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What’s Happening in our Community?

April 15, 2011 By Margot Leave a Comment

2011 – What’s happening around you?

Sunday, April 17th – Autism Awareness Walk at Beaver Lake ~ Check out this website for all details: http://www.victoriaautismwalk.com/

Also on April 17^th – the MS Walk/Run this Sunday At Willows Beach Park in Oak Bay (Beach Drive at Dalhousie). Choose a 3 km, 6 km or 9 km route, all wheelchair/scooter accessible. Dogs on leashes welcome. South Vancouver Island MS Society Chapter website

SUNDAY, MAY 1ST – TC 10K Event!!! YES this is the ‘one’ we talk about!

May 8^th, 2011 – sound & silence Mother’s Day walk/run. This certified and professionally timed course is open to all levels of participants, bringing together members from the running community, walking clubs, elite running clubs, supporters of the agency, clients and volunteers. Participants can choose to enter the 10 km run, 10 km walk or 5 km walk.

May 15^th, 2011 – the Cool ½ marathon (but keep reading) in support of the Help Fill a Dream Foundation… and NO you do NOT have to do the whole thing… The ekiden relay is a great option and in the past I have challenged the sole sisters – if we create 10 or more Sole Sister teams I will do the whole ½… so please gather up three more friends (sisters!) and create your team of 4… register …but create your name to begin with The 2011 Sole Sister… yadda yadda yaddas… “For example you may call yourself “The 2011 Sole Sister Swaggers”… whatever you want… but beginning by the 2011 Sole Sisters… keeps us knowing that in the end – we are all a team. Walkers and runners welcome… their website is: http://www.peninsularunners.com/events/oakbayhalf.htm It truly is lots of fun especially when it’s full of sisters… and YES all for a great cause!

Sunday, June 5th in Vancouver CHILDRUN…

Sunday, June 12th – HERE IN VICTORIA – the 2nd annual KidsRun!!! YES proudly presented by the Sole Sisters! In support of pediatric oncology at our very own VGH!

Yes will see – that walking and running can take you many places…with many people… for many great reasons!

SWAG STORE

March 28, 2011 By Margot Leave a Comment

We have placed our last order, but…..

Our 2011 SS clinic shirt is available until we run out – $30!!! Lots of small and medium sizes available.

All run jackets, hoodies and capris/tights ordered prior to April 5th have come in. Please see Margot on Tuesday night to pick yours up. Please don’t forget to bring your cash or cheque if you haven’t paid yet.

We also still have socks, hats, (Sole Sister and Sole Brother) a few green exercise bands from Rob ($5) and a limited number of Brooks running jackets, Flow Capris and Infinity Tights – IN STOCK.

Thanks

Esquimalt 5k Event Follow-Up

March 20, 2011 By Margot Leave a Comment

Wow… what a great way to start the weekend… THANK YOU for sharing the 5k event with me… with each other… with all of us together!

I always enjoy ‘racing’ (sure we can call it that know matter what speed we are moving… if you feel like racing then you are!)… but I must say – I enjoy even more the privilege of witnessing Sole Sister after Sole Sister rounding that last corner and completing the final leg of the distance. This year was extra special watching bright pink vibrant tulips one after another cross the finish line… last year I had the honor of running Char down this final strip… I know this year many of us felt stronger wearing ‘her’ shirt… SO… Thank you CHAR for your inspiration and THANK YOU – fantastic job… and as always a great ‘time’ by all!

Results are available at: http://www.racedaytiming.ca/esquimalt5k2011.html

I don’t know what happened to the SOLE SISTERS title behind the other 140 of us who were out there but according to this – very few of us were sisters… not to worry – we know who we are!!! And YES there were approx. 150 Sisters… !!! Approx. 30% in attendance was made up of our ‘people’! YES I think I will have to go in there and add our TEAM NAME!!!

Now that you are feeling confident to complete 5ks… and yes by tomorrow you will be feeling even more confident – you will find that… you may be wondering about the 10k…?? Well… YES with the next 6 weeks of training planned in your SOLE SISTERS manual we will focus on one week of ‘recover’… YES this week… 3 weeks of strength and speed, a performance week… a week of taper… and then it’s SHOWTIME! You will be fine… please trust that…

So – I am giving you a very fancy dancy link to play with… go to:

http://pih.bc.ca/Calculator.php

… and select your distance (5k for today’s event) and plug in your time (i.e. 30:00 minutes) and then hit ‘get points’… scroll down and these are the ‘estimated’ times that you would complete the adjacent distance in ‘if’ you were trained today to do this distance. No… it doesn’t mean that you could go out today and complete a marathon in that time even though you are only trained up to 5ks…

Congratulations to all of you… to those unable to complete the 5k in Esquimalt… please do not worry – I know many of you completed your own 5ks… and many are away and unable… We that were ‘present’ moved for all of those unable to! THANK YOU Super Powered Sole Sister Lucy Smith for joining us… :)! We may have to change your sponsorship to Sole Sisters so you CAN wear ‘our’ shirt!

Special thank you and mention to all the leaders who cheered SOLE SISTERS on AND ALL THE SOLE SISTERS… that stuck around and created the best welcome cheer ever for the next SOLE SISTERS coming ‘home’! It’s all about supporting each other and together it’s working!

Thank you:)… I will be smiling all day because of each of you!

Mena

How to Register for the 5k and 10k

March 12, 2011 By Margot Leave a Comment

The Esquimalt 5k on March 19th – How to register if you have not done so yet…please call Esquimalt Recreation Centre at 250-412-8510 or visit them in person BEFORE Thursday, March 17th 4pm to still be registered with ‘chip timing’ – this means that you will be officially times! Unfortunately after Feb. 28th you are paying under the ‘late’ registration fee of $22/each. I do know there are approx. 120 Sole Sisters registered already – are you one of them???!!! YES tell them you are a Sole Sister so you are registered under our team name!

To register for the TC 10k held on Sunday, May 1st… go to www.tc10k.ca select individual registration… Ensure you select the category you want to be in… if you choose Competitive Walker… YES you will be watched and NO you are not allowed to run a single step or you will be disqualified… so if you are considering the walk/run option to complete the 10k distance then select the recreational walk category.

Make sure you are a Sole Sister… but how? Under Club/Team or School Name hit the scroll down button and select 2011 Sole Sisters… yes we are third from the top!!! Lots of yeses!