June 2026
Running With Friends
Summertime is here! Well, technically not until the third week of June, but our Summer Training Runs have started at Telulah Park on Saturday mornings at 7:00 am. Go to our RunWithUs page to see the lengths and routes of each of the weekly runs, looping from Telulah Park until Fox Cities Marathon weekend in late September. All paces and experience levels are welcome ... don't be shy!
Maps and turn-by-turn directions will be available at each run, or use the RunGo app on your portable device for verbal instructions while you run. Water/Gatorade stations will be out on the route. And bananas, donut holes, and coffee will be provided at the conclusion. Along with lively discussions where you can compare your GPS device, shoes, arch supports, nutrition, pace, and aversion to hills with the others. It's fun to interact and participate in conversations that range from humble modesty to wild exaggeration! The support is great, we have so much that we can learn from each other!
And don't forget to join us for our monthly Fun Runs, held the second Wednesday of the month at 6:00 pm:
- June 11 - Whiting Boathouse, Neenah
- July 8 - City Park, Appleton
- August 12 - Telulah Park, Appleton
- September 9 - Jefferson Park, Menasha
Jordan Crawford Race Walking Event near Prague
Pacesetter Jordan Crawford competed in Czechia at the Podebrady WA Race Walking Tour Meeting last month, completing the Half Marathon distance in 1:33:33, a 7:08/mi pace and a new personal best by over 5 minutes! He finished 41st of all world participants, and 3rd best for Team USA. Go Jordan Go!
Protein Ball Treats - June
Here is Pacesetters President Cyndi's monthly energy ball recipe:
MOCHA Energy Balls
Ingredients:
-- 1 cup walnuts
-- ½ cup dates
-- 2 tbsp cocoa or cacao powder
-- 1 tbsp instant coffee
-- 1 tbsp chia seeds
-- 1 tbsp honey
In a blender mix all the dry ingredients with a couple pulses, then add in the wet ingredients until thoroughly blended. Roll into bite-size balls. Yum-yum, chill and enjoy!
Running is Perspective
- It's someone's 5K race goal
- It's someone's easy warm up
- It's the first 5K of someone's marathon
- It's a complete mystery to a non runner
- It's an age group winning time
- It's someone's "bad race"
- It's someone's breakthrough PR
- It's someone's daily treadmill run
- It's unimaginably fast to someone
- It's incredibly slow to someone
- It's someone's only 5K time
- It's someone's driving commute to work
Your race time is just a number! It means something very different to you than to someone else.
Just For Laughs
Tip: How to recover fast after a run.
Don't have a birth year that starts with 19!
