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The Sierra TrailBlazer
Vol 38 Iss 3
Founded in 1978
March 2015
www.sierratrailblazers.com
The Sierra TrailBlazer is the newsletter of the Sierra TrailBlazers Running Club, published monthly.
Members of the Board of Directors are underlined below:
President
Peggy Davidson
530 265-5588
gwconsts@gmail.com
Vice President
Colleen Gilletti
530 273-6066
elletti@sbcglobal.net
Secretary-Treasurer
Open Position
Membership
Lynne Hurrell
530 273-5807
shadak@nccn.net
Editor
Leslie King
530 264-7094
runless@gmail.com
Webmaster
Gary Loucks
530 870-4627
lizardboy316@yahoo.com
WS100 Aid Station Captain Karin Quinn
530 470-8921
kwuinn@att.net
Email Tree
Open Position
Quartermaster
Ron Gross
530 265-8377
rong11@nccn.net
The views expressed in The Sierra TrailBlazer are those of the author and do not necessarily express the
opinions of the Sierra TrailBlazers Running Club, its Board of Directors or the Editor.
>>> Deadline for input for the newsletter is NO LATER than the 28th day of the month <<<
Sierra TrailBlazers Running Club, P.O. Box 1811, Cedar Ridge, CA 95924
See web site or the last page of this newsletter for application and annual dues.
The STRC is located in the Grass Valley/Nevada City area of the Northern California Gold Country. Our
goals are the improvement of health and physical fitness for people of all ages and ability levels. The club is
a source of information and support to runners and walkers. We provide a monthly newsletter, including a
calendar of events; an opportunity to meet and run or walk with others of similar interests and abilities; weekday and weekend runs/walks; potluck socials; free listings for club member's businesses and discounts at
local stores.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
By Peggy Davidson
Our first snow of the year over the weekend and by the end of week will be back into the 70’s. What great
training weather!
On Thursday, February 26th at 6:00 p.m. at Afternoon Deli in Grass Valley (Thank you Bob & Colleen for
hosting the meeting) we had a .…………………… JOIN THE CLUB FOR MORE INFORMATION
Best Tasting Soup – Rhonda Davidson with a Stuffed Baked Potato soup
Best Tasting Healthy Soup – Debbie Suzuki with a Lentil Bean soup
Runner Up for Best Tasting Soup – Marion Linden with a Chicken Sausage Kale soup
We had a good turnout and a fun time and thanks to Wayne & Kirk for the pumpkin pie and Rhonda for
the strawberry shortcake.
On Saturday, March 21st we are going to have a Poker Run with prizes. A location will be given on a later
date, all dependent on weather.
We would like to thank Gary Loucks for all that he does for our Club, he has decided to pass on a couple
of the jobs that he does so please help us everyone!
We are having a Board Meeting on Thursday, March 5th at 5:00 p.m. at the Afternoon Deli to discuss
these jobs that are open now. If you are interested please join us or contact any of the Board members. The
jobs open: Secretary/Treasurer and Email Tree.
Plans are in motion for a March potluck, will keep everyone posted. We will have to vote on the Secretary/Treasurer position and also we want to vote on the Club Drawing rules for the Western States Ticket.
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SACRAMENTO RUNNING ASSOCIATION 2014 ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Three locals have earned awards for their performances during the 2014 season. They were honored on
Saturday, February 21 in Sacramento. Lynne Hurrell, 80, was named the winner for Women’s Cross Coun-
try in the Veterans Division. Ron Gross, 77, was named the winner for Men’s Road Racing in the Veterans
Division. Garrett Migliozzi, 18, was named the winner for Boy’s High School Track Athlete.
See The Union article of Saturday, February 7 for more information about the accomplishments of these
three great runners of our community.
2015 RRCA CONVENTION – DES MOINES, IOWA
Web site: www.rrca.org/convention
TRAIL RUNNING FILM FESTIVAL
Rainshadow Running is planning on another film festival in 2015. This was a very successful series in
2014. Their idea: Trail movies, good beer, great friends. That worked!
Web site: www.trailfilmfest.com
WESTERN STATES 100 MILER AID STATION
By Gary Loucks
NEVER TOO EARLY!
Please volunteer to help at the club Michigan Bluff Aid Station for the WS100 Endurance Run. The WS100
starts on Saturday, June 27 in 2015. Our volunteers need to be at Michigan Bluff by 10AM in order to proceed without a pass. The last runner has to be out of the Aid Station by 9:45PM and that’s when we start
packing up to leave, so you can be home on the same day.
Please contact Gary Loucks by phone at 530 870-4627 or email lizardboy316@yahoo.com if you can help
at this very fun event. We need to send in names to the WS100 group long before the race date. We have a
wonderful reputation for taking care of all the needs of the runners, sometimes before they know what they
need!
Very important: We need T-shirt sizes of all volunteers as you notify us of your intent to be there. Also, any
“No Shows” on event day will have to wear clown shoes in their next race.
“RUNS AND ROSES”
STRC member Rose Asquith took her inaugural run at the San Francisco Bay to Breakers 30 years ago.
This with little training or preparation! Cruising along among that surreal sea of humanity must have had minor appeal for she tucked the experience away for over fifteen years. It wasn’t until the age of 40 that she
incorporated running and cycling into her life. She started with mostly our local 5K’s and 10K’s but ultras
beckoned. She can now be found covering distances up to 100 miles, including a noted marathon accomplishment.
Running enriches her life with much more than fitness and health. The friendships, connection to the
community and fun are also rewards running offers her. She runs with the TRKAC racing team and is
coached by Clyde Lehman. He is the only coach she’s ever had and his training plans have improved her
pace. She now even enjoys speedwork! Basically her training is simple and, other than some workouts with
her team, unstructured. She works out of town where weather is colder, making consistency a challenge.
She runs when she can and when motivated. She said a structured plan would add stress to her life. Meeting up with other runners and her team does help with motivation.
Rose appreciates getting outdoors in our region. Two local trails are her favorites. The Castle Peak Devil
oven loop and the Carr/Feely Glacier Lake loop. After recently running at Bullard’s Bar, she signed up for
the Hotshot Memorial Half Marathon staged there this April!
Rose selects the Cascade Crest 100 in Washington State as her favorite race. It offers adventure and
great views. One section features running a 4 mile train trestle. At another point competitors use ropes to
rappel down a very steep hill. A five mile segment stretches around a lake (dubbed by race organizers as
the “trail from hell”) but she felt it was like running through an enchanted forest. This pathway took at least
two hours to complete! Two other marathons are on her favorites list. She finds the Redding Marathon and
Avenue of the Giants to be nice ones. At Avenue of the Giants she used the walk/run strategy (Jeff Galloway’s method) and found it to work. She discovered the walking segments alleviated the “hot feet” she experiences during road marathons. Avenue of the Giants is the race where she qualified for Boston. Rose
runs the 119th Boston Marathon this spring on April 20th. She is also scheduled to run the San Diego 100 in
the Laguna Mountains on June 6th. On September 25 she will join 299 other runners for the Bear Endurance
100 in Layton, Utah. Her goal for this feat, which includes 22,518 feet of total climb through continuous up
or down terrain, is to come in under 30 hours! STRC wishes Rose much success with these upcoming running challenges and hopes to follow up with her regarding these awe-inspiring runs!
FIRST STEP OUT THE DOOR
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. Unknown
FEBRUARY TREASURER’S REPORT
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RACE RESULTS
Please send race results to the Editor. I need the name, location and date of the race.
Saturday, December 6, 2014, North Face Endurance Challenge 50M, Marin Headlands
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Saturday, December 6, 2014, North Face Endurance Challenge 50K, Marin Headlands
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Sunday, February 1, Kaiser Half Marathon, San Francisco
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GOLD COUNTRY GRAND PRIX CALENDAR 2015
Daffodil 5 & 10K
Sunday, April 12
Western Gateway Park, Penn Valley
Spring 5 & 10K
Saturday, April 25
United Methodist Church, Nevada City
Community 5 & 10K
Saturday, May 9
Twin Cities Church, Grass Valley
Harmony 5 & 10K
Saturday, May 30
Nevada Union High School, Grass Valley
Freedom 5K
Saturday, July 4
Nevada Union High School, Grass Valley
Bear River 5K
Saturday, August 1
Bear River High School, Grass Valley
Kellermann 5 & 10K
Saturday, August 15
Pioneer Park, Nevada City
Hunger 5 & 10K
Saturday, September 5
Forest Charter School, Nevada City
Falling Leaves 5 & 10K Saturday, September 26
Deer Creek School, Nevada City
NEO Empire 4M
Saturday, October 24
Empire Mine State Park, Grass Valley
Turkey 5 & 10K
Thursday, November 26
Nevada Union High School, Grass Valley
Awards Party
Sunday, January 16, 2016
Twin Cities Church, Grass Valley
POCKET THOUGHTS FOR RUNNERS
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. Dan Stanford
MARCH CLUB CALENDAR
TUESDAY: See chart below. Morning run. WEDNESDAY*: Evening runs (starting at 5:30 PM at Nevada
Union High School). THURSDAY: See chart below. Morning run. SATURDAY*: Morning runs (various start
times, distances and locations). SUNDAY*: Morning runs (various start times, distances and locations).
* Email Peggy Davidson at gwconsts@gmail.com (530 265-5588) to be added to her “email list” for notification of time, distances and place.
The Times and/or Locations listed in the calendar below are subject to change.
Confirm with Sierra TrailBlazers Yahoo Group Site: http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/STBrungroup
DAY
Saturday
Saturday
Sunday
Saturday
Tuesday
Thursday
DATE
TIME
EVENT
LOCATION
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
Every Week
Every Week
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
Fun Run/Walk
Fun Run/Walk
Fun Run/Walk
Fun Run/Walk
Running/Walking Groups
Running/Walking Groups
Chicago Park PO
Sicard Flat
NUHS, GV
Western Gateway Park, PV
Methodist Church, NC
Empire Mine, Penn Gate, GV
More information & directions on any Fun Run/Walk and Running/Walking Groups call:
Jeanine McNeill at 272-5129 or Frank Ribeiro at 274-0738
MARCH BIRTHDAYS
By Lynne Hurrell
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CLUB DISCOUNTS
Present membership card for a discount. Not all goods and services qualify for discount. Club member *
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Membership Application Waiver
In consideration of your accepting my membership to the Sierra TrailBlazers Running Club (hereinafter called the STRC), I, the
undersigned, intending to be legally bound, hereby for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, waive and release all rights
and claims for damages I may have against the Road Runners Club of America, the STRC and all sponsors, their representatives,
successors and assigns for any and all injuries suffered by me in any “events” sponsored by the STRC. “Events” are all-inclusive:
meetings, seminars, potlucks, footraces, group training runs, fun runs, group walks and any other gatherings of club and non-club
members for the purpose of promoting a healthy life style. This includes participating as a volunteer in the aforementioned club
events or as a runner/walker.
I know that running and volunteering to work in club events, including races, are potentially hazardous activities. I should not
volunteer or run in club activities unless I am medically able and properly trained. I assume all risks associated with running and
volunteering to work in club races including, but not limited to, falls, contact with other participants, the effects of the weather,
including high heat and/or humidity, the conditions of the roads/trails and traffic on the course, all such risks being known and
appreciated by me.
I agree to hold all the above mentioned organizations harmless, even though any risks may arise out of negligence or carelessness on the part of the persons named in this waiver. I also waive all rights I may have under California Civil Code section 1542,
which provides that a general release does not extend to claims which the releasing party does not know of or suspect to exist.
I grant permission to all of the foregoing to use any photographs, motion pictures, recording or any other record of club events
for any legitimate purpose. As part of this release and waiver, I acknowledge that I have read and understand all of the above.
Signee below must be a parent or guardian representing the whole family listed at the top of this application.
Signature ________________________________________________________ Date ___________________________________
Make checks payable to STRC and mail to: STRC, P. O. Box 1811, Cedar Ridge, CA 95924
(July 2014)