This week's Feaster Five Expo at the North Andover YMCA will have a first class lineup of inspirational speakers, from fantastic running and triathlon coaches to world famous legends. Here is the schedule:
Monday, November 23, 2009
5PM – Ryan Miller –Chi Running Instructor

The 2010 USATF-NE Grand Prix Series has been selected by an on-line vote of the membership.

A total of 440 votes were cast during a one-week period that lasted from Wednesday, November 11 through Wednesday, November 18. The results of the vote have been verified by the LDR Chairs and the office and are as follows:

1. The Non-Marathon Slate C received the most votes. That slate consisted of:
• Jones Group Realtors 10 Mile, 10M, Amherst MA, Sun, Feb. 28, 11:00 AM
• New Bedford Half Marathon, 13.1M, New Bedford MA, Sun., Mar 21, 11:00 AM

MVS Announces our Winter Coaching Program
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The Fall season is almost over and we hope you met or exceeded your 2009 goals. With the Feaster Five Race nearly upon us, it's time to begin plans for the 2010 season.

Whether it's aiming for the Boston Marathon or your first 5K, our talented coaching staff will have a specific training program desiged just for YOU!.

"I had so much change in my life this year, could I really handle another?", I thought as I joined a friend to check out the new track and coaches last spring. I had been caring for Vann, as a foster parent, and after 1 year he was returned to his mother. This was hard for me, and my MVS friends helped me a lot. When fall track came around I signed up. I liked it; not the same old track sessions, 'tied to the oval'.
Relays, games and new locations kept the sessions new and fresh!!

Hello, everyone! I am very pleased to announce that I will be helping out with our 2010 hosted runs! I am hoping to get many volunteers for our winter season. I want to ensure that our Boston Marathon runners get in funfilled and supportive long runs. I am also going to be hosting a run. I am looking forward to seeing everyone's smiling faces brave the cold for a nice Sunday run. Please consider helping us out and hosting a run of your own. It will be fun, I promise! I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Friday the 13th....
The Boston Marathon has set another record....unfortunately, is was a record time to close entries...five months before the race date!
Because the event has a hard, no compromise limit on the maximum number of runners allowed in Hopkinton and Boston (two critical landmarks!), there is no alternative but to close when the limit is reached.

If you’re looking for a fun way to end the 2009 season, you need to join one of the MVS relay teams! Whether your aim is one more chance to burn up a race course or to simply have some fun with your fellow MVSers, there is a spot for you.

We have coordinators who are helping to assure a spot for everyone, so contact MVSmillcitiesrelay@gmail.com if you want to join a team, or, if you have already put a team together, let us know!
Details of the event are listed below, so come join us for the fun!

Deadline is November 29!  

I think you would agree with me that Deanna is one of the most positive, smiling, energetic coaches that we have ever had. She is always encouraging me, whether it's at the YMCA pool, or morning track-and now she treats her first marathon the same way. Deanna talked about her ordeal on facebook, where a bee bit her during the Cape Cod marathon. But, I wanted to make sure that all MVS'ers heard a few excerpts of this...She talked about this being a 'year of compromises'-where she had been training for a half ironman and then broke her arm. So she trained for her first marathon instead!