The Tradition Continues!
Join The Life Time Fitness Run Club for a trip to Duluth
It's the Spring Long Distance Training Duluth Retreat!!
May 29, 30 and 31, 2009
Friday after work until after breakfast on Sunday

• Check out the Grandma's Marathon & Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon course....before Race Day!!
• Complete your Saturday Long Run on the course!!
• All MN Run Club Endurance Leads and Coaches: Please forward this invite to all of your runners, even if you are unable to attend, your "travelling coaches" coaching colleagues will be happy to lead your troops:-)

Katie will speak at the Team Rally Meeting on Friday nite and will also run with us on the Saturday morning long run.

Huge Thank You To Katie who has offered to volunteer her time to attend this special event!! Two Harbors residents, Katie Koski, the seventh place finisher at the 2005 Grandma's Marathon and one of the country's most intriguing ultra-marathoning prospects, will be in attendance at OUR Duluth Training Retreat!! Koski has run eight Grandma's Marathons, twice qualifying for the Olympic Trials at the event. The North Shore has been good to her in a longer event too. In her only ultra, Koski won the 2005 Edmund Fitzgerald 100K race (and finished third overall) with the 9th fastest U.S. women's 100K mark all-time of 8:00:23. The effort earned Koski a spot on the USA team for the World 100K Championships in South Korea last fall, although she was forced to withdraw due to injury.

Attend the retreat and meet Katie up close, talk with her, as we welcome her and she joins us for our long run!!

Come prepared with any questions you may want to ask her.

Bonus!! Yes another bonus!! We will have some fun door prizes to give away!!

Runners: come armed with your knowledge of the run....you may win a Run Club shirt, or a Spinervals Training DVD Donated by our National Endurance Coach Troy Jacobson.

We'll stay at the Edgewater Resort; there are two options:

• Edgewater East (overlooks Lake Superior) Team Rate = $105 per night
• Edgewater West (across London Road) same place, just have to walk across the street = $89 per night

Make your reservation by claiming a room from our saved block of rooms- Call NOW 1-800-777-7925; Ask for the "Life Time Fitness Run Club" block of rooms.

• Team Check-in begins at 4pm on Friday
• Team Dinner at the Blackwood 6:00 pm
• Team Meeting in Edgewater East Lobby at 7:30pm

We need volunteers to do water stops!! Contact Coach Ruth from Roseville if you can be available to "staff" a water stop :-)

Runners set up their own roommates (if they want roommates, families are welcome!! The Edgewater is very family friendly and has a great water park!) If runners need help with finding a roommate, they should contact their coach. If you are a coach and are able to attend, please let me know so that we can coordinate plans :-)

Look forward to seeing you there!!