Monday, September 6^th is Labor Day!  Striders will be CLOSED on Labor Day but we'll out in Hooper for the Tomato Days 5K.  The 5K & 2 mile walk race starts at 8:00am with the Kids K immediately following.  It all goes down at the Hooper Park; runner check-in will be at the park from 7am -- 7:30am.  There will be cash prizes for the top male & female finishers.  Registration forms are available at Striders. For questions contact Jake or Tiffany at 801-985-6673. 

The Classic 5K & 10K: September 11^th - more information here:  http://theclassicrace.blogspot.com/

Layton Marathon: October 9^th -- more information here: http://www.laytonmarathon.com/index.html

The Northern Utah Trail Series (NUTS) has two more races this year:

October 2^nd -- Howlin' Wolf 20K (Wolf Mountain)
October 16^th -- Mountain View Trail half-marathon (Antelope Island)

Details for the 20K are at http://www.northernutahtrailseries.com/ Details for the Mountain View Half Marathon are at www.Buffalorun.org 

The Ogden Valley 50 is on!  It will take place October 23^rd in Ogden Valley; same course and set-up as in years past.  Registration is now open; you can download a registration form at www.stridersrunning.com and mail or fax it in.  Registration forms are also available in person at Striders.  The race is limited to 50 runners. 

OV50 Course map: http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=150431

Registration for the Ogden Marathon opens October 1^st (www.ogdenmarathon.com) The O-Town Marathon is scheduled for May 21^st, 2011.

Hello,

It's starting to cool down a little; fall is in the air.  The leaves will soon change color, you'll start wearing a long sleeve shirt on your AM run and the coffee and hot chocolate will start to taste better.  It's also the time of year when the crazies start to come out and run their annual 100 mile jaunt across the Wasatch Front to Heber City.  Shane Martin has done it 8 times already and he's gunning for not only 9 finishes this year, but a sub-24 hour finish.  He's only 43 years old (I want to see his birth certificate), very impressive, considering he won't even peak as an ultra runner until almost 50 (ha ha).  Seriously, the guy is nuts.  He ran his first marathon when he was 11 years old and now he runs them as training runs.  He spends most of his time running up and down Ben Lomond peak and along the Skyline trail in North Ogden.  He recently won the inaugural Skyline Mountain Marathon (www.skylinemarathon.com) last week; a run he did training for Wasatch and right after getting off an airplane.  Nobody runs a mountain marathon in under 4 hours, but Shane did it in 3:54.  It's an awesome course with 5,000 feet of climbing and 4,800 feet of dropping.  Shane's won our OV50 race a few times too; he's the unofficial king of running in Ogden Valley; he's hard to beat on his home turf.  Shane is a great runner but an awesome family man.  He's our September Runner Spotlight; go check him out at www.stridersrunning.com 

This is the last call for the Huntsville Half Marathon & 5K. The race is scheduled for this Saturday, September 4^th.  The half-marathon and 5K both start and end at the Huntsville Town Park.  The half-marathon will start at 8:00am and the 5K at 8:15am.   The half-marathon is a great tune-up race if you got into the St. George Marathon; the 5K is a good race if you want to test your speed next to some of the fastest high school CC runners in the state.  Both races are good if you want to support Weber State track & CC.   

Registration is still open at Striders or online at Active.com.  Go to www.stridersrunning.com for details.  If you've already registered, packet pick-up will be at Striders on Friday, September 3^rd, from 10am -- 7pm.  You can also pick up your packet the day of the race from 6:30am -- 7:30am.  Same day registration will also be available with no guarantee of a shirt.  For questions regarding the race, please call us at Striders.

Huntsville Half-Marathon Course:  http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=146072

Huntsville 5K Course:  http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=150421

Wasatch 100 -- September 10^th -- 11^th.  The race starts at 5am on Friday the 10^th.  You can track your runners here:  www.wasatch100.com 

Here's a list of local runners (people we know) taking on one of the hardest races on the planet:

Chris Anderson
Doug Anderson
Quintin Barney
Brian Beckstead
Michael Bevers
Celeste Collman
Marc Collman
Matt Connors
Davy Crockett
Paul Hulet
Cory Johnson
John Lewis
Shane Martin
Jim McGregor
Matt Mouritsen
Rick Neff
Tom Remkes
Michael Schlier
Tara Tulley

Good luck to all of you!  We'll see you all at the OV50 on October 23^rd J

A few of these runners are running Wasatch in the new Hoka trail shoe (www.hokaoneone.com)  Come try one at Striders and tell me they're not the best shoes you've ever put on your feet.  You can get 1000 miles on a pair!  They're pricey, but if you mention this email we'll knock off $15. 

The Striders7 trail race is not going to happen this year -- sorryL  There's too much going on that day -- September 25^th.  Go to www.goalfoundation.com and get involved with the XTERRA triathlon and trail run at Snowbasin.  Downtown Ogden is also hosting the Harvest Moon Festival later that evening.  Striders7 will be back; we just need to find a better time to stage it. 

Hill Air Force Base is hosting its 9^th Annual Firehouse 10K & 5K Fun Run on October 9^th.  Registration starts at 7:00am; the 10K & 5K races start at 8:00am.  There's also a Kids Run after the 5K & 10K.  All the races are FREE but if you need access to HAFB you need get on the event pass list. To get on the list call 801-777-3021 by October 5^th at 5:00pm.  Flyers are available at Striders. 

We have dates for the 2011 Striders Winter Racing Circuit.  Early registration is open at STRIDERS.  After Halloween the registration fee goes up. Mark your calendars:

          February 5^th -- 5K

          February  19^th -- 10K

          March 12^th -- 10 Miler

          April 2^nd -- Half Marathon

          April 23^rd -- 30K

Same courses and set-up as in years past.  Stay tuned for all the details.