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BRRC Running/Walking Bulletin for January 17, 2025
(Click Here for the Online Version)
Start the new running year at the 2025 Runners' Party!
All runners, BRRC members or not, are invited to attend the party following the Chilly Chili run on January 25th at the Moran Prairie Grange at 4:00 pm.
Music by DJMarathon who will be playing the Best Songs of 2024 for all to enjoy and dance to.
BYOB and bring snacks or food to share for the party.
January 25, 2025
This month's Oreo award goes to:
Jody Shapiro
Thank you Jody for all of your DJ'ing at all of the BRRC events including: The Spokane Marathon, Holiday Party, Chilly Chili and others.
Submit your nomination for the Oreo to:
brettdanielsonpe@gmail.com
Running Quotes (New each Week):
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle
Six Minute Mile (New each Week):
https://mailchi.mp/sixminutemile/211090-17587781?e=ff960b9e0b
Minute 1: Fitness after 40: How to peak at any age
Minute 2: Runners, should you use ankle weights or vests?
Minute 3: Want better gut health? The solution could be plant-based
Minute 4: Take advantage of the unique winter sport opportunities
Minute 5: Quick Intervals
Minute 6: Daily Inspiration
BRRC 2025 Events (Save the date!)
BRRC Chilly Chili 5K
January 25, 2025
Moran Prairie Grange
https://runsignup.com/Race/WA/Spokane/BRRCChillyChili5K
BRRC Partners In Pain
February 8, 2025
West Central community Center
Online signup: https://runsignup.com/Race/WA/Spokane/PartnersInPain
Website(Not current): https://www.partnersinpain5krun.com/Partners_in_Pain/Welcome.html
BRRC St. Paddy's Five Miler
March 9, 2025
SCC
https://runsignup.com/Race/WA/Spokane/StPaddysFiveMiler
The website will open on Monday, January 9th.
Rapid Rabbit
March 23, 2025
East Valley HS
BRRC Annual Awards Banquet
March 8, 2025
Market Street Pizza
Medical Lake Lions Club- 47th Annual Only Fools Run at Midnight
Sat March 29 - Sun April 6, 2025
Medical Lake High School
200 E. Barker
Medical Lake, WA 99022
Online signup: https://runsignup.com/lionsonlyfoolsrun
Paper signup: https://brrc.net/race_forms/Race_Forms2/Only_Fools_Run_at_Midnight_2025.html
Recycle Run
April 9, 2025
Yet to be determined
Bloomsday 12K
May 4, 2025
Downtown Spokane
BRRC Pizza/Beer Run
June 12, 2025
Bloomsday Office
BRRC July 4th Fun Run
July 4, 2025
Moran Prairie School
https://runsignup.com/Race/WA/Spokane/BRRC4thJulyFunRun
The website will open on Monday, January 9th.
BRRC Picnic & BBQ
July 10, 2025
Comstock Park
BRRC CC Audubon 5K
September 7, 2025
Audubon Park
BRRC Sundae Sunday
September 14, 2025
Flett Middle School
https://runsignup.com/Race/WA/Spokane/BRRCsSundaeSunday10Miler
BRRC Colbert Half Marathon & 4-Miler
September 27, 2025
Colbert Elementary School
BRRC CC Qualchan 12K
October 5, 2025
High Drive & Bernard
BRRC Spokane Marathon/Half & 10K
October 12, 2025
Downtown Spokane
BRRC CC 7 Mile 5K
October 19, 2025
7-Mile Airstrip
BRRC CC Mead 5K
October 25, 2025
Mead HS
Run Perry Run Club wins BRRC Cross Country Team Championship
The Run Perry Run Club ran the table of 4 wins with a first place at the Mead 5K Cross Country run. The traveling trophy will be awarded at an event on January 25, 2025 at the Chilly Chili 5K.
Online results:
https://brrc.net/archives/X-Country_2024/index.html
I Must Run Everywhere
I'm happy to introduce a new/old runner who is a prolific writer with a unique sense
of humor. Jim
Johnson offered to republish a few of his articles from his blog, "I must Run Everywhere."
Britt Davis, a fellow running club member pictured at right, told me he likes his long locks but is worried they might be a drag on his race times. With my connections at the National Institute of Running Sciences, he wanted me to inquire if this is true.
I told Britt that first of all, he needs to give up the hippie lifestyle. Smoking dope day and night while already sky high on multiple hallucinogens won’t produce fast times. He can’t even stay on course during our group runs, and whenever he catches sight of the nearby Spokane River, he jumps in to search for his mermaid soulmate.
“Jim, listen,” Britt said. “I don’t do drugs, and you’re making up the mermaid soulmate thing.”
Britt’s right. I’m prone to adding phony details to create drama. I apologized, pulled out my phone and called my friend, Dr. N. Terrville Wurkoutz at the Institute.
Dr. Wurkoutz says that any drag on speed is usually minimal. But if you’re competing at a high level, even minimal drag can be the difference between getting a gleaming five-foot tall trophy or a paltry runners-up ribbon the size of a Band-aid. He suggested the Noggin Smoother. It’s a new product made of a shrink wrap plastic/lycra blend that covers the head and plasters all your hair to the skin, creating a superb aerodynamic effect. It won’t impair your vision because it’s so thin you can see through it.
Britt was very excited about the chance of running some fast times. “Far out, man,” he said. “This is so groovy. The Noggin Smoother is so trippin’, dude. I’m buying one, and if my times don’t go way down, I’ll be bummmmed out.”
With that, Britt picked a flower, put it into his hair and strutted away.
When you dress nicely, you feel good about yourself. In addition, would if what you wore caused you to run faster. Both of these can be accomplished by wearing a cape.
Numerous studies have shown that wearing a cape is cool. It’s why superheroes do it. Now there are capes for runners. I talked to Nicole Lund, a running store associate with expert knowledge.
“We carry lots of sizes and colors. Some people like a long cape that streams way out, whereas others like a shorter cape that will still ripple while running at an easy pace”
I thought that cape effectiveness would work only for shorter, faster runs. But Nicole said it’s not so.
“I’m a marathoner, and I started wearing a cape last fall. My PR went from 3:52 to 3:18. That’s more than a half-hour improvement!”
Nicole explained that the only downside is when you happen upon a situation where there’s trouble. People tend to think you’re a superhero who came to help.
“Has that happened to you? I asked.
“Yes. This winter I came across a minor auto accident, and they wanted me to lift the car to get a trapped person out. They got very angry at me. They thought I was Wonder Woman.”
Volunteers Needed for All Races
Please contact: Sue Fitzpatrick at: pfitsa@comcast.net
The BRRC Saturday run location can be seen here:
https://www.brrc.net/BRRC_website/Calendar.html
BRRC Links:
Read the latest Local BRRC Running Calendar here:
https://www.brrc.net/BRRC_website/Calendar.html
BRRC Website: http://www.brrc.net/
BRRC 2023-2024 Officers:
President: Brett Danielson
President Elect: Tony Proctor
Past President: Charles Robeson
Treasurer: Jesse Jones
Secretary: Paul Fitzpatrick
