Make plans to It’s time to expand your horizons and handling stress better at work. All that keep it up. If you haven’t already, sign look at things you never thought you’d high mileage is great for offsetting those up for a race in say May or June. Give do before. Those limits were part of the extra holiday calories. I always count it yourself the motivation to keep training. old you. You’ve outgrown them so let a plus if I can sail through the holidays them go. You’re moving upward and And be sure you join us for the upcom- without gaining a pound (thanks Lop- onward! ing Loper banquet. It’s great to spend is always there, constant and faithful, the But the Roads are Always Open literal terra firma beneath my weary feet. All quotes are taken from Sarah’s blog She possesses a spirit, like my own, that http://chasingasphalt.wordpress.com/. can never be tamed or conquered. While I may have crossed the Finish “There are clubs you can’t belong to, you are always somebody’s Hero. It line of this long journey, I know I have a neighborhoods you can’t live in, schools was an honor to run each mile for you. thousand Start lines in front of me, and you can’t get into, but the roads are al- And may the family and friends of the infinite asphalt left to chase…because ways open.” Fallen find some peace in knowing the the roads are always open. ~Nike precious names of their loved ones were etched into the road This summer, I stood on the shore of with each step I took Huntington Beach, California, my feet across this great touching the grand Pacific Ocean, and country, never to be began the greatest journey of my life. forgotten. Four months, fourteen states, and three- thousand thirty-seven point two miles Finally, I must bow later, today I plunged my feet into the my head in humble re- Hudson River in New York, New York. spect to the Goddess If I could, I would describe for you the of the Open Roads thoughts and emotions going through herself, the Soul with- my head and heart as I ran the final miles in the highways and to my finish line, but I don’t think I can trails I traverse, the even attempt to put them in words. Keeper of my miles and footsteps. She Once again, I offer my deepest and can be vengeful and sincerest gratitude to every man and relentless, other times woman in uniform to whom this run was serene, calming, and dedicated. Know that you are loved and even playful. But at appreciated for what you do, and that the end of the day, she 4 focuses on carbohydrates, a runner is The CliniC Director’s provided with plenty of readily avail- able fuel for the run. Fat and protein reporT help the body stay satisfied for longer. Now, lots of runners will look at the By Alan and Judy Remele 50 percent carbohydrate guideline and think they will go into a macaroni with- drawal. A 50 percent carbohydrate diet Just Do It may not be enough for everyone, and even though it is usually enough for the You are getting strong and fit! You may walk a half or full marathon.