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.

**Update**

Please also make sure to bring any friends that are interested in the event to D4 with you next Monday, January 5th @ 6PM!

Also please note that you don’t have do to the bike ride to Madison with everyone else.  You should still come to the D4 event even if you only want to run in the MC200 — we plan to make teams at the D4 meeting.  If you can’t make the meeting, make sure you make arrangements with someone that will be there so you can be put on a team (and perhaps give them a blank check to bring to the meeting).

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We have an upcoming event that we hope that everyone is excited about.   June 12-13 of 2009 many of our Team Magellan IM Canada members will be participating in the “MC200 Relay” which is a team relay from Madison to Chicago.  For more information check out the MC200 website at www.mc200.com.  However, before the MC200 the group would like to ride their bikes up to Madison.  Then, on Sunday the 14th they would like to run the North Shore Half Marathon.

As you can see, this truly will be an Epic Weekend!

We are having a registration meeting at D4 on Erie Street at 6PM on Monday, January 5.

Running Away is talking about some sort of “uniform sponsorship” and their might be a nominal fee.  This started out with just Joe Lotus, David Carlins, and two others and now we have almost 25 interested persons!

We hope to see you at D4 on Erie Street next Monday at 6!

 A music photo video compilation of race-day photos.  I quickly put this together prior to the Oct. 2008 post-IM event.  Due to technical difficulties, we couldn’t display it on the TV screen, so I found a way to post it on-line.  The file is LARGE and too long for You Tube (~37 min).  It may take awhile to load…

http://www.a-mphotography.biz/TeamMagellan/Welcome.html

Anne-Marie

Our good friends at QSD, Inc./Kmeleon have changed our group discount code.  The new discount code is: magellan2008

Entering this code during your online checkout will give you a generous 20% off your purchase!

Let’s all give a great big thank you to the good people at QSD, Inc./Kmeleon!

Friday, September 26th Green Dolphin Street (2200 N. Ashland, Chicago) will be the place to be. We are really looking forward to this evening as not only a great deal of fun and a terrific way to bring the Team Magellan gang back together, but also as a wonderful way to raise money for the Naval Special Warfare Foundation.

The evening will feature wonderful food, drinks, and live music by Dr. Bombay.

Please purchase tickets online by clicking here!

We look forward to seeing you there!

If you have any questions, please contact Bethany at bjohnson@magellandevelopment.com