San Francisco FrontRunners

Hopefully your weekend was full of recovery from last weekend and you are ready for 4th of July Celebrations... it never ends! Here is your weekly source of all things FrontRunners that are coming in the days ahead! Special news and events are at the beginning of this post and regular, reoccurring events are on the lower half.

Special Events/News This Week:

-Check out the July President's Address and Women's Column by heading over to our site, blog, twitter feed, or facebook page.

-Announcement: If you volunteered for any Pride Run event or the Pride Parade or Beverage Booth, we will be planning a "Thank You" event soon, and want to hear what you might be interested in doing. Send all ideas to vp@sffr.org

-Announcement: Seeking volunteers for the SF Marathon Water Station on July 29th. If you are interested in helping out, head here for more info (link).

-Announcement: We are seeking members who are interested in club positions for Secretary, Women’s Outreach, and Newcomer Outreach. If interested, please contact anyone on the board or send an email to board@sffr.org

-July Women's Run - Saturday, July 7th - 9:00 AM - Stow Lake at Golden Gate Park: Women in the club and interested in the club are invited to run a group run on the first weekend run of each month. A leader will be chosen at the run and the length is usually around 3 miles (5K). Everyone in the club is welcome to participate as well. For more information, contact vp@sffr.org

-SF Track and Field Club’s 5th Annual Pride Meet registration is open. You can go to their site (link) for full information on how to register and all of the details on the event. They will also be needing volunteers, so check out the link if you are interested in helping with the event.

Birthdays This Week:

The following SF FrontRunners have birthdays this week: Jeff Reynolds (July 2), Brian Tognotti (July 2), John Preckel (July 5), Koji Kawano (July 6), Joshua Walstrom (July 8). Happy Birthday!

Regular Events This Week:

-Tuesday Evening Run - 6:30PM: Meet at the Ferry Building for a 3 mile (5K), 4 mile (6.5K), 5 mile (8K), or hill run along Embarcadero. We typically grab dinner after.

-Saturday Morning Run - 9:00AM: Meet at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park for a 1, 2, 3 (5K), 4 (6.5K), and 5 (8K) mile run/walk. We also now offer the Cross Training option that meets immediately after First Circle to go over the routine for that day. We meet back at Stow Lake for 2nd circle at 10:00AM and then head to brunch.

-Sunday Long Run - 10:00AM: Meet at Gold’s Gym in the Castro for a long run (70 to 90 minutes total, depending on the week). We usually have brunch following the run.

-Sunday Interval Training - 10:00AM: Meet at SFSU Cox Stadium for dynamic stretching and short, efficient workouts to improve speed and endurance. Go to the SF Track & Field workouts page (link) for more info. http://www.sftrackandfield.com/workouts

Enjoy your week and see you at the runs/walks and events!

Remember, you can check all scheduled events, important calendar dates, activity recaps, runner bios, and reoccurring columns at our official site: sffr.org and our blog (link), twitter (link), and facebook (link) pages.

*Note on website and club feedback: The board encourages and welcomes feedback and ideas for corrections and improvements to the club and websites. In order to best receive and discuss all feedback and ideas, please send all input via email to board@sffr.