coffee talk

Pour your coffee and settle in, coffee talk is about to begin...

What a beautiful day yesterday for the Scituate Mass road race that Chris Ross, Cheryl Withers, Susan Reid Burnett and I travelled to in memory of Kathy Brown. As you know, Kathy succumbed to breast cancer in January. Kathy was the sister of Jay Burnett and sister-in-law to Susan. We are still collecting donations in her memory and plan to make the donation to hospice in Pittsburgh where Kathy resided. If you would like to donate and have not already done so, you have until the end of the week to do so.

One of the better parts of the day was having Susan back with us. Susan has been wrestling with asthma the better part of the winter and is now back running with us. She shaved a minute and a half off her time from last year. I know you must be feeling great about that Susan since you have not had a whole lot of time to prepare. Nice run, girl.

Cheryl Withers ran with Susan and coached her along the way. Cheryl you ran a great race and helped Susan cross that finish line with pride. You also gave me some great tips yesterday that I put to good use. Thank you for being part of the day. I had a lot of laughs and it was great to catch up.

Chris Ross is now back in action and ran her 5K at an 8:58 pace. So happy for you Chris. You ran a terrific race and never gave up even when you felt like you wanted to. Good job.

There will be no formal training for now as far as running goes. I am following a tentative schedule and will be running Fridays for those that want to continue to get a run in before the weekend. Mileage will be determined that day along with routes. There should be no more than 10 miles on any given Friday but that may change if everyone seems up to it. No need to r.s.v.p. just be in the lobby for 8:55.

There will also be a 5 and 6 mile run on Thursday morning at 5:00 a.m. from Sandy Barbour's house on Summer Street in Rehoboth. Cheryl and Sandy hosted this last year and it was a great turnout. No need to r.s.v.p. just show up 5 minutes before they are scheduled to leave.

That's all for now.
Keep on keepin' on...

Joyce