First of all, Chris is starting a fastest mile competition on June 1. The details are very simple and involve each person being timed over a mile of the literacy course. The award is based on percentage of overall improvement over the series and not the fastest pace per mile. It’s a great way to have fun and improve your performance all at the same time. There’s a link to the “Lancaster Mile” in the reblog below.

We also want to recognize all of the runners from Lancaster that participated in the Run Ballantyne 5k and 10k. The results are below.

5k

Courtney  Crompton  0:42:30 Melanie  Outlaw  0:35:57 Jody  Whitfield  0:25:45 Karen  Whitfield  0:28:54 Kohl  Whitfield  0:26:08

10k

Mike  Autry  0:52:49 Brent  Blalock  0:50:41 Alison  Foster  1:36:01 Rober  Foster  1:03:25 Josiah  Shrum  0:47:21 Mary Ann  Shrum  1:05:53

Last but not least, the run schedule remains unchanged for this week and there’s a link on the side bar for the current schedule.

Anyone interested in a “different” kind of running workout can join us for intervals on Friday at 11:15 in the Dowling Center parking lot.

The plan is:

• 10 minute warm up
• 1 mile at maximum effort
• rest 5minutes
• 1 mile at maximum effort
• rest 5 minutes

and

• 2x880 at maximum effort with a 2 minutes rest between, or 4x440 at maximum effort with a 1 minutes rest between
• ten minute cool down

Thursdays @ 7PM - Forest Hills Course; 3.3 miles in distance and begins at the Forest Hills swimming pool. This is a more difficult course, but it’s great for building you up! The course can be viewed by clicking the “Forest Hills Course” button on the right side bar.

If you can make it, see you there.

First of all, let’s welcome our newest member of the club Michelle F. Michelle is a very strong runner and a welcome addition to our club!

Second, we have our first meeting today at the Arrowood course @ 7PM. The Arrowood Course is 3.1 miles in distance and begins at the Arrowood pool. The course can be view by clicking the “Arrowood 5k” button on the right side bar.

See everyone tonight!

We’ve had a bit of confusion on the new run schedule. To help everyone understand what we are trying to do, we’ll establish a set schedule and explain our “Bonus Run” policy.

A button has been added called “Current Schedule” to the right side bar in case this post gets buried in the site and you forget which day is which.

Starting Tuesday (May 15), we’ll begin the following schedule and will continue it until further notice. 

Tuesdays @ 7PM - Arrowood Course; 3.1 miles in distance and begins at the Arrowood pool. The course can be view by clicking the “Arrowood 5k” button on the right side bar.

Thursdays @ 7PM - Forest Hills Course; 3.3 miles in distance and begins at the Forest Hills swimming pool. This is a more difficult course, but it’s great for building you up! The course can be view by clicking the “Forest Hills Course” button on the right side bar.

Saturdays @ 9AM - Literacy Course; 3.1 miles in distance and begins at the Carole Rae Dowling Parking Lot across from the USCL PE Center. The course can be view by clicking the “LALC 5k Course” button on the right side bar.

Please understand that we cannot guarantee attendance for each of these runs, but it’s a standing schedule, providing a guide on how and where you can meet up with people for a training run.

Now for “Bonus Runs”.

If you noticed last week, there were a couple of runs posted to the site for Thursday AM and Friday PM. We will add these to the site on a weekly basis and these “Bonus Runs” are other times that various individuals are getting in training and are offering for others to participate. It may fit into your schedule, it may not, but the offer is out there for you to participate. Many of these will be outside the scope of a normal jog and will involve specific training like intervals, tempo runs and hill repeats. Details will be listed, times provided and if the details suit you, then you are welcome to come along!

We hope this clears things up!

3 Lancaster runners came and 3 left with PR’s!

For those of you not fully versed in running acronyms, PR stands for Personal Record. Some people refer to it as PB, which stands for Personal Best.

Brent, Cole and Kate ran the Twilight 5k in Uptown Charlotte last night and the results are below.

Brent - 24:18

Cole - 26:15

Kate - 31:30

Congrats to everyone.

More club news later this weekend.

Run Schedule (5/7-5/13)

Thursday:

• Bundrick and Holt are running intervals starting from the Dowling parking lot at 11:15am.

Friday:

• Bundrick is running a 10 min/mile 5k on the literacy course starting at 7:00 pm.

* All runs are weather permitting and the schedule is subject to change

There are three weekend races that a few people have mentioned participating in.

The Chalk Walk - Sponsored by the Buford High School Educators Group @ 8AM at the Buford High School football stadium.

The Twilight 5k - No this is not sponsored by Stephenie Meyer, but is part of the GPX Race Series put on by Run For You Life. Friday night at 7PM at the Wells Fargo Atrium in Uptown Charlotte.

Tread the Thread - Anne Springs Close Greenway at 6PM on Saturday night. Sponsored by the Carolina Thread Trail. *NOTE: Registration cap has been met and if you haven’t signed up, don’t bother. Seems like a nice event to spectate though!

Congrats to everyone from LR! and the Couch to 5k clinic! We are so proud of everyone and the times are impressive! The atmosphere was exciting and the way we all supported each other was a wonderful! This is what building a running community is all about and we can only hope that it becomes the foundation for the future. The results are at the end of this email. If anyone was omitted by accident, please email the club and we will correct it ASAP!

On Tuesday at 7PM, we’ll have our Race for Literacy postmortem at the usual meeting spot. We’ll discuss the past, present and future, then maybe a run will break out!

Race for Literacy Results

Christopher Bundrick               21:19 - Age Group Winner!

Hector Bauza                           22:35 

Brent Blalock                           24:30 

Kohl Whitfield                          25:52

Jody Whitfield                          26:57

Cathy Cauthen                          27:47 - Age Group Winner!

Micheal Duffell-Hoffman           28:17

Bob Duffell-Hoffman                 28:18 

Karen Whitfield                        28:38 

Michelle Faile                           29:06

Brandi Herold                          29:15

Katherine Crawford                 29:56 

Ron Johnson                            31:44    

Dale Sullivan                            32:35    

Nikki Moser                            33:57  

Casey Melton                          34:02    

Caysen Horton                        34:29    

Cole Horton                            34:30    

Emily Hunter                            35:21    

Jakob Whitfield                        37:18 - Age Group Winner!

Elijah Nix                                 38:04    

Donna Johnson                        39:59    

Courtney Crompton                 43:45    

Michelle Craig                          51:22    

Again, congrats to everyone for your hard work and effort!

Our hometown race returns on Saturday! Please tell everyone you know about this whether they are a walker or a runner. This race is not just about finishing times, but is about supporting the Carolina’s Literacy Network and their great cause for our community.

For all of you that have trained with us for the past 8 weeks, we are so proud of you! All of the Lancaster Runs! members want to wish you best of luck on Saturday! Get out there and kick some butt!

This is the final week people! We have 3 mile run tonight, 3 miles on Thursday and 3.1 on race day. We’re so close and you’ve all come so far in such a short period of time. Make every effort to get the most out of your workouts this week and it will pay off come Saturday.

See everyone tonight!

It was a good weekend for the LR! members participating in weekend race events.

Waxhaw Town and Country 5k

Chris - 22:11 for a new PR

Brent - 25:04 for a new PR

CPCC Skyline 5k

Cole - 27:19 for a new PR

Brandi - 30:02 (she had sub 30 in the bag but I guess we didn’t throw enough random objects at her)

Congrats to all of the runners for turning in great times and giving it their best!

First of all, the next Ct5k clinic will be Saturday morning at 9AM. We’re nearing the end and missing a workout is not a good thing so everyone do your best to be at the Carole Ray building at 9AM on Saturday.

Best of luck to Brent and Chris as they run the Waxhaw Town and Country tonight at 7PM. They are both peaking at the right time and we expect them to turn in some great times Friday night!

Some TBD members of LR! are also participating in the CPCC Skyline 5k on Saturday morning as well. We’ll post results of both races and all participants on Saturday.