[Roger Kaputnik]

Southsider, how is the running going? Did you already run your 5k?

[Southsider2k12]

Its not going that well... I haven't had a lot of free time lately, but I did run the JPMorgan/Chase Corporate Challenge in Chicago last Thursday. It was probably a mistake to run, as I had been really sick before hand, but I gutted it out anyway. I dehydrated really bad, dispite drinking a ton of fluids during the day before hand. I did finish, but I cramped up really bad. The nice thing was that I didn't hurt the next day at all.

[Roger Kaputnik]

Depending on where you live in town, there are many good running routes. You do have to start with shorter distances, say 1½ miles, then increase every fifth time out a little bit. Sign up for more 5k's, too. The Sunburst in South Bend is coming up. In MC, the 4th of July run at the LB Comm Center is good. Then the Zoo run--check w/ Johnny Stimley at Ryan's about it.

Happy trails!

[Southsider2k12]

The problem is getting the time to make the runs. I think with my natural conditioning getting up to a 5K shouldn't be a problem. I just finished one with the longest prior run I had in the last year being two miles.

[Roger Kaputnik]

I got app's for a couple of 5k's. One is the Zoo run, July 7. Another is the LB one, July 4. The third is at Nativity in Portage July 8.

[Roger Kaputnik]

Southsider, did you run in the Zoo run? Good time on the sand, I am sure! Also, the Halloween run is always fun. I hope the Y keeps it.

[Southsider2k12]

Nah, I should be out running, but I keep finding excuses not to

[Roger Kaputnik]

Yeah, but once you get going regularly, it is fun and addictive.

[Max Main]

yep.

[Southsider2k12]

Yeah, for addicting, I stick with softball so far. Our team isn't playing as well this year, and one of our best players just broke his arm in a work accident with two games left to go. I can't wait for the tournament, as it seems like we usually play our best ball then.

[Roger Kaputnik]

what league is that?

[Southsider2k12]

I'm not sure of the name of the league, but there are about a dozen of MC's Christian churches that play in it. I am on the team for St John's, we play out at Adams Field a few different nights a week.

[Roger Kaputnik]

Adams Park? Where that be?

[Southsider2k12]

Behind Wal-Mart

[Roger Kaputnik]

Oh, yeah, I have seen it cutting through to Ohio. Is there any path for running there?

[Southsider2k12]

No there is some playground equiptment, but it is a softball facility. It was one of the main ones in town, until the last 10 years or so when they built the new fields around town.

[Roger Kaputnik]

8k Tower runis coming up--just got the thing in the mail.

www.toweronline.org/run

[Ang]

Saw this on Yahoo news...

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug...p&type=lgns

Top distance runner Ryan Shay dies during marathon Olympic trials

By RACHEL COHEN, AP Sports Writer
November 3, 2007

Reuters - Nov 3, 11:35 am EDT


NEW YORK (AP) -- Top distance runner Ryan Shay died during the U.S. men's Olympic marathon trials Saturday after collapsing about 5 1/2 miles into the race. He was 28.

Shay was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital and was pronounced dead at 8:46 a.m., New York Road Runners president Mary Wittenberg said.

"It cuts a knife through everybody's hearts," said Wittenberg, whose group organized the race.

She said Shay received immediate medical attention. The medical examiner's office said an autopsy will be performed Sunday.

"There were several layers of medical response. It was very quick," said Wittenberg, who would not elaborate on what steps were taken.

Shay of Flagstaff, Ariz., hit the ground near the Central Park boathouse, a popular Manhattan tourist spot, during the 26.2-mile qualifier for the Beijing Games. The death came a day before the New York City Marathon, when millions usually line the streets in one of the sport's showcase days.

"He was a tremendous champion who was here today to pursue his dreams," said Craig Masback, chief executive of U.S. track and field's governing body. "The Olympic trials is traditionally a day of celebration, but we are heartbroken."

Shay was a favorite going into the 2004 trials but was hampered by a hamstring strain and finished 23rd. He was the 2003 U.S. marathon champion and was third at this year's U.S. 25K championships. He also won the U.S. half marathon in 2003 and 2004. He was the NCAA 10,000-meter champion in 2001, the first national individual title in track for Notre Dame.

Shay was the U.S. 20,000-meters (20K) road racing champion in 2004, making him a four-time national champion.

His wife, Alicia, also is a top distance runner. She was a two-time NCAA champion and the collegiate 10,000-meter record-holder while running as Alicia Craig at Stanford. She and Ryan met at the 2005 NYC Marathon and they married in July. Alicia was hoping to make it to Beijing in the women's 10,000 meters.

"My thoughts and prayers just go out to them and their family," said winner Ryan Hall, a college teammate of Alicia's at Stanford.

Shay, who was born in Michigan and graduated from Notre Dame, qualified for the trials at the 2006 Twin Cities Marathon.

Before the race, Shay said during a conference call he had moved from Mammoth Lakes, Calif., where he had been training with Team Running USA, to Flagstaff, where he was training at the Center For High Altitude Training.

"It's a big loss for the running community," said 2004 women's marathon Olympic bronze medalist Deena Kastor, who once trained with Shay. "It's a day we should be celebrating. It has cast a pall. The distance running community is very close."

AP Sports Writer Melissa Murphy in New York contributed to this story.

[Roger Kaputnik]

I would like to follow this to get autopsy results.

[Ang]

I would like to follow this to get autopsy results.

I heard on the radio this morning that they are supposed to do the autopsy today.