December 2015 All Chapter Newsletter - Meetup

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MV member Tom Frost trying to escape from fellow cooks at the Dana Point Turkey Trot 10K

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December Issue

02- 50 Top Running Stores in America 03- All Chapter Gala 04’s- Happy Holidays from A Snail’s Pace 05- Staff Spotlight 06- Brea Chapter News 11-Fountain Valley Chapter News 14- Mission Viejo Chapter News 16- Snail’s Cup Turkey Trot scores 17- Snail’s Cup Standings 18- Club Financials 19- Membership Updates 21- Club Race Schedule 22- Surf City Discount/Good Form Running Clinic 23- Oofos recovery sandals

CALL FOR NEWSLETTER ARTICLES! We encourage you to submit articles and or photos (decent quality resolution) of your recent running adventures or events for the newsletter. If you have any material to share that is inspirational, scenic, unique, fun, or just worth mentioning, please share them with your respective chapter’s newsletter editor. Brea - Bradley Vargyas / [email protected] Fountain Valley – Frank Chen / [email protected] Mission Viejo – Bob Morris / [email protected] Monrovia – Jenny Welch / [email protected] This month’s head editor - Bradley Contributing editors – Bob and Frank

The Snail’s Pace Crew accepting the 50 Best Running Stores in America award in Austin, Texas The 50 Best Running Stores in America for 2015 By Competitor.com, Published Nov. 24, 2015, Updated Nov. 25, 2015 at 11:27 AM UTC A great running store is the cornerstone of a healthy running community. It not only provides the latest knowledge on shoes and gear, but also fosters a passion for the sport by building a thriving community around it.

. Only through exemplary customer service, insightful industry knowledge and well-organized provisions of run programs and events can a store be considered one of the best—especially in an era dominated by online shopping. A great store is so much more than just a place to buy gear. Hence, every year Competitor magazine partners with Running Insight trade magazine to celebrate and identify these qualities in the 50 best running stores across the nation. The process begins with readers nominating their favorite shops on Competitor.com, followed by diligent evaluations executed by undercover shoppers.

Read more at http://running.competitor.com/2015/11/50-best-running-stores/the-50-best-running-stores-inamerica-for-2015_140602#uwMFl7RxrIAobXkM.99 The Final Four One of these four shops will be revealed as the 2015 Running Store of the Year on Dec. 3 based on criteria that include best retail environment, shoe-fitting checkout process, community service and credit ratings from vendors. Red Coyote Running and Fitness – Oklahoma City West Stride – Atlanta Fleet Feet Rochester – Rochester, N.Y. A Snail’s Pace – Fountain Valley, Calif.

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Krystal Martinez – A Snail’s Pace Brea, Senior Sales Associate Where are you from originally and when did you move to So Cal? Hacienda Heights, CA, and I’ve lived here my whole life. What got you started on running, when, where, etc.? My elementary school had cross country so I started running competitively in first grade at the age of 5 and never stopped. What has been your favorite race and why? My favorite race is the Baldwin Park 5k because I actually use to run that one in elementary school. So I have lots of memories from that course. What is the coolest place you have gone for a run? The coolest place has to be up in Truckee, which is about fifteen minutes from Lake Tahoe. What are you training for now and how is it going? I’m training for the Brea 8k, and training is going well. Do you have any races that interest you? I would love to run the OC Half, but 13.1 miles at race pace is what keeps me hesitant. What are your current running goals? My goal is to train enough to be confident enough to actually run a half marathon. What is your best running tip? My best running tip is to NEVER underestimate your body, it’s what you have to count on, and it can do so much more than you think. Why do you run? I run because it’s my escape from the world, and my time to connect with myself and clear my mind. Any other hobbies or interests? If Netflix counts as a hobby, then yes! I also like to read and write. What do you like most about working at A Snail’s Pace? The atmosphere and our customers. I get to talk about the sport I love, and help others get started.

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a) Only available to New guests club members Upcoming club events b) Jan 23- All 1. Dec 12-13 Holiday Chapter Gala Half a) Jan 9- So Cal Half VIII. Open Discussion 1. New Officers b) Jan 12- Club a) President- Brad Meeting Vargyas Treasury Report b) Vice President1. Oct Ending Ross Johnson Balance 1228.50 c) Social Chair2. October Active Catherine Members 127 Pearson Newsletter Update d) Treasurer1. All Chapter Michael Lohse Newsletter e) Meetup Guru2. Recent Race Angelo Aquino Results f) Newsletter Meetup Update Editor- Kristin Guth Social Chair's Report 2. Race Report 1. November Spirit Points- Yen All Chapter News 1. New uniforms

Brea Chapter News

Race Results Name

Race

Time

Keven Williams

Dana Point Turkey Trot 10K

38:10 PR 3rd in Age Division

David Wilder

Plymouth Rock and Run 10k

54:05

Kevin Boozer

Revel Canyon Marathon

3:47:01 PR

Rich Valdez

Plymouth Rock 5K Run

21:53

Angelo Aqunio

NYC Marathon

4:23

Comments

Brea Chapter News

Watch for Runners Back in 2014, I fe lt like I had re ache d a de ad e nd in my running. It came shortly afte r the LAMarathon. My time was much slowe r than e xpe cte d. It was hotte r than usual. I was tire d. And I got hit by a bike . Now grante d, the bike didn’t actually knock me OVER. But it re affirme d tha t pe rhaps this was not, pe rhaps, my day, running wise . I made it to the e nd as was gre e te d by frie nds with a chorus of “You finishe d! That’s the most important thing!” And although the y me ant we ll, as any runne r knows, it’s a bit patronizing to he ar those words for a race for which you traine d for months, no ma tte r wha t good inte ntions lie be hind the m. In April of 2014 I de cide d to join the Snails on a whim. I was looking for a group in which I could both run and me e t pe ople . Whe n I he ard about the Pub Run the adde d ince ntive of be e r se ale d the de al. Be ing part of the Snails he lpe d to re affirm the aspe cts of running tha t I always love dthe camarade rie . Admit it or not, we runne rs are a bit mad. We arise on Saturdays whe n othe rs are still asle e p in the ir comfy, comfy be ds to le g out long runs. We he ar how carbs contribute to we ight gain and the n de cide to load up on spaghe tti dinne rs to avoid hitting the dre ade d “wall”. We push ourse lve s to the point of e xhaustion only to arise the ne xt day and do it again. And ye t, with your fe llow runne rs, it’s the be st kind of madne ss. The kind of madne ss tha t turns walke rs into marathone rs, training runs into compe titions, and strange rs into frie nds. Right now I’m dre ading going up to Sacrame nto and having to run e ighte e n mile s by myse lf on Christmas Eve morning. I’ll do it, be cause my pe rvasive se nse of runne r’sguilt will make me . And the re ’s a good chance tha t I’ll e njoy it, e spe cially with Spotify streaming into my e ars and the dulce t tone s of Nick Offe rman re ading about his list of gre a t Ame ricans in his ne we st book. But will I e njoy it as much as running while Kelly Hertzig is ne xt to me with he r she e r sense of efferve scence tha t se e ms e ntire ly unnatural for a Saturday morning be fore the sun has e ve n come up? Or running while de bating which bacon, British or Ame rican, wins in pure tastine ss with Running Duche ss from Wale s- Cathe rine Pe arson (for the record, it’s USA all the way baby)? Or while que stioning Jimmy Andres’s logic of running 26.2 mile s downhill, which still, as I type it, se e ms like a bad ide a, e ve n a month and a half afte r the fact? No. Of course not.

I come back for the pe ople - the mid-we e k conve rsations, th e Saturday camarade rie , and, of course , a be e r or two a t the be e r garde n on Thursday. I’m proud to have contribute d to the club as your Ne wsle tte r Editor in 2015, and I’m e xcite d to se e wha t the coming ye ar has in store . If you have any comme nts or sugge stions ple ase don’t he sita te to le t me or my fe llow office rs know wha t we can do to make the club e ve n be tte r. Have a gre a t Holiday Se ason, and here ’s to a gre a t 2016! Brad Vargyas will be the president of the Brea chapter of the Snail’s Pace Running Club in 2016. He’sproud to report that he was hit by exactly zero bicycles in 2015.

Fountain Valley Chapter News Monthly Meeting Notes (December 9, 2015) • Upcoming club races: 2016 Southern California Half Marathon, 5K & 18 miles on 1/9 ($10 Discount Code: KP16 for Half and 18 miler, KP5K for $5 discount), Surf City Marathon and Half Marathon on 2/7/16 (choose ASPRC as club affiliation). • Other runs: Xmas Lights Run on 12/21, Crystal Cove State Beach Run on 1/1. • Weekly runs (See details and RSVP on FV Chapter Meetup site): – Tuesday Night Speed/Hill Training at OC Fairgrounds by Coach Fier. Warm-up @6:15pm. – Wednesday Night Fun Run at Roundtable Pizza in Fountain Valley @6:15pm. – Friday Morning Greenbelt Run at Fountain Valley Store @6:00am. – Sunday Morning Cameo Shores Run @8:00am. Lead by Dave Parsel and Pat Copps. – Sunday Morning Back Bay Run (Upper Newport Bay Park) @9:00am. Lead by Guy Morioka. • Thanks to everyone participated in the white elephant Christmas gift exchange. • Prizes for Oktober Mileagefest were handed out to Bridget O’Callaghan, Jennifer Monioz, and Sandy Draper. • Treasurer’s report: Account balance is $2,086.06 and 99 total members. See Club Financials and Membership Updates for details.

Congratulations to: Spirit Points winner of the Month: Sherri Spirit Mileage Pin recipient: Guy Morioka Chapter Spirit Award (most Wednesday Club Runs, 44/99): Luis Gasca

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Fountain Valley Chapter News Race Results Name

Time

Comments

Run for a Claus 5K Rob Sternberg

0:24:02

Fun race of UCI

Sue Sternberg

0:28:00

Fun Run!

Guy Morioka

0:30:00

Than Duong

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Fun Race!!

Cornucopia 5K Thao Nguyen

0:28:00

Than Duong

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3rd in AG

Other Races Rob Sternberg

0:26:15

Disneyland Avengers 5K— Fun Run

Marie Puffpaff

1:20:48

LB Turkey Trot 10K—

Mario Guereca

4:44:00

Chino Hills 30K— Awesome!!

Rick Green

2:01:00

Rock n’ Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon— Cold, wet & windy

Sheri Wilson

0:49:30

Redding Turkey Trot— 2nd in age group

Big John Manchan

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Vertical 5K Run Keeper— Dec 7. 2015

James Howarth

0:40:00

Renegade Turkey Trot 5K— 11/22/15

Bob Norton

8:34:20

Catalina Eco Marathon— Hard fall @23mi

Bob Norton

0:30:22

Turkey Trot 5K— 1st Div

Guy Morioka

1:44:32

USA Half Marathon— PR

Rod Robey

0:53:07

HB Gobble Gobble 10K— 1st in age group, No medal L

Rick Noer

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Catalina Eco 10K— 3rd AG

Rick Noer

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Turkey Trot 10K— 1st AG

Robert Mignosa

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Rock n’ Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon—

Robert Mignosa

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Catalina Eco Half Marathon—

Robert Mignosa

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Turkey Trot 5K—

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Fountain Valley Races and Places Surf City 10 10/25/15

Monet DeJesus (left) and Sandy Draper (Pacer)

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Mission Viejo Chapter News MV December Meeting Notes Introduction of guests and other “new faces” Vice President’s report; Club races, Fun runs, etc. – Marc Owen Sat. 1/23/16 ALL CHAPTER GALA Treasurer’s Report, Membership Report (Than) Committee Reports 100/500 Mileage Pin Update (Tanya) Race Results (We will pass around the board and I will announce a few, let others talk about their race) Raffles (if any) December Birthdays Jenny and Andrew’s baby shower Adjournment

Dana Point Turkey Trot pics

Dana Point Turkey Trot pics (continued)

Snail’s Cup Series Update DP Turkey Trot Points Chapter

Points

Staff / Name

Julie Ertel

MV

999

Liz Sponagle

MV

921

891

Sue Davis

FV

986

Bob Morris

MV

916

FV

889

Luis Arriaga

MO

984

889

976

900

MV

MV

MO

Chris Burns

Jen Serna

BR

856

Kristine Miller

MV

870

Leilani Rios Mark Donaldson

Michael Flowers

MV

974

Sheri Corlett

MV

851

Debra Okano

MV

968

Armando Acuna

BR

798

Bob Crowson Pamela Wusthof

MV

817

Nick Mosey

BR

954 940

727

813

MO

FV

MV

Roberto Chavez

Robert Mignosa

708

803

932

FV

MV

MO

Bob Norton

Tom Frost

Miguel Magana

662

778

931

BR

FV

MV

Eddie Serna

Sue Sternberg

Erik Tavera Ilona Kojalovica

MO

906

Victoria Knight

BR

656

Bobby Porter

FV

730

Suzie Gulshan

BR

611

Alison Horton

MV

904

Cathy Shargay

FV

723

Jamie Giddens

BR

888

Amy Katz

MV

707

Kyra Ytzen

MV

698

Enrique Santoyo

FV

885

Lucy Salazar

BR

683

Heidi Walker

MV

880

Benjamin Read

MV

637

Tanya Mansell

MV

622

Pamela Galambos

MV

877

Judy Sweet

MV

530

Beth Hibbard

FV

876

Than Duong

MV

505

Paulino Tavera

MV

850

Jose Vara

MO

840

Gilbert Salazar

BR

666

Club / Name

Chapter

Points

Marc Owen

MV

992

Greg Beck

MV

David Schiller

Elite / Name

Chapter

Points

Snail’s Cup Series Update CLUB

Chapter

Total Races Ran

Total Points

Average Points

Net Points

Average Net Points

Kristine Miller Sheri Corlett Pamela Wusthof Pat Herr Grace Innis Tom Frost Sue Sternberg Mike Bertram Gloria Rendon-Thomas Monet De Jesus Keven Williams Tanya Mansell Amy Katz Kyra Ytzen Greg Beck Marc Owen Ashley Macey Lucy Salazar Jenny Gardelle Kristen Guth

MV MV MV MV MV MV FV MV MV FV BR MV MV MV MV MV MV BR FV BR

10 12 10 9 11 9 9 8 8 9 7 9 8 8 6 7 8 8 7 7

8454 9770 8230 7125 8209 6819 6458 6057 5949 5800 5685 5440 5429 5314 5253 5154 4897 4589 4377 4351

845 814 823 791 746 757 717 757 743 644 812 604 678 664 875 736 612 573 625 621

7809 7588 7550 7125 6997 6819 6458 6057 5949 5800 5685 5440 5429 5314 5253 5154 4897 4589 4377 4351

867 843 838 791 777 757 717 757 743 644 812 604 678 664 875 736 612 573 625 621

STAFF

Chapter

Bob Morris Michael Flowers Armando Acuna Mike Schwartz Liz Sponagle Eric Mendoza Matt Widzer Bob Norton Marina White Victoria Knight

MV BR BR MV MV SCP FV FV MV BR

ELITE

Chapter

Mark Donaldson Miguel Magana Roberto Chavez Erik Tavera Philip Bachman Debra Okano Leilani Rios Mike Connors Nick Mosey Ilona Kojalovica

MV MO MO MV MO MV MV MV BR MO

Total Races Ran 10 6 9 7 5 6 5 8 8 5 Total

Total Points 9298 5220 7520 5461 4777 4382 4237 4951 4887 3579 Total

Average Points 929 870 835 780 955 730 847 618 610 715 Average

Net Points 5687 5220 5093 4820 4777 4382 4237 3940 3795 3579 Net

Average Net Points 948 870 849 803 955 730 847 657 633 715 Average Net

Races Ran 7 10 9 12 10 6 6 7 6 6

Points 6983 9782 8401 10792 9441 5694 5682 6455 5567 5501

Points 997 978 933 899 944 949 947 922 927 916

Points 6041 5975 5791 5790 5776 5694 5682 5658 5567 5501

Points 1007 996 965 965 963 949 947 943 927 916

Check your Chapter MeetuP FILES for full results.

Club Financials

2015

November

ASPRC membership BR

117

FV

99

MO

33

MV

228

total

477

MeetUp membership BR

677

FV

651

MO

331

MV

816

total

2475

Treasury Report BR

$1,236.50

FV

$2,086.06

MO

$2,895.60

MV

$5,799.86

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Membership Updates

BAUMAN

COREY

RUNMV (11/15)

BAXTER

JULIE

RUNMV (11/15)

CALZADILLAS

FRANCES

RUNMV (11/15)

CHUTE

LAURA

RUNMV (11/15)

COMEAU

ROB/ TAMARA

RUNMV (11/15)

COOK

DANIELLE

RUNMV (11/15)

COOK

SHELLY & BRUCE

RUNMV (11/15)

DALY

MICHAEL/BECKY

RUNMV (11/15)

DENNIS

SUSAN & KENNETH

RUNMV (11/15)

GIORDANO

MARIANNA

RUNMV (11/15)

GRADY

KHANH

RUNMV (11/15)

HUDACK

KRISTEN & MATT

RUNMV (11/15)

HUNT

TROY

RUNMV (11/15)

INGEGNERI

TINA

RUNMV (11/15)

KINCAID

MITZI

RUNMV (11/15)

MANDLER

ERIK

RUNMV (11/15)

MCNUTT

JOHN/MICHELE

RUNMV (11/15)

MORRIS

SUZI

RUNMV (11/15)

NORMAN

JAMES

RUNMV (11/15)

PATTERSON POLK

JAN GERILEE

RUNMV (11/15) RUNMV (11/15)

READ SCOTT

BENJAMIN ROBYN

RUNMV (11/15) RUNMV (11/15)

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Club Race Schedule

F ountain Valley ⬥ M ission Viejo⬥ Brea ⬥ M onrov ia ALL Races and Dates are tentative, and subject to revision. Email suggestions for additional Club Races to: [email protected]

Chapter Sponsor MO MV FV BR

Date

Race

December 12&13 Holiday Half Marathon/5k 2016 January 9 So Cal Half Marathon/5k February 7 Surf City Marathon/Half Marathon February 28 Brea 8k

Location Pomona Irvine Huntington Beach Brea

Look for the ASP Club Canopy at each Club Race (usually near the Finish Area). Warm-up & -down with your ASPRC Teammates. Bring a chair and some refreshments to share! Have FUN!! Don’t forget to write down your finish time on results clipboard at the canopy.

New uniforms now available at All ASP Stores!

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2016 Surf City Marathon Discount Sign up now for our 2016 Club Race Surf City Half and Full Marathon. Use the discount code "SCMMONTIEL10“ to receive 10% off your registration! Don't forget to select A Snail's Pace during online registration when asked “What club are you a member of?” http://www.runsurfcity.com/

Next GFR Clinics BR Store – 1/9 9am MV Store – 1/10 9am FV Store – 1/10 11am MO Store – 1/10 11am RSVP at: http://www.asnailspace.net/FormsGFR.html

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