Final Timed Mile

Just a reminder that we will be meeting at the Sentinel track this Wedneday instead of the massage school for our timed mile. If you can't make it on Wednesday but still want to do your timed mile I will be at the track on Thursday at 5:30 pm if you would like to do it then.

Saturday March 8th!

Dear group,

This Saturday marks the first day of class for the Missoula Marathon and Half Marathon training -- the class will actually meet Sundays and Wednesdays but the first day of class is apparently on Saturday, March 8th. However, it meets at 8 a.m. whereas we meet at 9 a.m.

For those of you not doing the class - I will be at our regular location at 9 a.m. for our workout. If you do want to do the marathon training program, you should attend the class at 8 a.m. It says "come prepared to run," so, after the initial remarks, etc., if you feel you would rather run with us at 9 a.m., feel free to come over -- otherwise, go ahead and do whatever they are doing and skip our class (sob!) :) . I do not know what the marathon trainging group's plan is. Our workout will be three segments of 5 minute walk, 10 minute jog.

On Wednesday they meet at 6:00 pm whereas we will meet at 5:30 pm for our last class. Wow, can you believe it? As Jenny will post later on, we will be meeting at the Sentinel High School track for our end-of-class timed mile! If you are doing the marathon training class instead that evening, Jenny said she might also be available Thursday at 5:30 pm for those who are in the marathon training class and still want to do their timed mile.


Thanks and I'll see those of you on Saturday who can make it! (Good luck to Jenny in her Mercer Island 10k!! W00 HOO!)



PS: Sally - here is last Wednesday's route. :)

Intervalesque training

Saturday between spits of rain we completed our workout of six minutes walking and four minutes of BRISK running, three times. It appears we covered about 3.5 miles which shows how very brisk the run sections were (distance includes a cool down walk)- good job! Doing shorter, manageable sections at a heart rate that is higher than you would be able to sustain for anything longer makes you faster and stronger very quickly. Even one session a week will show results.

Please don't get discouraged if you are experiencing absences due to family schedules, or setbacks due to aches and pains. Remember progress is not a steady line upward and you each have made a big deposit in your fitness piggy banks. It won't go away overnight.

Hope everyone had a nice weekend and we'll see you all Wednesday!

Putting the hammer down

Three of you put really put the hammer down on Wednesday's run (you know who you are!). We went a total of 4.7 miles in about 55 minutes. Nice job! Saturday's run will seem like a walk in the park compared to this, but we will crank it up another notch next Wednesday.