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Team Recap of the Amigos for Christ, "Strides for Strength" 5K

 What a great race and more importantly a great day for Amigos for Christ! Saturday was a beautiful but a bit cool morning – which is perfect for running. Congrats to team Christian Milers: Rick Floress, Kelly Floress, Ryan Floress, Drew Floress, Jason Floress, Gail Lacey, George Lockhart, Jacob Lockhart, Mason Downs for participating and supporting the cause. A BIG SHOUT OUT goes to Jacob Lockhart who won second place for his age group (which was his first medal), Ryan Floress who won third place for his age group, Drew Floress who won third place for his age group and George Lockhart, while pushing Marisol in the stroller (extra 50lbs), won second place for his age group. I’m not sure at this time but I believe this was Drew’s and Ryan’s first race medal’s as well. Also a special thanks goes to Liz, for volunteering Saturday morning during the race. Great job everyone! A also want to give a BIG shout out to George for leading us in our pre-race prayer – great job George!

Drew Floress, Jason Floress and Mason Downs on the trail near Mile 1. Drew finshed third for his age group.

Mason Downs & Jason Floress sprinting to the finish line.

Ryan Floress joins his mom, Kelly, for her finish!  This was Kelly's first 5K since she had knee replacement surgery. Ryan won third place for his age group.

 

Jacob Lockhart receiving his first race medal for winning second place in his age group. 

 

George Lockhart receiving his medal for winning second place for his age group (while pushing Marisol in her stroller).

4/24/2010 - Club run: "Running from Hunger" Update

A total of 8828 cans of food were donated to local area food banks in Gwinnett, Rockdale, and Newton Counties

Citizens from across Gwinnett, Rockdale and Newton Counties joined the Lilburn Stake in a 5K Race and Food drive. Each unit of the Lilburn, Georgia Stake spent several weeks prior to the event to collect cans for the 6-8 food banks. These cans of food were brought to the day of the race and combined with the cans that were donated by the public and race participants. Each runner was asked to donate 10 cans each. The race took place on April 24th despite major thunderstorms and inclement weather. Although the weather may have limited the number of runners (267), we were very pleased to see the amount of food that had been collected by each of the individual units. When combined with the food collected on the day of the race it totaled 8828 cans or 4.5 tons of food. Response from the organizations served was overwhelming. The food supply in many of these food banks was at a 14 year low and this influx of food could not have come at a better time for them. The stake has been supporting these food banks for the past several years, and this only served to strengthen our relationships.

 

 

The race director will send me more pictures in a couple of weeks.  Hopefully I'll find some of us in them.

4/24/2010 - Club run: "Running from Hunger" results

The weather was terrible, it was raining pretty hard before the race started and we were all pretty soaked. When we met for our pre-race prayer, the rain came to a stop and the race stayed dry for the entire time including the post race announcements.  (Coincidence?  I think not!)  We had 9 team members participate with George Lockhart finishing in 3rd place for his age group.  Way to go George!  It was fun to watch Mason and Drew sprint out to the finish line for bragging rights and the winner was...Drew!  All of us had a lot of fun and were wondering what will be our next community race that we will support as a team.  Also, I think we need to have a camera so we will be able to take pictures of George receiving his medals ;o)

As a club we were able to contribute 80 cans of food for area food pantries! The following club members participated: George & Jacob Lockhart; Rick, Ryan, Drew, Megan and Jason Floress; and Bruce & Mason Downs.

Link to race page: http://www.dayofservice.org/georgia/area/Lawrenceville_-_Grayson 

This could be a fun for those of us with Pets, 2010 Stray Pet Strut

Sunday, April 18, 2010
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM

 

A Run & See Georgia certified race, 100 percent of the proceeds from this annual event benefit the Humane Society of Northeast Georgia. Registration forms are currently available (click on link --PDF: Download). The fee is $20 before 4/13/09 and $25 for same day registration.

The top four runners will receive prizes as well as runners three deep, male/female, in 15 age categories. All participants will receive a custom designed T-shirt. Only those who pre-register are guaranteed T-Shirts the day of race.

Pets are invited to participate in walk; however, they must be current on vaccinations, be leashed and be in proper physical condition.

For more information, including how you can be a sponsor for this event, please call Julie Edwards at the Humane Society at 770-532-6617 or email [email protected] (see link below).

 

Location: American Legion Post, Gainesville, Ga.

Website: http://www.hsnega.org

Contact: Julie Edwards
Phone: 770-532-6617
Email: [email protected]
PDF: Download

Club run: Running from Hunger

Join www.ChristianMilers.org by lacing up your running shoes and feeding the hungry all in one morning with the “Running from Hunger” 5K Race and Food Drive. The race will take place at the Tribble Mill Park, 2125 Tribble Mill Parkway, Lawrenceville, GA at 8:30AM.  Cost: 10 cans of food.  Select here to register, deadline to receive race shirt is Friday, April 16, 2010.  More information after the jump!