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|  Chicago Athlete Express eNewsletter February 18, 2005
Welcome to the Chicago Athlete Express. ************************************************ SCOOP CARA's Executive Board announced CEO David Patt, who has been at
the helm
for the past 15 years, is leaving to pursue other opportunities and they
are
seeking a new Executive Director. For more information, click here: ************************************************ WEB SITE TO CHECK OUT: Imagine doing the Yukon Arctic Ultra! ************************************************ USA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - MIDWEST WELL
REPRESENTED Runners from the Midwest had a profound affect on the outcome at the
USA Cross
Country Championships. In the men's 4K, Peoria native Tim Broe was
the winner, and
he was followed closely by Elmhurst native Don Sage in 3rd, and
Wheeling's Jorge
Torres in 5th. In the men's 12K, Michigan's Dathan Ritzenhein was the champion, and
2nd through
5th place went to Jorge Torres, Tim Broe, Tinley Park's Matt Withrow and
Jason
Lehmkuhle (MN). Chicago's Jeff Jonaitis finished 47th overall. In the women's 4K, Missy Buttry of Wavery, IA, placed 3rd. Finishing in third place in Masters Women's 8K was the Chicago
Lakefront TC (7th
place, Emily Macdonald of Chicago, 10th place Kitty Monaghan from
Oak Park and
11th place Judith Neafsey of Chicago). In the Women's Open 8K, Rachel Evjen from Villa Park finished 35th
overall and in
the Junior Women's 6K race Barrington's Christina Fiduccia finished in
7th place. Athletes finishing in the top six have secured spots to compete for the
U.S. at
the World Cross Country Championships, March 19-20, in St. Galmier,
France. Click here for race coverage: ************************************************ LANCE REPORT He's going for win number 7 What do you think? Will he have a seven-peat? ************************************************ ROAD TRIP RESULTS Tybee Marathon (Tybee Island, GA) Freescale Motorola Marathon (Austin, TX) Mercedes Half-Marathon (Birmingham, AL) *********************************************** CLIF BAR ATHLETES OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCED! Congratulations to Kielo Sauvala and Brent Newcomb who were voted
by our readers
as 2004 Clif Bar Athletes of the Year. You can read about them in
Chicago
Athlete's Ultimate Resource Guide, due out this weekend. Want to nominate someone for Clif Bar Athlete of the Month? ************************************************ THIS JUST IN FROM LT. GOV PAT QUINN HB 467, requiring Metra to allow bikes on board, passed the House
Mass Transit
Committee on February 10. The bill now goes in front of the full House of
Representatives. How you can help: Thank you, For more information on this bill, check out the Chicagoland Bicycle
Federation: ************************************************ GOOD WEB READ! Illinois' Joseph Magnani Challenged Coppi and Bartali in the Giro. ************************************************ CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT INDOOR POOLS Looking for somewhere to start your swimming? ************************************************ IS YOUR COMMUNITY BICYCLE-FRIENDLY? Applications are due on March 25 for the League of American Bicyclist's
Bicycle
Friendly Community awards. The application asks for information on
engineering,
education, encouragement, enforcement, and evaluation/planning
initiatives that
encourage bicycling and make cycling safer and more enjoyable. The
League will
make announcements of winning communities in May during National
Bike Month. ************************************************ DON'T LET YOUR RELAY LOGISTICS GIVE YOU A HEADACHE
Learn the logistics of putting together and participating in a team relay at
Fleet
Feet's "Building a Distance Race Relay Team Seminar" on Sunday,
February 20 at
Fleet Feet Sports - Piper's Alley, starting at 5:30 p.m. The panel
discussion will
include events such as the Hood-to-Coast and River-to-River Relays,
and Joe
Pulizzano, the race director of the inaugural Great Midwest Relay, will
take part
in the discussion. ************************************************ NATIONAL NEWS The Boston Marathon ups their Prize Money: ************************************************* STOREFRONT Dick Pond Athletics opened it's fifth store in Schaumburg at 927 S.
Roselle Rd.
For more information call 847-985-9720. Run Chicago training program is going inside! Greg Domantay and
Brian Connelly
announced they are opening "Run Chicago - The Store" in Forest Park
this spring. ********************************************** THE WEEKEND AHEAD Vision Quest Coaching is opening a Bucktown location at Running
Away, 1753 N.
Damen, and hosting an Open House on this Saturday, February 19.
U.S. Postal
Service bikers Robbie Ventura and Floyd Landis, Ironman World
Champion Tim DeBoom
and his wife, Ironman Wisconsin Champion, Nicole DeBoom (Downers
Grove native)
will be there. Please RSVP for the seminars to: For more details: ************************************************ CLOSER It's here! Chicago Athlete's Ultimate Resource Guide will hit specialty
retail running & cycling stores, health clubs this weekend. ************************************************ Wishing you the best in your training and racing!
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