I want to let everyone know that our very own “Oak Ridge Golf course” is sponsoring and hosting a 5K Race on June 13th. (Saturday). Its the first race I have seen at Oak Ridge since I became a club member there in 1994. It is scheduled to start at 6PM and is part of the Starved Rock Runners Road Race Circuit (Race #6) . You can sign up on line at
www.runrace.net. I am interested in this race because I have returned to jogging recently in order to lose some weight and have found that I have missed running the occasional race. Plus I am running out of tee shirts and you always get good ones at these races.
I am challenging any of my fellow elected officials to join me in running this race!
I think it will be a great time and I am sure the post race buffet which is included will be delicious.
I don’t normally plug anything at this site but I have to tell you about Nike’s new (at least to me) venture with Apple’s iPod. I run with my iPod and now I have an insert in my shoe which tracks my runs and records not only your time but distance and calories burned. It talks to you as you run but doesn’t interrupt your music. When you finish a run you can upload your info to a website which will track your progress and hook you up with runners around the world. They also have training info which you can download to your iPod. The attachment for your iPod is relatively cheap at about 30 bucks and I did have to buy a new pair of Nikes (only certain shoes have the cavity in the sole for the sensor) but I needed a new pair anyway. If this sounds like something you would like to check out go to nikeplus.com.
And by the way walkers would benefit from this item as well.
I look forward to seeing many of my fellow citizens on race day and hopefully a few elected officials as well. You can call Bob Rehn at (815) 882-2120 if you have any other questions about the race.
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