President's Run at NMT

The 4th Annual President's Lunch Run (and walk) will be on Thursday, October 7th at noon in front of the gym. All NMT students, faculty, and staff are invited to participate in this non-competitive event to celebrate National Run at Work Day. Walkers welcome. Participants will have a choice of a 1 mile loop around campus or a 5k course. First 50 participants receive a free t-shirt. No advance sign-up necessary; participants should show up at the gym 10 minutes before noon.

Elephant Man Tri Race Report

Steven wrote the following race report on his ongoing Ironman diary blog:

I raced a triathlon yesterday at Elephant Butte Lake here in NM. The race distances were a mile swim, a 26.5 mile bike and a 6 mile run. I finished 11th overall and 2nd in my AG with a total time of 2:23:45. Two years ago in 2008 was the only other time I raced this triathlon and my finishing time then was 2:31:11... yes, I was 7:26 faster this year! I was faster in all 3 disciplines despite windy conditions at the lake yesterday. I was even able to cross the line before my big bro, Mike, who albeit did have an "off" day... I still beat you brother and that's twice in 15 years of racing together!


I am pretty happy considering this was in no way considered an "A" race for me. Friday in fact, was my last long run effort before Hawaii. I put in 17.5 miles in the heat of the day and I spent 12 straight hours on Saturday beginning at 4:00 am with kids traveling to and from a cross country meet. I honestly didn't know what to expect from myself. I just sort of did it once the race director said "go". I almost expected not to feel good but I never really felt bad.

Elephant Man is a tough race and has one of the best race director in NM. The AG awards were EMAN souvenir beer bottles and my medal was a bottle opener so how cool is that!? Afterwards we had fun at the lake with Mike and all of his camping toys and boat.

Lake Tahoe Marathon Race Report

From Jan:

Here we are at the Reno airport-- waiting for our flight home. Tomorrow there will be big time suffering. Big Time.

We decided to bite on the Lake Tahoe Marathon. Run at some elevation, a few hills, and enjoy the beauty of Lake Tahoe--a place we had never been, and could fit in a weekend that coincided with a birthday.

I would write more, but I will be concise. Rick had a fantastic run-- WON HIS AGE GROUP (3:35). FINALLY. I got second in mine (4:08), and Julie got second (1:00:40) in her AG in the 10K. It ended at the beach, so you could immediately grab a drink and head right into the water or just collapse in the sand. Jules and I wore our SSR shirts-- yee hah! Jan

Apple Cider Century Report

Pat and Catharine chimed in with this update from the Midwest:


Here we are on one of our two bike event rides since we came up to Notre Dame. This is the Apple Cider Century in southern Michigan...no, we did not do the full century, just 25, but it was a great day for riding. The only trouble up here is deciding what to wear. There are so many TREES and shade that you get cold, then warm when you come out for just a bit. The wind is the same all over the world. Coming off of Lake Michigan it has a bite to it.

Enjoy your Fall in Socorro County and eat that green chile for us. The chile aisle at the grocery store is lacking Hatch green chile or much of anything else.

Catharine and Pat

1st Fall Running Series 5k Results

The weather was perfect for the first fall 5k, which turned out to be the "Double Trouble" course and consisted of 2 laps. We had 26 runners, with Owen Azevedo winning in a time of 19:23.


I really enjoyed the course and it tripped up a few runners who went out too fast in the first lap. For example, from my vantage point I noticed Owen's strong second lap was the difference in his race with Sean for first. Normally the guy going out too fast would be me, but I somehow paced myself properly for a change. In my area in the race Rob started off rather quickly, giving me some concerns we would have a close fight for 4th, but I slowly pulled away after about a lap.

Another nice point about this event was that we had a lot of new runners, including at least 3 who had never run a 5k before. Many congratulations go to them as that is such a wonderful milestone to be proud of. And if nice weather, a good turnout, and a fun course wasn't enough, I made sure everyone at the event has received one of the club racing shirts. If you don't have one yet then come on out to the next event.

Speaking of which, next race on October 30th!

2010 Fall Running Series

The cost is minimal and the 5k's are fun. Come out to the EMRTC Snake for the following 9am races:

9/18
10/30 (costumes)
11/20
12/4 (holiday run)

It only costs $5 to race all events AND renew your club membership if you do it along with the race sign-up, or $10 for families. We'll also throw in one of the new club technical shirts so come on out!

FRS Sign-up Form

SSR Sign-up Form

You need both!