Congratulations!

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Congratulations to Kevin Butler who came the closest to running his predicted time on Sept. 4th for our Predicted Time Fun Run! He won two Royals tickets with his prediction of 85 minutes. He came in at 1:24:35 for 10 miles. Wow!

We hope Personal Best will continue to grow and we appreciate all your glowing referrals to our awesome running group. To thank you for those referrals we hold a raffle each season. This year's prize winner, Allison Blanchard, won a $100.00 gift certificate of her choice.

If you'd like some Personal Best business cards to hand out to friends, family or co-workers who may be interested in joining a running group please let us know.

Stride Clinic This Thursday, Sept. 18th

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Join us on Thursday, September 16th, 7-8:30 p.m. for the stride clinic! Form and function. Discover how proper stride can effect your performance and help prevent injury.

Coach Amy will provide a basic evaluation of your running form, present some helpful information and then all will have an opportunity to practice technique. Wear your running gear and bring a lawn chair to sit on.

Meet at Metro Walk and Run - SW corner of 95th and Metcalf.

Please RSVP to kcrunning@hotmail.com so we know how many to expect.

Jared Coones Memorial Pumpkin 5K Run/Walk

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Sam Miceli is a long time member of Personal Best Running and Fitness and friend of the Coones family. He serves on the organizing committee for this annual 5K to benefit the Jared Coones Memorial Foundation, Children's Mercy Cancer Center, Dream Factory and other organizations.

This year's run is on October 9, 2010 and starts at 8:00 a.m. You can save the last three miles of your PB training run that Saturday for the 5K. Our group run starts at 6:00 a.m. at Ranchmart (95th and Mission) so those of you running shorter can head on over after the run! KC folks, be sure to run it at your marathon training pace as this is your taper week!

Registration forms will be available at this weeks long run check-in on Saturday for those interested.

Volunteers Needed for KC Marathon Aid Station

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Personal Best is helping Metro Walk and Run to host an official aid station at the KC Marathon - mile 25.3 where the 5K, half and full go by. We need volunteers!

For those of you not running the race, this would be a great way to support local KC runners but also to cheer the many PB runners who are racing.

The marathon is on October 16th. There is a PB training run that Saturday morning that starts at 5:30 a.m. at Ranchmart (95th and Mission). We will be set up for 16 miles that morning. You can head over to the race after you finish your training run.

If you can help us out, please contact us and let us know what shift will work for you - when you can be there and how long you can stay. We need to know ASAP so we can order the volunteer shirts.