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Fw: BRC Go St Louis Marathon / Half Marathon Pasta Dinner

Happy Easter Everyone!

As we have mentioned previously, there will be a pasta dinner this Saturday (April 14th) for the Go St Louis Marathon / Half-Marathon. Please see the details below. Sorry for the late notice, but we'd like to know no later than Wednesday evening whether or not you are coming.

BRC Pasta Dinner

 

When: April 14^th at 6:00pm

Who: BRC members and their family. You don't have to be running the race to join us.

Where: Papa Vitos, 318 East Washington, Belleville, IL (http://www.mypapavitos.com/)

What: A high carbohydrate dinner to prepare for the Go St Louis Marathon/Half Marathon and some friendly conversation to help quell your fears about the race the next day.

How Much: The cost is $9.99/person which includes pasta (spaghetti w/ meatballs), bread, and a salad. I'll find out about kids, but I'd imagine we'd be able to order off the menu separately for them.

RSVP: Please RSVP to brc@bellevillerunningclub.com no later than Wednesday evening with how many people will be attending.

Fw: Go St Louis Marathon / Half Marathon Training - Week 10 Long Run

Good afternoon everyone!

 

Saturday will be our week 10 long run for the Go St Louis Marathon. We will get started at the prescribed times below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 8 miles (see schedule). We will run 1 loop on our 5 mile route and 1 loop on our 3 mile route.

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:10am and are scheduled to run 12 miles (see schedule). However, we'll go ahead and make it 13 miles just for the fun of it and run 2 loops on our 5 mile route and 1 loop on our 3 mile route.

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

Fw: Go St Louis Marathon / Half Marathon Training - Week 9 Long Run

Good afternoon everyone!

 

Saturday will be our week 9 long run for the Go St Louis Marathon. We will get started at the prescribed times below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

This is our longest run of the training schedule and is a good time for a dry run of race day. If you haven't already, try out your planned pre-race meals on Friday night and Saturday morning. You may also want to try using some energy gels during the run if you haven't already.  

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 10 miles (see schedule). We will run 2 loops on our 5 mile route.

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:10am and will be running 20 miles (see schedule). We will run 4 loops on our 5 mile route.

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

P.S. We'd like to schedule a pasta dinner for the night before the race if there is sufficient interest. We held the dinner at Papa Vito's the night before the Rock n Roll Marathon and it seemed to go over pretty well. So, is anyone interested?

Fw: Go St Louis Marathon / Half Marathon Training - Week 8 Long Run

Good afternoon everyone!

 

Tomorrow is our eighth long run.  However, many of us (including Toby and I) will be running the St. Patrick's Day Parade Run tomorrow morning and will not be at the BRC run.

 

The BRC run will get started at the prescribed time below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 7 miles (see schedule). We will run 1 loop on our 5 mile route and then 2 miles by running to Southside Park and back. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Marathoners – We are scheduled to run 14 miles (see schedule).

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

Fw: Go St Louis Marathon / Half Marathon Training - Week 6 Long Run

(please note that the message below was forwarded from the BRC yahoo group) 

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Good morning everyone!

 

Tomorrow will be our week 6 long run, which puts us officially at the halfway point of our training for the Go St Louis Marathon. We will get started at the prescribed times below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 6 miles (see schedule). We will run 1 loop on our 5 mile route, but will add an extra mile (out and back) on the new bike trail. We will place signs on the course to indicate the turn for this extra section. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:10am and are scheduled to run 12 miles (see schedule). We will run 2 loops on our 5 mile route, but will add an extra mile (out and back) for each loop on the new bike trail. We will place signs on the course to indicate the turn for this extra section. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

 

P.S. The Coverdell Dash 5k is also going to occur tomorrow morning in Mascoutah in honor of a local runner. 

Fw: Go St Louis Marathon / Half Marathon Training - Week 5 Long Run

(please note that the message below was forwarded from the BRC yahoo group) 

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Good afternoon everyone! Tomorrow will be our week 5 long run for the Go St Louis Marathon. We will get started at the prescribed times below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 8 miles (see schedule). We will run 1 loop on our 5 mile route and 1 loop on our 3 mile route. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains at approx. 1 mi, 2.5 mi, and restrooms at 3.5 mi. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:10am and are scheduled to run 16 miles (see schedule). We will run 3 loops on our 5 mile route and pick up another mile in there somewhere. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains at approx. 1 mi, 2.5 mi, and restrooms at 3.5 mi. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

Fw: BRC - Rock 'n' Roll Half/Full Marathon training - LAST Long Run

Good afternoon everyone!

 

Tomorrow is our last long run. Sorry we never sent anything out last week, but things got a little hectic with the chili cookoff.

 

We will get started at the prescribed time below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company. If you haven't made the last couple of runs and/or if you have some questions you'd like answered before race day, please try to make it out tomorrow.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 6 miles (see complete schedule on our website).

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:10am and will be running 8 miles (see the complete schedule on our website).

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

Fw: BRC - Rock 'n' Roll Half/Full Marathon training - LAST Long Run

Good afternoon everyone!

 

Tomorrow is our last long run. Sorry we never sent anything out last week, but things got a little hectic with the chili cookoff.

 

We will get started at the prescribed time below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company. If you haven't made the last couple of runs and/or if you have some questions you'd like answered before race day, please try to make it out tomorrow.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 6 miles (see complete schedule on our website).

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:10am and will be running 8 miles (see the complete schedule on our website).

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

Fw: BRC - Rock 'n' Roll Half/Full Marathon training - Week 9 Long Run

Good morning everyone!

 

Tomorrow is our week nine long run and this will be the longest that we'll run in preparation for the race. We will get started at the prescribed time below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 10 miles (see complete schedule on our website). We will run 2 loops on our 5 mile route.

 

Marathoners – We will start at 6:20am and will be running 20 miles (see the complete schedule on our website). We will run 4 loops on our 5 mile route.

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

BRC - Rock 'n' Roll Half/Full Marathon training - Week 8 Long Run

Good afternoon everyone!

 

Tomorrow is our week eight long run. We will get started at the prescribed time below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 8 miles (the schedule says 7, but we'll make it 8 for simplicity). We will run 1 loop on our 5 mile route and then one loop on our 3 mile route. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:10am and will be running 15 miles (the schedule says 14, but we'll make it 15 for simplicity). We will run 3 loops on our 5 mile route. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

BRC - Rock 'n' Roll Half/Full Marathon training - Week 7 Long Run

Good afternoon everyone!

 

Tomorrow is our seventh long run. We will get started at the prescribed time below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 9 miles (see the complete schedule on our website). We will run 1 loop on our 5 mile route and then one loop on our  4 mile route. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:10am and are scheduled to run 18 miles (see the complete schedule on our website). We will run 3 loops on our 5 mile route and then 1 loop on our 3 mile route. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

BRC - Rock 'n' Roll Half/Full Marathon training - Week 6 Long Run

Good morning everyone!

 

Tomorrow is our sixth long run, which puts us officially at the halfway point of our training. We will get started at the prescribed time below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 6 miles (see the complete schedule on our website). We will run 1 loop on our 5 mile route, but will add an extra mile (out and back) on the new bike trail. We will place signs on the course to indicate the turn for this extra section.  If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:15am and are scheduled to run 12 miles (see the complete schedule on our website). We will run 2 loops on our 5 mile route, but will add an extra mile (out and back) for each loop on the new bike trail. We will place signs on the course to indicate the turn for this extra section.  If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Thanks,

Dan 

 

P.S. McKendree's Harvest Challenge 5K and Half Marathon are tomorrow. The half marathon would be a good tune-up for those of you training for the marathon.

Fw: BRC - Rock 'n' Roll Half/Full Marathon training - Week 5 Long Run

Good morning everyone! Tomorrow will be our week 5 long run for the Rock 'n Roll St Louis Marathon.

 

Toby and Dan and some other BRC Saturday morning regulars will be off in Mattoon for a Half Ironman Triathlon on Saturday. Coupled with Dewey's Wingfest 5k and the Labor Day weekend, we're not sure how many people will be there tomorrow.

 

That said, those of you that can make it, please meet at the prescribed times below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 8 miles (see schedule). We will run 1 loop on our 5 mile route and 1 loop on our 3 mile route. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains at approx. 1 mi, 2.5 mi, and restrooms at 3.5 mi. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:10am and are scheduled to run 16 miles (see schedule). We will run 3 loops on our 5 mile route and pick up another mile in there somewhere. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains at approx. 1 mi, 2.5 mi, and restrooms at 3.5 mi. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

BRC - Rock 'n' Roll Half/Full Marathon training - Week 4 Long Run

Good morning everyone!

 

Tomorrow will be our week 4 long run for the Rock 'n Roll St Louis Marathon. We will get started at the prescribed times below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 6 miles (see the complete schedule on our website). We will run 1 loop on our 5 mile route, but will add an extra mile (out and back) on the new bike trail. We will place signs on the course to indicate the turn for this extra section.  

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:10am and are scheduled to run 15 miles (see the complete schedule on our website). We will run 3 loops on our 5 mile route. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

A couple of other points:

 

-      We don't want to hear any excuses about being too slow or too fast. There will be pace groups for the 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 minute paces.

-      There will be some BRC provided refreshments at the end of the run (Gatorade, water, fruit).

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

MetroBikeLink Opening Ceremony - 08/18/11 at 10:00am

Attached is a flyer for the Opening Ceremony for the new section of the bike trail on August 18th.

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OPENING CEREMONY FOR

 

MetroBikeLink Bridge & Trail Extension To Swansea MetroLink Station

 

August 18, 2011 10:00 AM

MetroBikeLink Trail

North End Park to Swansea MetroLink Station

Owner - St. Clair County Transit District

Length: 8/10ths of a mile

• 4.7 miles Swansea Station to SWIC

• 2.8 miles Swansea Station to South Side Park via City of Belleville Richland Creek Greenway Trail

Width: 10 foot asphalt with 2 ft shoulders

Four Significant Bridges:

• Over Richland Creek & Norfolk / Southern Railroad 3 span steel girder, 240' long

• Over IL Rt. 159 3 span steel girder, 240' long

• Two bridges over Swansea Creek Single span, pre-engineered, each 90' long

Richland Creek Bikeway Spur (Phase IIA)

Owner - Village of Swansea

Length: 4/10ths of a mile

When the final phase of this trail is completed in 2012, the total length will be 1.7 miles between MetroBikeLink and Old Collinsville Road, and potentially allow for the continued extension towards Shiloh and O'Fallon.

Future Enhancements

Swansea Station to Memorial Hospital MetroLink

Station

2.2 mile trail extension with grade separation bridge over Fullerton Road. Includes drinking fountains at Swansea & Memorial stations. Under construction. Should be completed Summer 2012.

MetroBikeLink Trail Bridge at Green Mount Road

New embankment and grade separation bridge over Green Mount Road on the existing trail near Southwestern Illinois College. In design. Planned for 2012-2013 construction.

SWIC Green Campus Initiative

A green campus initiative to create a more walkable campus, including a new loop trail off MetroBikeLink and around the campus perimeter.

SWIC Station to Scott AFB MetroLink Station

Proposed 3.5 mile trail extension.

Memorial Hospital Station to Fairview Heights

Station

Proposed 3.5 mile trail extension.

Additional Connecting Trails to MetroBikeLink

In construction, design or initial planning. Would further connect shorter, "local" trails of Belleville, Swansea & Fairview Heights to the "backbone" of the St. Clair County trail system.