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Four Taturs Conquer Kansas City Marathon
(10/20) Congrats to Marvin Winters, Debbie Brewer, Dave Anderson, and Robin Hudson for their awesome performance in K.C Click here for their splits and results.
Tatur Halloween Party 7:30pm on Thursday October 26th at Tom Dorothy's Home.
(10/17)Come one, come all. We are going to have a great time, You are encouraged to wear your Halloween costume, bring the family and tell stories of previous big races such as the Turkey & Taturs Race, Flatrock, Arkansas Traveller, Heartland, K.C Marathon, and any other races. We will do another potluck and Tom and Julie Dorothy are opening up their home to us stinky runners. Directions are at the bottom of this page.
We will also present the YMCA with a check for over $1,000!!! This is a huge amount of money and we are really excited that the Turkey & Taturs race could raise this $$ to help send children to summer camp. Wooo-Hooo!!
We have had many new Taturs sign up since the last meeting and hopefully we will have a good turnout to welcome them. We will discuss getting our bi-monthly newsletter going. We will talk about our next official Tatur Race which will be the Devils Den 15-18 miler at Devil's Den State Park. If anyone would like to add something to the agenda or would like to invite a guest speaker, please let me know.
We will vote on Tatur of the Month. (We have to come up with a better name for this award though.) If you are lucky enough to win this distinguished award, you will receive a $25 gift certificate to Runners World. On the same ballot we will vote for best Halloween costume which will also be a $25 gift certificate to RunnersWorld. The catch is that you have to be present to win! So don't miss this meeting!! Like we did at our first and second meetings we will also have a book/magazine/video swap. Bring your old magazine issues and such. Write your name on the cover and bring back any literature that you borrowed previously.
Also bring any pictures and/or video from previous events. I know that all of you have beautiful aunts and cousins, but lets stick with running related events and leave the "1997 Summer at Grandpa's Shack" video at home. LOL.
Our final meeting of the year will be the annual Year-End Christmas Meeting at Dan and JoAnn Threlkeld's house. JoAnn will cook and Dan had a great idea, we will give away awards like: "Most Inspirational", "Most Improved", "Most Blisters", etc. We will make them funky and fun.
Here are the directions to Tom's and we will see ya there.
Get on 145th street, or Aspen as it is known in BA. Tom lives in a subdivision on the eastside of 145th between 41st & 31st. When traveling on 145th between 41st & 31st turn east into the subdivision on 36th street, right if you are coming from the south and left if you are coming from the north. You will go down to a stop sign, continue east and take the next left, 150th. You will go until you hit 35th street, not 35th Place, which is the second right after turning on 150th. They are the second house on the right after you turn on 35th street. His address is 15010 E. 35th Street. His home number if you get lost is 437-8114. You should see a green Ford Escort and Auburn Ford Explorer in the driveway. You can park anywhere on the street by the house. His address is Tulsa, but is a half a block from BA.
Willsey, Almendares and Snyder Head to the Chicago Marathon!
(10/16) Charlie Willsey, Robin Almendares, and Mike Snyder head to the second largest marathon in the United States the Chicago Marathon. An estimated 1.5 million people will be watching these Taturs run through the historic streets of downtown Chicago. Race start time is 8am and if you click here you can track there progress through the morning. You will get text messages telling you there live splits. Good luck to the three of you.
(10/7)Tom Brennan is our newest Tatur. Tom also just won the very difficult AT100 Mile Trail Race in a blazing time of 17:47:16. Tom beat the 2nd place finisher Greg Eason by over 20 minutes. Would you believe that this is Tom's 1st 100 Mile race? Click here for all the results.
Tom is a teacher in Poteau and is also the race director for the World's Highest Hill 5 Mile Run in Poteau Oklahoma. Congratulations Tom!! Click Here to read Tom's amazing story and Race Report. 
Ken and Mike after the 100 Miler. Ken ran 100 miles Mike paced 52 miles
(10/7) Ken Childress completes his 2nd 100 Miler in 28 hours and 9 minutes. Alex Eaton went 82 miles before his left knee completely gave out on him. Dana Childress crewed for both runners. Brian Hoover and Mike Snyder paced Ken and Alex respectively. Here is Ken Childress' great race report. Click here for complete results. View Photo Album.
Three Taturs Compete in the Heartland 50 Mile Race
(10/5) This Saturday Marvin LEE and Chris Corbin, finished a 50 Mile trail race in Kansas called the Heartland 100/50 Mile Trail Race in Cassody Kansas. Dennis Crosby made it 42 miles before his foot forced him to drop. Chris took fifth place in a smoking time of 8:16:xx. Marvin finished strong with an incredible time of 10:11:00. Here is Chris' funny report. Click here to read Marvin's inspirational and informative Heartland Race Report
Congratulations to the three of you!!! What a great TATUR representation we had in Kansas.
Flat Rock 50K/25K
(9/30) On September 30th 2006, Several Taturs went down to the Flatrock 50K/25K Trail race in Independence Kansas. Completing the 50K were Randy Ellis, Tom Dorothy, Kathy Sager, Ken Childress, Earl Blewett and Dennis Crosby. Opting for the 25K distance was, Brian Hoover, Dana Childress and Earl's fiancee Jen.
This is rated as the fourth most challenging course in the United States and it lived up to it's reputation. To make matters worse the temp topped out at 92°
Randy Ellis at the Flatrock 50K
TATURs Take the Plunge!
(9/17)Well our TATURs Brian Hoover and Kathy Sager finally tied the knot! They were married by none other than TATUR Bill Webb in a beautiful outdoor ceremony Friday night in Catoosa. It was the first wedding that I've attended where the buffett included salted nuts, M & Ms and dried pineapple (and where the guests looked it it thinking "Running fuel! Score!"). We wish them the very best and are glad they were able to find a weekend between races to finally Git R' Done.
I'd like to impart to them a few words of wisdom handed down from my grandfather, Don Russell, about his wedding:
"When we got married, my wife said we could live on love...
But it wasn't even a week later and she wanted something to eat"
(9/1) Come join us this Saturday, September 9th at the 69th & Riverside parking lot for a training run that will incorporate the Jenks portion of the Route 66 Marathon. The Training Run will start at 5:30am. We will then return to the picnic table at 69th & Riverside to start a Poker Run (5 miles) at 7am. Brian, the Pa-Tatur, will attemt to cook pancakes for the finishers, families and friends. (No, he will not add Gu to the batter).
Everyone is welcome to join in on the fun. Come walk or run five miles, get five cards and a shot at winning prizes. If you would like to make a donation and draw a poker hand but cannot attend we will draw for you and let ya know if you win a prize. Click here for more info.
Poker Run to Benefit the Westside YMCA and TATUR