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Chewing gum in class grosses me out.

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I'll try to be there.

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This is so sad.  Ken's spin classes are great.  Why is he retiring?  He doesn't look like he's 65.  Another great teacher leaving Crunch.  It's turning from being great into a McGym.  I was talking to a personal trainer who had moved to Crunch from New York Sport Club, who said that the clubs were exactly the same.  Sad.

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Dear Participant in the Great Saunter, 

We look forward to seeing you Saturday May 1, 2010 for The 25^th Annual Great Saunter around New York City! Please check in at the Member or Non-member tables to pick up your important Great Saunter materials and race number(s). See below the important information regarding the walk. 

SCHEDULE AND REGISTRATION: 

7:00 AM             Arrive/ Registration opens

HEARTLAND BREWERY

93 South Street (at Fulton St)

New York, NY 10038

7:30 AM THE GREAT SAUNTER BEGINS!

9:30 AM LATE REGISTRATION 

located West 42nd Street

  & Hudson Greenway (by Circle Line)

11:00 AM BREAK  River Bank State Park (West 138^th Street)

FINAL REGISTRATION POINT

1:00 PM  LUNCH  Inwood Hill Park (flagpole, West 214^th Street)

4:00 PM BREAK  Carl Schulz Park (East Side East 88^th Street)

7:00 PM FINISH  Celebration at Heartland Brewery Seaport!!!

Here are a few simple rules:

1.    When you arrive to register, please pick up your materials from either the “MEMBER” table or “NONMEMBER” table pending your Shorewalkers status. For the walk: $15 Nonmembers, $20 to become a Member, $25 for a family Membership. The Great Saunter is free to existing Shorewalkers members. Participants that paid AFTER pre-registration deadline will be indicated on a pre-paid list at the registration tables.

2.    At certain points we will distribute water bottles and snacks, but we recommend you to start with your own. Drink plenty of water.  There are numerous public restrooms along the way. We also encourage you to bring sunblock! There is no rain date.

3.    Don’t get lost.  Stay with the group or refer to “Directions at Difficult Points” and your map. If you are not familiar with the route, join a group.

4.    Socialize with other participants– this is a social event not a race! Enjoy the countless sites of the natural and urban landscapes of New York City!

5.    We share many pathways with other walkers, joggers, bicyclists, and skateboarders.  Be considerate – pay attention to which lanes are designated for walkers and do not form large groups that block the walkway, preventing bicyclists and from pedaling through.

6.    Walk safely.  Neither Shorewalkers nor its members are responsible in any way for the hazards involved in walking or the condition of the pathways.  As a walker in this event you assume the responsibilities and risks of walking. Please wear comfortable walking shoes!

7.    Join us at the Heartland Brewery, to celebrate and to receive your certificate of completion when you complete The Great Saunter route.

DIRECTIONS:

Subway

2 or 3 to the Fulton Street Station

4 or 5 to the Fulton Street Station

J or M or Z to the Fulton/ Broadway/ Nassau Street Station

A or C to the Broadway/ Nassau Street Station

BUS

M15 (South Ferry) downtown to Fulton Street

CAR 
From Brooklyn: Brooklyn Bridge to Pearl Street (2nd exit). Go straight at light onto Dover Street then right on South Street.

From Queens & Long Island: Long Island Expressway 495 West to Midtown Tunnel to FDR Drive South to Exit 3.  Follow South Street to the Seaport (about 1 mile).

From Upstate NY & Connecticut: New England Thruway I-95 South to Bruckner Expressway 278 to Triboro Bridge to Manhattan to FDR Drive south to Exit 3. Follow South Street to the Seaport (about 1 mile).

From New Jersey: (George Washington Bridge): Take GWB to Henry Hudson Parkway South to FDR Drive North underpass at the Battery.  Take South Street Exit 1, turn right onto South Street and follow to Seaport.

From New Jersey: (Lincoln & Holland Tunnels): Take Westside Highway south to FDR Drive North underpass at the Battery.  Take South Street Exit 1, turn right onto South Street and follow to Seaport.

Fellow Shorewalkers,

And since to look at trees in bloom

Eighty Springs are little room,

Through  Inwood’s forests I shall go

To see the Dogwood hung with snow.

Help dedicate THE GREAT SAUNTER FOOT PATH, explored by the Shorewalkers over the past 25 years. The 32-MILE Great Saunter Foot Path goes through and along 21 parks. It is the coolest, longest prettiest waterfront walk in the USA. Please send letters asking Hon. Christine Quinn at the NYC Council, and Mayor Mike Bloomberg- to dedicate the Great Saunter Foot Path.

Listen to and learn the GREAT SAUNTER SONG available on youtube.com by typing in ‘Pete Seeger and Cy Adler.’

THE GREAT SAUNTER SONG:

You don’t know, you don’t  know,

you don’t  know this town,

Till you join  Shorewalkers and

they get you walkin’  around.

I would like your help in revising my book on the Shorewalkers' BATT-TO- BEAR TRAIL.  Please walk the route and email me your description of what you see, and how it has changed from my version in WALKING THE HUDSON- BATT TO BEAR.  The information is available at: www.shorewalkers.org.

Walk for your health and for the environment! Enjoy the Spring. 

Cheers,

Cy  Adler

Cy A Adler, President

For more information about The Shorewalkers Organization, visit us on the web at:

www.shorewalkers.org

Meet other adventurers and Shorewalkers on your favorite social networking sites! 

Meetup.com

http://www.meetup.com/Shorewalkers/members/

Facebook.com group & fan page

The Great Saunter 2010

www.facebook.com

Twitter.com

Greatsaunter

Start training and we look forward to seeing you May 1st 2010!

Happy trails!

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Machines and stuff at Crunch 83rd.  An new trainer, Lisa, showed me a new machine.

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I had a growler of Dogfish Head Worldwide Stout this weekend and hot my "bliss point".

http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-brews/occassional-rarities/world-wide-stout.htm

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rhythms not rythmns ...

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I'm a huge fan this idea.  It's hard to force youself to take a break.  Especially if you are overwhelmed with work.  I find the advantages end up being huge.

In my own experience, the times that I work through the day, with no lunch break, are when I make big mistakes at the end of the day.

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D.I.Y. Feats Accompli!!!

• A workout every day (I did at least one workout every day.  I hope I posted them correctly.)

• Neti pot every morning

• Naulis every morning

• Alternate nostril kapalabhatis every morning

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