A NEW YEAR-LET'S START AGAIN!

As I sit her icing my ankle I am thinking about how Mandy told me to make nursing my ankle a part time job. It was good advice.

Aside from paying online I have pretty much decided to do the Lincoln Marathon in Lincoln NE. It is the first weekend in May so I know I need to get my ankle strong and start adding on the mileage. With that said I am planning on running at 7:30 for the next several Saturdays and I hope that some of you want to join me. I will not be able to run the last weekend in January because I will be finishing up a Pilate's certification. I will plan on starting at the parking lot across from the Liberty Police Station (also across from Studio 10). Let me know if any of you are interested.

I know that our group has died down a bit due to the extreme cold, holidays, and just pure hibernation, but the near 60 degree temp today is giving me a little jolt of inspiration. Mandy and I have brainstormed several times about ways to increase our numbers. We have also talked about ways to make our group more organized and efficient. I absolutely love that many of you are dedicated members helping to plan runs, organize breakfasts, and even being creative with the Resolution Run. If any of you have any good ideas please email Mandy or I. Here are a few thoughts of mine.

1)I spoke with Gary Gribble's about giving them our official Roster (but first we have to have one) to make our club a club you can get 10% off of products if you come in mentioning our club name. I think we could look into doing that at Metro Walk and Run as well.

2)Putting fliers out at local businesses like the bike stores, running stores, and such (this would mean that someone skilled and knowledgeable in making fliers would have to be willing to make us some).

3)Have a spring "Open Run" as opposed to an open house in which we all invite everyone on our email lists to join. This could allow us to get more members and collect everyone members data for an official Roster...

Well, I know we have some creative thinkers and go getter's in this running club. Put your thinking caps on and lets get to it. Let me know if any of you are willing to meet at the police station this Saturday. I will plan on doing 5 miles. Here is the link to the route we can run. http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/us/mo/liberty/214859206061