If you're training for the Buffalo Run (www.buffalorun.org) next year (25K, 50K or 50M) there's a great opportunity this weekend to preview the courses out on Antelope Island -  The next training run is scheduled for December 5^th at 8am.  The group will meet at the main gate to Antelope Island at 8am and carpool onto the Island.  Carpooling will help mitigate the $9 park entrance fee. The plan is to go out to the race start/finish and run the White Rock trail, return to the start/finish then head north and run the Lakeside trail around the north end of the island.  It's14-15 miles in the back country, so be prepared with your own water and provisions. 

It's become a Christmas tradition at Striders to run the White Rock and Split Rock trails on Antelope Island on Christmas Eve.  We'll keep it alive this year; we'll meet at the gate causeway at 7:30am on December 24th and carpool onto the Island.  Bring your own water and provisions, but we'll have some refreshments after the run.  This is the 25K course of the Buffalo Run (about 16 miles), it's always been sunny on this day, but cold, so come prepared. 

We're NOT planning a New Years Eve Race this year, but we will have some kind of fun training run for everybody on December 31^st.  It will be FREE, so stay tuned for details.

Hello,

Okay, if you've already read Jaynie Hirshi's and Thom Kuehls' December Runner Spotlights; just for clarification "Fat Tire" is a type of beer (it's a really good amber ale). We didn't want anybody to think Jaynie actually likes to chew on tires.   Thom and Jaynie have been coming into Striders for a long time; in fact, they keep coming back despite the time we mistakenly thought Jaynie was Thom's daughter -  a very funny story I'm sure Jaynie will share with you if asked.  They're both very strong runners; they run everything together.  You could go through all the results we have listed for our races and find one if not both of their names listed.  There will be some omissions the year they got married and Jaynie wrecked her knee (ask Thom about that one) and after Thom wrecked his ankle running an Xterra trail race at Snowbird, but they're both healthy now.  In fact, Thom will be out for blood at the 2010 Ogden Marathon, he could definitely make the podium in the Master's division (no pressure Thom).  Jaynie has the coolest job at Hill Air Force Base; she's literally Indiana Jones for the Air Force and my brother tells me Thom is smartest professor he had at Weber State.  Thom did his graduate work at Johns Hopkins University, so you know he kicks butt at the family Scrabble games, but I would like to see him play Rock Band with Jaynie.  They're both excellent people; please read they're Spotlight at www.stridersrunning.com

Well, our son Shad (12 years old) decided to get out of the pool and run the Las Vegas Half-Marathon this weekend with his Mama.  They have both worked really hard training for this race; their last long run was in a freezing snow storm at Bryce Canyon. The race starts at 6:15am on December 6^th; you can follow their progress online here:  http://las-vegas.competitor.com/

We've been putting together our 2010 race calendar; this is what we have scheduled so far, these are races we either produce ourselves or help produce in some way.  We hope you can participate in some of them.  More details at www.stridersrunning.com or you can call or come into Striders to get the skinny:

February 6^th -- Winter Racing Circuit 5K -- Weber State University

February 20^th -- Winter Racing Circuit 10K -- Weber State University

March 13 -- Winter Racing Circuit 10 mile -- Weber State University

March 27^th -- Buffalo Run 25K, 50K & 50M -- Antelope Island

April 3^rd -- Winter Racing Circuit Half Marathon -- Red Moose Lodge

April 24^th -- Winter Racing Circuit 30K -- Red Moose Lodge

May 15^th -- Ogden Marathon, Half Marathon, Relay, 5K & Kids K

May 31^st -- Memorial Day Classic Half Marathon, 5K & Kids Mile - Syracuse

June 12^th -- Gerald Anderson Memorial 5K -- Morgan

August 7^th -- Crazy Bob's Bairgutsman -- Fruit Heights

September 4^th -- Huntsville Half Marathon & 5K -- Huntsville

October 16^th -- Mountain View Half Marathon -- Antelope Island

October 23^rd -- Ogden Valley 50 Mile -- Mountain Green 

A Northern Utah Trail Series (NUTS) is in the works for 2010; stay tuned for details. 

We hope you survived Black Friday; there are still lots of deals at Striders.  Come in or call for details. 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! 

John & Kristin Wojciechowski