If you haven’t seen it, John Olin’s formal obituary appeared in the Monday, June 15 Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-hed-jolin-15jun15,0,3223803.story

John’s funeral on Saturday drew over 500 mourners, many of them bicyclists.  A ride has been organized in memory of John on Fathers Day, this Sunday, June 21 starting at 7:30 AM.  They’re planning an easy pace (i.e., 17-18mph avg), no drop ride starting and ending at Plaza de Lago in Wilmette.  The ride winds up the north shore to Lake Bluff and will follow one of the routes that John rode many times over the last 20 years.  A map of the proposed route is at:
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/il/wilmette/420124494935265799
The full route will be around 40 miles.

You can donate to the Olin Girls Educational Fund - make checks out to:
Smith Barney for the Benefit of Cecilia Olin and Caroline Olin, 585 Drexel Ave. Glencoe, IL  60022, or to the National Kidney Foundation - www.kidney.org.

There has been some initial chatter about possibly grouping up and doing the Ironman Brazil next May.  The official race website is:

http://www.ironmanbrasil.com.br/br/2009/index.asp
If you’re interested in this possibility, please let me know so I can get a basic headcount of interested athletes.    We may be “getting the band back together” for this….

Liza and I are planning to run the new Minneapolis Marathon on May 31st.

http://www.teamortho.us/Minneapolis_Marathon

Let me know if you want to join us. It should be fun. We can go to Britts for lawn bowling and Guinness after the race.

In October, 200 lucky athletes will find themselves with the opportunity of a lifetime at the 2009 Ford Ironman World Championship via the Ironman Lottery Program. Will you be among them?

The Ironman Lottery Program will close on February 28, 2009.

With 150 slots available for citizens of the United States, and 50 slots available for international competitors, sign up now for your chance to win the hottest ticket in the sport of triathlon: an invitation to the start line at the Ford Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

***********UPDATE************

Today, Friday the 30th and Monday the 2nd are the final two days to get your information to me regarding the MC200.  You can reply directly to the email notification.  Please just fill in the below information.  If you are not interested, please let me know with a simple, “That’s a crazy relay, and I’m not interested!”

Thanks!
Bethany

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The deadline for sending your info in to me for the MC200 is quickly approaching. If you would like to enter the relay, you have until close of business on Monday, February 2nd — but if you’re already definitely going to enter, I would appreciate it if you could please supply the following information as soon as possible:

First Name:
Last Name:
Mobile Phone Number:
Age:
Male/Female:
T Shirt Size:
Full Team’s Members (if you have a full team):
Full Team’s Captain (act as liaison and take care of team’s registration):
Partial Team members (not yet a full team but want to be on a team with somone specifically):
Average 10K time: 

 As a reminder:

“The MC200 is a 200-mile running relay race from Madison to Chicago.  The 200-mile course is divided into 36 Legs that teams of up to 12 members will navigate over a two day period. Teams will gather in Madison for the start of the race, which is on Friday, June 12th. The relay begins with a “wave start”, commencing at 7:00 a.m. A group of teams will start the relay each hour thereafter, with the last group leaving at 4:00 p.m. Team start times will be assigned based on the estimated finish time that all team captains will submit prior to the race.

You do not need 12 runners to field a team - many teams do it with fewer. Teams of 6 runners or less will compete in the “Ultra Division”. The distances of each of the 36 legs of the course varies from leg to leg. And, with a team of 12, each runner will run three separate legs, including one at night. Thus, each team can accommodate runners of various abilities. On average, runners with a team of 12 can expect to run a total of approximately 15 miles for the entire event.  Obviously, the smaller the team the more you can expect to run.

Runners will transport themselves through the course using two team support vans, with each van carrying half of the team. Runners must follow a set rotation, which is submitted prior to the race, and must be followed until their team finishes. As runners complete their assigned legs, their support van will be waiting at the “Transfer Area” to pick them up and drop off the next runner. Each sixth leg is designated as a “Van Transfer Area”, where the wristband which runners pass to each other throughout the relay is transferred from one support van to the next. The support vans, in essence, “leapfrog” each other through the course.  For more information, visit the website at www.mc200.com

As an aside, and not part of the MC200, some folks are talking about biking up to Madison on Thursday, June 11 before the start of the MC200, then of course participating in the relay run the next day.  We will be looking for some local business to possibly support the bike ride to Madison.  Many are also talking about combining the bike ride to Madison with the MC200 and then the North Shore Half Marathon on Sunday, June 14th.  Whatever you choose, the weekend can be as EPIC as you make it!

Running Away Multisport has agreed to some sort of “sponsorship” for the MC200 teams that originate from this email.  Preliminarily, we are talking about fielding several teams –with each team wearing the same jersey but in a different color.  Carlins’ team has already requested pink (makes him look thinner).

A small social gathering on Monday, January 5th revealed that we have many interested people and still have ample time to field our teams and register for the event.  So we’ve extended the deadline:  If you, or anyone you know, is committed (not “interested”) to participating in the MC200 (not necessarily the bike ride or the North Shore Half Marathon) please send an email response to Bethany Johnson or Joe Lotus by end of business on Monday, February 2.”   

Xterra, makers of “The World’s Fastest, Most Flexible Wetsuits” has recently become an official team sponsor of Team Magellan/RunMagellan.com.

They have graciously given us a coupon code for 50% off of any of their wetsuits or speedsuits purchased at their online store.  I will be emailing this coupon code to everyone directly.  Please, feel free to share the code with any team members that do not receive the team email.

This Saturday, the 17th at 8AM — a large group of Run Magellan people will meeting at Montrose Hill (also known as Cricket Hill) to run 47 hill climbs!  Be warned that it’s predicted to get up to a sweltering 26 Degrees that day.

Borrowed from somebody’s contact information tag line….  I think ‘marathon’ can be substituted by another distance of substance > than 100m or ‘epic weekend’!

“If you want to win a race try the 100 meter. If you want to win an experience try the marathon.”  Emil Zatopek

We at Run Magellan would like to ask everyone on the team to come and join the fun at the “Magellan Development Chicago Spring Half Marathon and 10K” on Sunday, May 17, 2009.  The event takes place at Chicago’s downtown Lakefront with the start and finish at the Lakeshore East Park near Millennium Park.  There will be a post race party with a catered picnic for all athletes as well as entertainment at the finish and on the course.  All participants in the Half Marathon and the 10K will receive a short-sleeved technical shirt as well as a goody bag. The cost for the 10K is $35.00 online and $40.00 on race day and for the Half Marathon the cost is $45.00 online and 50.00 race day.  Go to www.Active.com to register today.  More information will soon be available on ChicagoSpringHalf.com.  We hope you sign up, and tell your friends!

“Magellan Development is proud to partner with CAPRI Events to launch a brand new Spring Half Marathon and 10K race on Chicago’s lakefront.  The race will start and end at Magellan’s Lakeshore East residential community, located in downtown Chicago where the river meets the lake next to Millennium Park.  The pre and post-race events will take place in Lakeshore East’s beautiful 6-acre park which offers direct access to the lakefront path for racers.  I hope Chicago runners will create a new tradition each Spring by racing this scenic route.”

-David Carlins

As we are no longer focusing on Ironman Canada as a team, the Team Magellan website has been renamed as RunMagellan.com.  Please update any bookmarks that you might have to the new address at www.runmagellan.com

We have also started a Facebook  group for Team Magellan at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=113070845252

If you’re already using Facebook, please request to join our group.  If you’re not using Facebook, this could be a great opportunity to set up a free account and easily keep in touch with everyone from Team Magellan.