Carthage Running Club

The Carthage Graduating class of 2001 helped to sponsor a 5k race to benefit the Carthage Running Club.  Almost 70 runners helped to make this event a success.  Many thanks to Gwyn Monatt of Hunt Real Estate, The Carthage Church of The Nazarene, US Army Recruiters, Amanda Garcia of Nutralite, Chobani Yogurt, Stewarts Shoppe in Carthage, Price Chopper, North Country Fellowship Church and the many parents and volunteers who helped out in so many ways.  The Overall winners were Carthage Cross Country Alumni Joe French and Claudette Mainville dedicated Cross Country Parent.  For complete results check www.carthagerunners.org/reunionrunresults.pdf!!!

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The Carthage Area Community Fitness Run was a success!!!  Thank You to all who donated, sponsored, organized, volunteered, ran, walked, recruited and just plain supported this cause.  We raised approximately $600 that will go towards keeping kids running!!!  I am so greatful for every ounce of help and support.  So as for the results…  The 10k run was won by James Brady of Carthage in 38:51 and Chelsea Percy of Black River in 50:45.  The fastest runners in the 5k race were Gregorio Villanueva and Ashleigh Barnhart-Burto with 25:21 and 26:33 respectively.  The weather was a bit chilly but clear and sunny!  Congratulations and thank you to all!  We hope you had a great time and will considder coming out to the Comet Classic 5k Cross Country race on October 9th at the Carthage High School.  Complete results can be found at www.carthagerunners.org/CommunityResults.pdf

Again, great job to everyone and a big thank you for your support and hard work with summer fundraising.  We did it!  Unfortunately, we can’t stop now.  Next season may also be up in the air with the economy still in the tank.  So, with the season underway we not only look to nice fall weather and fast race times but also towards the continuation of the Carthage Cross Country program into the future.  The Carthage Area Chamber of Commerce has organized a run with the help of  Army personnel from Fort Drum.  This run, scheduled for September 18th will benefit the Carthage Running Club in our efforts to continue to support running sports and opportunities for kids in the Carthage community.  The run consists of two courses.  The first, a 10k course will leave the Carthage Park and head EAST along NYS RT 3 toward a turn around point in Hewitt Park.  After the turn around, runners will run passed the entrance to Carthage Park and turn right onto North Washington St to the rear entrance of the park along the entrance to the old Armory and current NYS Police barracks to the finish in Carthage Park.  The second course, a 5k will follow the same startand ending routes but will turn around much sooner (1.55 miles sooner to be exact) and return along the N. Washington St. route.   The cost of the run is 10$ with 100% of the proceeds going to Carthage running club.  Thank you to all of the corporate sponsors who have stepped up to support the cause.  Also, thank you to the Fort Drum soldiers who will be manning the water stations along the way.   Tshirts and refreshments will be available in the park following the race.

Congrats on all the hard work raising funds this summer.  Now, lets move the hard work to the trails, hills and track!  Practice starts tomorrow and the weather is going to be “interesting”.  There is still much work to be done to make this a successful year but more on that later.  For now, hydrate and get a good night sleep.  I look forward to seeing all of you tomorrow morning.  Remember that we meet at the big Maple in front of the High School at 8:00 am.  If it is raining (and it most likely will be) you can sit inside the school on the steps near the Athletic office.

HERE WE GO!!!!

Coach Z

A last minute fundraising opportunity has popped up. Sunday July 25th from 8-10am we will be having a pancake breakfast at Applebee’s in Watertown. Coach Z is holding a meeting to pass out information as well as tickets to the breakfast on Monday between 6-7pm at Carthage Park. Carthage Park is located on Rt 3 approximately one mile past the bridge on the left hand side just as you are leaving the village of Carthage. After the meeting runners are invited to stay and run together. If you can’t make the meeting use the contact page here to let Coach Z know and he will get some tickets to you. We will only have until Friday to sell these tickets and need to sell a certain amount to make the event profitable. We will also need people to staff the breakfast as well as stand outside and direct traffic the morning of the breakfast. Again, contact us with any questions or suggestions. See you Monday night!

Well, sort of! Tomorrow morning we will have a group run at Carthage High School from 9-10am BUT… we will also be passing out tickets to the next fundraiser. The next fundraiser is a pancake breakfast at Applebee’s in Watertown on Sunday July 25th from 8-10am. We have to sell the tickets for $5 but we keep $4!!! We have about a week to sell these tickets as we need to have the number sold to Applebee’s next Friday night. Contact Coach Z with any questions. See you in the morning.

TEMPO: A tempo run is a run where you maintain constant effort that is slightly challenging. A good guage for this pace is to take two steps to both breathe in and out. Be sure to do this after you are warmed up. This is also known as a lactate threshold run. If you are familiar with the percieved exertion scale (PE), you would run about a 7 (out of 10).

FARTLEK: This is a swedish word that means “speed play”, pick a distance, an object (like a mailbox, tree or teleophone pole) and speed to it. The speed you run will be determined by the distance of the object. Then, recover by running to another object at a recovery pace (PE=2-4), DON’T WALK!!! Focus on staying tall, relaxed and in control while “speeding”.

CORE: Any activity that strengthens the muscles of the abdominal region, butt and hips as well as sides. There are many things that achieve this. A quick search on the internet will yield many routines.

CROSS TRAIN: Any activity that gets the heart rate up for a period of time yet is different from running. Biking, swimming, hiking, weight training etc.

Look to the left… Seriously, do it right now… OK, you see the subscribe form right? FILL IT OUT!!!! We are hoping to get everyone connected so we can keep you informed of the events we are planning throughout the summer. So far some of those things include, fundraisers, group runs, road and trail races in the area and parent / athlete meetings. PLEASE get connected now so we can hit the ground running (pardon the pun) in August. Keep your eyes peeled for a few summer documents. We will be posting some summer training schedules and training logs for those who don’t have access to the one coach handed out at the preseason meeting.

Tommorow (Tuesday June 22nd) a group run is taking place from the boat launch in W. Carthage up S Main (Zecher) flat with one good hill. The plan is to put in between 4-7 miles.