I found out today that the couple that organizes the Folsom Super Bowl 10K (and a number of other runs in the Folsom area) was stuck and killed crossing a street December 30. Robert and Linda Mathis were quite active in the running community and will be greatly missed.
My last race of 2011, The Jingle Bell Rock'n 5K, was organized by the Mathises. My first two planned runs of 2012 (the before mentioned Super Bowl 10K and the Folsom Shamrock 10K) were both going to be Mathis events. A third to one half of the events I was going to run in 2012 would have been their events. It's interesting to think about how much people you don't even know can have such a big impact on your life.
The Jingle Bell Rock'n 5K was a fun event. Each participant was given jingle bells to attach to their shoes so that we'd jingle along the way. I kept my bells from last year and looked forward to added to my collection and increasing the number of bells worn each year. I hope that event and others continue to go on.
Looking at their website, runsac.com, 27 events were scheduled for 2012. That is an amazing devotion to keeping a sport going.
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