That's right, the time is here again.  Tomorrow is the infamous route #12, known around the globe  as "The Nasty."  Those of you who have run this route know why it is called the nasty.  Those of you who have not run it, come out tomorrow and find out for yourself.  Make sure to claim your East Nasty sticker after completing the nasty.  For those of you who are not feeling up for the full 6 mile run, there will be an alternate version called "nasty light" that is around 3 miles.  Most all of tomorrow's run will be in the dark.  Please remember to show up for the run in your reflective gear.  Please check out route #12 on the right side of the page and learn the route as we will need pace leaders. I run for the Party

Please remember that one of our East Nasty regulars Emmit Martin (owner/operator) of the ” I run for the party ” race series. He could use come volunteers - Here are some opportunities for the upcoming races going on before the end of the year.

Nov 12th Nashville 1/2 Marathon http://www.irunfortheparty.com/index.php?page=events_view&event_id=22

• Need volunteers for Nashville half marathon
• Need people to cheer along the course
• If you live along the course In east Nashville on Fatherland – cheer stations are welcome
• Need Bikers to help monitor course and watch for people that may be hurt etc..

Dec 3rd Bridge To Bridge 4 Mile Run

• Run all three bridges downtown and help us raise angel tree gifts for Salvation Army. Reports from Amanda is that we up are to 4,500 families who have registered for Angel Tree, which means that will equate to somewhere around 18,000+ Angels.  That is up 38% from last year.  As we continue to accept applications today and finalize numbers, we have to consider how we are going to drive donors to adopt these angels.  We have been blessed with our partnership with I Run for the Party.  You are providing The Salvation Army additional resources to serve these angels.   We think by eliminating the number 1,000 out of the ads that it will not limit us to the number of runners and people that we need to serve.  Let’s run for as many angels as we possibly can!   

Dec 31st Resolution Run 5k & 1 mile

The Resolution Run is now managed & owned by IRFTP Keep an eye out for the new & improved Resolution Run on Dec 31st as part of the Music City Bowl and Nashville New Years eve celebration

Get ready to bring it tomorrow for " the Nasty "  -   ENFL !!!!!!!!!!!!

Drew

UPDATE: If you ordered an East Nasty hoodie or Pearl Izumi long sleeve shirt, they will be available for pickup after the run tonight!

Hello East Nasty - hope all of you are doing well. Just a few quick announcements here. Tomorrow's route is called "churches" it is route #11 and is about 4.5 miles. There is a point on the route around mile 2 where we run past 11th & Holly so if you need to cut the run in half you are welcome to do so. Please check out the map of the the route down on the right hand side of the page. I run for the Party

One of our East Nasty regulars Emmit Martin is the owner / operator of the " I run for the party " race series. Here is some information and volunteer opportunities for the upcoming races going on before the end of the year.

Nov 12th Nashville 1/2 Marathon http://www.irunfortheparty.com/index.php?page=events_view&event_id=22

• Need volunteers for Nashville half marathon
• Need people to cheer along the course
• If you live along the course In east Nashville on Fatherland - cheer stations are welcome
• Need Bikers to help monitor course and watch for people that may be hurt etc..

Dec 3rd Bridge To Bridge 4 Mile Run

• Run all three bridges downtown and help us raise angel tree gifts for Salvation Army. Reports from Amanda is that we up are to 4,500 families who have registered for Angel Tree, which means that will equate to somewhere around 18,000+ Angels.  That is up 38% from last year.  As we continue to accept applications today and finalize numbers, we have to consider how we are going to drive donors to adopt these angels.  We have been blessed with our partnership with I Run for the Party.  You are providing The Salvation Army additional resources to serve these angels.   We think by eliminating the number 1,000 out of the ads that it will not limit us to the number of runners and people that we need to serve.  Let's run for as many angels as we possibly can!   

Dec 31st Resolution Run 5k & 1 mile

The Resolution Run is now managed & owned by IRFTP Keep an eye out for the new & improved Resolution Run on Dec 31st as part of the Music City Bowl and Nashville New Years eve celebration 

That is all for now Nasties - Hope to see you out there tomorrow night at 11th & Holly ----- ENFL !!!

Hello East Nasty - Hope all is well with you. Please see the post below that has a link to our brand new East Nasty store where you can order some new east nasty gear. Nice work during our run last week staying out of the middle of the road - please try to keep it up tomorrow. We will be running route #10 - "benji" which is almost exactly 4 miles. Please take a look down on the right hand side of the page and learn the route and come up to volunteer to be a pace leader. The weather tomorrow looks like it is going to be cold and maybe wet - please remember to wear something reflective as we will be in the dark now for the rest of the year. We will again have some reflective vest for sale before the run for $20 each.  

Historic Edgefield Home Tour

Per the announcement last week if you are wanting to attend this event then bring your money tomorrow night. $10 will get you into nine historic homes on Fatherland & Russell St between 5th & 9th Streets. Funds raised go to support neighborhood projects such as sponsoring kids at Warner Elementary, Night Out Against Crime, and Beautification projects of our community. First 200 visitors get a treat bag with discounts to local businesses. It's a self guided walking tour so allow a few hours to get through the homes. It's Saturday 10/22 from 1-8pm. More details on www.historicedgefield.org or on facebook: Haunted Historic Edgefield Home Tour.

We will be running tomorrow night rain or shine so come out and join us ..........   ENFL  !!!!

Hello and a happy East Nasty Wednesday to you. Today we will be running route #9 " LP field ". The run will take us around The Titans stadium and back to the east side. Please check out the course map on the right side of the page by clicking on the link. So I know this is going to sound like a broken record to those of you who read this blog on a regular basis but - We have got to do a better job of staying out of the road. Last week was horrible. People were running in the road the entire route and runners often times were on both sides of the road. This can't continue to happen. Now with that said the route last week did involve several turns and that can be tricky but there is never any reason that you should be running in the middle of the road. East Nasty is a very BIG running group and we have to obey the rules of the road so please please please take head of these instructions:

DO NOT run more than 2 people abreast while on the side of the road.

DO NOT run on both sides of the road - stay on one side or the sidewalk at all times.

DO NOT jump in front of cars at intersections - if there is a car coming stop and let the car go.

DO NOT run in the middle of the road ............. EVER

DO NOT come out to run east nasty if you can't follow these rules.

Again I apologize for the repetitiveness of this topic. In all honesty about 225 of you are model citizens out on the road every Wednesday night. There are about 20 - 25 of you however, who just don't pay attention - if you see these people out there running with you then BARK/YELL at them and get them out of the road. We have to police ourselves because if the real police become involved then East Nasty wednesday night runs will come to an end.

Anyway enough of that - we will have reflective vest for sale again before / after the run and the website should be up for shirt orders in the next 24 hours as well. Hope all of you are well and can make it out for the run tonight. It is a fun and fairly flat route so come join us.

One more thing - there were several East  Nasties who were up in Chicago this past weekend for the Chicago Marathon. Lots of East Nasties completed the marathon and many of them were first timers. Be sure to congratulate these awesome runners when you see them tonight as they represented East Nasty very well in the windy city. Quite an accomplishment for sure and all the more reason to head to 3 crow after the run and celebrate these legends we have running among us.

East Nasty For Life

Drew

Hello East Nasty and welcome to October. Tomorrow should be another nice night for a run. We will be running route #8 ( rick's coldest beer in town ). Please take a look down on the right side of the page and learn the route. We will need some volunteers for pace leaders.  

Reflective gear

As previously mentioned we will need to start wearing some kind of reflective gear on the Wednesday night runs. We sold several reflective vest last week and we will have some for sale again tomorrow night. We will have plenty of Nathan vest that are one size fits all for $20. If you do not have anything reflective then bring some money with you tomorrow night and pick one up. For the rest of the year it will be dark by the time we get done running and we need to be bright and visible to the cars.

East Nasty Gear

The website should be up and ready in the next few days for you to order your fall east nasty gear. The three options will be singlets for men, zipper / hoodie sweatshirts for men & women and yellow long sleeve pearl izumi reflective shirts for men & women. There are only a few of the men's medium & larges left in the yellow pearl izumi shirts so after the yellow one's are gone we can get the same shirt in white. There will be more on this announced tomorrow before the run. Be sure to check back here soon to order what gear you want on line.

Thought of the week

East Nasty Wednesday night runs have been going on since May 2008 --- we get that question a lot. It started with around 10 runners and now we get close to 250 every Wednesday night. Everything East Nasty does is free and open to anyone. Why I am telling you this ? We are one of the biggest running groups in this part of the country. So just a reminder to all of you out there .......... we are big time. Keep up the good work East Nasty and when you are out there running on Wednesday nights - stay out of the middle of the road  :-)

ENFL  -------------    Drew

Word up East Nasty. Hope all of you are well and ready for a run in some great weather tomorrow night. We will be running route #7 known as " little holywood". It is our shortest route of the 12 that we have. There are lots of twist and turns on this run so be sure to stay to the side of the road and always stop for traffic. Please take a look at the route down at the bottom of the page and try to learn it. We would love to have some NEW pace leaders volunteer to lead a group tomorrow night.  

Reflective gear

As mentioned last week we will need to start wearing some kind of reflective gear on the Wednesday night runs. It is getting darker a little earlier each week and our group is so big that we all need to be wearing something  reflective. We sold several reflective vest last week and we will have some for sale again tomorrow night. There are a few brooks vest left in L/XL for $15 and we have plenty of Nathan vest that are one size fits all for $20. If you do not have anything reflective then bring some money with you tomorrow night and pick one up.

East Nasty Gear

Be sure to keep an eye out here on the website and at our East Nasty Runs on Wednesday for your chance to order some new East Nasty apparell. We will have 3 different options for you this fall and you can order anything you want. It looks like the options are going to be men's singlets, long sleeve refelective technical shirt (unisex) and a hooded/zipper sweatshirt.

Thought of the week

We have several new East Nasty's joining us each week on the run. Go out of your way to be friendly and introduce yourself to some new faces. East nasty is known for a being a very friendly and open running group so try to keep that going. We are also known for being very cool and good looking so keep that up as well.

See you tomorrow night in little hollywood Nasties ................. ENFL !!!!!

DREW

Hello East Nasty  - great job last week on staying out of the roads. We had a big turnout for the run downtown however, everyone stayed on the side of the roads and stopped at the intersections .... good work. This week we are running route #6 "riverside" which will take us down and out of the north side of shelby park. Please take a look at the route down on the right side of the page and learn it. We always need pace leaders and guides out there to keep our numbers out of the middle of the road and on the right path.  

Darkness !!!  - Reflective Gear

Starting tomorrow you will need to wear reflective gear out for the Wednesday night runs. It is getting dark a little before 7:00 now and we will need to be visible to the cars out on the road. If you already have your own reflective gear that is great ... make sure you wear it tomorrow night. If you do not have anything of your own bring some money with you tomorrow as we will be selling some reflective vest before and after the run. A reflective vest is one of the best things you can wear at night when running. They are very easy to see and you can wear them over pretty much anything you normally wear on your runs. We will have some Brooks reflective vest on sale for $15 (normally $25) and we will have some Nathan's vest on sale for $20 ( normally $30).  We should have plenty available if you are interested in buying one but they will be sold on a first come first serve basis. East Nasty is a very big group of runners and safety is our #1 concern so again EVERYONE will be required to wear some kind of reflective gear starting tomorrow night.

Thought of the week

If you have not joined your fellow East Nasties down at 3 crow bar following the run - now is the time to do so. Here lately the weather has been perfect after the run for hanging outside on the back deck.  So its time for you to bring some dry clothes to wear for after the run and come down the hill to 3 crow and hangout. It really is the best way to get to know some of the faces you run with every week. Plus rumor has it that the coveted " East Nasty of the week " write ups are going to be making a return to the blog soon so if you want to be in the running for that honor then we will need to see you down at 3 crow. Hope all of you are well and can join us tomorrow night for 4.5 miles of total running ecstasy.

Drew

BIG WEEK - BIG RACE - BIG TIMES FOR EAST NASTY Hello there and welcome to the biggest week of the year for East Nasty. It is East Tomato Fest week, which of course includes the East Tomato 5k this Saturday at 7:30. There are going to be several opportunities on Saturday for you to participate / volunteer. First things first - the route this week will be the East Tomato 5k race course - see the link here. Many of us will be running in the race this year so we might as well get in a practice run on the course. We will be joined Wednesday night by the potato to tomato 5k group that has been training 3 days a week for the past 10 weeks. Please be sure to introduce yourself to these runners as they have all trained very hard for the race this weekend. The groups will start at different times tomorrow night but needless to say there will be a large group of runners out on the roads. It is very important to obey the rules of the road. Run on the sidewalk or on the left side of the street, do NOT run more than 2 people across and do NOT run out into the road in front of oncoming traffic. This has the potential to be a very fun night/ week for East Nasty - please do not ruin it for others by running in the middle of the road or jumping out in front of traffic and getting us into trouble with the police.

How can I participate on Saturday ?

Like I said earlier - there are several different ways to be a part of East Nasty's homecoming event this Saturday:

1) Run in the East Tomato 5k race - the race starts at 7:30 just off of the 5 points intersection and there will be east nasty's all over the place. We will all meet at out normal Wednesday night meeting spot ( 11th & Holly ) at 7:00 am then head down to the start of the race around 7:15. All we ask is that you wear an east nasty shirt during the race. See more on shirts below.

2) Work the water stop during the race - Fleet Feet Sports is sponsoring a water stop at mile 2 on the race course and we need some east nasty volunteers to pass out water and cheer on the runners. The water stop will be set up by 7:00 am in front of fellow nasty Phil Zimmerman's house on Woodland. We have some volunteers already signed up for the water stop but could use a few more.

3) Work the East Nasty water tent during the East Tomato Fest - From 10:00 am - 6:00 pm on Saturday East Nasty will have a tent set up right in front of 3 crow bar and we will be serving free water to anyone who is thirsty. It is our way of giving back to the community as a thanks for letting us run on their streets. We need volunteers to work a 2 hour shift. The volunteers will be passing out water, refilling coolers, getting ice and spreading the east nasty cheer. We will have a sign up list at the run on Wednesday, or post a comment to this update.

4) Come and hang out - even if you can not run in the race or volunteer please still try to come out to the Tomato Fest for a bit and spend some time with your running buddies. There will be live music, contest, art, parades, free water and alcohol all day long. Again all we ask is that you wear one of your east nasty shirts with pride.

Shirts - Shirts -  Shirts  - Shirts

As many of you know we had a very big response to this year's potato to tomato 5k training group. Over 300 people signed up and although the numbers have dropped some over the course of the training there are still 150 - 200 new east nasty's that will be running in the 5k on Saturday morning. So a few weeks back we ordered a HUGE tech. shirt order for our new runners and the coaches who helped them along the way. We will hopefully be passing those shirts out to the potato to tomato group tomorrow night. We should have plenty of extra shirts available for those of you in need of some east nasty gear. So we are going to sell the remaining shirts to those interested on Friday night and Saturday afternoon at the tomato fest. On Friday from 5:00 - 7:00 Mark and I (Drew) will be at 3 crow selling the shirts on a first come first serve basis. We will also be selling shirts to those interested on Saturday from our East Nasty water tent.

A very exciting and fun week for East Nasty indeed. Please see Mark Miller, Drew Jones, Rod Jones or Stephanie Schildcrout with any questions or suggestions you have regarding this weekend.

Hope to see all of you out there in Full Force  ------ EAST NASTY FOR LIFE -   Yahhhhhhhhh  !!!!!

Drew

Hello East Nasty - I am not sure how many of you ran last Wednesday but just in case you missed - it was hot as hell and I did not fare well out there. That's how it goes in the summer though - especially in the dirty south. It is going to be another hot one tomorrow but I feel like last week helped train me for it so I am ready. Plus just in case you have been out of the country for the past few days - the NFL lockout has come to an end and football is now upon us - what better way to celebrate by running route #9 that takes us around the Titans stadium and then back to the east side. Come out and battle the heat with us tomorrow and help send some positive vibes the Tennessee Titans way as we run around LP field. The Titans will be without my beloved Stache Fisher for the first time in 15 years and they are going to need all the help they can get. East Tomato 5k - August 13th

Our homecoming race is right around the corner and East Nasty wants to help make this years race the biggest one so far. The potato to tomato 5k group will be out there racing and we are going to have several ways to volunteer on that day and lend a helping hand. We will be manning a water stop during the race and will need some nasties to hand out water to the runners. If you are running in the race then that is great - we will be hosting another water "tent" for the east tomato fest that last from 10:00 - 6:00 and we will need to volunteers to help hand out free water. The tent will be set up right in front of 3 crow in the middle of all the action. Again this race and the tomato fest is a big day for East Nasty - please plan on giving back a little to the best running group in the continental U.S. - You can run in the race, volunteer for a water stop or come out and cheer on the runners. Just plan on being there and wearing your favorite East Nasty shirt.

Hope to see you tomorrow night for a run on the sun - EAST NASTY FOR LIFE !!!

Drew

Oops! I forgot that I needed to update the website until this morning, therefore I will keep it short and sweet. The run tonight is #8, aka Rick's Coldest Beer in Town. Click here for a visual layout of the course.

Also a quick note: As Glenn Fry once informed me, "THE HEAT IS ON!!!" That will be the case tonight as well with the possibility of the heat index reaching triple digits. Here is a good article by our friends at Runner's World that covers the seriousness of running in the heat. If you have the time, read it!

http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-267-269-14027-0,00.html

If you don't have the time, just please be safe, don't push yourself too hard, and let the people around you know if you are feeling faint.

See you out there tonight!

Hello East Nasty - Am I the only one who thought today was Monday all day long ? Tomorrow we are running route #6 which is called "riverside" as we run up the big hill to the left and out of shelby park all the way up to Riverside. Please review the route as we will need some NEW pacers out there tomorrow. Trail runs on Sunday are still going strong - we will be meeting at the stone gates in front of percy warner park at 7:00 am again this Sunday. Please see Hunter Lane with any questions you may have about the trails.

Thought of the week  - STAY OUT OFF THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. Last Wednesday night there were tons of people running 3 or 4 people across the road. There were also runners running out into the middle of the road in front of oncoming traffic. QUIT DISREGARDING THE RULES OF THE ROAD. We are in a situation where if people keep doing these things then East Nasty may be no more. Run on the sidewalk or pick a side of the road and stay there. Thanks so much

Hey everyone, this is going to be short and to the point. Wednesday night will be doing one of everyone's favorites, run #5. We head straight down to the Pedestrian Bridge, run up 1st Ave., and then back up Woodland to 11th and Holly.

Trail runs on Sunday have been going well. This week the pancake breakfast portion of the trail run has been cancelled, but will be rescheduled.

Also, the Potato to Tomato 5k program has over 200 participants!!! Keep encouraging them and their coaches whenever you see them out and about. Speaking of the Tomato 5K run, this is the last week to sign up for the race at it's lowest price of $25 dollars (by June 30th!). Click on this link if you have not signed up already! Tomato 5K .

Hope to see you tomorrow!