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Pilgrim Gals at "Move it Memphis 5k/10k"03/01/2010
Lady Pilgrims run the "Move it 5k/10k" this past weekend. Christine Cordts, Rachel Best, Ashley Dyar Spriggs (mother-to-be) and Maria Williams all did well at the race. Rachel Best placed second overall, running a 40:21, Christine running 48:32 and placing 2nd in her age group, Maria took 4th in her age group with a 47:08 and Ashley running the 5k in 27:19 taking 3rd in her age group. However, the course was long (6.4 miles) for the 10K distance. This seems to be common problem nowadays since people are using gps watches on these races. The Garmin specifications claims the accuracy of these watches are <10 meters on a clear view of the sky. That's close enough accuracy for me in my book. I don't believe JohnBoy, or Joe will ever own a garmin though. I think the last time Joe raced they were using a sundial to call out splits.
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Pilgrim run-bikes with Adventure racer Star, and Former Tour de France winner.02/03/2010
Pilgrims' own Kelley Willis had the opportunity to run with adventure racer Robin Benecasa, and then bike with Floyd Landis, the former Tour de France winner. They are both recipients of Smith & Nephew's Birmingham Hip Resurfacing implant. The company hosted a "mini-triathlon" with them that sales and marketing could participate. Also, Kelley did well in the run part of the race, she placed 5th out of 45 runners, and I hear she smoked the other female. Sounds like she held her own against the guys too.
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MUS Track Workouts01/21/2010
The team has decided it would be better parking at the Ball Field side of the MUS campus for track practice. Also, we have had a nice break from the brutally cold weather for the past two weeks. This has allowed the team to hit it hard on the track workouts. The workouts are ranging from 200 meters to 1200 meter intervals, and 1 mile repeats. The turnout for practice on Tuesday night has been better than average. Thursday night most of the guys are doing the Hospital Run 8-miler, though several are staying behind and doing track workouts. Before you know it, the Boston Marathon, and the Spring racing season will be here. And if you need a little motivation to train, here's a homemade video of the Boston Marathon Course. It is about 8 minutes long to watch, which is a lot easier than running for 3 hours. So, come on out and make your presence known on the track with the PTC.
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PTC Training has Begun!01/02/2010
The second day of the New Year arrived with a vengeance of cold weather, and so has the PTC training. However, the New Year's Day team run was blessed with great weather, not to cold, or windy. Most of the guys did 10 miles, but three Pilgrims added on 2 miles to make it a true mid-distance longrun. After the run a wonderful breakfast was prepared by Christine, Tammie, and Padma. Joel and Padma Lyons, Brenda Walton, and Maria Williams represented the PTC at the Hill and Dale race at Shelby Forrest. Next week several Pilgrims are planning to make the trek to Chickasaw to run the 10 miler. It should be interesting to see the results on both of these races.
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Pilgrimage 8K Revived?12/10/2009
The Historical Pilgrimage 8k Race may be in the works. The Pilgrimage Track Club President BJC has signed an executive order that we need to revive the 8k. What? Is this true or just something to talk about during the cooldown after a hard workout at the track. The question is do we have what it takes to bring it about. Let's make it happen. Here's a glimpse of the past of the former PTC race. 2nd Annual Pilgrimage Track Club 8K
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2010 Boston Marathon Training 12/07/2009
Boston Training. Yeah that's right. It's right around the corner. Jan 01, 2010 will be the start of the Pilgrims' progress towards Boston. The longruns will be held at Shelby Forest State Park every couple of weeks. You have your pick of days for the longruns, Saturday, or Sunday morning. The speed workouts will be held at the MUS track on Tuesday, and Thursday at 5:30pm. If you don't want to be left behind in the corral at Boston; get your shoes laced-up and start training.
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Way To Go Pilgrims12/05/2009
The Pilgrims did well at the Marathon, Half-Marathon and the 5K. John Geiger, Steve Skinner and Rachel Best posted great results for the 2009 St. Jude Marathon. Geiger posted a 2:53 taking 1st in the 45-49 group, Skinner a 3:05 taking 3rd in the 45-49 group and Best a 3:12 taking 2nd overall Shelby County female. Jeff Haushalter represented the Pilgrims in the Half, running a 1:15 and took 1st in the Master's division. Bradley and Christine Cordts, Brenda Walton and Maria Williams did the 5K. Brenda Walton took 1st place Masters with a 20:02. Team Cordts did well placing 1st in each of their age groups, Bradley with a 19:38, and Christine with a 22:44. Maria Williams did well with a 22:39, placing 4th in the 25-29 age group. The cold weather did not appear to be a factor for the team. It appears that two of the Pilgrims also kept it a secret on what pace they were going to run. John's pace was suppose to be a 6:45, and SteveO talked about running a 7:14. That's the Pilgrim way, always a 10 to 15 seconds faster pace than planned.
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Join Today12/04/2009
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, some of the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States. All Pilgrimage Track Club members need to be signed up each year as members of the USA Track Field (USATF). The PTC is an official USTAF club thanks to Bradley Cordts, but each individual needs to sign up or renew their membership. Especially for those individuals that are running the 2010 Boston Marathon. Technically, if each person isn't signed up, they could disqualify our team from any of the team results. To sign up go to www.USATF.org Click on the tab that says "product/services", go to "individual memberships". If it's your first time fill-out the information that it asks for. Our Club Membership number is 159.
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Pilgrim's Family11/20/2009
We would like to remember two of our Pilgrim friends, Chuck Jones and Clint Powell who have both recently lost their Fathers. We hope that through the sadness that they both find a way to remember the Happy thoughts of their Fathers. We hope they both will be running again with us soon and we want them to know they both are part of our Pilgrim Family!
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Pilgrimage Track Club's Brenda Walton finishes well in the 2009 Chicago Marathon10/11/2009
Brenda said she had a good race, and felt she could of ran a little faster. If you look at her finish photo you would never have known she had just run a spectacular marathon. She came in 2nd place in her age group of 651 runners and placed 2086 overall, not bad for race of 33687 runners. Her finishing time of 3:16:11 age graded her for a 82.6 percentile. That classifies her as a national class runner, which we already knew that about Brenda. There seems to be no stopping her. She spends her time coaching Germantown High School girl's Track/CXS and when she isn't coaching she is on the roads putting in the mileage. If you are interested in putting some time with her on the roads you can find her at the Memphis University School track Tuesday, and Thursday night at 5:30pm.
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Yes! It's true! Pilgrimage Track Club won the 2009 24 Hour Tour d'Esprit.10/02/2009
In a very heated battle on both the men's and women's side the Pilgrimage Track Club battled valiantly to win for the 9th straight year in a row.
On the men's side it was very close throughout the night. The first half of the race it was hit or miss trying to build a gap that would leave them comfortable to carry them through the night. In Pilgrimage fashion they relayed 2 miles at a time bringing the gap from 3 miles ahead of the Speedy Cats to 10 miles. By 5:00 AM they continued to pull ahead a half mile an hour. Then when it came down to 5 hours to go they felt comfortable enough to relax and just finish up strong. They outdistanced the second place team by 16 miles, breaking the overall men's record with a mileage of 209 miles.
The women's team was brought together with great work by Padma Lyons and Maria Williams and missed the course record by only 3 miles!
Thanks to all the Pilgrimage team members and they great competition from the Speedy Cats and Team Fleet Feet. Let's keep the competition coming for next year. The more teams that participate the more money the race will raise money for Haiti.
Mark your calanders for next years race (the first weekend of October) as the Pilgrimage Team will go for a unheard of TEN YEAR STREAK!
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Pilgrimage Track Club finishes well at Green Street Mile07/04/2009
Pilgrimage Track Club's own Michael Driver placed second at the Tupelo, MS Green Street Mile July 4th. He out-distanced the rest of the Pilgrims with a winning time of 4:50. All Pilgrimage runners placed well in the event taking a top 3 or better in their age group. Bradley Cordts ran well after coming back from heart problems less less than a year ago.
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