Art Playgroup in the Park!

Beth organized a fun "Art in the Park" playgroup at Kapolei last Friday, and the kids drew on the sidewalk with chalk and paint.  The art supplies were a BIG (messy!) hit and everyone had a great time!

September Calendar is up!

The September calendar is UP!  Click on the calendar link to the right to view.

New Member Spotlight - Angela

Thank you angela for being our newest MOM SPOTLIGHT!  Here is her introduction:

"My name is Angela and I have joined the wonderful OP group. I have an 8 month old little girl, Makaila, a Sleeping Angel named Sean Michael and a terrific husband named Celso. We have lived on the island for several years as a military family. Recently my husband retired and we purchased a home in the OP area. Makaila and I are very excited about joining, as we know no one in the area and I need motivation to drop the last of the baby fat!!! So far I've gotten to know some really great people, and am loving every workout. Thank you all for being so warm and welcoming to us."

Welcome Angela!  We are thrilled to welcome you to our family and look forward to seeing you in class!  Thanks for participating in "mom spotlight" and breaking the ice!

August MNO - Black Eyed Peas

A report from Joni about Saturday night's MNO.  In spite of traffic difficulties, sounds like a good time was had by all that attended.

"Mom's Night Out with the Black Eyed Peas! We met for dinner at Bravo in Aiea and then headed down for an early arrival at MCBH. Or so we thought. Two hours in the car were followed by a 2-mile hike to the venue where we caught about half of the concert. Ah well -- seeing Fergie's abs almost made up for it. Despite bad traffic and a very unexpected night of power walking in slippers all over the Marine Corp Base, we had a great time together. We took these pictures at 1:30 AM,  it must be noted! 

Shalawn, Margene, Jen P.

Joni, Margene, Jessica S.

Kim M. also met us there, and Fran and Shannon tried to attend but got stuck outside the gate."

Stay tuned for next month's MNO!  Hope everyone can attend!

Meet Beth! Our new Playgroup Captain!

Hi! My name is Beth and I am the proud mother of Kyle (3 yrs.) and Kara (6 mon). For those of you who don't know me you can find me at Kapolei working out with Kara in the Bjorn and Kyle in the stroller. We just moved here from Pleasant Hill, CA at the end of March. After settling in a bit I was pleased to find Stroller Strides in May as a great way to lose the baby weight, get fit, and meet some friends for both the kids and I.

 

I am also excited to announce that I am the new Playgroup Captain for the Leeward Oahu Stroller Strides. Being a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist with numerous years of experience working with little ones and teaching social language skills, I am excited to use my creativity to help Kyle have a great time with all his little Stroller Stride buddies! My goal is to help the keiki and their mommies have fun; to give the mommies a chance to chat/ have a break; and to make it so that the kiddos look forward to coming each week. I am truly enjoying being a part of Stroller Strides and I am looking forward to having fun with everyone on Friday in Kapolei!

Welcome Beth!!  And, thank you for taking on this position within SS Leeward!  We look forward to more fun and exciting playgroups!

Kids Olympics Playgroup tomorrow!

Kid Olympics at Kapolei on Friday!

The kids will be participating in:

Shotput

Hammer Throw

"Shoe Race"

and a Diaper Derby for the babies

(crawling required!)

The events will kick off at 10 AM. 

Come on, come all! 

(You do not need to be a Stroller Strides member to participate in playgroup.)

We'll have more Luna bars to hand out and stickers for the kids.

Mango Days 5K results!

Brandy, Jill, Stephanie, Jessica, Jerah

I don't have complete results from everyone who participated, but here are some of the highlights:

~Kim from OP got 1st female stroller

~Stephanie was first in her age group

~Brandy was 3rd in her age group

~Jill was 2nd in her age group

~Brandy's husband was 3rd male stroller

~Jerah, Jessica T. and Jessica S. also ran

All the moms that participated were happy with their times.

For a complete listing of results, please visit http://www.pacificsportsevents.com.  

Thanks for wearing your SS t-shirts that day ladies!!  There were several inquiries about Stroller Strides.  Way to promote and show your pride!

If you would like your results added, please email me.  Also, email me photos!!

Congrats to everyone who participated!  

Bubble Play Group!

There will be a bubble play group after class this Friday at Kapolei.  Joni will have a few bubbles, but please bring bubbles for your kids to play with.

Please also note that we have added a 

calendar link to the side bar to the right.  Now you will be able to easily see what is going on with SS Leeward!

Tin Man Triathlon

Jill participated in the Tinman Triathlon on July 26th with a time of 2hrs. and 25mins.  She placed 3rd in her age group! The triathlon consisted of 800m swim, 26 mile bike, and 6 mile run.  

The Na Wahine Sprint Triathlon/Duathlon/Super Sprint is next!  Scroll down to see the previous post for more information.

CONGRATULATIONS JILL ON YOUR AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT!

Na Wahine Triathlon/Duathlon & Super Sprint Triathlon

Jill will be entering a Triathlon at the end of this month, and wanted to pass along the info to anyone else who may be interested:

Na Wahine Sprint Triathlon/Duathlon or Super Sprint

~Triathlon - swim 500m + bike 12 miles + run 5k

~Duathlon - run 1 mile + bike 12 miles + run 5k

~Super Sprint - swim 250m + bike 6 mile + run 1.5 miles

~Date: Sunday / August 30, 2009 6:30 a.m. start

~Where: Kapiolani Park

Fees & Deadlines

Regular entry postmarked by August 8

$75 for individual

$110 for Relay Team

Late entry, including day of race:

$85 for individual

$120 for Relay Team.

 

Any questions see Jill at class, or call her at 781-6544.

To download the race application, click HERE.

Website suggestion

Jessica S. emailed about a cool website she discovered, run.com.  Here is what she says about it:

"So I checked it out and it's neat because it will tell you how many miles from here to there.  It's a very easy site to navigate and figure out.  If you want to know how many miles you are running and or walking, just type in the city and state, a map will pop up and then you find the streets you want to run.  Next you click where you want to start and finish, and it will give you the details."

Thanks Jessica for the tip!  What a great resource for training!

KAPOLEI CLASS UPDATE

Just a reminder that as of tomorrow, class will be starting at 8:45am at Kapolei due to school being back in session.