Upcoming Events
Main Street Market Run
We are using our long time usual route. Out and back to the water is 6 Miles.
Water will be at the Vet School pines.
Some of you may want to leave your own water at City Park oak for a second stop when it’s hot!
VSNO/VSLV – Audubon Park (St. Charles entrance) St. Charles routes
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Marci’s Girls on the Run Fundraiser: Beer Garden Games and Brooks Ghost 16 Demo
Bring your always generous donation and get ready for run and games.
TRY ON THE NEW GHOST EITHER BEFORE OR DURING THE RUN
Our goal is $500.
And stay tuned for the Run Like a Girl 5K Saturday social Run on June 1st!!
Short-is run so come early if you want miles.
Ways to help Marci:
$10 donation OR MORE and try out Brooks Ghost – free beer ticket and chance to win prizes from Trifecta and Mid City Beer Garden in a raffle.
Brooks Beer Mug Foamy 440(come early to sign up) - men and women’s races. $10 OR MORE donation to enter. The race is 440 on Steele Blvd. Each Person has a full mug of beer(water that looks like beer) at the start. Each mug will have a “Maximum Spill Mark”. The first person over the finish line and not spilling below the spill line wins
$50 Brooks Gift Card and a very special Beer Mug award.
Beer Bicep Challenge(sign up before or after the run) - $10 OR MORE DONATION
Men and women division. Last person standing who hasn’t spilled the water in the oversized Mug $50 Brooks Gift Card.
VSNO – Overpass Workout – “OPT”
6:00am “OPT”
OVERPASS WORKOUT
Meet LINDA at the Coca Cola Building
1050 S Norman C. Francis Pkwy (formerly S Jefferson Davis Pkwy), NOLA 70125
Warmup and bridge repeats.
Easy Run from VSBR with rainy forecast
The forecast is for high chance of rain getting heavier in late afternoon/evening.
New route that can shortened in numerous ways.
8 Mile Garden District Coffee Run
This 8 Mile loop can be shortened in a variety of ways. But try to plan it to go by the water stop at Kleinert and St. Rose.
This loop allows you to go by the water stop twice.
I’ll be in New Orleans doing an Iron Tribe running clinic ….but you all know the drill. Please welcome the new people that might show us and show them the way. We have had quite a few of those recently.
VSNO/VSLV – Audubon Park with VS stop
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David’s Moving to NOLA Run and Relay
David Whigham is moving to New Orleans and Patrick Butler is throwing him a moving run.
And since David is an avid beer drinker we’re honoring him with a short fun relay.
GET YOUR OWN TEAM OF 4.
Run 3 miles to Lake Erie(or shorter if you want to jog down Hollydale to the lakes and to Erie).
Relay is 4 x 220(although legs 2 and 4 are more 330)
with cup of Pabst Blue Ribbon as official relay beer.
5 Miles with Warm Up and Cool Down
Beer and refreshments after at the Butler’s.
Magpie April/May Birthdays Run
We are celebrating several birthdays and a very special one for Karen.
This is a neighborhood 2 Looper with water and Birthday Chalk Talk in between.
**you may want to reverse directions to change it up. Or not.
After the first loop come to J/J back driveway and contribute to the Birthday Chalk Mural. You may want to claim a spot on the mural and finish when you get back.
Pool side breakfast and coffee.
VSNO – Overpass Workout – “OPT”
6:00am “OPT”
OVERPASS WORKOUT
Meet LINDA at the Coca Cola Building
1050 S Norman C. Francis Pkwy (formerly S Jefferson Davis Pkwy), NOLA 70125
Warmup and bridge repeats.
Easy Run from Lod Cook
LSU is in finals week so hopefully the traffic will be light.
4 Miles is around University Lake only
That dang Lakeshore closure took the original route option away.
Kentucky Derby Run Breakfast, Betting and Juleps
It’s Derby Day.
Come dressed as your favorite pony or wear your best Derby Hat. You know we’ll take pics and have prizes.
$1 Betting Board for you gamblers.
The Hall’s will have mint juleps, mimosas and breakfast casserole - bring things to share if you want.
Also, they have Horse Head drink cups for our first 40 runners.Greg made about 20 mint julep freeze pops and some Gin and tonic freeze pops.
5 miles is to the David Butler’s water stop and back.
VSNO/VSLV – May run from Lakeview store
December 2 • 6:30am
December run from our Lakeview store!
525 Harrison Ave.
New Orleans, LA • 70124
Bring a friend. Walkers, runners, strollers, furry friends welcome! You can always do more or less! Hope to see you all at 6:30am!
Linda will have her coolers in the Harrison/Wisner location.
•The 3 and 6 miles will go straight down Harrison.
•The 10 will turn on Marconi and go to the lake and then down Wisner so that the water stop is about halfway.
Rouzan Champagne Jazz 1 Mile Walk and 3 Mile Run(with 2 mile added option for 5)
This is a neighborhood and running group collaboration.
Rouzan is providing the champagne and Jazz.
Some of you should be becoming familiar with pieces of this course from the last few weeks of runs. It cuts across the Glasgow walking path to the loop in Meadow Lea. Then up Hyacinth - we pop over to Edinburg so not to run on busy Glasgow. The last part is around the new Everly Apartments and Sprouts.
Optional 2 Miles extra - starts the same as 3 and takes in the big loop in the undeveloped new part of the neighborhood then picks up the same end of 3 Mile.
Jazz music by 2 for the Sheaux from 6-7 p.m.
VSNO – Overpass Workout – “OPT”
6:00am “OPT”
OVERPASS WORKOUT
Meet LINDA at the Coca Cola Building
1050 S Norman C. Francis Pkwy (formerly S Jefferson Davis Pkwy), NOLA 70125
Warmup and bridge repeats.