Heather Williams to Speak at February 15 GLIRC Meeting

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Heather Williams to Speak at February 15 GLIRC Meeting

Friday, 21 January 2011 00:00

The featured speaker at the Tuesday evening, Feb. 15 Open General Meeting of the Greater Long Island Running Club (GLIRC) will be Heather Williams, one of the local area’s elite runners and the co-owner of Northport Physical Therapy & Sports Performance. The meeting will be held at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library, located at 999 Old Country Road in Plainview, starting promptly at 8 p.m. on the evening of the 15.

Williams was the overall women’s winner of such major Long Island road races in 2010 as the Long island Festival of Races 10 Kilometer Run, the Huntington Thanksgiving 4-Miler, the DIVA Half Marathon, the Great BONAC 10-Kilometer Run, the Southampton 8-Kilometer Run, and the Little Cow Harbor 4-Mile Run.

In addition to being an accomplished athlete, the former Auburn University Cross Country star is one of Long Island’s most prominent physical therapists. After several years on the staff at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, she and her husband Gregory Fives became associated with Northport Physical Therapy & Sports Performance in early 2010 and recently became the proprietors of that practice.

“We are thrilled to have such an accomplished young woman as Heather Williams as our featured speaker on Feb. 15,” observed GLIRC President Mike Polansky. “She knows all about winning performances as well as all about keeping in prime running shape and staying healthy, so she has a lot to offer local runners.”

The Feb. 15 meeting will be free of charge, and the general public is cordially invited to attend. For more information, call Mike or Linda at the running club office at 349-7646.

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