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a-okRegistration is open for the Penguin Winter Carnival - either online via www.active.com or by mail! You can get to either option from our main Registration Page at https://www.angelfire.com/ult/pwc2005/registration.htm
We ask you to please REGISTER EARLY! As a special incentive to do so, we will be giving special penguin KEEPSAKE ITEMS as gifts **ONLY** for those who register before DECEMBER 1st, 2004! That's ***TOMORROW***! So don't delay, register NOW!
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Reason #1 to come to Penguin Winter Carnival, February 4-6, 2005 in Tampa, Florida:
THE PENGUINS!!!
When people who have participated on the penguin email lists gather, it's amazing - in fifteen minutes they go from being familiar email addresses to being comfortable companions. You sense the same welcoming and accepting spirit in a group of penguins in real life as you do on the lists.
We'll start by meeting over coffee and gain insights together into our personal fitness at the Penguin Winter Carnival workshops. Then we'll spend an afternoon going in groups to pick up our race packets, perhaps going for a sightseeing or shopping outing in Tampa, maybe sit around the hotel pool and chat with other penguins, and have an ethnic dinner out on the town. If we're running the next day, we may opt to remain back at the hotel and share a pre-race pizza and pasta dinner with other penguins in the hospitality suite.
Race morning always dawns early! We'll gather for a quick pre-race continental breakfast, then walk together over to the start. And what could be more fun for a flock of penguins than to get together to participate in a big race event? Nothing! In Tampa, we will enjoy a sumptuous buffet of race options on Saturday and Sunday. Want to walk your first 5K? There will be a friendly penguin there behind you the whole way, we promise that you won't be last to finish! There will also be penguins cheering you on at the finish line and congratulating you whether you run the 5K, the 15K, the half marathon, or the full marathon distance!
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll push yourself, you'll encourage others, you'll have more fun than you ever expected, and you'll come away from the Penguin Winter Carnival with lifelong memories and fast friendships.
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Sunday evening after we have finished with our meetings and races, Penguin Winter Carnival participants will enjoy a concluding Gala Banquet at Jackson's Bistro in the heart of downtown Tampa. http://www.jacksonsbistro.com/about.html Jackson?s Bistro opened on Harbour Island in 1997 and has been witness to a rapidly changing downtown Tampa. Because it is locally owned and independently managed, Jackson?s can keep up with the demands of an ever evolving Tampa and deliver the upscale experience and tremendous value that our customers demand. At Jackson?s, the idea of wine, wine, and more wine combined with fabulous cuisine, a great social environment, an upscale bar and live entertainment is what has made Jackson?s a Tampa landmark.
At our Gala Banquet we will be distributing most of our door prizes to Penguin Winter Carnival registrants for a fun-filled ending to a great weekend.
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This is one of a series of newsletters about the PENGUIN WINTER CARNIVAL, FEBRUARY 4-6, 2005 in Tampa, Florida.
Penguin Winter Carnival is a fun social meeting of runners, walkers, friends, and family attending the Run Tampa 2005 events, and will include special Friday morning workshops and get-togethers throughout the weekend. We welcome participants of all speeds!
For complete details and periodic updates, bookmark these websites:
Penguin Winter Carnival website:
https://www.angelfire.com/ult/pwc2005/
Penguin Winter Carnival news:
https://www.angelfire.com/ult/pwc2005/blog/
Join the Penguin Winter Carnival email discussion group:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/PenguinWinterCarnival/?yguid=103428986
Online registration for the Penguin Winter Carnival is at http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1163969
Calling all snowbirds! Fly south in 2005 to join the flock for fun, friends, and frolic! All are welcome!
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