Sports Basement Weekly Update 3/22

From Mike's latest email...

Happy Rainy Friday everyone! Another week by and another sunday coming up, which means, yep, you've guessed it, another sunday run! Somehow I managed to roll my ankle last week by stepping on one of those little spikey balls that fall from the tree, so keep an eye out for those darn things, they're like ninjas! They'll sneak up on you! !!!

5K FUN RUN UPDATE !!! For those of you that are new to the run group email list this week or those of you that are just reading both last weeks email as well as this weeks email.... Sports Basement will be having it's 2nd Annual 5K Fun Run on March 9th at 9 AM. This is a 5K course that starts and finishes here at sports basement in sunnyvale. The course will not be closed off to traffic, so runners need to be careful! We are limiting this to 120 Entrants, and as of this morning it is almost half way full, so if you haven't signed up yet and would like to run in our 5k Fun Run, send me the following information... Name (First and Last), Gender (M or F), Age (on race day), Address, Phone Number, and email address that you'd like me to contact you at. Grab a friend and sign up! All 120 participants will receive a free shirt, and best of all this race is FREE! Yes, you read that right, it's FREE.

This race was put together last year as a thank you to our run group and i'd like to make this an annual race. I will send out an email to this run group list once all 120 spaces have been filled up, and I will also be sending out a reminder email about the race the week before.

2nd Annual Sports Basement 5K Fun Run - 4/9

From Mike's Latest Email:

First of all, Happy Valentines Day to everyone! I'm sending this week's reminder email out a day early as I have some special news to announce to everyone! I'm pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Sports Basement 5K Fun Run!!! I was not a part of putting this race together last year, and the people involved no longer are with Sports Basement, so I have been working with someone from our marketing department to get this thing together. On Sunday, March 9th, we will have the 2nd Annual Sports Basement 5K Fun Run. This run was initially put together last year in appreciation for the Sports Basement Run Group, and i'd like to keep this tradition going. I've attached a flyer with information about the race on it, but i'll also type it out in this email.

When/Where: The 5K fun run will be held on Sunday, March 9th (so in just a few weeks!), The race is LIMITED to 120 ENTRANTS, and those who respond first will be entered in first. This race begins and finishes at Sports Basement here in Sunnyvale. There is NO COST for this race and all 120 entrants will receive a free t-shirt for the race. We will only have select sizes, which will be given out on race day on a first come first serve basis. Race bib/packet pick up will be on the morning of the race starting at 8 AM (So please arrive early so we can start the race on time!). Some food and drink will be provided following the race.

Registering: To Register for this race (remember it's limited to 120 entrants) please respond to this email with the following information.... Name (first and last), Address, Phone Number, Age (on race day) and Email address (yes I realize you're emailing me back, but please provide it again, thanks!). I will still need everyone to sign a standard race liability waiver, so if you register in the store, I will have that information in a binder at the register, so if you're registering by responding to this email, you'll need to sign this waiver on the morning of the race (unless of course you come in before then!).

Course: The course will be the same as last years race, which is not blocked off to traffic. Remember, this is a fun run, so just be aware of the cars on the road. They may not stop for you! We will have volunteers out along the course to help everyone out as well.

Upcomming Races

• JAN. 27th - Polo Field 5K (Golden Gate Park) - <http://www.dserunners.com/>
• FEB 2nd - PCTR Woodside Trail Run 10K/17K/35K/50K (Woodside) - <http://www.pctrailruns.com/Woodside_Feb.htm>
• FEB. 3rd - Davis Stampede 5K/10K/Half Marathon (Davis) - <http://www.changeofpace.com/2008_davis_stampede.html>
• FEB. 3rd - Kaiser Permanente SF 5K/Half Marathon (SF) - <http://www.pamakids.org/>
• FEB. 9th - Juana Run 8K (Palo Alto) - <http://www.barron.pausd.org/juanarun/>
• FEB. 10th - Golden Gate Bridge Vista 5M (SF) - <http://www.dserunners.com/>
• FEB. 16th - Sequoia Trail Run 10K/20K/30K/50K (Oakland) - <http://www.pctrailruns.com/Sequoia.htm>
• FEB. 17th - Rainbow Falls 5K (Golden Gate Park) - <http://www.dserunners.com/>
• FEB. 24th - Waterfront 5K/10M (SF Dolphin Club) - <http://www.dserunners.com/>

Sports Basement Weekly Update - 01/18

Here is an excerpt from Sports Basement Mike's weekly email..

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The basics in case you haven't made it out in a while are like this... We meet here at sports basement in sunnyvale every sunday at 9AM and leave for a run shortly there after. How fast and how far you run is entirely up to you. Part of the extra incentive is that each time you come you get to enter your name in for a monthly raffle for a $75 gift certificate. So if you come 4 times in a given month, thats 4 entries, its that easy! In addition to that, once you get back to the store after your run, you're entitled to two snacks from our nutrition department... you may have a bar and a drink, or two drinks, or two bars, its entirely up to you! If you don't feel like coming alone, bring a friend, we always welcome new runners! Also, you'll get 10% off everything in the store when you shop that day!

Should be a great weekend for a run weather wise, but we all know that the weather can be unpredictable so we'll see how it is sunday!

Sports Basement Weekly Update

Here's Sports Basement Mike's latest email...

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Happy New Year Everyone....

I'm finally back from my vacation in Colorado, and i'd first like to apologize
for the lack of email for the past two weeks. I had some technical difficulties
accessing my sportsbasement email account during my absence, so I was unable to
send out my weekly email reminder, so I do apologize for that.

Hopefully everyones ready to run off some of those holiday pounds they may or
may not have put on, I know I sure am! I'm also ready to run in weather that's
above 25 degrees (brr!!!). As of right now, weather.com forecast for sunday at
9 AM is 49 degrees and rain. I will be running rain or shine, so you wont be
alone if you decide to come out this sunday morning for our weekly run group.

We did pull a winner for our monthly raffle for $75 for the month of December...
and the winner is Jamie S. Congrats to Jamie for winning the raffle for the
month of December!

And FINALLY, to kick off the new year here's a couple races that are coming up
during the month of January! If you're looking for a specific race distance
during a certain month, feel free to ask and i'll exhaust my resources to find
them for you. Hope to see everyone this sunday morning at 9 AM.

(Jan. 13th) Angel Islands New Years Trail Run (Tiburon) - 8K/16K/25K -
http://www.pctrailruns.com/Angel_Island_Winter.htm

(Jan. 19th) Pacifica Trail Run (Pacifica) - 9K/21K/30K/50K -
http://www.pctrailruns.com/Pacifica_Wntr.htm

-Mike

Upcomming Races?

Hey guys,
Does anyone have any running events / races that you'd like me to put up on the blog? I'm thinking of listing them on a post and having a permanent link to "Upcomming Races" on the main blog page.

-Jay

Christmas Relay Results

Hey All! The results are in...

Sports Basement 1 - 2:00:48 6:46 min/mile
8/16 Div., 66/249 overall

Sports Basement 2 - 2:05:51 7:03 min/mile
20/58 Div., 92/249 overall

Here are the links to the official results:
Full
By Division

Great job everyone.