Onward and upward!!!!

Another successful day in the young life of the Palmetto Pacers Running Club! We met with our "web master" this morning to work on the layout and timing for the launch of the Palmetto Pacers OFFICIAL website!!! We should have it up and running by the end of the year and will continue to tweak it for the next few months.

We also met with the Owner of Sports Addiction in Bluffton, SC, Jim Buser. Sports Addiction is located at 70 Pennington Dr in the Village at Sheridan Park (behind Sonic) in Bluffton. Palmetto Pacers and Sports Addiction will be partnering and all ACTIVE members will receive a discount with your membership card. I would like to personally thank Jim and Sports Addiction for this generous offer!

Our Sunday morning runs will leave from Jim's newly acquired Bagel shop at the entrance of the Village at Sheridan Park (next to Sonic) each week at 8:00am. Jim has also extend our member discount at his bagel shop! What more could we want!! Please stop in and thank Jim and his staff at both locations.

SPEED TEASER!!! I have begun planning our weekly track workouts which will begin after the first of the year at the Bluffton High School Track complex. More information to come!!!

That's all folks! Talk to you soon!!!

Enmark Savannah River Bridge Run 2009

I've said it once and I will say it again! What a cold and wet morning... but it turned into a perfect day to run the 2009 Enmark Savannah River Bridge 5K and 10K. The rains stopped about 5 mins after the 5K started on Hutchinson Island and the winds held off making for a smooth run up and over the Bridge. A light mist was falling as the 10K and Double pump runners toed the line. It was a great turnout and both Holly and I were more than pleased with our performance this year! Hope to see you out at our next run at the Squat-n-Gobble at 5:45pm on Wednesday Dec. 9th.

For a race over view check out: http://bit.ly/6MDseq

It's Official!!!!

We had our first meeting last night, Wednesday Dec 2nd at 5:30pm... and of course we happen to have one of the worst storms of the year going on at the same time! However, we did have two potential members come out, John and Paul. We chatted for a while at the Squat-n-gobble before Paul and I hit the road to get in a wet and chatty 3 mile run. Our next run will be on Wednesday Dec 9th, at 5:45pm at the Squat-n-gobble again (please be sure to park in the consignment store parking lot across Pin Oak Rd) we will have a 3 mile and a 5 mile group! Hope to see you there!!!

Highlighted Club Member - John Woodring

As we continue to grow and expand the basis of our club, we will be high lighting a current member each week to put faces to the club! Our first high lighted member is a runner from Bluffton:

Name: John Woodring
Born: 4/25/62
High School: Spartanburg (SC) High School
What got you into running/ racing? Needed to shed some pounds for health reasons.
What is your greatest running/ racing moment? Finishing this year's Nike+ Human Race 10K after an injury
Favorite race? Why? Any race my son PR's in. Hey, I'm a Cross Country Dad!
Goals for 2010? Get to 1000 miles on Nike+ and running a sub-10 minute pace
Favorite running/ racing movie or book? Why? Chariots of Fire (yeah, I know its over done but it is good and I'm a soccer player)

We look forward to seeing out on the road with John and the rest of our crew soon! Check out our latest schedule on www.meetup.com under Palmetto Pacers! See you at the finish line!