Hello everyone!
Well, we are about 4 weeks away from our Relay date! I am very happy to see all of you really working hard and training. One of the things that kick started my past efforts towards a better physical and mental outlook was setting goals similar to what you are doing. It allows you to understand how your body responds to training, time commitment, nutrition, etc. It helps to set goals. I hope that you are having a good experience so far. I am really excited because its perhaps the first time we have had the opportunity to organize a somewhat “structured” program for our athletes as a team for NOVAMMA. In the past, we’ve gotten together for 5ks etc, but nothing like this and I hope we can do more similar activities like this in the future.
I do want to share an important change in our team structure. Manrique “Manni” Pena, will take over as Team Captain from this point on. Due to Brandon’s limited time commitment and obligations, he can no longer serve as the Captain. Although this was always a concern in the beginning, I convinced him to take the lead and I appreciate all the volunteer work he’s put in so far. Note! He will still be helping out and supporting you all for Relay weekend. I think this is a good decision that Brandon and I discussed and he doesn’t want to let you all down by not being there to help you through the training. I am very excited that Manni has agreed to take this position! Just so we are clear of the duties and responsibilities set forth, Manni’s position as Team captain is to lead the group through Team workouts, coordinate and organize runs, and strategically plan out what we need to do to achieve the best results on race day! Of course, the most important is ensuring that we all have fun in the meantime. I will still sit on as Co-Captain, although better term would be “Backup Captain.” I have so much on my plate and knew that I could not take on as full-time captain, but wanted someone other than me to be captain anyways. I am here for helping coordinate logistics, sub for Captain if he cannot be available, answering questions about the race, trying to put all the pieces together before the relay.
Its unfortunate also that “Fight Gone Bad” event is on the same day during the Relay race. I really wanted some of you ladies and guys to do it, but its okay. I am also organizing that for Sept 26th so if you know anyone interested in doing it, let me know.
First, we need to quickly decide moving forward as a team the T-shirts & slogan
1) T-shirts and slogan, etc. Patti has made some suggestions below. Please give me your slogan preference or come up with one on your own and send to me by Monday 12 noon! We also have the option to do Dry-fit or cotton t-shirts. Manni and I discussed briefly and thought maybe dryfit shirts may serve us better? Let me know your two cents on this.
"Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it."
-- Steve Prefontaine
"The best activities for your health are pumping and humping." -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
"Violence Solves Everything."
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the meanest son of a bitch in the valley.”
"trying is the first step to failure." --homer simpson
"First, second, third, dead fuckin' last." -- Greg Glassman
"No, it doesn't ever get any easier. You wouldn't want it to either."
-- Glassman
2) I have reserved 2 vans for us to use for the race. Plan to drive down Thursday night and be ready for Friday morning start time. I have reserved two rooms at a hotel in case we need for Thursday and Friday nights. PLEASE remember to ask for the day off from work on FRIDAY! Patti, can you remind Adrian that he is the driver. Paula Carbone will be the other driver. I will be a volunteer for the race and I need to be helping Exchange 1 Shift 2 from 12:30 pm 25-Sep-2009 to 6:45 pm 25-Sep-2009 on Friday.
3) In two weeks, I recommend that we have a final meeting before our official meeting before we head off to Cumberland. We will go over the checklist and we’ll have time to go over what we need to make the process go smoothly. I am attaching the Checklist they provided on the site so you get an idea what is expected.
Okay, that’s all that I wanted to share for this email. Keep up the good work!
Chau
