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Stevens Creek Striders' "Last Chance" aid station at the Western States 100 mile race. June 25th, 2011 Latest updates to the website:
Posted 5/2 : Senior Challenge! Big Sur 10.6 Miler 29th April. Dick & Judy Opsahl (both members) entered the Big Sur 10.6 miler last Sunday at Carmel. Dick writes: "We were part of a 5 person team from the Sequoias. Our average age about 78. Nonetheless 2 of us placed first M 80-99 and first F 80-99. The 10.6 miler was one of a series of shorter runs enabling many others who were not able to get into the marathon to nevertheless take part in the fun of the day. Our 10.6 mile run started at marathon mile point 15.6 so that we would finish at the same place as the marathon runners. They also had a 21 miler, 9 miler and 5 k run and even a relay. Amazing that they could organize such a complex event. Bussing was provided from the finish area to the various starts and seemed to work without a hitch. We 5 plan to do it again next year." Dick Ospahl. Posted 5/1: May Newsletter published here. Thanks to editor Randy Ison and all contributors. Posted 4/22 : Quicksilver 50M/50k race. Striders Dam Aid Station. Saturday, May 12th. We need you! We are looking for volunteers to help operate the aid station. Choose from 2 shifts: from either 6am-10am, or 10am to 2pm. Come and support our friends at the Quicksilver Running Club who organise this great race. Spend some of the day in great surroundings overlooking the reservoir. The runners come through our aid station upto 3 times and are increasingly grateful for their aid. If you can help please email Peggy at b_gavilana*yahoo.com. Replace the * by @ (to avoid spam). Last years photos here. Posted 4/22 : Results page updated here. Posted 3/9: Sunday run: March 11th. Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP 8am Many of our recent group runs were along south Skyline; this is a bit further north in San Mateo county. Many enjoyed this run December 18. The trails are still good (not much rain since) ."Go back (John); Do it again" ? http://openspace.org/preserves/pr_purisima.asp and http://openspace.org/preserves/maps/pr_purisima.pdf Two distances : 7 miles, and 14 miles. Maps will be provided at the run. Meet at the preserve's main entrance and the North Ridge Trail trailhead, located on Skyline Boulevard (Highway 35), 4.5 miles south of Highway 92. Parking is available for 30 cars. If any want to carpool, send an e-mail to me : jmckiernan@pacbell.net , or vicepresident@stevenscreekstriders.org. If you ride with me, you have to wait for (or run with) me ! Posted 3/1: Dennis's, Patrick's and Claire's recent race results here. Only 12 more states to do Patrick! Posted 2/15: Volunteer Projects. MROSD spring projects listed here. To volunteer email Paul McKowan. Posted 2/12: Jed Smith 50k: Striders age group triumphs. On February 4th, 2012, at the Jed Smith 50k, on a loop course around a section of the America River in Sacramento, 4 Striders came 1st or 2nd in their Age Groups. With 88 finishers this was no small field. Jean Pommiers' time is even more remarkable for just being only 1 minute slower than the previous 40-49 age group course record set in 1996. He averaged 6:25 minutes per mile. The Striders Board congratulates all 4 members for a truly remarkable result. M40-49: 2nd Jean Pommier: 3:19:09.8 (and second overall) Posted 2/10: Randy Ison, the Striders Newsletter Editor, has just published the January edition here. Updated 12/11: Every year by dint of the Striders running the Last Chance Aid Station at the Western States (WS) 100 mile Endurance run, the race organizers give our club one place to award in the race for those who have failed to gain a place through the lottery system. We have about 10 members who have time qualified at the correct distance over the last year and so are qualified to run in the WS100. More details about how the Striders entry is awarded here.
Posted 12/11: Holiday Party: The Board is indebted to our very own Noel Relyea and Bill Wood who very graciously offered the club the use of their Vineyard Barn as a venue for the Holiday Party last night. Their R & W Vineyard is situated in a fantastic position about 2/3 the way up Montebello Road above Cupertino. A great evening's entertainment ensued with excellent classic rock music by the "The Dangling Mangos" which seemed to have the whole room dancing. The Board and the Striders' membership wish to thank Noel & Bill for the use of their lovely barn for the party and all their work that went into making the evening a big success. Also many thanks to Board member Peggy Alfred who so ably organized the whole event and to her helpers on the day. Posted 12/11: Big L Awards! With the winners announced at the Holiday Party, these awards celebrate the work and effort Striders as individuals have demonstrated to their peers. Lirio was a little guy and the "Big L" was named in good fun. 2011 Awards were made as follows:
Posted 12/11: Saturday, December 10th , Stevens Creek Striders welcomed San Jose Fit for another group run at Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve. San Jose Fit just completed a 28-week season of training, with an Oct. 23 marathon in Morgan Hill as their finale. A great turnout from San Jose Fit led by Arnon & Dave produced a fine Saturday run over some 9.5 miles including Bear Meadow, REI, Coyote Ridge, Lookout and Zinfandel trails. Posted 12/1: October 2011 Newsletter here.
Posted 11/25: Your input is needed! The 2011 Membership Survey has just been published on the website here. Please take 5 minutes to fill it out and express your opinions about how to make the Stevens Creek Striders better for you as a member and how you think we can attract more new members. Your board will take all your input into account as they plan future activities. Survey form here. Posted 11/25: Thanksgiving Day Turkey Relays. Thanks to Mike Florence for organizing fun and dry relay races at De Anza on Thanksgiving morning. Thoroughly enjoyed by the dozen runners and onlookers who showed up followed by a fine breakfast at Hobees. Posted 11/11: December 18th will see the 38th Christmas Relays around Lake Merced. 4 person teams run the 4.5 mile course around the lake. More details here. Ongoing Club Activities Every Saturday: The Striders have group runs every Saturday morning throughout the year at 8:30 am at Stevens Creek County Park in Cupertino. And Tues/Weds/Thurs/Fridays dawn runs at 6.30am: see bottom of this page for details. Interested in longer runs on Sunday? We are too and we want to run with you. We have in mind long group runs covering distances of 10-18 miles (16-30 km). These pleasant jaunts are in regional parks and open space preserve trails and would likely be in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Sunday, January 29th (8 AM) :
Table Mt / Long Ridge - 13 miles Again, if you think you might participate, let me know. I'll be
10/24: Dick Collins Firetrails 50M and Golden Hills Marathon results added here. 10/13: Clambake Photos have been published here. Thanks to the photographers: Ursula Theuretzbacher, Johanna Ylanen, Gregg Levin, Ron Wolf & Peter Hargreaves. Also race results for the Norcal Half Marathon for Claire & Patrick Saxton here. 10/7: Rio Del Lago: Where Lina McCain learns that it is possible to "salt" correctly, but that 100-mile runs still hurt anyway. Her story here. Jean Pommier writes of his Rio Del Lago experiences on his blog here. 10/6: Results of recent races added for Lina McCain, Dave Radtke, Dennis Connor, Peter Hargreaves and Randy Ison. Here. 9/7: Photos of the glorious hiking weekend in Yosemite are here. Photo at right of the head of Rock Creek. 8/22: Randy Ison placed first in his age group at the Coastal Trail Runs Crystal Springs (Summer) 22 mile race on August 13, 2011 with a time of 5:05:36. Results here. And Striders President, Bill Jones ranked 2nd in his age group on August 21st at the Race Thru The Redwoods 10-K, Felton, CA in 55:01. Results here. 8/18: Congratulations to Striders who participated in the Stevens Creek 50k race organized by Steve Patt on Sunday 14th. Jean Pommier won convincingly and both Charles Stevens and Dennis Connor gave strong performances. Penny Beeston, Peggy Alfred & Peter Hargreaves marked the course on the Saturday and John McKiernan helped man the aid stations. See Peter's photos here and Jean's blog here. Results here. Also congratulations to Lina McCain who ran almost 64 miles in 12 hours as first female at the Hotter than Hell race round Cameron Park Lake east of Sacramento on August 13th. Results here.
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