click on the dates below to see pictures from those years
click on the dates below to see pictures from those years
Flat Soles Running Club information
Check out Seymour and crew as he completed the badwater solo, in Death Valley, CA He walked and ran 135 miles in 100 degree plus heat over 56 hours.
Running is good for you: Checkout this article on a new study about running.
Body Basics: Running long distances over many years might decrease your risk of developing arthritic hips by strengthening muscles and bone and keeping your weight in check. From the Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
"The experience was amazing unlike any other thing I have ever gone through. Now I see why all of you keep on running." From Jorge after his first Chicago Marathon finish.
"Some individuals dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them." -Beth Lukens, Florida State runner
"The more you run, the more you are a runner. It sounds simple and it is. There's nothing more to becoming a runner than running. It isn't how fast or how far you run. It isn't even how long you've been running. It's only that you run that makes you a runner." -From No Need For Speed, by John Bingham
Congrats to:
• David and Jeff for their under 4 hour times in the Kiwah Island, SC marathon December 6 Pics
• Dave Cohn, Jorge, his son, Andrew, for their medals in their age groups in the Long Grove turkey trot
as well as Kandy, Mitch, Brian Smart, and Jorge’s wife and relatives who ran the race Pics
• Kandy Madlock for the successful completion of her first marathon in San Antonio Pics
• Marcia Kadens for her 3:57:25 Boston Qualifier time in Grand Rapids marathon. Pics
• Dave Cohn and David Schuster for great times in the Grand Rapids marathon.
• Jorge for his 3:30 time in the Chicago marathon
• Wally Pyles for his successful first marathon - the Milwaukee Lakefront marathon Pic
• Jorge for his 1:37 or 7:26 / mile time in the wet Banco Popular half marathon
• Kandy for her 8:03 / mile time in the 5k Alpine 5k good for a 3rd place age group finish
• Seymour Rifkind for his successful completion of the 135 mile badwater solo run in 56:29:00. Pics here.
• Marcia Kadens for her age group first place finish and 4th place finish in the Hawthorne Woods 10k
• Dave and Kandy for finishing the 203 mile Madison to Chicago relay June 6&7 Pics here
Regular Weekend Runs
Currently we meet at at 7:55 am and we start running at 8:00 am. The long group runs anywhere from 6 to 23 miles, depending on what the goal is and who is in attendance that week. We will have shorter groups as well doing somewhere between 6 and 10 miles. This is just a plan at this point. We may adjust distances and perhaps do some hill runs as well. All changes will be posted here.
Check here weekly as the time and place can change due to special trips (like Barrington hill runs or downtown lakefront runs). email for more into.
Weekday Runs
We now meet three days during the week for morning runs and run anywhere from 4 to 8 miles, depending on the morning. We are now running from in front of David’s house at 1805 Brandywyn in Buffalo Grove as the streets are better lit than the creek. You need to have a vest with lights or at least reflective so cars can see you as it is dark when we run in the mornings. Meet there and be ready to run at 6 am. Our usual weekdays are Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Email for info.
Future Races
New Orleans marathon Sunday, February 1, 2009 marathon, half marathon, 5k
March Madness half marathon Cary, IL March 15, 2009 - registration closed.
Kentucky Derby marathon Sunday, April 25 marathon, half marathon.
email me if you have one to add to the list or to tell us you want to go along with the group
Future weekend running schedule
This Sunday’s schedule calls for a 20 mile run. We will meet at Daniel Wright school at 7:55 and start running at 8:00 am. Plans call for two loops, probably 10 miles each. Breakfast will follow at Einstein’s. Time determined later in the week. Watch this site as we will evaluate the weather forecast later in the week and may change the time of the run, or run on Saturday if the weather is schedule to be much better then.
We meet at Daniel Wright middle school on Riverwoods road a mile north of rt 22. click here for map and directions.
Sunday, January 11 run