Newsletter

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May 23, 2008

It's summertime and we've got a beautiful weekend ahead.

 

Metro Run & Walk, Falls Church, Springfield and Rockville will
be open from 10 am until 5 pm on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26,
2008. Mishawaka is closed on Monday.

 

 

Memorial Day Weekend Nike Sportband Giveaway! 

 

That's right, shop with us this weekend through Monday, May 26
and you will be automatically registered to win the fabulous,
new Nike Sportband. We will give away one Sportband each in
Falls Church, Rockville and Springfield.

 

The new Nike Sportband at $59.00 is a stand alone unit that
tells you pace, distance and calories burned while you workout,
and allows you to upload your runs straight to nikeplus.com for
goal setting and training programs.

 

The winners will be randomly selected based on invoice numbers
so you will need to give the cashier your phone number or email
so we can contact you if you win.   We will not call you
otherwise.

 

 

Fighting a long term injury?

 

During my running days I was frequently injured and it always
felt like I would never make it back. After the Cherry Blossom
Ten Miler, I received this race report from Da vid Cascio, who
ran on our team. David has been a long time, local, elite runner
and triathlete and here is what he said.


Comment: Sweet success.

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Race Report:

2 years ago during Cherry Blossom I tore some cartilage in my
knee and my future as an endurance athlete looked pretty bleak. In some
ways coming back from a devastating injury is as much a mental
challenge compared to a physical one. There were some pretty dark days in
the beginning where I thought why in the hell am I killing myself
doing all this rehab, it's not possible. But slowly, very slowly, things
did improve. When I had setbacks, I told my self just keep
working and let it play out. I put together a new team of people to help educate
me and guide my rehab including physical therapists, chiropractors,
massage therapists, and of course my orthopedic doc who scoped my knee
and gave me hope.  ...  Thanks to all who have helped in big and small
ways over the past 2 years. I am very fortunate/lucky things have turned
out as they have. Needless to say I wanted to do my best this year at
Cherry Blossom and had the added incentive to be racing on Metro Run
and Walk's master's team entry.
                                 
From Lea :  For those of you who may be discouraged, take heart
from the above. Sometimes it doesn't go as fast as we would like
but if you keep working at it, it will happen.

 

David ran in the 45-49 age group and took first place with a
57:59!

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Save the Date June 14, 11 am Falls Church Sports Nutrition
Clinic with Rebecca Mohning

Rebecca Mohning M.S., R.D., L.D. is a sports and wellness
dietitian, certified personal trainer, and public speaker. She
has devoted her life to health, nutrition, and fitness. Rebecca
has her own nutrition consulting business and enjoys conducting
workshops on nutrition and wellness for fitness facilities,
businesses, universities, and sports teams. Rebecca has appeared
in local news shows and programs, magazines, and newspapers. She
has worked with numerous local running and triathlon clubs Team
and Training, DC Fit, DC Tri, Tri-Cats, Team Z, and others.

 

She received her Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics and her Master's
Degree in Exercise and Sports Science from IowaStateUniversity.
She also has a personal training certification from the
AmericanCollege of Sports Medicine. She specializes in weight
management, performance nutrition, and eating disorders. She
currently teaches in the Undergraduate and Graduate Department
of Exercise Science at GeorgeWashingtonUniversity.

 

 

 

Lance Armstrong LiveStrong

 

Livestrong hats are now available at all three Washington
Metropolitan area stores and apparel available at Falls Church.

Nike donates 100% of the profits from the sale of LiveSTRONG
products to the Lance Armstrong Foundation www.LiveStrong.org 
[1].

 

Weekend Special 

To get your summer off to a great start, take 20% off your
apparel purchase through Monday, May 26.

This offer is not good on previously purchased merchandise and
cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers or
discounts.

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New Product

The new Nike Vomero has arrived and is a great update to last
year's model. It's got ultralight upper materials and a great
fit.

Of course, we've got tons of great apparel everywhere and Life
Is Good in Falls Church.

Marine Corps Marathon entries available through

Nurses Organization for Veterans Affairs (www.vanurse.org [2])
and

Organization for Autism Research (gengel@researchautism.org [2])

That's it from Metro Run & Walk for May 23. Have a great weekend
and

RunWalkLive!

Lea Gallardo and the staff of Metro Run & Walk

Falls Church, Springfield, Rockville