Knews - February 18, 2010

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Member News:
Send your news and pictures to: News@teamkman.org

From Keith Schmidt - "Volunteer for Hares N Hounds. Coming on March 13th.  RSVP to  kmanandrobyn@gmail.com.   Thanks, K".    Blog Note: Hares and Hounds benefits Atascadero athletics.

For those keeping up with the Kman Mural Mania - The mural issue has been added to February 23, 2010 Council agenda.   Until the Council reviews this and gives staff direction, the AUP requirement is on hold.  There will be an opportunity for the public to speak at the meeting. "YEAH ART!!"

Our Family of the Year - The Hicks had a great time flashing the "K" - check out the pics. Do you know where they were?

SWIM -- 
Attention swimmers: From Jennifer, "If you are interested in having your swimming miles entered in "Go The Distance" then you will need to set up at FLOG. I can no longer enter your miles myself. It is easy to do. Just follow this link:
http://www.usms.org/fitness/content/gothedistance
You can click on it just below the GTD logo"
 

Wildflower volunteer opportunity - If anyone is interested in volunteering in the swim area of this year's Wildflower Triathlon, please let me, Jennifer,  know and I will send you contact information. This would involve being on the water in a kayak or canoe from early morning till noon on Saturday and Sunday.
Our workouts are M, W, F, 6 am at Kennedy in Atascadero.  @3000 meters.  

The On Deck coaches request that all swimmers register online at: USMS registration or  
see below for complete USMS information.

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Bike:  

•Saturday Ride February 20th - Let's ride from Kman at 8am and head straight south on El Camino to Santa Margarita, left on 58 and ride, ride, ride...riders have the options of turning off at 229 to go to Creston (40ish ride), O'Donovan to Creston (50ish), La Panza to Creston (60ish) or continue on to Shandon for Burritos and home (80ish).  Bring fluids and food accordingly. 

If rain prevents the Saturday ride then we will try again on Sunday.  Look for an email.

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Run:

Meet at the AHS Track Wednesday nights at 5:30 p.m.
(last  Wednesday was the switch from The Lake to the AHS Track - but tthat notification came late so people met at both places. Sorry for the confusion)


Sunday mornings  at 8:30 am some runners meet at the park at the corner of  Bethel Road and Las Tablas in Templeton Map to park at (Bethel and Vineyard).  We do a variety of mileage and everyone is welcome: Walkers, Sloggers, Joggers, Runners. (* However, on the 1st Sunday of each month we have run hosted by Team Members in a variety of locations)

Run Coordinator, Robyn Schmidt, invites anyone to sign up to host a Sunday Run.  The first Sunday of the month is "Special Run Host Sunday".  You can choose the location and the route.  If you need water, gels, or cones for marking your route let Robyn know.  The rest of the Sundays we will meet at the Templeton park at Bethel and Las Tablas in Templeton. Please email Robyn at: runninrobyn@gmail.com and let her know if you want to host a First Sunday of the Month Run. 

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Tentative Upcoming Events: R(run), B(bike), S(swim), T(tri), P(party)


We will be focusing on these events for 2010:

P -- 01/30/2010 - Team Party at the K-House 6pm
S -- January/2010 - Postal Swim Mile
R -- 02-14-2010 - SLO Chains of Love Runs: 5k 10k 15k

R -- 03-13-2010 - Hares N Hounds 5K, Atascadero
P -- 03/20/2010 - Team Social

R -- 03-21-2010 - Wine Country Runs Half Marathon, 10K,  5K
B -- 03/27/2010 - Solvang Double Century
T -- 03/27/2010 - Cal Poly March Warm-Up
S -- 03/28/2010 - Berkeley SCAM Masters Swim Meet 
P -- 04/17/2010 - Team Training/Social Weekend at Lake San Antonio (Sat and Sun)
R -- 04/17/2010 - Miracle Mile 10k on the beach 
S -- 04/24/2010 - SLO Masters Swim Meet (afternoon) 
B -- 04/27/2010 - Wildflower Bike Ride
T -- 05/01/2010 - Wildflower Triathlons Friday - Sunday
B -- 05/17/2010 - Team K Member 4th Annual Koast Ride
P -- 05/22/2010 - Team Social 
P -- 05/22/2010 - Team KMAN Wine Ride: Winery bike tour!
T -- 06/06/2010 -  Morro Bay Triathlon
P -- 06/12/2010 - Team Social
S -- 06/19/2010 - Clovis Masters Swim Meet
S -- 06/20/2010 - Clovis - Millerton Lake Open Water Mile
S -- 07/9-11/2010 - Santa Cruz Masters Swim Meet
S -- 08/07/2010 - Donner Lake Open Water 2.5 Mile
P --08/8-13/2010 - Team K Member Mammoth Lakes Team Trip 
P -- 09/11/2010 - Team Social
T -- 09/19/2010 -  Shaver Lake Tri

R -- 09-26-2010 - Heritage Oaks 5K and 10K
R -- 10/03/2010 - City to Sea Half - a tune up for the Monterey Half
P -- 10/16/2010 - Team Social
B -- 10/??/2010 - Wine and Roses Bike Ride, Templeton
B -- 10/23/2010 - SLO Gran Fondo
R -- 11/14/2010 - Big Sur Half (aka Monterey Half) 
P -- 11/20/2010 - Team Social
R -- 11/??/2010  -Templeton Turkey Trot.

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Maps:
Map to park at (Bethel and Vineyard) We do a variety of mileage and everyone is welcome: Walkers, Sloggers, Joggers, Runners.
Map to Atascadero Kman Cycle and Run
Map to the Schmidt's Home for Team Socials map

Map to the Schmidt's Home  map

Email Robyn if you have run question: runninrobyn@gmail.com 

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