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Lake Grapevine Runners and Walkers December 2016 Dear Lake Grapevine

Our 20th Anniversary celebration is still going strong ­ many of us attended the Main Street Wine Crawl on November 20, supported by Texas General Store, Grape Vine Springs Winery, Messina Hof Grapevine Winery, Sloan & Williams Winery, Umbra Winery and Wine Fusion Winery. All of the businesses welcomed our group and generously provided discounts on purchases. A big thank you goes out to Kathryn Gleghorn for working with all of the businesses to coordinate their participation in the event and to the entire 20th Anniversary Committee for planning and decorating each of the venues. And there's more exciting information yet to come! Stay tuned.

Since the big holidays this year fall on Sunday, we'll hold our club runs as usual on those days.

On Christmas Day, come out before your family wakes up ­ or bring them along! Family members and friends are always welcome. We hold our Recovery Run on New Year's Day, so don't miss that, either. Bring a potluck breakfast dish if you'd like, and you may find some recovery drinks to help you along. We'll also be drawing a name to receive a $50 RunOn! or Luke's Locker gift card from our water duty volunteers throughout the 4th quarter.

LGRAW's Bold In The Cold 5K & 15K is coming up on January 21, 2017, and registration is going strong! Register today to get your $5 LGRAW club discount for the race ­ I mean literally today ­ this is the last day! But even if you miss the club discount, you can still get a great price on a popular, well­run race. We will be sending out information soon on how to volunteer, as well. Many of the volunteer positions will allow you to run the race, too.

Thank you to everyone who came out to help with the "PseudoCentric" on November 19 at Silver Lake Marina. This wasn't a RAW event, but we were glad to set up an aid station for those folks who were signed up for the abruptly canceled UltraCentric (and some of us who took advantage of the opportunity to get a run in on a closed course with an incredibly supportive group of people). RAW member Suann Guthrie, Kay Scott, and Robert McElroy did such a wonderful job of putting it together at the last minute.

See you at the lake!

Chris Morris LGRAW President president@lgraw.com Please note that your LGRAW membership expires on LGRAW

Join us for Bold In The Cold!

The Bold In The Cold (BITC) registration is underway with almost 300 registrations.

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membership discount, so register now. We have a few of surprises in store for the race.

Here are some of the things to expect. · Going 4 places deep in all age groups · Special finisher's item · Unique awards to remember the history of Bold In The Cold Sign up today for the lowest pricing before we go to the next pricing level.Sign up today at RunSignUp.

20th Anniversary Celebration in December The December 20 event of the yearlong 20th Anniversary Celebration is a Holiday Lights Morning Run/Walk down historic Main Street in Grapevine, the Christmas Capital of Texas!

The run/walk will begin at the Cross Timbers Winery/Rose Garden parking lot on Dove Loop just west of Main Street.

RAW will provide coffee. Please consider bringing a treat to share.

Read the Facebook event for more details and let us know if you're coming!

20th Anniversary RAWear

20th Anniversary RAWear is now available for pre­order! We are currently offering a women's heathered purple tech shirt, a men's purple tech shirt, and a unisex white cotton T­shirt.

Samples of most sizes as well as order forms will be at the clubhouse through December 12.

Shirts are $20 each, including tax. Payment is due at the time of order.

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Santa Cops: Grapevine Police Accept Donations The Grapevine Police Santa Cops 2016 campaign is in full swing.

The program accepts new, unwrapped toys or cash donations to assist economically disadvantaged families in the Grapevine community.

Cash and toy donations can be made at area collection sites: Police Department City Hall Central Fire Station Grapevine Golf Course The REC Your new and unwrapped toy donation can be dropped off at the RAW clubhouse through December 6.

If you know a family in need, Santa Cops applications are available, and referrals will be conducted at the Community Outreach Center, Monday ­ Friday, 3­6 p.m. Call 817.914.4392, if you have any questions.

Third Tuesday of the Month Social Run LGRAW will hold the next installment of our 5K social run/walk starting and ending at Grapevine Craft Brewery at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, December 20.

Grapevine Craft Brewery hosts a Trivia Night that starts after most have finished the run, and a food truck will be on site to purchase food.

The event is open to everyone ­­ you do not have to be a member of LGRAW, and is a great opportunity to invite friends to meet your fellow RAW members.

RSVP in the Facebook event and let us know you're coming.

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New Year's Day Recovery Run Start the year off on the right foot with a run/walk and potluck breakfast with your RAW Buds. Join us at the clubhouse on January 1 at 7 a.m.

Please bring a breakfast/brunch dish to share.

BYOB. The club will provide coffee, juice and fruit.

We will also be drawing the name of a lucky water duty volunteer from the 4th quarter to win a $50 gift card from Luke's Locker or RunOn! Let us know you're coming. RSVP through the Facebook event.

NTTR Trail Rodeo The Trail Rodeo will be held on Sunday, December 18, 2 ­ 4 p.m. Enjoy an afternoon on the trails with the North Texas Trail Runners (NTTR) on the nearby Northshore Trails. Run, walk, or hike on the trails with new and old friends.

All paces are welcome. Come early for NTTR announcements and stay afterwards for refreshments.

RSVP on Facebook to let the group know you are coming.

Flashback Guest Contributor: Elise Cerami As part of our 20th Anniversary, we are posting a Flashback article from a previous footprint each month.

This month's Flashback article never made it into the Footprint though. It was written by the young 9­year old daughter of a member. Elise Cerami volunteered at the Bold In The Cold in 2012 and wrote about her experience for school.

Elise, an avid swimmer, died in June. Her parents have created the Swim4Elise Scholarships for college and for swim camps. To learn more, visit their website.

Elise with her mother Lori, at the Bold In the Cold water stop

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runners who are running the marathon or half marathon this year.

The BMW Dallas Marathon is December 11. For more details, view the Facebook event. There is also a sign up sheet in the clubhouse. If you have questions, you can also reach out to Joe Luccioni.

20 Fun & Fascinating Facts about RAW

By Kelly "K2" Richards 1. From December 1997 through December 2013, the FOOTPRINT was a printed newsletter that was mailed to all member households. The digital newsletter, emailed to all members, made its debut in January 2014.

2. When the club was first formed in 1997, the Internet was pretty new, and very few people had personal email, so it was common for people who had work email to use it for personal e­mails, too. There was an entire club email distribution list back then, and when charter member Jeff Brown sent a picture of himself at the Great Wall of China sporting his spiffy RAWear, the file size of the picture was so large that it took one company's entire email system offline for over a day while the file downloaded.

3. In 1999, RAW held a race called You Can Run But You Can't Hide 2 Mile & 5 Mile.

4. In the early years of the club's existence, RAW parties were known to end with a Moonlight Mile run. The details are barely known.

5. From 2001 to 2008, RAW held an annual "Fun Run" and Social at the clubhouse called the Wine Chaser. Collective memories only recall one year that anyone ran, but the socials were always great fun!

6. The RAW aid station was named the Friendliest Aid Station at the 2004 and 2005 White Rock Marathons, now named the Dallas Marathon.

7. The storage shed at the clubhouse has gone through at least two complete remodels ­ once in December 2005 and once in April 2013. By "complete" we mean every wall, but one was taken down, and then the whole thing was rebuilt from the ground up. All the work was done by our members who donated their time and talent.

8. In the summer of 2006, RAW member Sam Thompson set out to run 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days in what was called Run for Hope to raise funds for Hurricane Katrina victims. Along the way, Sam decided to add DC, so when he arrived back in Texas on August 17, he was running his 49 marathon in 48 days. A handful of RAW runners along with other runners and bikers from the DFW­area ran the Dallas White Rock Marathon course with Sam. Marcus Grunewald, the marathon race director, drove the course as the lead vehicle. https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1126465032605&format=html&print=true

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9. On December 31, 2005, RAW's first set of Twins, Nick and Nate Eppelman, were born while both mom (Kelly) and dad (Scott) were active members of RAW. 10. The first New Year's Day Recovery Run was held on January 1, 2007. This annual fun run followed by a big potluck breakfast continues today. It is referred to as both the New Year's Day Recovery Run and Resolution Run. 11. In June 2007, a one­time printing of "10 Years Running" T­shirts were made to commemorate RAW's 10th anniversary. If you see anyone wearing one of these shirts then you know they've been a member for at least nine years.

12. The 2007 Double Trouble 10K was named the Road Runners Club of America Texas State 10K Championship. It was the first time a RAW race was awarded Championship status by the RRCA. 13. For the first 10 years, the Bold in the Cold 5K & 15K race participants received coffee mugs (rather than shirts). A Texas­sized, which is to say very large, coffee mug made a return for the 15th annual BITC. 14. RAW member Debbie Carpenter worked with RoadID™ to have an official RAW logo on their dog­style IDs, so members could personalize their dog tag ID on one side and sport the RAW logo on the other. Of course, this wasn't just about looking good ­ it was about being safe, too.

15. In 2012, RAW marched in Grapevine's Parade of Lights, the largest lighted Christmas parade in North Texas. The theme was Holiday Story Time.

16. Chiffon Okuda, a RAW member and kettle bell instructor, led a kettle bell demo and class at the clubhouse following a weekend run in March 2013.

17. In December 2013 and 2014, members went on an evening Holiday Lights Run/Walk through the neighborhoods of hosts Bruce and Kathryn Gleghorn ('13) and Carol and Zach Shumm ('14). The festivities continued with delicious holiday snacks and good cheer following the runs.

18. As a service to the Grapevine Police Department, for years, RAW has timed the 1.5 mile and 300 meter runs that all GPD applicants must do during their fitness testing phase of the application process.

19. In September 2016 RAW held its first "Backwards Mile" Fun Run. Participants ran backwards. Brad Liles was the first male and Michelle "Drum" Blackard was the first female.

20. RAW memberships have always run for one year and start and end the day a member joins.

Beginning in 2017, all memberships will expire at the end of January.

LGRAW Scholarship for Graduating Seniors As part of our commitment to giving back to the sport of running, LGRAW has established a scholarship for a graduating high school senior in Spring 2017.

To be eligible, applicants must be a Spring 2017 graduate of GCISD OR the son or daughter of an LGRAW member. The parent must have been a member of LGRAW for the past two years. In addition, all applicants must have participated in track or cross country in their junior and senior years, will be attending an accredited 4­year or 2­year college in Fall 2017, and must graduate from high school with a GPA of 2.5 or higher.

The scholarship is $2,000, paid half in the first semester and half in the second semester of the student's first year of college. The scholarship is not renewable.

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The scholarship application is available here and must be received by mail at LGRAW, Attn: Kathryn Gleghorn, P.O. Box 2982, Grapevine, TX, 76099, or by e­mail at kdagleghorn@gmail.com by March 1, 2017.

Annual Anti­Turkey Trot

RAW members enjoyed an early Thanksgiving run on the Northshore Trails for the annual Anti­Turkey Trot. Members enjoyed a beautiful morning run or hike followed by food and fun.

20th Anniversary Celebration: LGRAW's Main Street Wine Crawl

November's 20th Anniversary event, "LGRAW's Main Street Wine Crawl" brought out 50 wine crawlers to enjoy downtown Grapevine's Main Street wineries on a beautiful fall day. The 20th Anniversary Committee put together a fun social event that allowed the club to partner with six Main Street businesses.

The Texas General Store hosted our check in and offered RAW's wine crawlers a 20% discount on any purchases made that day.

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generously offered discounts of at least 20% in celebration of RAW's 20th anniversary.

"In vino veritable" translates to "in wine, truth." The truth is, every wine crawler had a great time sampling wine and socializing with their RAW friends.

Kelly "K2" Richards and Gordon Kippola

Volunteer Opportunities

Help with this Newsletter!

Do you secretly correct people's grammar on Facebook? Do you enjoy writing? Do you appreciate a well­edited article?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, we have the perfect volunteer job for you!

We are looking for volunteers to help with the monthly Footprint. We need people to write articles as well as volunteers to create and/or edit the newsletter. If you would like to learn more, contact Anne Barnwell, pr@lgraw.com.

Road Runners Club of America News

By Kelly "K2" Richards, RRCA At­Large Director Did you run in a fantastic race presented by an RRCA club or event member in 2016? For example Fort Worth Runner's Club Labor Day 5K & 15K, Dallas Running Club's Half Marathon, Rockledge Rumble 15K, 30K and 50K and RAW's Double Trouble 5K and 10K. Did you see a hard­working volunteer at these races? How about someone who championed the RRCA? Consider nominating these folks for one of the 13 different RRCA National Running Awards.

The national awards ceremony with keynote address by Olympian Desiree Linden,learning, networking, meeting of the membership, elections, social runs, racing, and more will take place at the 59th RRCA National Convention, Celebrating Community Transformations Through Running, in Detroit, Michigan March 9­12, 2017. https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1126465032605&format=html&print=true

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The nomination period for the RRCA Board Members is open. Residents of Texas are eligible to be nominated for the following officer and director positions up for election in 2017: *Southern Region Director *At­Large Director

Texas will be home to an RRCA National Championship again in 2017. Dallas Running Club's DRC Half Marathon was selected as the National Half Marathon Championship.

Registration will open on January 1 for the November 5, 2017 race.

Stay connected to the RRCA by liking them on Facebook and following them on Twitter and Instagram.

A Day at the PseudoRace

by Helene "LN" Walker What started as horrible news resulted in a community of runners working together to create their own memorable event. I was excited and proud to be a part of this day.

PseudoCentric ... Formerly known as the Ultracentric 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 Hours races was cancelled ten days prior to race day.

What I loved the most about the PseudoCentric event was to see how our running community came PseudoRunners Suann Guthrie, Chris Morris, and Tabitha together. As a friend told me: "When life gives you lemons, Hedrick make lemonade!" And we made plenty of sweet lemonade! If our lemons were the race cancellation, our lemonade was to organize a fat ass* run. And receive donations for the makeshift aid station. And have runners show up, ready to run, volunteer and cheer us on!

The first glass of lemonade was made when Suann Guthrie and I decided to still go run for six hours, despite the race being cancelled. We invited some friends to join the fun. She then created a Facebook event with the help of two other runners, and the PseudoCentric event was born!

On PseudoRace day, about twenty runners showed up early, ready to run! Of course, the gate leading to the location of the PseudoCentric event was locked (another lemon!), and the loop was about 0.17 mi away from the gate, according to Garmin. And yes, you guessed it, this was our 3rd lemon, as we now had to carry all the gear each of us had brought for this event, as it was self­supported. Plus all the stuff that Chris Morris, President of RAW, had in his car for the RAW aid station: folding tables, chairs, food, two containers filled with water, and two with Gatorade. This is when all the runners present helped make more lemonade, as they all grabbed something and walked all the way to the loop. We must have looked like mules under our heavy burden.

The lemonade pitcher kept filling up when some runners showed up to volunteer and cheer us on. During my early laps, I saw Greg Jesensky waiting for us at the aid station. He jumped in, and ran a few laps with us. A few more laps, and there was Heather Yamane, Belynda Warner, Byron Benoit, John Studebaker, Martin Guthrie and Suann's son, Marshall. And Chris and Anne Barnwell, the Grasslands and Rockledge Rumble race directors, who not only donated stuff for the aid station, they also brought more food! More donations were made by Jason Constantino, the El Scorcho race director. And RunOn! in Coppell donated gels and sports drinks and some cute key chains as finisher's awards!

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job of manning the table and cheering us! An ultrarunner friend of mine, Tabitha Hedrick, also "volunteered" her daughter Rebekah, while she ran many laps with me.

My personal glass of lemonade was running some laps with my friends: Suann Guthrie, Eileen Pontaoe, Jennifer van Vlack, Tabitha Hedrick, Greg Jesensky and Chris Morris.

And making new friends as the laps went by. I did reach my goal of running 28 miles, despite some knee issues. And I was elated when I finished the 6 hours with 29.25 miles!

But I think the sweetest lemonade was made when our own RAW president, Chris Morris, thought he was going to run a half­marathon, PseudoVolunteers Max and Reid man the RAW aid and ended up running not only a full station marathon (26.2 miles) but an ultra!

(26.7 miles). Did I mention it was his very first full marathon? And ultra too? In his own words: "When I was thinking about coming out to run, I thought I might do some speed work on the flat half­mile course. But when I saw how beautiful the weather would be, I planned to try for a half marathon instead since I struggled with my last two. Fortunately, I talked to Jered Mansell out on the course, and he informed me that since this was an ultra­marathon event, I wouldn't be allowed to stop at a half. I was thankful to get that advice from a seasoned ultra runner ­­ glad he saved me from a DQ!" So, despite the disappointment caused by the last­minute cancellation of the Ultracentric races, we ended up having a great time at the PseudoCentric event. Who knows? It might even become a running tradition, where we run for as long as we want? Stay tuned! *FAT ASS is the name given to a series of low key runs that are frequented by experienced runners and walkers and characterized by the phrase No Fees, No Awards, No Aid, No Wimps.

RAW Off to the Races: Rockledge Rumble Trail Run

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L to R: Mike Ryan, Monica Waite, Belynda Warner, Courtney Noell, Chris Morris, Heather Yamane, Michael Bassano (front), Brad Liles, Laura Pruett, Jeff Barnhart, Mary Keeffe, Doug Keeffe, and Leana Sloan.

RAW was Off to the Races on November 12 for the annual Rockledge Rumble Trail Run. Held on the popular Northshore Trails on Lake Grapevine, runners were treated to a beautiful and sunny November day. The race is held on Veterans Day Weekend and honors America's Veterans, including RAW members and Rockledge Rumble participants: Mike Eccleston, Doug Keeffe, and Kevin Wessels.

Members ran the 15K, 30K, or 50K distances, demonstrating that our members are skilled on both roads and trails. Top finishers included RAW member Leana Sloan who earned the second place female finisher in the 15K. RAW members also volunteered with packet pick up, course marking, parking, and more. Race director and RAW member, Chris Barnwell, thanks all RAW members for their support in making this year's Rockledge Rumble Trail Run a great success.

RAW Around the World

TCS New York City Marathon Jessica Tondre tackled the streets of New York as she took on the TCS New York City Marathon this November.

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Ironman Cozumel Jim Lukanich finished Ironman Cozumel in 11:13:05, earning him a 5th place in his age group.

College Station Turkey Trot 5K It's only a couple hours away but the Noell family enjoyed a family run together when they ran the College Station Turkey Trot. Parents Doug and Courtney were joined by their son Scott who earned a new 5K PR.

Have you traveled out of the state or the country for a race? We would love to share your adventures with other members of RAW. Send a photo and details to pr@lgraw.com.

Japan Half Marathon Opportunity

Sendai Half Marathon The Japan/America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth is putting together a package deal to run the Sendai, Japan International Half Marathon in May 2017 in commemoration of the Sister City 20th Anniversary between Dallas and Sendai. David Ball, RAW member, ran the race in 2014, and spoke very highly for his entire experience.

The travel dates are May 10 ­ 17, 2017 with the Half Marathon on May 14. The trip includes airfare, hotel, transfers, race entry, special admission to the Sister City post­race reception, and two days of sightseeing in Sendai and Tokyo. More details are still being finalized along with the final price. At this time, the price is estimated at $2,500.

David Ball with new friends in Sendai

To learn more: Contact Organizer Mark Berry mw.berry@tx.rr.com or David Ball designballs@gmail.com Sendai Half Marathon website: www.sendaihalf.com/english/ Japan/America Society of Dallas

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Thank you to the volunteers who have set water and Gatorade out on the course EVERY Saturday and Sunday! Without your kindness, there would be a LOT of thirsty runners and walkers on the course.

Many thanks to everyone that volunteered for Water Duty in November: Caleb and Shelly Pollock, Jack Hase, Alan Sivakumaran, Greg Jesensky, Michelle Blackard, Randy Wolf and Stacie Sauber, Tommy Spain, Sakina and Dubravko Vidacak (two times).

The LGRAW board of directors recognizes and appreciates the effort made to get water and Gatorade out for our runners and walkers. As an extra incentive to volunteer for water duty, everyone who volunteers for Water Duty will be put in a quarterly drawing for a $50 Gift Card! This quarter's gift card will be presented at the New Year's Day Recovery Run.

There are plenty of slots open in the next quarter. Be sure to sign up!

RAW Off to the Races Join your fellow LGRAW members at these upcoming races: Elves on the Run 5K Saturday, December 3, 2016 Code: ELVES10 Use code to get 10% off registration Oak Grove Park, Grapevine Bold In The Cold Saturday, January 21, 2017 RAW Clubhouse Cowtown Marathon, Half, & Ultra Sunday, February 26, 2017 Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth Save by selecting "Lake Grapevine Runners & Walkers" Open team Save $5 now until January 2. Save $10 from January 3 ­ 20.

Grasslands Trail Run Saturday, March 18, 2017 LBJ National Grasslands Use code RAW10 to get 10% off registration

Footnotes Congratulations

To Reba Becker who was named the 2016 Individual Female Masters Camp Gladiator Games Champion.

To Sandie Nathan for a new Half Marathon PR at the DRC Half Marathon. Her finish also earned her a first place finish in her age group.

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To David Ball whose logo was selected by the Goose Creek School District (South Carolina) for the Sharonda Singleton Memorial Track Meet.

Do you have an accomplishment to share? Let us know!

Lost & Found Left something at the clubhouse? Check to see if we found it. Unclaimed items are kept in the clear tote along the north wall of the Clubhouse (just outside the restroom).

LGRAW Board Meeting Don't forget to check out the December LGRAW Board Meeting!

The meeting will take place on Monday, December 12, 7 p.m. at the Clubhouse. All members are welcome to attend.

Do you have an agenda item you would like to add?

Email the board secretary by Thursday, December 8.

Membership Renewal Policy Remember, starting in 2017, all memberships will expire on January 31.

If you renewed your members already this year, you will need to renew before January 31. If your membership expires in December, you will pay full price but your membership won't expire until January 31, 2018. This applies to new members as well.

We will do our best to avoid confusion during this transition by communicating the change as memberships expire. Please watch your e­mail and submit any questions to membership@lgraw.com.

Calendar of Events December 2 RAW Christmas Party 7:30 p.m., Lancaster Theatre, Grapevine

December 3 Elves on the Run 5K 8:30 a.m.,Oak Grove Park, Grapevine

December 4 Newbie Sunday 7 a.m., RAW Clubhouse

December 11 BMW Dallas Marathon (Run or Volunteer) 6:30 a.m.; Dallas

December 12 RAW Board Meeting 7 p.m., RAW Clubhouse

December 18 NTTR Trail Rodeo 2 p.m., Northshore Trails

December 20 20th Anniversary, Holiday Lights Run/Walk 6 a.m.; Cross Timbers Winery

December 20 Third Tuesday of the Month Social Run 6 p.m., Grapevine Craft Brewery

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New Year's Day Recovery Run 7 a.m., RAW Clubhouse

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RAW Membership Privileges Dallas Athletes Racing 15% discount on select 2016 races. Coupon code: Raw15.

RunOn! 15% discount at RunOn! stores using the code: JRLOCALCONNECT

Luke's Locker 10% off most purchases with your membership.

Lucy Receive 20% off full­priced items when you bring in your current race bib. Lucy carries fashion­ forward yoga, running and workout wear and accessories for women.

Running Warehouse Enter LGRWD at checkout for 15% discount (exclusions apply).

Sunstone Yoga (First Sunday of the month) FREE Yoga classes at ALL DFW area Sunstone Yoga locations. Print this newsletter as proof of your membership.

Tri­Now Endurance's Santa Scurry 5K Use code "RAW16" for 15% discount http://tri­now.com/races/santa­scurry­5k/

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Footprint Submissions We are always looking for content to include in the FOOTPRINT. Share your race or training experiences with RAW! If you have a running/walking related story or photo you'd like to share with the club, consider submitting it for the FOOTPRINT. If writing is not a strength you possess, no problem. Just send us some notes and photos, and our happy article­writing elves will write it up and send it back for your approval. The deadline for submitting to the Footprint is the 22nd of each month. Provide more time if you need assistance with writing. Email pr@lgraw.com.

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