Volume 2, Issue 4 ??? Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 ??? The Spokane SiDEKiCK

Flying Irish Run returns from winter hiatus

By Robert Thornley Hill

The Flying Irish Run is returning from its winter hiatus for its

first run of the year on March 1 st . This Thursday staple sees Spokane???s

boozehounds and athletes come together

to drink, socialize and go for a nice jog. Anyone

attending this fi rst run of 2007 is encouraged

to deck themselves out in green, with the most

devoted participants getting duly compensated.

When we interviewed Flying Irish Run

founder Peter B. last August, he commented

that he???d ???like to see it become an institution

in Spokane, so that when people think of

what to do, they think of the running club at

O???Doherty???s.??? Up to this point, he seems to be

accomplishing that goal handily. Attendance is

on the rise and the Bloomsday Road Runners

Club has recently named O???Doherty???s the

BRRC 2006 Business Partnership award for

the communal atmosphere that has spawned

at the pub on Thursday evenings.

The BRRC annual awards dinner will be

held at the Shilo Inn on 939 E. 3rd Avenue

on Saturday, February 17 th . Attendance is $20 a piece, with a

no-host bar kicking things off at 5:30 followed by dinner, election

of officers and awards. For more information, including a form to

sign up, head to the club???s website at www.brrc.net.

Meanwhile, if you???re interested in participating for a Thursday

run with the rest of the Flying Irish crew, all you have

to do is show up at quarter to six on any Thursday

from March 1st on at O???Doherty???s Irish

Pub and Grille, 525 W. SpokaneFalls

Blvd. Th ere is no entrance fee, and

the more you participate, the better

the discounts you???ll receive at the

bar. Also, after your sixth run, you

get a free, high-quality shirt. Runs

are three-miles long, making a loop

(which changes from week to week)

that starts and ends at O???Doherty???s, a

fun non-competitive jog that is open to

people of all ages and skill levels.

For more information, go to www.spokanesidekick.

com and download the August 24 th

issue of the SiDEKiCK, where, on page 17,

you???ll find a more in-depth