Aug 10
– Aug 16
Welcome to this
weeks' MPS Newsletter.
WEEKLY
RUNS
Group runs updated weekly.
Tuesday: Isherwood
@ 8:00am
Wednesday: This
Wednesday please check Facebook to see if there is an organized
run.
Thursday:
Isherwood @ 8:00am
Saturday run (3rd
Sat of the month) Formerly Mission Coffee 151 Washington
Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539 @ 8am ): Third Saturday: Mission Coffee, (meet
at Mission Coffee. Corner of Washington Blvd. and Mission
Blvd. Mission San Jose area
of Fremont.
Sunday: Isherwood
@ 8:00am
We meet in the parking lot on Isherwood Way, off Paseo
Padre (from Hwy 880 take the Decoto exist east. Once on Decoto,
turn right (going south) on Paseo Padre Pkwy. Turn left at the
first light (Isherwood). First right into the parking lot, after
you cross the bridge/creek.
NEWS
and NOTES
Next Saturday run
4th Saturday of the month : (Alameda Creek Stables 8:00 AM) We meet at the
Stables parking lot, Union City Blvd. at Lowry Rd., north side of
creek.
Special treat
after 8-16 run. Victoria would like to treat us all to post run brunch
8-16-26. That is Sunday after our run at Isherwood. Everyone is
welcome. Spouses and family. Hoping for a good turnout.
5th Saturday this month. Please send your suggestions to me.
PRESS RELEASE (from Gordon (aka Fred Heinze
publicist)
Fremont CA – You can’t keep a good man down, particularly
when he is a “streak runner!”
As you may recall, MPS member Fred Heinze set a personal
record of 2,540 consecutive days of running at least a mile – just
18 days shy of seven years. His streak ended when he
suffered a hamstring injury in Dec. 2025 and had to take a
few weeks off to recover.
Fred vowed to start another streak – which he has done –
and now reached the first milestone in the new streak. As of
Sun. Aug. 9, Fred has run 210 consecutive days, putting him in 4th place
in his consecutive days run streaks, surpassing his previous
fourth longest streak of 205 consecutive days, set in 1980, ending
with the Oakland Marathon.
Next up, his third longest streak of 366 consecutive days
of running, which ended on Jan. 1, 2014. Next is 467
consecutive days of running in 2016 and 2017, which ended with an
achilles heel injury. His final challenge will be to surpass
his personal best of 2,540 consecutive days of running.
Fred is 72 and if he can surpass his previous record, he
will be 79 years old. A formidable challenge, but
doable. Don’t bet against Fred!
MPS AT
THE RACES
Sat Aug 8
Bear Creek 10k (Orinda) – 108 finishers
Peter Chan 1:11:11 (11:18 per mile) 37th overall 1st in
age (65-69)
Bear Creek half marathon
(Orinda) – 126 finishers
Kelly Poe 2:44:05 (12:19 per mile) 51st overall 2nd in
age (55-59)
Mt. Madonna Challenge 10k (Gilroy)
– 49 finishers
Andrew Romey 1:22:54
(13:22 per mile) 22nd overall 1st in
age (60-69)
Teare Classic 8k (Alameda)
– 329 finishers
J R Mintz 37:21
(7:31 per mile) 147th overall 14th in
age (60-69)
AWESOME
LINKS
Bay Area Runners Meetup
Find Running Partners
Jogging Buddy.com
Red Power Divas
Running Addicts
Running Ahead Forums
Team In Training
TriValley Running Club
Go Far Run Group
Mermaid Series
Running In The USA
The Runners World Race Finder
Active Running
Brazen Racing
First Wave Events
USAP Events
Ultra Signup
Bay Area Running Events
Mission Peak Striders Resources
Race Discounts
Use code "PETER10" for 10% discount - all
Mermaid Series events in 2026.
Use code
"PETER10" (case sensitive) for 10%
discount for all distances (half/10k/5k)
Oct 18, 2026
Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Run
Use code "AMBWEEK10" for Zensah
compression socks and sleeves - 10%
https://www.zensah.com/
RunningWarehouse.com (use code HJZ93FA6 for discount) good until
12/31/26. A new code issued
1/1/2027
Here are
the new discounts that will be available:
Full priced shoes are not discountable
due to manufactures restrictions.
20% off
MSRP*
-
Clothing
- Socks
10% off
MSRP*
- Select
Clearance Shoes - off listed price
-
Nutrition
- Hats
& Visors
*exclusions
apply