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J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

The Mission of Zoomers is to

promote health and inspire

fellowship by providing quality

events for our community.

Visit Zoomers online at http://

www.zoomersrun.com

for upcoming race

information, past

newsletters and other useful

information

IN THIS ISSUE:

Is there someone you would like to see in the Spotlight?

Email suggestions to TinaMElkins@aol.com

Zoomers Info Pg 2

President’s Page Pg.3

Race Series Rules and

Regs Pg 4

Zoomers Clothing Pg 5

Membership Pg 6

Upcoming Races Pg 7

Kids Race Series Sched-

ule Pg 8

Treasurer’s Page Pg 9

Birthdays Pg. 10

Caught On Camera Pg 11

Recipe Corner Pg 12

Adult Race Series

Leaderbord Pg 13

Kids Race Series Leader-

board Pg 14

Kids Race Series Scores Pg 15

Facebook Info Pg 16

Membership Renewal

Info– RunSignUP Pg 17-

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Join Zoomers Pg.19

Join Kids Race Series Pg 20

Newsletter Info Pg 21

Sunday, January 31, 2016

11 AM—2 PM

JACARANDA WEST COUNTRY CLUB

1901 Jacaranda Boulevard

Venice, FL 34293

Join us for the Annual Race Series Award Banquet. Brunch will be served as well as a Cash Bar.

$15 for members, $20 for Non members. Please send a check made payable to Zoomers to:

Tina Elkins 8431 Creekview Lane

Englewood, FL 34224

Dress will be business casual, however, wear your

FAVORITE RACE MEDAL!!

Please bring a wrapped gift for each person in your party ($10 limit) for gift exchange.

RSVP invitations were sent via Eventbrite to all members who have an email with our membership director. If you did not receive one, please contact Tina Elkins at: ZoomersRaceSeries@gmail.com and also

Marti Stetter at ZoomersMembership@gmail.com

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ZOOMERS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

RUNNING & TRIATHLON CLUB

P.O. BOX 380276

MURDOCK, FL 33938

PRESIDENT

Ed Gillen

EdGillen7@gmail.com

VICE PRESIDENT

Pat Vasquez

pvasquez317@gmail.com

TREASURER SECRETARY

Sherry LaBree Stephanie Powers

ZoomersTreasurer@gmail.com spowers319@gmail.com

RACE CORDINATOR

Ed Gillen

EdGillen7@gmail.com

WEBPAGE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Don Fialka Tina Elkins

Zoomerswebdirector@gmail.com Tinamelkins@aol.com

SPECIAL EVENTS & Adult Race Series Chair

Tina Elkins—ZoomersRaceSeries@gmail.com

Kids Race Series Chair

Todd and Talley Carpenter– ZoomersKids@aol.com

MEMBERSHIP & MARKETING DIRECTOR

Marti Stetter

zoomersmembership@gmail.com

Sherry LaBree Punta Gorda, FL, sslabree3@gmail.com

Mrs. Juli Brown

Rotonda West, FL,

julibrw@embarqmail.com

Did you move?? Did you move??

Please be sure to keep Zoomers updated with your current

Address, phone number and email address,

So that Zoomers can keep YOU updated too!!

Dug Stetter

Murdock, FL, United States

Zoomerspresident@gmail.com

Ms. Michele Galluppi

Port Charlotte, FL,

happy66rose@gmail.com

Mr. Yale Houghton

Port Charlotte, FL

houghton3@embarqmail.com

Mrs Shirley McCarty

North Port, FL

mccartys8@hotmail.com

Tina Elkins

Englewood, FL

tinamelkins@aol.com

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President’s Message

by Ed Gillen

Welcome to 2016!

This is a very big year for Zoomers as we celebrate our 20th year as a Southwest Florida Run-

ning and Triathlon Club. Where did the name Zoomers come from twenty years ago? Alt-

hough you can envision yourself or other members speedily ‘zooming’ to a finish line at a

race, we weren’t named for being fast. From what I’ve been told, our club’s name actually

came from a piece of equipment called the Zoomer Swim Fin as many of our early members

were triathletes.

Let me introduce myself. My wife Roxanne and I moved to Port Charlotte from Albany, N.Y. in

August 2012. We were both very involved with running clubs there so when we were looking

for houses in this area in 2011, we were hoping to find an active club here. We were fortu-

nate to meet up with Kimmi and Lou van der Veen, Bob and Carol Geyer, Ed and Joan Morgan

and other Zoomers during a fun club event canoeing down the Peace River. We were thrilled

that the club did fun events too. Since arriving, I have served on the Zoomers board as Re-

cording Secretary (2013) and Vice President (2014-2015). As with many volunteer organiza-

tions, sometimes you wear more than one hat. I’ve also served as Race Director of Zoomers

Trick or Trot 5k Trail Run (2013-) and coordinate Zoomers volunteers at other events.

Under the leadership of Dug Stetter, the Zoomers board has made some pretty big changes

over the last two years. We’ve moved away from timing other events so we can now focus on

presenting our own events - whether running, biking, swimming or social. We believe this will

make us a bigger, better, stronger and more welcoming club.

So, as a member, what would you like to see in the upcoming year and beyond for Zoomers?

Let us know! As always, we appreciate your support of Zoomers and I’ll see you at the Finish

Line.

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Zoomers Race Series 2016– Rules and Regs (Adults) Race Series Points will be awarded as follows:

10 pts Overall Male and Female

8 pts Master Male and Female (age 40+)

8 pts Grand Master Male and Female (age 50+)

8 pts Sr. Grand Master Male and Female (age 60+)

8 pts Veterans Male and Female (age 70+)

6 pts 1st Place in age group Male and Female

4 pts 2nd Place in age group Male and Female

3 pts 3rd Place in age group Male and Female

2 pts completing the Race

All races will be considered as part of the race series; however, only your best 6 races will be scored (6 races

must be run as a minimum).

You must OPT IN to be eligible to earn points for the 2016 Race Series. You can sign up anytime of the year. Once enrolled, you start earning points. If you don’t sign up then you don’t get any points. To OPT IN, please go to www.Zoomersrun.com and click on Race Series. Points are NOT retroactive; you will start accumulating points from the time you OPT IN. A confirmation email will be sent to you. If you do not get one, contact ZoomersRaceSeries@gmail.com.

Whatever Age you are on December 31, 2015, you will be placed in the appropriate age group and you will re-

main there throughout the Entire race series. This only applies to the Zoomers Race Series Scores.

Points are cumulative throughout the year.

Only paid and active adult members of Zoomers, over 20 yrs of age, will be awarded points. If your membership

is expired, you will be removed from the series scores until membership is renewed and will not earn points for

races during that lapse of time.

Scores are decided by the Race Director and Timing Company for each race. Zoomers is NOT responsible for

race results. Scores will reflect as published for each race. It is the participant’s responsibility to locate the vol-

unteer sign in sheet at each volunteer opportunity to sign in. If you do not sign the volunteer sheet, you do

not get credit.

Volunteer at least (1) of the following Zoomers Volunteer Opportunities: (List Subject to Change as Opportu-

nities Arise):

Racing series point totals will be posted on the Zoomer’s website after each race. Mistakes happen, so it is the re-sponsibility of each Race Series participant to check their points and report any discrepancies. Please report any er-rors to ZoomersRaceSeries@gmail.com

If there is a tie, both winners will receive the same award.

Awards will be presented at the Annual Awards Banquet.

Active Suncoast ½ - Water Stop

Harbour Heights 5k & Half – Water Stop

Myakka River 5k & Half – Water Stop

Trick or Trot 5k

Zoomers Turkey Raffle Run

Habitat for Humanity Turkey Trot 5k

Moe’s Terrier Trot 5k

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Hear Ye!! Hear Ye!! ZOOMERS CLOTHING FOR SALE!!!!

Did you get your Zoomers

singlet??

Here is what is left:

Men– 2 Medium

1 Large

Women– 5 Medi-

um

1 Small

Contact Ed or Roxanne Gillen for yours today!!

edgillen7@gmail.com

$15 Each Zoomers Headsweats Visors

Contact Tina Elkins:

ZoomersRaceSeries@gmail.com

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December 2015 Membership Report

ZOOMERS MONTHLY BUSINESS MEETINGS

Do you want to be involved in what is happening in your club?

Please join us on the first Wednesday of each month for the Zoom-

ers Business Meeting. It is currently being held at the Charlotte

County Chamber of Commerce at 6:30pm.

At these meetings, we discuss what is happening in the club, what

past races were like and what races we have coming up. You will

learn how it all works behind the scenes and also be able to voice

your opinions, concerns or maybe you have an idea for something

new?

Come join us and see what it’s like.

Next Business Meeting is January6, 2015

New Members Single Families w/Family Members Students

1 2 2 1

Renewals Single Families Student

4 0 0

Total Single 74

Total Family Families w/ Family Members

55 96

Total Businesses

Businesses w/ Family Members

14 26

Total Students 9

December Total

Total w/ Family Members

152 274

November Total 150 274

Members +/- 2 0

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Upcoming Races!!! FOR LINKS TO THE FOLLOWING RACES AND REGISTRATION, PLEASE GO TO:

WWW.ZOOMERSRUN.COM AND FIND THE RACE YOU WANT TO ENTER.

January 2016:

1/2/16—YMCA Resolution Run 5k

1/9/16—Andrew Monroe Memorial Scholarship 5k—Kids

Race Series Qualifier

1/16/16—Ringling Bridge Run—4 Miler

1/17/16—Naples Half Marathon

1/23/16—FOP Fallen Heroes 5k/10k—Adult Race Series Qual-

ifier

1/24/16—Suncoast Half Marathon—Adult Race Series Quali-

fier

February 2016:

2/7/2016—Sarasota Music 1/2 Marathon—Adult Race Series

Qualifier

2/13/2016—Scrub Jay 5k/10k– Adult Race Series Qualifier

2/21/2016– Boca Grande 5k– Adult Race Series Qualifier

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List of Races for the 2015-2016 Kids Race Series

You Must OPT IN at:

http://www.zoomersrun.com/Kids_Series.html

For Rules & Regulations or more details or questions, please contact Tallie Carpenter @ ZoomersKids@aol.com

Remember the Fallen 5k- Sept 12, 2015

Trick or Trot 5k- Oct. 17, 2015

Myakka River 5k- Nov. 21, 2015

Moe’s Terrier Trot 5k- Dec. 5, 2015

Frosty 5k –Dec. 19, 2015

Andrew Monroe 5k – January 9, 2016

Boca Grande 5k- Feb. 28, 2016

Life in the Sun 5k 10k– March 19, 2016

Run for the Turtles 5k –April 2, 2016

Pine View Python Run 5k - April 16, 2016

SRQ SUP & Run 5k - May 21, 2016

June TBA

Firecracker 5k- July 2, 2016

Dates and Races Subject to Change

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TREASURER’S REPORT FOR December,

2015

STATEMENT DATE: Nov 1, 2015– Nov 30,2015

OPENING BALANCE (November 1): $ 22,578.85

TOTAL RECEIPTS: $4460.22

TOTAL EXPENSES: $ 1835.40

CLOSING BALANCE (August 31): $ 25,203.67

Respectfully submitted by Sherry LaBree, Treasurer, on December 2, 2015

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P A G E 1 0

T H E F I N I S H L I N E

January Birthdays!! Capricorn: December 22 – January 19

Element: Earth

Symbol: The Goat

Life Pursuit: To be proud of achieve-ments

Secret Desire: To be admired by their family, friends, and the world

Don’t buy into the

hype that you have to

win a race to be proud

of your achievements.

You do not have to be a

champion to be ad-

mired by your family,

friends, and the world.

Sometimes just finish-

ing a race is a fantastic

achievement. If that is

not enough then may-

be consider doing

something no one has

ever done like being

the first person to run

50 marathons in 50

states backwards!

Aquarius: January 20 – February 18 (Adam’s sign)

Element: Air

Symbol: The Water Bearer

Life Pursuit: To un-derstand life’s mys-teries

Secret Desire: To be unique and original

Your symbol of the Wa-

ter Bearer will be much

appreciated (especially

by Scorpios) in your

next road race as you

become one of the first

ever moving water sta-

tions for the other ath-

letes. Since you want

nothing more than to

be unique and original,

you decide to carry as

much water for the oth-

er runners in the race

to keep them well hy-

drated. This is not a

good strategy for run-

ning fast, so winning

the race might remain

one of life’s mysteries

for you.

1/1 Andrea Marin

1/2 Darielle Costa

1/4 Trudy Lutz

1/5 Steve Helgemo

1/10 Rodrigo Peralta

1/11 Ron Davis

1/14 Charlie McDonald

1/15 Lori Vasquez

1/15 Marianne Gombar

1/16 Ed Crann

1/16 Ray Vigeant

1/17 Astrid Gilbert

1/17 Heidi Maddox

1/17 Reagan Vasbinder

1/20 Raven Golden

1/22 Andrew Stevenson

1/24 Rhonda Schoedel

1/27 Julie Berling

1/29 Debi Lantzer

1/30 Chad Belcher

1/30 Mark Castle

1/30 Kelly Cline

1/30 Katrina Machado

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Tina Elkins

386-503-6551

Email: IslandGirlImages@gmail.com

Web: www.IslandGirlImages.com

Full Quality Downloads only $3!!

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Butternut Squash Soup with Chipotle Cream Recipe courtesy of Marcela Valladolid

Total Time:

1 hr 45 min Prep: 15 min Cook: 1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1 medium butternut squash, halved lengthwise, seeds discarded, washed, and reserved Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 medium onion, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped 2 carrots, chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 6 cups chicken broth, divided

2 teaspoons minced canned chipotle chiles in adobo

Chipotle Cream: 1 teaspoon minced canned chipotle chiles in adobo 1/2 cup sour cream

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Using 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, grease the sliced surface of the squash and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Ar-range on a baking sheet and roast until very tender, about 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool. In a large heavy pot over medium-high heat, add the remaining olive oil, onion, celery, and carrot, then season with a pinch of salt. Saute until just tender, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and saute for 2 minutes. Scoop the butternut squash flesh into the pot and stir. Add 4 cups of the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer until the vegetables are very tender, about 30 minutes.

Turn off the heat and using an immersion blender, carefully puree the soup until very smooth. If necessary, add more of the remaining stock to create desired consistency. Mix in 2 teaspoons of the chipotle into the soup, and season with salt and pepper, to taste. In a small bowl, mix together 1 teaspoon of chipotle and the sour cream. Season the chipotle cream with salt and pepper, to taste. Transfer the soup to bowls. Top each with a dollop of chipotle cream and serve.

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Leader Board 2015 Adult Race Series

For Rules and Regulations on the 2015 Adult Race Series and also the qualify-

ing Races along with an option to OPT IN to the Race Series, please go to:

Female Male Overall Joyce Adams Overall John Bates

Masters Julie Berling Masters Brian Ward

Grand Masters Marion Conklin Grand Masters Mark Stueve

Senior Grandmasters Buteena Pfeffer Senior Grandmasters Keith Cline

Veterans Anne Marie Paradiso Veterans Ed Morgan

20-24 n/a 20-24 n/a

25-29 Megan Guarente 25-29 n/a

30-34 Astrid Gilbert 30-34 Brad Lawrence

35-39 Sally Libonati 35-39 n/a

40-44 Lisa Briggs 40-44 Todd Carpenter

45-49 Kellie Ackernecht 45-49 Patrick Vasquez

50-54 Denise Costa 50-54 Yale Houghton

55-59 Marti Stetter 55-59 Ed Gillen

60-64 Lucy Linet 60-64 Chuck Johnson

65-69 Linda Kennedy 65-69 Bob Geyer

70-74 n/a 70-74 Don Fialka

75-79 Carol Westerman 75-79 Tim Paradiso

80+ n/a 80+ Kent Wiley

FULL RESULTS LISTED ON WWW.ZOOMERSRUN.COM

Who will it be?

Winners will be revealed at the

Annual Zoomers Award

Banquet and Holiday Party on

January 30,2016

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2015-2016 Kids Race Series

Leader Board

AGE GROUP FEMALE MALE

8 And Under N/A Cullen Flavin

9-10 Katrina Machado Couper Carpenter

11-12 Tyler Briggs Brendan Flavin

13-14 Chloe Lear Nate Wright

15-19 Alexis Mechado N/A

13.1 Half Marathon Mileage

Nicholas Hussey

Brendan Flavin

Chloe Lear

26.2 Marathon Mileage

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Are you on Facebook? Check out or pages and keep up

with what is happening in Zoomers…

https://www.facebook.com/ZoomersNewsPhotos

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Zoomersrun/

Need people to run with? Zoomers Facebook is the place

to go. Members are posting where they are running so

you can join.

Thursday Evenings at Englewood Beach at 6pm, you can

join for some Zoomers comradery! Doesn’t matter what

pace, what level, you will find someone to run with. Look

for information on the Zoomers Facebook Page!!

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Zoomers Membership INFO: (New and Renewal)

Zoomers are moving the registration of runners to Runsignup, so it may be necessary for you to claim

your account. If you currently do not have an account created with RunSignUp, then you can create a

new account from your Zoomers club information (use the email you gave ZOOMERS), and if you cur-

rently do have an account on RunSignUp, then you can merge the Zoomers Club information with your

existing account.

Zoomers has Sent out Claim emails to members to claim their accounts or create one. YOU DO NOT

HAVE TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP ON RUNSIGNUP if you don’t want to. If you want to renew

another way you have 3 options Zoomersrun.com / PayPal, send in your Paper Registration or hand Dug

or Marti your form and check at a race. But PLEASE claim your membership on runsignup so we can

better manage our members. We are moving to runsignup for the convenience of our member’s info.

With automatic discounts and the ease of changing all memberships to the month of June, the managing

of the membership rolls will be a lot easier. Right now Runsignup membership is pro-rated because

you’re only renewing until June & with every member moving their membership to June we can manage

a better system with offering discount for the whole racing year June to June.

What is better than being able to manage your own renewals/ info when you want, if you need to change

your information you can change it yourself then Zoomers gets that info automatically & Runsignup is

free to be a member, not like the other sites.

If you have not received a Claim email Please go to https://runsignup.com/ClaimAccounts and use the

email you gave Zoomers when you signed up to claim your account. Thank You.

Video on how to sign up @:

https://runsignup.com/How-To/Claim-an-Account

The Email you will get should read:

“You are receiving this E-mail because you or someone else tried to claim an account on RunSignUp linked

to this E-mail address. If you did not initiate this request, please ignore this E-mail. To claim your account,

click on the link below.”

Below that message, you will either find a link that reads “Claim Account”, or a

link(s) that allows you to claim an ac- count for a specified user. When you click

on the link of the account you would like to claim, you will be given three op-

tions for claiming that account.

Option 1: Create New Account

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Option one lets you create an entirely new account for the user you selected. To do this, first make sure that

the email address you want associated with this account is correct. Then enter in a password, confirm the

password, and hit the button for “Create New Account”.

The new account will then be opened up to you, and if you “Sign Out”, then you can log back in using the

newly created account’s email and password.

Option 2: Merge with Existing Account

Option two on the claim account page allows you to merge the selected unclaimed account with your existing

account. To do this, begin by logging into your account, and then decide which data you want to be applied to

your account after the merge.

For instance, by selecting a radio button in the “Your Account” column of a specific row, then any spot where

the information in the “Other Account” column of that row appears on the website before the merge, will be

replaced by the “Your Account” selection after the merge (ex: in participant lists, results sections, donation

reports, and so on). Similarly, by selecting a radio button in the “Other Account” column of a specific row, then

any spot where the information in the “Your Account” column of that row appears on the website before the

merge, will be replaced by the “Other Account” selection after the merge.

After selecting the desired information from each account, hit “Merge with Current User”, and you will receive

confirmation that the account was successfully claimed. You will also see that your account information has

been updated to reflect the selections you made in the previous step (if applicable).

Thank You

The Membership Committee

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ZOOMERS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA RUNNING & TRIATHLON CLUB

P.O. Box 380276, Murdock, FL 33938, www.ZoomersRun.com

Street Address_____________________________________________ City, State, Zip_______________________________________

Home Phone___________________________ Work/Cell

Release: I know that running, biking, swimming & volunteering to work at Club Events & road races is a potentially hazardous activity & that I should

not enter & participate unless I am medically able & properly trained. I agree to abide by any race official relative to my ability to safely complete the

run. I assume all risks associated with running this event including but not limited to: falls contact with other participants, the effect of the weather, includ-

ing low or high temperatures &/or humidity, traffic & the conditions of the course, all such risks being known & appreciated by me. Having read this waiver

& knowing these facts & in consideration of your accepting my entry, I, my-self & anyone entitled to act on my behalf waive & release the Road Runners

Club of America, the Zoomers Running Club and its Officers, Members & Volunteers, & all Sponsors, their representatives, employees & successors from

any & all claims & liabilities of any kind arising out of my participation in any Club event or carelessness of the per-sons named in this waiver. Further, I

grant to all of the forgoing to use any photographs, motion pictures, recordings or any other record while participating in Club events for legitimate pur-

poses.

Signature of Primary Member: __________________________________________________ Date: _____________________

Referred by : ___________________________________ _______________________________________________________

Sign Up Online @ http://www.sportssignup.com/Zoomers-Southwest-Florida-Running-and-Triathlon-Club-Online-

P.O. BOX 380276

MURDOCK, FL 33938

HAVE YOU MOVED? PLEASE BE SURE TO UPDATE YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER AND E-MAIL ADDRESS SO THAT ZOOMERS CAN KEEP YOU UPDATED TOO!

First Name Last Name Date of Birth

1. ___________________________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Zoomersrun.com

Membership Fee: Please check one:

New Membership

Renewal of active membership

Returning member (membership expired )

Check box to get newsletter by mail

I’m interested in volunteering

Circle

Amount

Single Family Student

1yr $20 $25 $5

2 yr $35 $45 $10

3yr $50 $65 $15

Business Membership $75 for one year

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