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Are you guys enjoying this weather?  It’s finally warm!  Which is a good thing for Xena and not so good thing for LisaLisa.  Looks like LisaLisa got to enjoy last bit of the cold weather this past weekend and placed in her age group, along with Louise.  Congrats, ladies!

Since the Scotland 10K was a Club Points Race, a 11 people earned a raffle ticket toward the awesome gift raffle at the Holiday Party.  (All this warm weather is already making us wish it was the Holidays…)  Here’s the ticket tally so far.  Martin, Miller and “G-Man” Masi had earned tickets in a previous race.

Name	Raffle Ticket Count
Caine	1
Finn	1
Gormanly	1
Laytham	1
Liriano	1
Lubin	1
Martin	2
Masi	1
Miller	1
Montagna	1
Pathak	1
Silvestro	1
Tanaka	1
Grand Total	14

As of April 9, 2013

Just to go back and refresh your memory, Agony now has “Captain’s Raffle” going on.  Every Club Points race you enter, you earn a raffle ticket at our Holiday Party.  At party, we’ll draw one winner who will win a fabulous gift.  The gift, we’re told, will be worth at least 3-digits!  OMG!  So the more you race, the more changes you will have to win!

This weekend is the famous, notorious, Boston Marathon Weekend.  We hear the Maharaja has the honor of joining the fabled Red-Bib Crew.  We wish all Agonites running the race a fabulous race!!  Run smart, relax, and have fun on the course, everybody!

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Race Results. 
Even thought it’s not reaaaaaaally spring until the water fountains in Central Park goes back on, spring racing season has officially begun for many Agonites.  3, in particular had an awesome run this weekend in Virginia.  Linda and VeggieRachana (who subsist on three peas and three romaine leaves) PR’ed in Virginia Marathon (both BQ’ed – not to be confused with BBQ’ed), and Kathy came in second in her under 20 age group for the VA Half.  Many more Agnoites took to the road in NYC with NYC Half as well.  For some (like Xena), NYC Half was just a warm up for bigger “A” race (aka Boston) and for others, this was their real deal and totally ACED it.  Either way, we are all super proud of ourselves!

Speaking of NYC Half, Ms. Mary Wittenberg was seen personally congratulating and thanking the NYC Half Marathon finishers at the finish line.  She stayed there for a long time, shaking hands and patting backs of as many finishers as she could.  It’s been tough for Ms. Wittenberg lately, but her efforts at the finish line didn’t go unnoticed. 

Club Points Race Raffle.
To get you to come out and try your hand (or legs, or feet) at NYRR’s Club Points Race more, Capt Crunch Chris has come up with a great plan. 

Every Club Point Race you run this year, you will receive ONE raffle ticket at our annual Holiday Party.  At the party, we’ll draw for one winning ticket for an AMAZING gift.  And we’re not talking coupons to McDonald’s here.  Something that will make you go, “OMG, I can’t believe my team just gave me this!!!!!”  So the more races you run, the more raffle tickets you get, which means you’ll have a better chance of winning the AWESOME gift.  Oh, and the best part?  You don’t have to be at the Holiday Party – you can always proxy a team mate to go and get the raffle tickets for you.  …just ah, make sure you got witnesses so your proxy won’t skip town with the GORGEOUS gift.

So far, Capt Chris, Ron, and G-Man has already earned 1 raffle ticket each from running the Coogan’s 5K.  There are 10 Club Point Races – which means, if you run all 10, you have 10 chances to win the FABULOUS gift!

Now that there is more motivation to run these races, what are you waiting for??  Go sign up for a Club Point Race already!!

Club News

Hey guys, make sure you mark your calendars for the following NYRR Club Points Races.  These races are fun way to compete against other teams AND get your 9+1 races in.  It's two birds with one stone! Some of these races even benefits different charity groups, so we highly recommend that you try to get at least a handful in!

March 3 – Coogan’s Salsa, Blues & Shamrock 5K

This race takes place uptown…waaaay uptown in Washington Heights.  It’s short but it’s steep.  Think of it as a intense hill repeat session.

April 5 – Scotland Run 10K

You know the drill.  One loop of Central Park, where you know every slight incline and decline of the course.  Scotland Run has traditionally had pretty cool swag, not to mention sexxxxy men in kilts.

May 18 (or 19) – Brooklyn Half Marathon

It’s part of the NYRR 5-Borough Series (although Queens is still missing).  A nice 13.1 race with tech shirt swag.  Starts pretty early, but that means you’re done pretty early as well.  Enjoy the rest of the day lazily watching some HGTV.

June 8 – Mini 10K.

It’s not “Mini” as in small, but Mini because the ladies wore mini skirts at the inaugural race (or something like that).  It’s almost always hot and humid during this race, but with a slightly different course and it being girls only, there’s lots of room to run.

June 16 – Portugal Day 5M

Ladies may run, but only dudes are scored.  And it’s shorter than the ladies’ 10K...does this mean something?  Either way, we expect lots of testosterone filled elbowing along the course. 

June 29 – Frontrunners Pride Run 5M

A different 5M course that includes the Harlem Hills.  It’s literally a prom for our brothers and sisters and everybody else in Frontrunners.  GREAT swag, popsicles at the finish line, and cheer leading boys that wants to be girls, girls that wants to be boys, and boys that like boys and girls that like girls.  Captain Crunch comes dressed to the nines with perfect hair for this race.

August 3 – Club Championship 5M

Double Points for Double Races.  Men and women run separately in this heat and humidity filled race.  Last year we had a picnic afterwards – who knows what we will do this year! 

September 7 – Fitness 4M

With heat finally dissipating away, this early September race is also a Men & Women separate race.  It’s short and it has a great flat finish.  A really good race to time trial right before you head into fall marathon training.

October 6 – Greta’s Great Gallop Half Marathon

An unusual clock-wise 2 loop of Central Park race, and a perfect workout if you are doing the NYC Marathon.  It’s timed perfectly for your training schedule.  Last year, we all got tech shirts, so another awesome swag race.

November 3 - ING NYC Marathon

Do we really need an explanation on this one??  If you want to be in the Local Competitive Team Corral, make sure to run either a full marathon or a half marathon prior to October 2013 at paces faster than these:

Men	Marathon	Half Marathon		Women	Marathon	Half Marathon
18-34	2:53	1:22		18-34	3:16	1:35
35-39	2:55	1:24		35-39	3:22	1:38
40-44	3:02	1:27		40-44	3:30	1:41
45-49	3:08	1:32		45-49	3:40	1:46
50-54	3:16	1:39		50-54	3:48	1:49
55-59	3:26	1:39		55-59	3:56	1:52
60+	3:32	1:42		60+	4:06	1:57

December 14 – Ted Corbitt 15K

It’s cold, but it’s the last race and here we shall see the power of our Nordic runners.  Easy 15K that doesn’t involve the Harlem Hills.  This one sells out fast, so make sure you register quick.