The Huntsville ½ Marathon & 5K is this Saturday, September 5^th at 8:00am at the Huntsville Town Park.  Registration is still available at Striders or online at www.stridersrunning.com  If you're registered, packet pick-up will be at Striders on Friday, September 4^th from 10am -- 7pm.  You can also pick up your stuff the day of the race at 6:30am at the Huntsville Park.  Same day registration will also be available at the park with no guarantee of a shirt -- we're not printing anymore, once they're gone that's it.  This year's shirt is awesome if I do say so myself.  The course is awesome; a great tune up run for either the Top of Utah or St. George Marathons and it's for a great cause; Weber State University Track and Cross Country.  If you have questions please contact us at Striders.

By the time you read this e-mail, registration will be open for the 4^th Annual Ogden Valley 50 mile run scheduled for October 24^th.   Registration forms will be available at Striders.  The race is limited to 50 runners. 

The Classic Race 10K, 5K and 1 Mile Walk.  September 12^th  at Layton Commons Park-- All the details here: http://theclassicrace.blogspot.com/

Peach Day's 5K/10K, September 12^th -- www.goldenspiketrackclub.com 

Dog Run Dog 5K/10K, October 3^rd -- www.dogrundog.com 

Registration is currently available for the Antelope Island Mountain View Trail Half-Marathon on October 17^th.  This is opening weekend on the deer hunt, so Antelope Island will be the only safe place to run the trails that weekend.  More details at Striders or online at www.stridersrunning.com  

Hello,
Training for the Wasatch 100 this year, I've spent a lot of time on the mountain tops with our September Runner Spotlight, Matt Connors.  After every training run I tell myself I need to find fatter friends to run with because running with Matt is like chasing a deer through the forest; you see glimpses of him until there's a hill then he's gone.  With the 26,000 feet of cumulative elevation gain along the course, Wasatch plays right into Matt's strengths.  Here's a guy runs up Baer (Gutsman) Canyon with 30 pounds of rocks in his pack because the mountain isn't steep enough. He ran Wasatch in 32 hours two years ago, but now that he has a clue with how to run this race, he should do very well next week.  His 2007 Wasatch finish was only his second race ever; he had never even run a marathon before.  I promised I wouldn't put any pressure on him (publicly) but he has a very good chance of finishing under 24 hours.  Matt's been a great friend to our little Striders family and a terrific supporter of our business.  It's been really cool to watch him develop into one of the top ultra runners in the state; if only he could find a faster training partner.  To read Matt's Runner Spotlight, please visit www.stridersrunning.com

The Wasatch 100 is scheduled to start at 5am on September 11^th; runners have until 5pm on September 12^th to finish.  Here's a list of local friends and customers who are all ready to have a terrific day and a half on the mountain.  They all have unique and inspiring stories, we wish them luck.  You can track their progress at www.wasatch100.com

Troy Anderson
Tony Christensen
Marc Collman
Celeste Collman
Matt Connors
Dean Dyatt
Gary Dawson
Corky Esquivel
Andy Flowers
Terry Foust
Clark Hirschi
Jim Skaggs
Kacey Lish
Shane Martin
Jim McGregor
Matt Mouritsen
Julie Nelson
Reed Neubert
Ron Remkes
Tom Remkes
Mike Schlier
Ray Squier
Corbin Talley
David Tanner
John Wojciechowski

The STRIDERS-7 is on!  This is a Mountain-To-Metro 7-mile trail race that starts at the 29^th Street trailhead in Ogden, runs along the Bonneville shoreline trail and the Bird Song trail, and ends in downtown Ogden (25^th & Washington), just in time for the Harvest Moon celebration.  The race is scheduled for Saturday, September 26^th at 3:00pm.  Registration is available at Striders or online at Active.com via www.stridersrunning.com  Same day registration and packet pick-up will be from 12pm-2pm on the corner of 25^th & Grant in Ogden.  Buses will leave at 2:30pm for the 29^th Street trailhead.  Same day registration will not be available at 29^th street.

In addition to the STRIDERS-7 race, the Mountain-to-Metro games includes the Harvest Moon Festival on Historic 25^th Street, live music, BMX & Street Board demos, FREE children's activities, food and a mountain expo.  For more info visit www.goalfoundation.com or www.stridersrunning.com

JOHN AND KRISTIN WOJCIECHOWSKI
1776 N 400 W LAYTON, UT 84041
801-728-9121
STRIDERS@STRIDERSRUNNING.COM