WWSC - Runner's Club update

Here is a message from Ed Crites - our beloved President of the WW. Runner's Club:

"Fellow Runners,

We have thirteen on the email list, which I think is great. Please tell anyone else you know who might be interested to email me so they can be added.

Several have expressed interest in another group run on Saturday at 7:00 a.m., starting from the pool parking lot. I thought 6-miles was a good distance, understanding that some may cut it short. I have to go out-of-town Saturday, so I leave it to those who show up to work-out the details.

Also, some have asked about planning a run during the week, but there as yet does not appear to be a consensus as to a good time or day. We'll keep working on it. I invite your input.

Regarding a community run, I appeared at the meeting of the Board of Alderman Tuesday and told the members of our group and of our desire to organize a community run the Saturday morning after Octoberfest. They were receptive, but suggested that it begin at Rohan Woods School rather than the pool parking lot, inasmuch as that will still be cluttered from night before. They also wanted details as to the route. They asked that I speak with Police Chief Stanczak to work-out the details and that I return next month to make a detailed proposal. Chief Stanczak thought we would need at least 6 volunteers to help direct runners and watch for traffic. Please let me know ASAP if you are interested in helping organize/put-on the event. We do not have much time to plan the event.

If you have other suggestions/comments, please let me know.

Keep running.

Ed Crites"

Thanks for the update Ed, looking forward to seeing the growth of our Club!

Dede and I need your help - please read this post!

WWSC - PLease join us for the last Summer Party!

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Have you ever caught a Foul Ball?

How about two in the same game??

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Pee in the shower to save the Atlantic Rainforest

Did you catch this article form Cynthia Greagorian in the SLT -Post Dispatch?
Here is the article and I inserted the Clip of the Commercial in the middle of it:

"Sometimes, there's an ick factor that goes with going green.

The spot urges Brazilian citizens to save water — by urinating in the shower.

The group, SOS Mata Atlantica, estimates that each household in Brazil could conserve 1,157 gallons of water annually by avoiding one flush a day.

The humorous spots, which are narrated by children, feature cartoon drawings of people from all walks of life — a basketball player, trapeze artist and even an alien — urinating in the shower.



The ads wrap with: "Pee in the shower! Save the Atlantic rainforest!"

But if it does, and if you see someone "going green" in the shower at your local gym, here's a fact worth knowing.

While peeing in the shower may sound sickening, experts maintain that from a health and safety standpoint, it's not.

"It's fine because urine is sterile. We have no bacteria or viruses in our urine, which is why if patients aren't feeling well, we can culture it," says Donna Duberg, assistant professor of clinical laboratory science at St. Louis University. "Plus, water from the shower and toilet end up in the same sewer line."

For years, people have used urine in unusual ways. Holistic experts swear that urinating on the feet will cure athlete's foot — a fungal infection. And Duberg points out that if urine is safe to drink — which a number of websites recommend for healthfulness — it's certainly safe to have squirting near your legs while the water is running in a shower."

Gross or Green? Recycling, turning the light off when living a room and so on and so forth. I am all about saving energy and going green.

Let's go one step further... With an estimate 2.3 million households in Missouri, the annual saving -$11 per household- would represent $25.3 million and almost 2.7 billion gallons of water across the State.

Down to our Warson Woods, the 2000 Census lists 781 Households... do the math... $8.591 in savings and 900000 gallons of water.

Are you ready to contribute?

The Garza-Simon-Lambert Controversy

As our first run with the Runner's Club was on its way, Mary Simon and I started to chat about Workout Songs. Yes, we were running and chatting at the same time - although we were making some pretty disturbing sounds in between sentences. Mary was telling me that our common friend John Garza has an unbelievable play list of songs that get you pumped up when you run. But she was not into rap, and was looking for a different beat. I offered to share my play list but after just a few notes of each of my songs, she was saying "No, I don't like it! NEXT!".

How can I make Mary happy? I need to find great songs!!

Here are some of John's favourite workout songs:
1)Don't Stop the Music---Rihanna
2)Hot N Cold---Katy Perry
3)Jai Ho---Slumdog Millionaire
4)A little Respect--Erasure
5)Boom Boom Pow--Black Eyed Peas
6)I Gotta Feeling---Black Eyed Peas
7)Viva La Vida---Cold Play
8)Take you There---Sean Kingston
9)Paralyzer---Finger Eleven
10)Hero/Heroine---Boys Like Girls

By the way, I want to thank John for contributing on this post!

Here are some of the songs I listen to while running:
1- The Final Countdown - Europe
2- You are the best around - Joe Esposito
3- Stronger - Kanye West
4- Let's get it Started - The Black Eyed Peas
5- Pump it - The Black Eyed Peas
6- Till I collapse - Eminem
7- Remember the Name - Fort Minor
8- Proud - Heather Small
9- Lose Yourself - Eminem
10- It is my life - Bon Jovi

These two lists are pretty darn good if you ask me, but not good enough for Mary.

I am suspecting that John and I are NOT the only two people working out in WW. So, step up my beloved readers and share the songs that get you going, help you shave the unwanted extra pounds, and allow you to splurge on Sunday with no guilty feelings.

And by sharing your songs, let's see if we can please Mary Simon! I am up to the Challenge, ARE YOU??

Fantasy Football anyone??

With the season around the corner, my neighbour Bill Francis & I are trying to recruit another 8 or 10 people to set up a WW. Fantasy Football League with a Live Auction Draft done in a close by Sports Bar.

So to all of you wonderful supportive wives reading this blog, if you want a night off, tell your husbands to email me and let them join our local Fantasy Football League.

To all of you empty nesters in WW, since you don't have to worry about anything but yourself - just kidding - we want to tell you are not Alone - the Fantasy Football family is welcoming you with sweaty armpits and manly hugs! Transform your upcoming Football Sundays into a whole new experience.



We want you and we have 8 to 10 spots to fill. The date of the Draft is still up in the air. The location of the Draft as well. Bill and I are both pumped up about this project, so don't shy away and join our League.

The WW. Runner's Club is born

Even though he is barely a day old, the Club already looks like a healthy Baby.

Ed Crites took the exciting initiative to set up a meeting last night at the Pool to gather a group of people who are interested in running.

I am not just talking about competitive running. The idea is to find people who could meet once or twice a month - or maybe more - to run together and have fun.

Don't be shy if you are inexperienced, join us. Almost a dozen of motivated WW. residents showed up last night. We all decided that our first run would be a 6 mile loop starting from the parking lot of the WW. Pool at 7.am this Saturday morning - August 15Th.

If you are interested, please Email Ed at "runww@sbcglobal.net" and see you this Saturday morning!!

Here is our Saturday's morning Run!
Safe run on sidewalks all the way down on Sappington to the beginning of the Grant's Trail. Then turn around and get back to the parking lot following Woodlawn. A couple of short hills - one on Andrew right off the start and one on Holmes.

Wild Turkeys on Bennett

I ran into Jim Lewis the other day at the Pool. He told me he spotted some Wild Turkeys on Bennett and took a couple of pictures with his cell phone. I asked him if he could share his pictures with the Blog. I just got his email this morning. Jim is a great guy and I love his sense of humor. Thanks for contributing to the Blog.

"James, here are the pictures of a family of turkey's that John and I saw last Thusday. They were on Bennett when we first saw them, then ducked into the bushes behind St Matthews just and across from Garland. Quality is not very good, but best I could do with my phone. Good thing I don't have to make calls with my camera. "

Incredible shots. It is right by my house, but I never spotted Wild Turkeys before. Have you?? It looks like a whole family!!

Who let the Men out??

What a fun night it was. The St.Genevieve Men's Club on its way to the Cards Games.
Thanks again Matt Witte for setting the evening up.