Dam June Cheers (pls vote)

Dear Dam Runners,

Time is running out! You had better be in serious training mode now! Here are a few cheers to learn and sing during your workouts.

We will choose a cheer and chant it before departing for the big race on Saturday morning. (nk)

1.

Who? Team Hall, hoo rahh hoo rahh

Who? Team Hall, hoo rahh hoo rahh

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2.

Hey other runners,

your luck's run out

'cause the Halls are here

to sprint and shout!

On your left! On your right!

Then we're out of sight!

Bite the wall! bite the wall!

We're the Halls!

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3.

Oh Hall team runners are hard to beat

They're the perfect souls from head to feet

They've got the style the smile the winning way

When you see them you just HAVE to say

Now there's some folks I'd like to know

They've got that dam good runner pep and go

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It's hard to beat totally awesome runners like the Halls, oh yeah!

[Could someone give me a little help here? (Val?) I can't remember all the words to the B. E. boy cheer!]

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4.

We are the Halls

We're on the ball

We run the race

We set the pace

We're the best dam runners

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Vote for your favorite cheer: 1, 2, 3, or 4

Or submit one yourself!

Cheers

Rebecca

PS Happy birthday Brad!!

That Dam May Training

Dear Dam Racers,

I apologize for being late with May’s inspirational missive. Finishing up this semester at Harvard was quite traumatic for me and Russel. But we have now recovered and are feeling much better; so is Mary.

May is a great month for training. Here are a few lines that MAY inspire you as you continue your dam training.

April is a promise that May is bound to keep.

~Hal Borland (That means you should have reached your dam goal of 4.7 miles in under an hour in May.)

He that is in a towne in May loseth his spring. ~George Herber (That means you should be in the country, Mantua, in July—that's possibly a bit of a stretch, but then stretching is important.)

"The world's favorite season is the spring. 
All things seem possible in May."
- Edwin Way Teale (That means it is possible to reach your dam goals.)

"By the time one is eighty, it is said, there is no longer a tug of war in the garden with the May flowers hauling like mad against the claims of the other months. All is at last in balance and all is serene. The gardener is usually dead, of course."
- Henry Mitchell, The Essential Earthman (That means you’re not 80 yet, so you’re not dead, and you should be doing your dam training.)

'But I must gather knots of flowers,

And buds and garlands gay,

For I'm to be Queen o' the May,

mother,
I'm to be Queen o' the May.'

-Alfred Lord Tennyson

(That means each dam racer will come in first in his or her Dam Race age group.)

"Sweet April showers
Do spring May flowers."


-Thomas Tusser, A Hundred Good Points of Husbandry, 1557

(That should really say, “April showers Do spring May dam runners.)

Is it so small a thing

To have enjoy'd the sun,

To have lived light in the spring,

To have loved,

To have thought,

To have done [run]...

- Matthew Arnold (That means tis no small thing to have prepared for the Dam Race.)

May the dam force be with you and May you stay Forever Young.

Rebecca

Pic: The May Queen preparing for the dam race. (Barefoot, of course. It's all the rage.)

The Dam April Workout

Well, so, it is April and time to get in serious shape for the big dam race! (Prizes will be awarded--really good prizes!) HERE'S THE APRIL WORKOUT SCHEDULE: Five days of the week: a minimum 35 minute run (or run/walks, if you must!). If you are seriously out of shape, and neglected to do your March workouts, you can start at 20 minutes a day. Sixth day: a minimum one-hour run/walk. (Keep track of how far you get in that hour, and try to increase the distance each week. The race is 4.7 miles, so you will want to cover that distance in under an hour!) Three to Five days a week: Do your dam core exercises (and a little yoga stretching on the side) For many people, especially the older you get, your training is slowed or sometimes interrupted because of a weakness in the core, which causes aches, pains and injuries--all can be avoided by strengthening the core!--and proper warm up before you begin. You can follow this link to the core exercises and print out your own copy: http://www.bicycling.com/print/942 If you do not have an exercise ball, not to worry! Just do exercises 2, 4 ,5--ha! good luck with the transverse plank!, 6, 7, & 8. I also suggest improving your diet by increasing fruit and veggie intake and cutting out sugar. I'm just sayin--you gotta get your mind in the game--we need total commitment from team Mantua! PS: I am taking submissions for the 2011 Dam Race Hall Cheer. You may submit in text form or performance video.