And the racing continues! Good luck and fleet feet to all racers - have fun! ==================================== ************This week and weekend******************* 6/28 mgerwein - Lightfoot Summer Series 5 Miler, Norwalk, CT 6/28 Mtnchk1 - Slacker HM, Georgetown CO 6/28 wildchild - Slacker HM, Georgetown CO 6/28 tselbs - St. Mary's Run, Saginaw, MI 6/29 Franc59 - Seafair Marathon, Bellevue WA 6/29 Arf - Seafair Marathon, Bellevue WA 6/29 Divechief - Seafair 1/2 Marathon, Bellevue WA 6/29 Henrun - Heartbreak Hill Grand Prix 10K-Newton,MA 6/29 Fortunate One - The Saint 10K trail run, Austin, TX --------------next week and Ahead----------------- 7/04 BCMorant - Village Runner 4th of July 5K-Redondo Beach CA 7/04 huskydon - La Palma 4th of July 10K, La Palma CA 7/04 CNYrunner - Four on the Fourth, Northampton, MA 7/04 hermosaboy - Firecracker 2 Mile Excelsior 7/04 mainerunnah - LL Bean 10K - Freeport ME 7/04 Dave59 - Volkslaufe 10k, Frankenmuth, MI 7/04 perchcreek - 4 on the 4th, Carrboro, NC 7/04 henrun & Marj - Mattapoisett, Ma. 5 mile 7/05 hermosaboy - Afton Trail 25k Afton 7/05 TomD - Summer Psycho Wyco Trail 50k in Kansas City, KS 7/06 tetsujin - Rattlesnake Lake Marathon, WA 7/12 Mariposai - Run the Sun trail run, Winthrop, WA 7/12 JJJessee - Grandfather Mt Marathon, Boone NC 7/12 perchcreek - Grandfather Mt Marathon, Boone NC 7/12 mgerwein - Lightfoot Summer Series 7 Miler, Norwalk, CT 7/12 Fortunate One - Midnight Madness 10K, Ames, IA 7/13 BTY - Pine Bush Triathlon, Albany, NY 7/13 Twocat - Missoula Montana marathon 7/13 btb1490 - Missoula half marathon, Missoula MT 7/17 henrun & Marj - Marathon Sports 5 Miler, Weston MA 7/19 mainerunnah - Yarmouth Clam Fest 5 Miler - Yarmouth ME 7/19 Brager1 - Summer Sizzler 5K Series, Race 1 of 3, Coral Springs, FL. 7/20 Fatozzig - Siskiyou Out and Back (S.O.B.) 50k, Mount Ashland, OR 7/20 Bonkin - El Scorcho 50K, Fort Worth, TX 7/20 wa5yom - El Scorcho, 25K at Trinity Park, Ft. Worth TX 7/20 evanflein - Gold Discovery Run 16.5 mile hill race 7/24 Divechief - Deseret News Marathon (Salt Lake City) 7/24 Arf - Deseret News Marathon (Salt Lake City) 7/26 mgerwein - Lightfoot Summer Series 9 Miler, Norwalk, CT 7/26 tetsujin - White River 50 Mile Endurance Run, WA 7/26 hermosaboy - Rice Street 1 Mile St Paul 7/27 hermosaboy - River City Days 5 Mile Chaska -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- August 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8/02 evanflein - Run of the Valkyries 8k 8/02 mainerunnah - Beach to Beacon 10K - Cape Elizabeth ME 8/02 Bargre1 - Summer Sizzler 5K Series, Race 2 of 3, Coral Springs, FL 8/03 hermosaboy - Hennepin Lake 10k Minneapolis 8/09 evanflein - Santa Claus Half Marathon 8/09 Divechief - Loop the lake (Invermere, British Columbia) 8/09 Arf - Loop the lake (Invermere, British Columbia) 8/16 mgerwein - Lightfoot Summer Series 11 Miler, Norwalk, CT 8/16 mainerunnah - Breakaway 5K - Old Orchard Beach ME 8/16 Bergar1 - Summer Sizzler 5K Series, Race 3 of 3, Coral Springs, FL 8/22 8/23 hermosaboy - Ragnar Great River Relay Multiple LaCrosse 8/23 JJJ Springmaid Splash XSTREAM 10K, Spruce Pine, NC 8/23 Mariposai - Cutthroat classic-trail, WA 8/23 evanflein - Golden Heart Trail Run 5k 8/23 Dave59 - The Crim 10 Miler, Flint, MI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sept 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/01 hermosaboy - Victory 10k Minneapolis 9/01 mgerwein - Stratton Faxon 20K Labor Day Road Race, New Haven, CT 9/01 henrun & Marj - Stratton Faxon 20 K, New Haven CT 9/07 hermosaboy - City of Lakes 25k Minneapolis 9/13 JJJessee - Bay's Mt Trail Race, Kingsport, TN 9/13 SLOjim - Heartbreak Ridge Half Marathon, Camp Pendleton, CA 9/13 Ileneforward - Heartbreak Ridge Half Marathon, Camp Pendleton, CA 9/14 dromedary - Maui Half Marathon, Maui HI 9/20 evanflein - Equinox Marathon 9/20 Holly S - Air Force Half Marathon, Dayton, Oh 9/21 Teresadfp - Maine Coast Half Marathon, York ME 9/21 CNYrunner - Dutchess County Classic, half-marathon, Wappingers Falls NY 9/21 Divechief - Two Bears Marathon (Whitefish, MT) 9/21 Arf- Two Bears Marathon (Whitefish, MT) 9/21 eliz4015 - Philly Distance Run (HM) 9/21 Fatozzig - Whiskeytown Relay, Redding/Whiskeytown, CA 9/27 JJJessee - O.W. Link Memorial 10k, Green Cove, VA -------------------------October 2008------------------------------ 10/05 WillRunForBeer - Portland Marathon, Portland OR 10/05 predawnrunner- Portland Marathon, Portland OR 10/05 Mariposai - Portland Marathon, Portland OR 10/05 TammyinGP - Portland Marathon, Portland OR 10/05 mainerunnah - Maine Marathon - Portland ME 10/05 Dave59 - Brooksie Way Half Marathon, Rochester Hills, MI 10/11 SueT48 - Hartford Marathon, Hartford, CT 10/11 JJJessee - New River Trail 50K, Fries, VA 10/12 fatozzig - Bizz Johnson Marathon, Susanville, CA 10/12 btb1490 - Steamtown Marathon, Scranton PA 10/12 dromedary - Long Beach Half Marathon 10/12 Ileneforward - Long Beach marathon 10/12 SLOjim - Long Beach Half Marathon 10/12 tetsujin209 - Royal Victoria Marathon 10/12 evanflein - Royal Victoria Marathon 10/18 huskydon - Distance Derby 10 Mile Run, Huntington Beach CA 10/18 Ileneforward - Distance Derby 10 Mile Run, Huntington Beach CA 10/18 SLOjim - Distance Derby 10 Mile Run, Huntington Beach CA 10/18 Bonkin - Palo Duro Canyon Trail Run - 50 Miler, Canyon, TX 10/18 Divechief - Palo Duro Canyon run, 50K, Palo Duro State park, TX 10/18 Arf - Palo Duro Canyon run, 50mile, Palo Duro State park, TX 10/19 hopeful4ever - Detroit Marathon, Detroit 10/19 Mtnchk1 - Denver Marathon, Denver CO 10/19 Holly S - Columbus Marathon, Columbus, Oh 10/25 Peter NC - Ridge to Bridge Marathon, Morganton NC -------------------------November 2008--------------------------- 11/01 JJJessee - Mountain Masochist 50M, Lynchburg VA 11/02 Twocat - NYC Marathon, NY NY 11/02 wa5yom - 2nd, NYC Marathon 11/02 johnmaas - NYC Marathon 11/02 mainerunnah - NYC Marathon - New York NY 11/02 hermosaboy - Rocky's Run 5k St Paul 11/15 Divechief - Catalina Island Eco marathon 11/15 Arf - Catalina Island Eco marathon 11/15 Ileneforward - Catalina Island Eco 10k 11/16 SLOjim - Pasadena Marathon, Pasadena, CA 11/23 TanyaS - Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon, Nashville, TN 11/29 hermosaboy - Footlocker Midwest Championship 5k Racine, WI 11/30 Divechief - Seattle marathon --------------------------December 2008--------------------------- 12/06 hermosaboy - Snowflake Shuffle 5k St Joseph 12/28 hermosaboy - Winter Waddle 5k Minneapolis

Dear Watermelon Goddess - no particular reason (except I’m scared spitless about the 50 miler up and down two mountains at the end of the month that I DQ’ed in ‘06 and barely made the 14 hour cutoff last year). 7/05 tetsujin - Race For the Cure 50K, Lake Youngs (Seattle), WA (thongs) 7/12 tetsujin - Let’s Climb a Mountain 34 miles, Spokane, WA (thongs) 7/19 tetsujin - Crown of Queen Ann Hill 3.3 miles, Seattle, WA (barefoot) 7/20 tetsujin - Bare Feet Fun Run, Issaquah, WA (barefoot) 7/27 (tetsujin - Swedish SummeRun 5/10K (probably walk or crawl division) thank you. ps - in case you have any, could you any pictures of your watermelons this year?

6/19 Ileneforward - Summer Solstice Watermelon Run, LB CA, etc.