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Scale the IPNS Mountain!

The Running Club will have its next run on Wednesday, May 14. The IPNS
division will organize this unique 3.1 mile fun run which will start at
the top of the IPNS ramp at noon. Bruce Brown, the IPNS Division
Director, has agreed to start the race. For walkers, there will also be
a 2 mile course. Refreshments will be served in the 360 lobby (at the
bottom of the hill) following the race. See flier at the end of this
newsletter.

1040 "Up-All-Night" Trot

Eighteen souls were courageous enough to take time from preparing their
taxes to participate in Argonne Running Club\'s fun run/walk. The
weather gods gratiously offered us a window of nice weather for Monday,
and Tuesday, the fun run/walk day. The events were a short \"2.8
milish\" run, and a \"2 milish\" walk.

Jack Picciolo started the fun run/walk, and announced the times when
people came across the finish. There were three small raffle prizes
wrapped in 1040\'s just in case those people needed them by midnight.

Participating runner and walkers exchanged war stories over some apple
and 10000000000 calorie cookies. The winners were K. Wood (ET), S.
Lesica (DOE/ARG), and R. Lee (ET). I hope all the participants enjoyed
the event:

[Runners]{.underline}

Pat Dombrowski (APS/ASD)

Todd Teel (ECT)

Greg Wojciechowski (legal)

Charles Jonah (CHM)

Paul Eident (CHM)

Sue Lesica (DOE/ARG)

John Sickels (DOE/NBL)

Rich Lee (ET)

Laurie Culbert (IPD/MED)

Erik Dallmann (NBL)

Laura Miller (PNS)

Chick Macal (DIS)

[Walkers]{.underline}

Bob Strain (ET)

Adam Cohen (ET)

Kristi Wood (ET)

Marcy Gatzke (ESH-HP)

Ratindra Das (PFS/FPE)

Vipin Shah (ET)

Aziz Uras

Summer Events

The Running Club is putting together plans for several runs this summer.
Now that the days are getting longer, we plan to take advantage of the
additional sunlight and have an after work run followed by a pizza
party. Many of you do not like to run during the heat of the day during
the summer months, so we are also working on a morning run that would
start at the north gate trail head of Waterfall Glen. After this run, we
would have bagels, orange juice, etc. to help you get your day off to a
good start. We also hope to have a Director's Fitness Day Run with Dean
Eastman.

Chicago Distance Classic

The Running Club is encouraging all its members to run in this years
Chicago Distance Classic. This year's race will start in Grant Park on
Sunday, July 20 at 7:45 AM. We will have a team from Argonne running in
the corporate challenge. You do not have to be a great runner to join
the team - only the top five times from the team are counted. We just
want everyone to have a good time. The race is a 20 K course, so make
sure you have trained some for it.

Paid-up members will get a \$5 discount from the ANL running club.
Student members can run for free! To get the discount and join our team,
send you entry forms to Aziz Uras. An entry form is included with this
newsletter. (Be sure to have your parent sign it if you are under 18!)
For additional information, contact Aziz (RE, Bldg. 208, 2-5847).

"3 Does & 5 Bucks" Run River to River Relay Race

This is the second time it has been my pleasure to detail the happenings
at this years River to River Relay Race. If you didn\'t see last years
saga, first a few basic facts. The race is an 80 mile relay across the
extreme southern part of Illinois through the beautiful, but very hilly,
Shawnee National Forest (from the Mississippi river to the Ohio river).
The race is broken-up into 24 segments, each about 5K, and run by a team
of eight members. Each runner is assigned a position (1-8). Then each
runner has to run, in order by their assigned number, three segments of
the race (totaling altogether about 10 miles). This year there were 230
teams that finished the race. So much for the basics\....

Returning runners from last year included: Laurie Culbert(IPD/MED), Karl
Grimm(RA), Chuck Jonah(CHM), Laura Miller(IPNS), Steve Rose(ESH), and
John Schlueter(CHM). The two rookies on the team were Maggie Kelly(CHM)
and Don (Boh) Bohringer(IPNS). In keeping with an Argonne deer theme we
called ourselves \"3 Does and 5 Bucks\". (Except for Schlueter, I don\'t
think the term \"buck\" aptly described the male contingent of this
relay team.) By hook or crook we all assembled in Carbondale on Friday
night for the race on Saturday. The only problem was that one group had
car problems on the way down, thus we did not get settled into our rooms
until after midnight and we had a 4:30 wake-up call. Some even toyed
with the idea of not even going to bed. In addition, not unlike last
year, the weather was very unsettled on Friday night. While one group
was off rescuing our car-plagued members, the remainder of the team was
glued to the weather channel hoping that the nasty-looking radar images
would somehow move southeast faster. Not a very auspicious way to start
a great adventure.

At 5:30 when we left for our 7:15 start time the skies cleared and we
thought we had beaten mother nature again. However, we didn\'t care what
the weather was - we were pumped for this race and we were not going to
let any rain get in our way. From the start time to our finish time (11
hours and 25 minutes later) the day was almost a total blur. At every
exchange point (the running member of the group had to carry a baton
during their segment) the non-runners would cheer on the finishing
runner and give the next runner a rousing sendoff. The non-runners would
then hop into the van and go to the next exchange point, munching
goodies along the way and telling the last runner how good they had
looked during their segment - even if they did not believe what they
were saying. What a great day\...

The weather was much cooler than last year so the running was somewhat
easier. However, this year almost every member of the team had some sort
of nagging injury, thus we were glad that the weather cooperated. With
enough ice and pain pills we did not have any major breakdowns during
the race. Laura and Maggie ran the two hardest segments of the race and
they did them with style. The look of determination on their faces as
they finished their hard segments made me proud to be part of this team.

For the last couple of blocks of the race in beautiful downtown Golconda
(population 950), all the teams members run so that the \"team\" crosses
the finish line together. This is the highlight of the day and the
feeling is one of exhilaration and fulfillment that, as a group, we have
all contributed to the common goal. After the finish we were all on a
\"high\" for the remainder of the ride back to our motel (after a brief,
but forgettable, shower experience at a local high school). Needlessto
say we all slept well that night. The \"Bohringer Clipper\" returned to
Chicago Sunday morning with a lot of rest stops along the way so that we
could stretch our tight muscles.

The team that finished first did the race in 6 hours and 47 minutes
(5:05 minute per mile pace), somewhat faster than our 11 plus hour
finish time. Needless to say we were there for the experience and were
not looking to break into the medal class. Even though we were 12
minutes slower than last year, I look at it as we just had an extra 12
minutes of fun. What a glorious weekend trip, were do I sign-up for next
year\....

Karl Grimm

River Run

I have run the River Run Race in Iowa City, Iowa for several years now.
This year's race was on Sunday April 27. I ran the 10 k race, but there
is also a 5 k race and a 5 k walk. The weather conditions were good for
this year's event, although it has a history of being rained upon. The
race is sponsored by the University of Iowa, starts on campus near the
Union, and runs near the banks of the Iowa River. I enjoy races in Iowa
because there are more hills than there are on Illinois courses.
Needless to say, that does tend to slow down my times.

This race is fairly small (about 250 runners), and the post-race
refreshments are not all that great. However, afterwards, runners can
enjoy the River Fest which includes many craft booths and good food.
There are free massages for runners, many door prizes, and a medical
team that will test your blood pressure, body fat, and hydration level.
This year, most runners got free Runner's World Calendars (which usually
sell for \$12).

Since this race is a four hour drive from Chicago, it is probably not
recommended for most Argonne runners. However, if you are looking to get
away for a spring weekend in Iowa, it is worth checking out!

John Schlueter

Inspiration

"Some people will say to me, 'Oprah's got it easy because she has a
personal trainer.' But that's baloney. No one can run for you. She was
on the track every morning. She worked herself as hard as any athlete
I've seen. She deserved the results she achieved."

Bob Greene

Bob Green was Oprah Winfrey's personal trainer for the Marine Corps
Marathon.

Cool Down

Spring is one of the one of the most popular times of the year to buy
new running shoes. I'm sure many of you have already bought new shoes
and may be able to give the rest of us advise on what type to get and
where to buy them. Please send me the names of your last two brands of
shoes (Nike, Saucony, Asics, etc.) and where you bought them (Mail
order, shoe store, K-mart, etc.). Send to: John Schlueter, Bldg. 200,
Rm. A185.

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