In this message:

1. Front Runner Socks
2. Race For the Cure – run or volunteer this Saturday
3. Hope Builders 5k - Saturday October 16th
4. Mountain Weekend survey – 10/9 or 10/16
5. SOCIAL #1 – Take Me Out at Actors Theatre
6. SOCIAL #2 - Pageant: The Musical! at Off Tryon Theatre
7. Front Runners Pictures – New pictures from the Blue Points 5k
8. Group run reminder

1. Front Runner Socks

Jay Norvell has some friends that own DeFeet. They make running and
biking socks. He is looking into pricing for getting socks made with
the Charlotte Front Runners logo for us and found out that the
minimum order is 144 pairs. Before he goes down the road further, he
wanted to get an idea of how many folks would want Front Runner
socks. (Not sure of price yet, but they will give us a deal, so they
should be reasonable)

Let me know how many pairs you might want if we order. (This is not
a commitment; it's just giving him an idea if we can come close to
the 144)


2. Race For the Cure – run or volunteer this Saturday

Hey everyone! If you are not running or walking in the Race for the
Cure on Oct 2nd, would you consider volunteering? They need about 8
volunteers each to help with the start for the Race for the Cure 5k
& the 1-mile fun walk. RFTC is expecting apprx. 12,000 participants
and it will be no easy task to move that many people through the
starting area with the fastest finishers coming back in within about
15 minutes! We need your help if possible! Thank you so much for
helping support this important cause!

Contact Aprille Shaffer at 704-549-9711 or
aprille.shaffer.c568@... for more info or to volunteer.


3. Hope Builders 5k - Saturday October 16th at 8:30 am at the Mint
Museum on Randolph Rd.

We have chosen the Hope Builders 5k as the next Front Runners race.
You can get race info at http://www.hopebuilders5k.org/. Entry fees
are $12 by 10/2, $15 by 10/15 and $20 on race day. You can register
by printing the race application at
http://www.hopebuilders5k.org/entryform.htm or register on-line at
http://www.activezach.com/events/eventDetails.cfm?pEventId=1591

Bert Woodard will organize the group for this race. Contact him at
704-332-9060 or woodardbert@... for details.


4. Mountain Weekend survey

We are trying to reschedule our trip to Ginger Cake Mountain. The
plan would be to do the normal Saturday morning run and then head to
the mountains. Phil and Jay have offered up the use of their cabin
for Saturday night. We have 2 possible weekends. Please let me
know if you want to go and which of the 2 possible weekend (or both)
you can make it: 10/9 or 10/16.


5. SOCIAL #1 – Take Me Out at Actors Theatre on Saturday 10/2

Take Me Out is playing at the Actors Theatre. A group of us are
going to the 8:00 pm show. Tickets are $22. The tickets are
general admission so you can buy your ticket individually and still
sit with the group. Just let me know if you are going so we can
save the right number of seats. We will probably plan dinner
beforehand. Go to
http://www.actorstheatrecharlotte.org/take_out.html for more info on
the show.

On September 15 Actor's Theatre will be one of the first theaters in
the Southeast to produce this Tony Award Winning Best Play of 2003.
Also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for 2003, Richard
Greenburg's Take Me Out is a brilliant ode to baseball and the story
of an enormously popular player, who at the height of his game,
sends a tremor through America's pastime when he announces at a
press conference that he is gay. Both funny and hard-hitting, Take
Me Out explores the ripple effect this has on his teammates, the
media, and his adoring fans.

Note: Take Me Out includes partial male nudity and adult content


6. SOCIAL #2 - Pageant: The Musical! at Off Tryon Theatre on Friday
10/8

Pageant: The Musical! is playing at The Off-Tryon Theatre. A group
of us are going to the Friday night show. Tickets are $20. The
tickets are general admission so you can buy your ticket
individually and still sit with the group. Just let me know if you
are going so we can save the right number of seats. We will
probably plan dinner beforehand. Go to http://www.offtryon.net/ for
more info on the show.
The Off-Tryon Theatre Company presents our first-ever musical
extravaganza beginning September 16, 2004 with Pageant: The Musical!
Composed by Albert Evans, with Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell and
Frank Kelly, Pageant is a hilarious reality-TV style musical event
with 6 Gorgeous contestants each vying for the title of Miss
Glamouresse 1976 – judges are chosen nightly from the audience (or,
just like in real life, you can buy your way in!) and a new winner
is crowned every night! Called "Screamingly Funny" by the New York
Times, this hilarious musical was lauded in its Off-Broadway and
London productions as "A real winner of a show. Absolutely
Hilarious. (London Times)" Call 704-375-2826 for reservations today –
all tickets are only $20!

7. Front Runners Pictures – New pictures from the Blue Points 5k

New pictures were uploaded this week to our Yahoo Group site. Check
them out at
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/CharlotteFrontRunners/lst

Send me you running pictures and I will load them too.


8. Group run reminder

Don't forget our weekly runs:

Monday night at 6:30 PM, Dowd YMCA back porch, dinner afterward.

Saturday morning at 9:00 AM, Liaisons parking lot, breakfast
afterward at Einstein Bros. Bagels on South Blvd.

Also, if you are interested in a Thursday night run, remember the
Bloody Mary Running Club, which meets at Aprille Shaffer's house in
Plaza-Midwood each Thursday, 6:30 p.m., dinner afterward. Contact
Aprille at aprille.shaffer.c568@... for more information.

Steve Thomas
spt@...