Some people among DebConf attendees like running. Some of you might know that I am among them. And I know I'm not alone.
This year, having DebConf in a big city opens new opportunities to those of us who like to have a break for their fingers and thus move their legs instead. So, recently, I got in touch with a local group of runners who happen to organize a 5K (K stands for kilometers, not for thousands of dollars in prizes) race every other Thursday not too far from the DebConf venue. And, guess what? They'll have one on Aug 5th, so during DebConf. I indeed already plan to go there and enjoy running with other running freaks. The race is apparently quite friendly and opened to all kind of runners (from the videos I've seen). The running group is the Van Cortland Track Club, and happen to have their "running headquarters" in Van Cortland Park, in Bronx. The race is called the "XC Summer Series". Start is at 7pm and a participation of UDS5 is asked to participate. More details can be found at http://vctconline.ning.com/page/xc-summer-series-2 The race location is very easy to access from DebConf venue at Columbia: use subway line 1 all the way to the end (242th street) and walk a few mins to Van Cortland Park. The trip should be about 30 minutes or so. From Google Maps, Van Cortland Park seems to be a nice place... Hopefully, New-Yorkers can confirm...or tell me that I'm crazy! I'm 99.9% sure that I'll participate as any occasion to share some moments with running freaks is nearly as important for me as sharing moment with geeks (you can imagine with running geeks, then). So, in case some folks are interested, just followup to this mail. If there's enough interest, I can for sure setup a wiki page on wiki.debconf.org to coordinate things (though, there isn't much to coordinate except setting a meeting point and form a group to go through The Wild New York City Subway to A Wild Park In The Wild Bronx). _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
