lison<br><br>I had organised a hike up Saddleback last year around the end of February. It was to be on a Sunday. Unfortunately the El Nino rains started to...
ear SCRR, Let's discuss the idea of having a SCRR Reunion Party and invite old club members back...maybe we could host a race to earn money to pay the airfare...
ear Road Runners,As you may know, I thought that our son, Garrett wasn't going to be born alive due to a prolapsed unbilical cord. Then after a very serious...
olly,<br><br>I totally agree with you.<br><br>I started running in 1982 in high school. In other words, it has been 17 years. The last time I ran a 5K PR was...
ave -<br><br>I started running over 22 years ago. In the first eight years, I ran track and cross country, distances up to 5K. I started running the longer ...
ave,<br><br>I've been running since I was 18 (slightly more than 10 years ago) and still p.r. on occaision. I had 5k, 10k and marathon p.r.s within the last ...
n a recent issue of Runner's World, they had a story about reaching your racing peak. The author claimed that, as a rule-of-thumb, a person's last PR typically...
itto the congrats for Julie. She did look very strong. Also, thanks to Mel for the great job of organization. I hope that this is the start of a SCRR ...
ongrats to Julie, our handicapped race champion! She ran a really strong race. Most people that I talked to who started behind her said, "As soon as I saw ...
ow about early September for "The Workout?"<br><br>We'll be peaking for Silicon Valley and should be in shape. <br><br>Doubling it would be bad. Very...
ikey - looking forward to our "workout", maybe later this summer. We have to do it before the millenium, otherwise with Y2K coming up, we'll have to double...
orget what the coaches say - David seems to have hit upon the "ultimate workout": 12 oz & 28 oz curls. However, given the light weight, you will probably need...
olly,<br><br>Very interesting comments about Runners World predictor tables. I visited them and saw that your 1:35:34 Half Marathon converts into a 20:28 5k!...
his is a note from Allison. She talked to her good friend who is an ER doctor in Nevada):<br><br>We all know friends that have had heart problems and miss...
ike's bicep problem due to too much weightlifting clearly indicates that we should all just stick to 12 ounce curls (maxing out to 26 ounce curls for wine...
ike (Handicap Voodoo Doctor)Friedl - Just a point of information. Based on the Runners World On Line Race Time Predictor calculator, a 6:14 mile translates to...
ob,<br><br>We've established 'handicap' times for each member who's run in any Grand Prix races, and on Saturday morning at 8:00 AM, we'll have a staggered...
hen and where is it? Is there a list of handicaps somewhere? I guess a more fair system would have been something like "PR minus 5% or 10%," as it is probably...
ounds like sour grapes from the sandbag department to me!<br><br>It's as if I arbitrarily made up all of the handicaps. Yes, it's true that I applied some...
survived my second surgery last Wednesday 3/31/99 - this time it was old shoulder problems being resolved. They found a few surprises including that my bicep...
couple of questions from someone who is never able to get to the thursday nite beer and pizza fest. What are the particulars of the handicap championships and...
nd I won't be accused of sandbagging or setting myself up to win.<br><br>So enjoy the race. But run well - because even if you do beat me across the finish...
k, so maybe I am a long shot. But as Mike said, the whole race depends on the handicaps being reasonable. And since Mike set the handicaps....well, all I can...
put flowers on Ron's grave after our club run on Saturday. Thanks for getting the flowers, Karen. Our old buddy is in space 1162F, which is not very easy to...
ike, you are a 2,000 to 1 shot. With your handicap, you need to run at least a 16:30 to have any chance to win. A runner with a 25:30 start time has a way...
ast night at pizza there was some SERIOUS trash talking going on about the SCRR Handicap Championships, to be held on April 10 in Irvine. For those members not...
