Flexible Warrior, Karen Dubs teaches yoga, Pilates and Spinning and specializing in Flexibility for Athletes and Yoga for Sports Conditioning. She has trained a wide range of athletes from The Baltimore Ravens players and The University of MD Terps Men’ basketball team to recreational golfers, triathletes and marathon runners. In 2007, Karen partnered with Coach Troy Jacobson and Spinervals to create a series of athletic yoga DVDs for mulit-sport athletes.

Follow these easy steps to get your DVD and begin to “Stretch Your Potential”

Make a Donation to Karen’s ASN page

Review the DVD selections

Email Karen with your selection

Please include full name and mailing address.

OVERVIEW
The Survivor Harbor 7 race hosts the PVA Wheelchair Championships and is the largest 2-day wheelchair competition in the Mid-Atlantic. This is the 9th year for the Survivor Harbor 7 and in 2012, a new handcycle team component will be added to win incentives and titles for the team. The weekend competition includes 1) The Handcycle Criterium (Saturday) and 2) Handcycle division of the 7 mile race (Sunday). Teams may compete in an adult or youth category. The weekend also includes multiple social environments, including the Phillips Seafood Restaurants/Pepsi packet pick up Friday, post race breakfast Saturday morning, free time Saturday afternoon and post race village Sunday. A team race committee will be established to finalize scoring and awards.

RULES
• A minimum of 3 participants are required to make up a team and a maximum of 12 participants per team . Sponsoring organizations may create multiple teams as long as each team has a minimum of 3 members.
• All teams must declare a category (see age limits below).
• Participants may either register as a “Team member” or “Individual” but are not register as both. Team participants are not eligible for Team awards and those registering as Individuals, are not eligible to win points for any team. SCORING Points will be awarded on a “cross country” team principle. Points will be awarded on a declining basis from 1st to 15th (contingent upon number of entries). The race committee will determine the final formula. AWARDS
Awards and Incentives will be given for each day (Handcycle Criterium & 7 mile race) and for combined scores as follows: 1. Youth Team Criterium 2. Adult Team Criterium 3. Youth Team 7 Mile Race 4. Adult Team 7 Mile Race 5. Youth Team Combined 6. Adult Team Combined

Exact awards will be determined by the race committee.

PRICING
One Day Competition (either day)* $45 per team of 3, $15 for each extra person Multi-Day Competition* $60 per team of 3, $20 for each extra person * Entry fee does not include race commemorative premium performance shirt + socks. To add this option add $20 per person

AGE REQUIREMENTS
Entries age, listed on race day. Youth – 18 and under Adults – any age (under 18 may race as adult)

RACE WEEKEND AGENDA

Friday, June 8, 2012
Packet Pick-up and $4.00 Happy Hour (4:00-7:00)
Philllip’s Seafood Restaurant
601 E/ Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21204
12:00 – 2:00pm And 4:00 – 7:00pm

Saturday, June 9, 2012 – Wheelchair Criterium and post race breakfast.
The Criterium will be held @ Gunpowder Falls State Park, Hammerman Area.

To Register for the Criterium.

Go to Criterium Details

Sunday, June 10th – Survivor Harbor 7
NEW RACE VILLAGE AND START!
Canton Waterfront Park
3001 Boston Street
Baltimore, MD 21224

Participants will receive:

• RFA race numbers with space for your honoree’s name

• RFA Cotton T with space for your honoree’s name ($25 per participant fund-raising min.)

• Assistance with fundraising website set-up, if needed

RFA Flyer

Find A Fund-Raiser

Register And Create A Fund-Raising Page

For more information on RFA Contact Kay@ActiveSurvivor.org

Why? Because your people, are our people. Your organizations are supporting and educating Survivors and individuals living with addiction and chronic diseases and it gives us a chance to connect those individuals with activity. And that’s what we do.

To participate in HUHY contact Kay@ActiveSurvivor.org

HUHY Flyer

Didn’t order a shirt at registration? Or want to order another?

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Need socks or an extra pair?

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All merchandise will be available for pick up @packet pick ups.
No merchandise will be mailed.

Schedule of Events
All times are subject to change based upon unforeseen circumstance.

Friday, June 8^th
Pepsi Packet Pick-up
Phillip’s Seafood Restaurant
NEW LOCATION!
600 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
12:00 – 2:00PM AND 4:00PM – 7:00PM (Phillips Happy Hour and Pepsi promotion)

Saturday, June 9^th
Packet Pick-up
Falls Road Running Store
6427 Falls Road
Baltimore, MD 21209
12:00 – 5:00PM

Pepsi/PVA Handcycle Criterium and Team Challenge

Details on Criterium and Team Challenge
Gun Powder State Park
Hammerman Beach Area
7200 Graces Quarters
Chase, MD 21027
5:30AM – 8:30AM

Warm-up 6:00AM – 6:30AM
Novice Heat – 6:30AM-7:00AM
Advanced Heat – 7:15AM – 7:45AM
Awards & Breakfast 8:00AM – 8:45AM

Sunday, June 10^th
Survivor Harbor 7
NEW RACE VILLAGE AND START!
Canton Waterfront Park
3001 Boston Street
Baltimore, MD 21224

6:00AM – 6:30AM Late Registration (if available) and Packet Pick Up
7:00AM – 7 mile Wheelchairs Begin
7:30AM – 7 –Mile Runners/Walkers Begin
7:45 AM – 4-Mile Wheelchairs Begin
7:50 AM – 4 – Mile Runners/Walkers Begin
6:20:AM – 10:30AM Pre/Post Race Village Open/Close
 

Friday, June 8, 2012
Phillip’s Seafood Restaurant
601 E . Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
12:00AM – 2:00PM And 4:00PM – 7:00PM

Saturday, June 9, 2012
Falls Road Running Store
6337 Falls Road, Baltimore
12:00 – 5:00PM

Race Day Registration (if available) & Packet Pick-up
Sunday, June 10,  2012
6:15AM – 7:15AM
Canton Water Front Park
Baltimore 21224 (All Races)

In communities across the country and, indeed, around the world, athletes of all abilities and ages have opportunities to compete.  Running events include many venues, from competition in track and field to the ultra-marathon.  A race can be a vacation destination or a means to test the limits of mental and physical endurance.  Events have been targeted to different ages and abilities.  Events have fostered participation by relay teams, corporate teams, and teams of the same ages or sex.

Major races and small-town events have become more inclusive.  Runners with special needs (vision-challenged, wheelchair competitors, amputees, special Olympians) are often highlighted and accommodated.

Some charities have focused on athletic events to motivate donors and participants. Pledges and donations have been secured by runners, walkers, bicycle riders, and swimmers to help generate funding for disease-specific causes.  Many events come to mind:  Teams for leukemia, Races for the Cure for breast cancer, biking for multiple sclerosis, walking for brain tumors, aids, and diabetes.  These events have led to a heightened awareness of illness. They also have served to motivate participants to train and become fitter and faster for a good cause.

Despite the proliferation of events which raise the public’s consciousness about specific afflictions or diseases, there have been very few efforts to include survivors of these life-altering conditions in a manner which fosters high-level competition.  There are age-group awards for men and women, however; there are no separate categories to honor the athletic achievements of survivors. Nor are there competitive venues for survivors to be measured head to head against other survivors.  Also, no one has ever kept a data base of “survivor records” in any distance, sport, or significant athletic accomplishment.

Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor and winner of six consecutive Tours De France, Karen Smyers, 2-time world triathlon Champion and Heather Hanscom, brain tumor survivor and winner of the 2003 Marine Corps marathon are exemplary survivors, who have regained elite athlete status after winning their respective battles against disease.  There are thousands of other survivors who should be encouraged to compete and be recognized for their efforts and accomplishments.

Getting started

The Active Survivors Network and the Lance Armstrong Foundation took the lead in establishing a system for promoting high level athletic competition for survivors.  People who have been affected by life-altering conditions such as cancer, stroke, cardiac arrest, autoimmune disease and accident survivors will be eligible for awards by sex and age group.  We keep records of achievement by these survivors.  These statistics will serve to motivate other survivors to achieve higher levels of performance.  The data will also motivate more survivors to participate.  Highlighting the awards and rankings will generate public interest and greater awareness of survivors’ achievements.  It is our belief that this initiative will promote more widespread participation by the survivor community nation-wide.  Ultimately, this will impact the health and quality of life of survivors by encouraging greater levels of fitness and participation in competitive sports.

The Active Survivors Network has developed the Survivor Harbor 7 for survivors who run.  While it is open to all runners, this race is the first of its kind with divisions for survivors to compete head-to-head.  We hope it will encourage athletic achievement and promote greater levels of fitness and pride in the survivor-community.

Survivor Harbor 7 2010

Wheelchair racing has been around for decades but now more and more people with disabilities are handcycling rather than wheelchair racing.  A handcycle is very similar to a bicycle in that it can have up to twenty-seven gears and is primarily made with bicycle components. Handcycle racing is easier on the body than the racing wheelchair style. The racing wheelchair uses the traditional wheelchair method that relies on the athlete to provide all of the strength by pushing on a small ring in the center of the wheel; it has no gears.  It is a personal preference as to which type a participant chooses; however, both rely upon extreme upper body strength and the competitive nature of the racer.

While the Survivor Harbor 7 is not a particularly long course for avid racing wheelchair or handcycle racers, it’s similar to a point to point time trial, which provides the opportunity for racers to establish a short track time and can be used to help build endurance for longer courses. The shorter course also makes it possible for newcomers to the racing wheelchair and handcycle racing scene to participate and establish a pace that suits them.  The Pre-race and Post-race parties enable new participants as well as experienced racers a chance to share their stories and offer advice.