Peak Performer’s and Friends Weekly Email December 19, 2014 For our precious few hours of daylight on Winter Solstice, Fairbanks and Willow are offering up races - Alaskan runners really know how to live it up:) Gotta love the "all day race" on Sunday in Fairbanks. After all of the running this year, it is time to gain some lost calories back - Join the fun at the New Year's Day party at Casa Grover - see details below for a terrific way to start the new year! You will not leave hungry - promise! Also: The Dome is closing at noon on Christmas and New Year's eve. We will not have Wednesday dome runs on those two evenings. The next ARC dome run will be on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. **ANNOUNCEMENTS** The New Year is just around the corner, and there are a couple of events to put on the calendar… New Year’s Eve Northern Lights Resolution Run Start the party early! Join the last Anchorage race of 2014. Run and dance yourself into 2015. Music, lights, and an awesome course will ring in the New Year! The Northern Lights Resolution 5K-ish Run starts and finishes at the Alaska Airlines Center. Start time is 6:00 pm. December 31st. Limited to 1,000 participants. Check it out at: http://www.skinnyraven.com/races/northern-lights-resolution-run/ Annual New Year's Day Celebration at Grover home Please mark your calendar for the runner's January 1, 2015 open house, pot luck and all-daylong movie extravaganza at the home of Parry and Linda Grover. The open house starts at 8:00 a.m. New Year's Day and will continue as far into the evening as the most die-hard movie fan can endure. We will have food and beverages throughout the day, including Brooks Wade's famous deep fried turkeys. Please bring a pot luck dish. Food offerings are expected to morph from breakfast to brunch, to lunch, and to dinner and dessert as the day progresses. Take time out to run, walk, bike or ski and come and go as often as you please. Socialize with friends. Runners and family welcome. This year's movie theme is "any movie about music or in which music plays a major role". Examples of movies "about music" include Muscle Shoals, Woodstock, The Wrecking Crew, the Commitments, etc. Movies in which music plays a major role include Ray, Forrest Gump, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, The Blues Brothers, Crazy Heart and many, many more. Please bring your favorite music movie in DVD or Blu-ray format. (No, you don't have to bring The Sound of Music unless it really, truly is your favorite.) As in years past, movies will be selected to play by majority vote of folks in the living room when a movie ends. They will select the next movie to be shown. The Grover home is located at 1307 W. 13th Avenue, on the corner of N Street and 13th Avenue next to Inlet View Elementary School. Please call Parry or Linda at 276-8982 for directions or with any questions. We hope to see you here on New Year's Day. **SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20th** GROUP RUNS Postmark – Anchorage Meet at the Postmark parking lot (Postmark & Northern Lights) at 8:00 am. 7.2 miles out and back on the road. Coffee afterwards. Happy Fun Group - Anchorage The Happy Fun Group will meet each Saturday during December in the parking lot at the Abbott Loop Community Park near the large A-frame picnic shelter in the northeast section of the parking lot. The park is about a quarter of a mile south of Lore Road. We will meet at 9:00 am. We go out for a half-hour then turn around and run back. We usually go to breakfast afterward for those interested. Happy Fun Group is a diverse group so you usually can find someone that runs or walks at the same pace you do. If you have any questions email Rich Wenrich at [email protected] or phone him at 223-8337. RACES/EVENTS Santa/Yeti 5K Run – Anchorage If you were checking the Runner’s Calendar please note that this event has been cancelled. 27th Annual George Bloom Memorial Mid-Day Sun Fun Run – Fairbanks Race time 11 am – UAF Patty Center 6.5 miles – hilly, run regardless of temperature Contact: David Bloom 452-5441; Frank Ganley 452-1369 www.runningclubnorth.org Sponsored by: Running Club North Winter Solstice Distance Festival – Willow 5K, 13.1, 26.2 & 50 mile distances Start time 9:00 a.m. at the Willow Commuinity Center, Parks Hwy Mile 70 Groomed winter trails in & around Willow Contact: [email protected] www.willowrunningcompany.com Sponsored by: Willow Running Company Visit website for details and to sign up **SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21st** Dawn to Dusk, Part 2, All Day Run – Fairbanks Race time 10:58 am to 2:48 pm – Location TBD Contact: George Berry 687-8769 [email protected] www.runningclubnorth.org Sponsored by: Running Club North Run from dawn to dusk **EVERY TUESDAY** Weekly PUB RUN – Anchorage Location: Skinny Raven - 800 H Street. This event is every Tuesday. Free registration for new participants starts at 5:15 pm. Walkers start at 5:30 pm and runners start at 6:00 pm. Many prizes to give away with a different vendor every week – another way to kick the mid-work week blues! **EVERY WEDNESDAY** Run or Walk with Friends” – Anchorage Meet 6pm – Westchester Lagoon – Meet Wednesdays throughout the year. Walk or run with friends for 1 hour on the Coastal Trail. Anyone interested in having a group run or other running-related message listed in the PP&F Weekender can submit the particulars by email to [email protected]. Or you can contact Margaret Stroble at [email protected] or Pat Shipley at [email protected].