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Lake City club
looks to fulfill New
Year's resolutions.
By MARIO SARMENTO
msarmento@lakecityreporter.com
 For many who list losing
weight and getting in shape as
their top New Year's resolu-
tions, there is a place for you
with the Lake City Running
Club.
 The brainchild of Columbia
High cross country coaches
Shelli Shoup and Brian
Saunders, the club was
formed as a way to get run-
ners from Lake City more
involved in the activity. It also
provided Shoup and Saunders
with the opportunity to keep
their runners active all year,
which Shoup hopes will
strengthen the CHS program.
 "We knew that in order to
be competitive at the high
school level, the kids can't just
start in August they need to
run year-round," Shoup said.
 This isn't the first time Lake
City has had a running club, as
Michael Carter founded one
several years ago, and Shoup
said this is a continuation of
that idea. In fact, Carter gave
Shoup and Saunders the okay
to use the old name.
 Many types of runners can
participate in the club, as
Shoup said ages range from
elementary school students to
70-year-olds.
 'The response has been
great," she said. "Now each
week, we have different groups
of people. People who are' run-
ning, staying onthe track."
 Shoup said her goal is to
 see what she sees on the
 streets of Gainesville run-
ners on the sidewalks and in
the streets of Lake City. She
wants fitness to improve in the
city, and that's no empty
boast. Because Shoup started
with herself.
. "I was 226 pounds and
running changed my life," she


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 MARIO SARMENTO/Lake City Reporter
Columbia High girls cross country coach Shelli Shoup (left) and Kelly's Absolute Fitness personal
trainer Amy Argetsinger go for a run early Saturday. Both are members of the Lake City Running Club,
which Shoup and boys cross country coach Brian Saunders formed to promote running in the area.


said. 'That's how I lost weight
and got in shape. And so I've
had several people call me
this last week and say, 'Help
me please. I need to do
something.'"
 The official club meeting
time is 7 a.m. Saturday,
though Shoup said different
pockets of the club can meet
at various times during the
week when their schedules
allow. Each Saturday, Shoup
and the other members gath-


-r at the CHS track, warm up,
and stretch for an hour and
discuss club business and
running times. It is free to join
the club.
 Some, like Kelly's Absolute
Fitness floor trainer/aerobics
teacher/personal trainer Amy
Argetsinger, are training for
upcoming races, while others
are simply doing it for the love
of the sport or to stay fit.
 "The Olustee run is going
to be my first run, and I'm just


wanting to get it done and be
able to say that I completed
one and go-from there and
increase- m i time,"
Argetsinger said
 Shoup, the members of the
CHS cross country team and
other club members are also
training for the Battle of
Olustee 5-K Run/walk. The
race starts at 8 a.m. on 'Feb. 4
in Olustee Park. Among the
competitors that day will be
current FSU track star and


lub

former Tigers runner Robert
Cooper, who will compete in
an indoor meet with his
school on Feb. 5. The winner
of the race will be featured in
the Olustee parade.
 The work leading up to the
 race will be difficult though.
 "We're going to actually be
 doing some speedwork and
 some hills," Shoup said. "And
 speedwork consists of inter-
 vals a measured distance, it
 doesn't actually have to be on
 a track. You can do pick-me-
 ups, and pick your spe.-d up.
 And hill.vorrk. v'll,- probably
 work on 'Epiphany Hill.' we've
 called it the hill leading up
 to the DOT. And those are
 done on hill repeats, and what
 that does is build up your
 lower body strength."
 Proceeds from entry fees
 for the race will go to the
 Columbia cross country pro-
 gram for uniforms, trans-
 portation and nutrition. The
 fee is $20 before Jan. 20,
 and $25 until the day of the
 race. Application forms can be
 found at
 www.olusteefestival.com.
 The money would, be a wel-
 come reward for a cross coun-
 try program that Shoup said
 started last season with just $3,
 and for each team to enter a
 race, it must pay a fee of $65.
 The Tigers only had 14 singlets
 for the boys and girls teams,
 which meant runners often had
 to reuse singlets that had been
 worn by junior varsity runners
 rather than wear clean ones -
 "not a very good situation,"
 Shoup said.
 After Olustee, Shoup and
 her runners will gear up for
 the Gate River run in March,
 which is 15K and is run on the'
 Hart Bridge over the St. Johns
 River.
 "'That's going to be a real
 fun race, with thousands and
 thousands of people and a live
 band at every mile," she said.
 Shoup is aiming for a a
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