Fleet Feet Opening Blue Dome Location

[Renaissance]

Actually Floyd, they've been in Tulsa for a few years since 2003 (see below) and there is a Turkey Trot here as well as regular weekly training runs which go from the store:

http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/turkey-trot

I think there's a 5K just about every single weekend year 'round in either Tulsa or OKC or both.  Sometimes there are several on the same day.

Fleet Feet Tulsa has done a great job marketing themselves to the running community.

"Tim and Lori took their passion for running and turned it into a business when they opened Fleet Feet Sports in Tulsa in 2003. They also publish Oklahoma Sports & Fitness Magazine (formerly Oklahoma Runner & Triathlete) and www.oksportsandfitness.com, which provides a comprehensive race calendar and race results for Oklahoma and the surrounding area. In 2003, Tim started Fleet Feet Timing, a race management company. Tim was the first Champion Chip timer in the state of Oklahoma. Tim has since timed and/or managed over 350 events in Oklahoma and the surrounding region, including the first three Route 66 Marathons and  the 2008 Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon."

Aaaaaand this is why I started posting less frequently.    I tried to find one in 2008 but couldn't, and didn't see if there was one on the calendar last year.  Thanks for the info, and I'll run the 2010 one for sure. 

Anyway, yeah, this is good news.

[we vs us]

Not to pile on, Floyd, but the FF in Tulsa is really a fantastic resource, and the Dreilings run it with eyes on how to be most useful to the running community rather than how to milk them for their cash money.  A large part of what they do is training, and I've been able to run with groups for two half marathons and a full.  Very dedicated people.

They're doing just what Fleet Feet Chicago does, and they do it very very well.  

And check out Oklahoma Runner's event calendar for the most complete list of what's coming up:

http://www.oksportsandfitness.com/event-calendar

[Conan71]

I hope that didn't come out snarky Floyd, sure wasn't my intention.  I thought they'd only been here a few years, I was surprised when I checked their web site and it said 2003.  Their marketing program is brilliant and after being fitted with running shoes there, I'll never go anywhere else.  They were the first ones who pointed out after all these years I really needed a shoe 1 1/2 sizes larger than I'd been accustomed to.  There's a good reason running shoes only cost $60 or so at Academy...

[Renaissance]

Ha, not at all.  I meant I posted less frequently because I more frequently had no idea what I was talking about.   

I've really only been running seriously since 2005 or so myself.  Fleet Feet Chicago was my first resource, and they put me in a great pair of Asics to start with.  There's a store in Texas called Luke's Locker that is very similar, and runs a FIT program for everything from walkers to advanced marathoners.

You know what would be SWEET downtown?  A CrossFit training box.  http://www.crossfit.com/  Now that's some serious working out, and most locations are simply adaptations of old warehouses.  Next you'll tell me there already is one . . .

[BKDotCom]

6. The Max Retropub should open in June. Boomtown Tees will open next week in time for Blue Dome Festival...

Is Max's being held up with legal issues?
City of Beacon, NY, enforces archaic law outlawing pinball, closes retro arcade (CNN)
Apparently pinball is illegal in most cities but the law isn't enforced.

[Conan71]

Apparently pinball is illegal in most cities but the law isn't enforced.

Must be the rampant gambling and prostitution it attracts.

[Townsend]

Must be the rampant gambling and prostitution it attracts.

They hate deaf dumb blind kids.

[Red Arrow]

But....

They sure play a mean pinball....   (That's as close as I can remember it.)

[JoeMommaBlake]

Quote from: JoeMommaBlake on May 04, 2010, 02:13:33 pm
6. The Max Retropub should open in June. Boomtown Tees will open next week in time for Blue Dome Festival...

Is Max's being held up with legal issues?
City of Beacon, NY, enforces archaic law outlawing pinball, closes retro arcade (CNN)
Apparently pinball is illegal in most cities but the law isn't enforced.

No legal issues here. Sadly, not much pinball at The Max anyway. Pinball is great, but the machines at Joe Momma's have taught us that pinball is pretty expensive. Every time the Pinball Dr. comes out to fix our machines I have a huge bill. They break all the time and cost a ton to fix. While we may only have one or two pinball machines at The Max, we will have 5 Skee-Ball machines, roughly 25 arcade games, and more fun than you can handle in one pub.

Timeline you ask? The Max is almost done. We're just putting on the finishing touches and should be open sometime in Sept. We're shooting for early Sept. even.

Opening these things just takes a while sometimes. Keep checking in. Thanks for asking! We'll be ready soon.

Blake

[Red Arrow]

I believe that some places consider pinball to be gambling since you can win extra plays or whatever.  I remember in PA they were called a game of skill, implying you earned extra plays with your skill rather than winning them by chance.  Just another example of the government trying to protect us from ourselves.

[sgrizzle]

Apparently pinball is illegal in most cities but the law isn't enforced.

It's all the balls flying around.