A SNAIL’S PACE RUNNING CLUB F O U N T A I N V A L L E Y C H A P T E R

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Monthly Meeting Minutes :

Upcoming 2013 club races: Long Beach Marathon/Half/5K on 10/13 (choose ASPRC for club affiliation), Surf City Beach Derby 10mi/10K on 10/27, Dana Point Turkey Trot 10K/5K on 11/28, Tiger Run 5K/10K on 12/7.

Weekly runs: Hill training at Fairview Park on Tuesdays at 6:30pm, Round Table/Mile Square fun run on Wednesdays at 6:15pm, 10-mile HB run at Edison Community Center on Sundays at 7am.

4th Annual Salt Creek Stampede on 8/25 was a success. Thanks and good job to everyone attended.

Snail’s Fall Hash Run will be on 9/25 at Vista Park in Costa Mesa. See page 4 for details or contact Pat Copps at coppspat@gmail.com for any questions.

Pub runs: 10/1 at ASP Fountain Valley Store & test Adidas footwear.

All Chapter Gala will be in Long Beach on February 8, 2014 more details to come.

Bob Morris announced it’s almost time to nominate members for 2014 club officers. Voting will take place in November club meeting. Pacers needed for the Beach Derby 10-miler. Contact Bob Morris at bob.morris@asnailspace.net.

Knott’s special private night Friday, Sept 20. Tickets available at New Balance store in South Coast Plaza. Contact Robert Mignosa 714-866-6581 for info.

Next monthly club meeting: 10/9, 7:00pm (after 6:15pm fun run)

For informational use only. Not for sales or marketing.

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Table of contents:

01-Meeting Minutes

02-Spirit Awards

03-Ask Les Cargo

04-Snail’s Fall Hash Run

05-Marina White

06-Race and Places

07-Snails Cup

08-Race Results

09-Treasury

11-Club Races

2013 club officers:

President: Luigi Guereca themexicanluge@yahoo.com

Vice President: Marina White marinalw2107@gmail.com

Treasurer: Robert Mignosa rpmignosa@aol.com

Social Chair: Andy Parra elsparklepony@yahoo.com

Newsletter Editor: Frank Chen fightingfalcon@cox.net

Meetup Guru: Kristen Morris macdonald.kristin@gmail.com

Club Liaison: Bob Morris bob.morris@runasnailspace.com

Happiest Place on Earth

AUG & SEP 2013 NEWSLETTER

Photo courtesy of rundisney.com

Snail's Pace Spirit Awards

For August, Bridget O’ Callaghan-Hay was the recipient.

For this month, Stacy McCartney is the recipient.

Every club member can win and there is a new winner every month and year-long. Just go to the web site www.snailspacespirit.com and register.

Snail's Pace Spirit Incentive Program To Participate: You must be a current member of “Snail’s Pace Running Club” and have your dues up to date. Regular club members, Racing Team members and Running Academy Graduates are all eligible to participate and win prizes. Login to www.snailspacespirit.com and create an account and make sure you are located in your Chapter file (Fountain Valley) and the month you need to post your points. Points are accumulated on a monthly basis and all Chapter events should be posted to the month you participated in them. If you forget to enter your points for a particular month you may go back and enter them, but remember “Spirit Points” are tabulated on a monthly basis at the end of each month. This addition would only be counted for annual points. How to receive points: • Showing up at a regularly scheduled club run – 10 points • Attending the monthly club meeting – 20 points • Participating in the monthly club race – 20 points • Additional Points for wearing the “Club Uniform” at races – 10 points • Carpooling to races with other participants (two or more people)-10 points • Writing a newsletter article (and having it published) – 20 points • Hosting a club social event – 30 points • Attending a club social event – 10 points • Recruiting new members – 10 points • Volunteering at a local race – 10 points

Points are awarded for the activities listed above. Prior to each monthly meeting, the previous month’s points will be tabulated and the high scorer will receive a $20.00 ASP gift certificate. You can only win the monthly award once a year thus allowing all a chance at winning. How ever your points are added up and at the end of the year those with the most pints will get more chances at the grand prize drawing of a $100.00 ASP gift certificate, a free membership renewal to the running club, and a free entry to any cub race (limits Apply) of their choice for the next year. All points should be entered no later than the 1st of each month to give the Social Chair time to calculate the winner. If you have any questions, please see your Board of Directors for clarification.

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What is Snail Nation?

Snail Nation is a new loyalty program for our awesome customers. SN is loaded with special membership benefits including a welcome gift, birthday gift, special promotions, race discounts, and a really cool newsletter. It's easy to join Snail Nation--just go to www.asnailspace.net/SnailNationSignup.htmland complete the entry form. There are no costs to you. Join today and get in on all the fun! (FYI, the $5 Club discount code is for new members only.)

Send your running and racing questions to Les Cargo via my literary agent: bob.morris@asnailspace.net

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Ask Les Cargo

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Marina White

As a newbie to running in 2003, I did a lot of very short distance road training. When I moved to Santa Barbara for college in Fall of 2004, over a year after I had discovered the joys of running, I slowly began to explore longer distances and trail running. But It wasn’t until my first marathon in 2007, Pacific Shoreline, that I seriously started running trails when the race awarded every finisher a pair of Salomon trail shoes—nice perk!

I made a commitment to do my first trail ultra in these new shoes, and chose the Santa Barbara Nine Trails 35 Miler in Nov 2007. I was training very hard, including setting PRs in the 5K, 10K, half, and full (all on road) around that time, but my lack of experience on trails and ultras was evident on race day. Once on the course, I got lost several times and was mentally fatigued and shocked to realize that a 35 mile run with over 11,000 feet of elevation gain would be such a struggle. Close to 15 hours later, I made it to the finish line, but swore off trail running for a while.

It wasn’t until over 4 years later when I was seeing someone who loved hiking that I decided I should take up trail running again. However, now with over 70 marathons under my belt, I was a lot wiser in my approach. I found some races in interesting areas nearby which I never really explored, such El Moro, Saddleback, Bishop, Yosemite, and Holcomb Valley (Big Bear), and did 50Ks there, plus a variety of hikes such as at Baldy, Jacinto, Gorgornio, and Whitney. I loved the hills, altitude, and nature! Such a difference from road running …Over about 6 months, I saw so many beautiful parts of California through trail running… I was hooked! I even managed to successfully complete Pikes Peak Marathon that year due to all this trail training. That was a fun accomplishment!

While I am currently back to doing mostly road races, I still make an effort to get at least one day a week in on some nice trails, and it is always a nice surprise if a road-race I am doing has a segment of trail in it. In closing, I would suggest that everyone try a trail race of some distance at some point in their lives. The rewards that off-road running bring, such as the diverse, challenging terrain and beautiful scenery, are certainly worth the effort to discover some of the many trails heads in OC, So Cal, and beyond!

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Races and Places with Snails

Wednesday Night Fun Run 8/14/13

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Snails Cup Update

Name Chapter Total Races Total Points

Greg Beck MV 8 7372

Dawn Vonderheide BR 9 7188

Grace Innis MV 9 7049

Sheri Corlett MV 7 6069

Tom Frost MV 7 5940

Sandra Wendler MV 7 5655

Gloria Rendon-Thomas MV 6 5217

Faith Morris MV 7 5215

Denise Bacher BR 5 4716

Teri Tran MV 6 4633

Tanya Mansel MV 7 4429

Amy Katz MV 6 4401

Keven Williams BR 5 4305

Oscar Huerta BR 5 3936

Craig Innis MV 5 3892

Pat Herr MV 4 3745

Michael Diaz BR 4 3227

Tina Ingegneri MV 4 2897

Jeff Carter MV 3 2885

Kristine Miller MV 3 2578

For a listing of the full results, click here:

Snails Cup August 2013

Race Results

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Name Time Comments

OCTC Pancake 5K

Bob Borton 0:28:07 1st Div

Roseanna Uman 0:40:00

Rick Noer - 2nd AG

OC Fair 5K

Cesar Gomez 0:23:23

Roseanna Uman 0:39:00

Other Races

Bridget O’Callaghan-Hay 5:13:00 Park City Utah Marathon— Awesome course all above 6,500 ft.

Stacy McCartney 2:08;55 Ventura Beach Half Marathon—

Marina White 6:30:00 Humphy’s (Anchorage, Alaska) Marathon—

Marina White 1:28:00 Santa Rosa Marathon—

Marina White 2:45:00 Arroyo Creek Half Marathon— Pacer

Enrique Santoyo 1:28:00 San Pedro Half Marathon— 4th O.A.

Jennifer Monioz 0:45:21 Peters Canyon Trail Race Series #3— 25 second PR for the course

Jennifer Monioz 4:20:00 Ride & Tie World Champioship Fort Bragg— 6th O.A. 1st place woman

Roseanna Uman 3:20:00 Conquer the Bridge San Pedro Half Marathon—

Kristin Morris - RnR Chicago Half Marathon — Hot!!

Kristin Morris - Cypress 10K —

Ryan Fulton 0:06:10 1 Mile Time Trial— terrible run

Treasury Report & Membership Update

The following memberships have expired:

Alex Camarillo

Tatiana Freitas

Pete Hegarty

Agatha Hoefler, Tamara Hopkins,

Marco Huipe, Justin Huynh,

Justin Jarvis, Danh Luu,

Briana Nelson, Bayan Solis,

Ed West, Rose Wilke

Thanks to the following members paid their dues in July:

Jeannie Palermo, Nick Duarte

Nam Ngo, Jacqueline Schat

Manny Vizinho, Rob Ordona

Mike Larkin, Marina White

The following memberships are due to be renewed in August:

Chris Akers

Cyntha Connelly

Nicole Hutchins

Shea & Steve Knowles

Leo & Mary Mcdonald, Laurie Moreno

Robert Nash, Gina Pringle

Jon Steinberg, Nick Telford

Total active members: 132

August 2013 Balance as of 7/10/13 $2,753.53

July’s Dues + $240.00

S.P. Incentive Winner - $20.00

Club Meeting Food 8/14/13 - $184.54

Balance as of 8/14/13 $2,605.99

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Treasury Report & Membership Update

The following memberships have expired:

Chris Akers

Cyntha Connelly

Shea & Steve Knowles

Leo & Mary Mcdonald

Laure Moreno

Robert Nash

Jon Steinberg

Nick Telford

Thanks to the following members paid their dues in August:

Alexis Camarillo

Gina Pringle

Michael Bourgeault

The following memberships are due to be renewed in September:

Nicole Hutchins

Karla & Raul Montes De Oca

Kristin Morris

Rich Parsons

Bobby Porter

Paul Shanley

Benjamin Walker

Total active members: 116

September 2013 Balance as of 8/14/13 $2,522.94

August’s Dues + $110.00

S.P. Incentive Winner - $20.00

Club Meeting Food 9/11/13 - $173.05

Balance as of 9/11/13 $2,522.94

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Club Races & Runs

F o u n t a i n V a l l e y M i s s i o n V i e j o B r e a M o n r o v i a

ALL Races and Dates are tentative, and subject to revision.

Email suggestions for additional Club Races to: Bob.Morris@aSnailsPace.net

Chapter Sponsor Date Race Location

FV October 13 Long Beach Marathon/Half/5K Long Beach

FV October 21 Surf City Beach Derby 10mi/10K Huntington Beach

MV November 22 Dana Point Turkey Trot 5K/10K Dana Point

MO December Tiger Run 5K/10K South Pasadena

Tuesday Speed/Track Workout

Orange Coast College Track & Field

2701 Fairview Rd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Warm up may start ~6:00 PM, ready to run between your current Marathon to 5K race pace @ 6:30 PM.

Every Tuesday night: intervals, tempo runs, hills, depending on season.

Always fun, sometimes breath taking, lung aching, legs shaking, yet always fun, fun, fun!

Wednesday Night Fun Runs

Meet at the Round Table Pizza Parking Lot (Euclid / Warner)

11095 Warner Ave., Fountain Valley, CA 92708

Fun Run: 4 miles, less or further.

Run starts @ 6:15 PM sharp or even earlier if you like.

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