Fleet Feet Sports will present the Flurrious! Forecast 2 Mile Fun Run as part of the Olmsted Parks Flurrious! Winter Festival - a unique road race concept for fun in the flurries (or squalls) of January.
Two miles on the Delaware Park Ring Road with a twist. And what a twist too! Predict your finishing time when you register for the race. Run the race but be warned - no watches, stopwatches, GPS devices allowed. We will ask all to raise their bare wrists before the start! Run the race as close as you can to your predicted finishing time without the help of your trusted timing/GPS device. And there will be no help from us either other than having the mile marked - no mile splits, no clock at the finish - just your internal sense of pace.
"The Fleet Feet Sports Flurrious Forecast 2 Mile Fun Run will feature a different way of racing. Knowing your pace is the key to successful racing no matter what the distance from 5K to the marathon. The Fleet Feet Sports training programs emphasize the need to learn your race pace and uses challenges like this race to test our runner's internal sense of pace. Run our race for something new and different or run the race so you can find out what pace you can handle." -Alice Loncto of Fleet Feet
When: Sunday, 1/16/11 at 9 am.
Where: Delaware Park Ring Road - Parkside Lodge
Cost: $15
What: A race where you predict your finish time. The three finishers closest (right on, above or below) are the winners no matter in what place they cross the finish line.
Register at Fleet Feet Sports, download an application from our website www.fleetfeetbuffalo.com or from the Buffalo Olmsted Conservancy website and also online at www.active.com. Pick up your race number and chip at Fleet Feet Sports on Friday 1/14 12 noon to 8 pm; Saturday 1/15 10 am to 6 pm and on race day at the Parkside Lodge from 7:30am to 8:45am. Race Day registration at the Parkside Lodge too.
For additional information or question, please contact us at Fleet Feet Sports 716-332-3501 or email dan@fleetfeetbuffalo.com or alice@fleetfeetbuffalo.com
There's still time to join the Campus WheelWorks Snow Sprint Bike Race (see here)...
or
Artists can sculpt a snow sculpture at The Flurrious! Snow Sculpting event...
Additional Flurrious! activities set for January 15th and 16th (in front of Parkside Lodge) include: Snowshoe softball, ice skating, beer and Chateau Buffalo ice wine tent with live music, Boy Scouts igloo building, International Snow Tennis, Quiddich tournament, kickball tournament, womens' rugby, Fleet Feet Running Race, Snow Golf, Ultimate Frisbee, chuck wagon, lumberjack demonstration, snowshoe and cross country ski rentals, blacksmiths, Splash Panic! skivvie snowball fight, Urban Threads kiteboarding demo (if windy), Fashion Maniac photo shoot, and Eden Carriage rides. Field and trail grooming by Northern Erie Sno Seekers snowmobile club. Food, drinks and fireplace available at Parkside Lodge. Admission to Flurrious! is $5 for a weekend pass - there is no charge for Flurrious! participants. See here for event details and additional sign-up opportunities.
The Flurrious! festival starts with live music in the beer tent Friday evening January 14th from 5pm-9pm. Saturday and Sunday the festivities begin at 9am and wrap up at 9pm.
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Two miles on the Delaware Park Ring Road with a twist. And what a twist too! Predict your finishing time when you register for the race. Run the race but be warned - no watches, stopwatches, GPS devices allowed. We will ask all to raise their bare wrists before the start! Run the race as close as you can to your predicted finishing time without the help of your trusted timing/GPS device. And there will be no help from us either other than having the mile marked - no mile splits, no clock at the finish - just your internal sense of pace.
"The Fleet Feet Sports Flurrious Forecast 2 Mile Fun Run will feature a different way of racing. Knowing your pace is the key to successful racing no matter what the distance from 5K to the marathon. The Fleet Feet Sports training programs emphasize the need to learn your race pace and uses challenges like this race to test our runner's internal sense of pace. Run our race for something new and different or run the race so you can find out what pace you can handle." -Alice Loncto of Fleet Feet
When: Sunday, 1/16/11 at 9 am.
Where: Delaware Park Ring Road - Parkside Lodge
Cost: $15
What: A race where you predict your finish time. The three finishers closest (right on, above or below) are the winners no matter in what place they cross the finish line.
Great awards for the three winners:All participants will be chip timed using a disposable chip. Race entry fee includes parking at the Buffalo Zoo parking lot (first come first serve) near Jewett Parkway, a bowl of chili or hearty soup (whichever is served) and a beverage of your choice (including beer) after the race and random door prizes to include bags, reflective vests, hats and more. The race takes place outside of festival boundaries, and only participants will be allowed free entry into the festival following the race. All others must pay $5.
1st: Garmin Forerunner 110
2nd: Timex Watch
3rd: Timex Watch
Register at Fleet Feet Sports, download an application from our website www.fleetfeetbuffalo.com or from the Buffalo Olmsted Conservancy website and also online at www.active.com. Pick up your race number and chip at Fleet Feet Sports on Friday 1/14 12 noon to 8 pm; Saturday 1/15 10 am to 6 pm and on race day at the Parkside Lodge from 7:30am to 8:45am. Race Day registration at the Parkside Lodge too.
For additional information or question, please contact us at Fleet Feet Sports 716-332-3501 or email dan@fleetfeetbuffalo.com or alice@fleetfeetbuffalo.com
There's still time to join the Campus WheelWorks Snow Sprint Bike Race (see here)...
or
Artists can sculpt a snow sculpture at The Flurrious! Snow Sculpting event...
Additional Flurrious! activities set for January 15th and 16th (in front of Parkside Lodge) include: Snowshoe softball, ice skating, beer and Chateau Buffalo ice wine tent with live music, Boy Scouts igloo building, International Snow Tennis, Quiddich tournament, kickball tournament, womens' rugby, Fleet Feet Running Race, Snow Golf, Ultimate Frisbee, chuck wagon, lumberjack demonstration, snowshoe and cross country ski rentals, blacksmiths, Splash Panic! skivvie snowball fight, Urban Threads kiteboarding demo (if windy), Fashion Maniac photo shoot, and Eden Carriage rides. Field and trail grooming by Northern Erie Sno Seekers snowmobile club. Food, drinks and fireplace available at Parkside Lodge. Admission to Flurrious! is $5 for a weekend pass - there is no charge for Flurrious! participants. See here for event details and additional sign-up opportunities.
The Flurrious! festival starts with live music in the beer tent Friday evening January 14th from 5pm-9pm. Saturday and Sunday the festivities begin at 9am and wrap up at 9pm.
very cool ...wish I was in town for this!