Thursday, November 20, 2008

Running the week of November 17th

Hey, everybody!! This is what this week looks like:

Tuesday: Interval Training at 5:45 at Leon's Track. Pam Alonso, one of our TNT Alumni friends, will be there collecting food for "Can the Lion" for the Second Harvest Food Bank. The can drive is taking place from November 10 through November 21. Please bring as many cans of food as you like for an excellent cause. Questions: E-mail Pam at palonso4@comcast.net

Wednesday: Time is short these days for some, so I'll be throwing out some lunchtime runs. Meet at Tom Brown Park for 5 miles on the trails. E-mail me if you're interested, I'll have a meeting time by Tuesday afternoon.

Wednesday: Meet at Southwood Community Center at 6 p.m. for 5 miles

Thursday: Meet at Winthrop Park at 6 p.m. for 5 miles down Trescott. Bring a flashlight with you - the streetlights aren't close enough together to help much and please also wear very light clothing. The cars can't see us and they certainly aren't slowing down much.

Saturday: Ok, now you know why you only ran 10 miles last week. . . this Saturday we're doing a 16 miler. Meet at Forest Meadows at 8 a.m. for 16 miles. We'll do Phipps twice, then run the Forest Meadows loop once. I know this sounds totally crazy, but its the best we can do for 16 miles. We need one big cooler or two smaller ones in the parking lot for our 3 loops. Speak up if you would like to volunteer! And thanks in advance.

Sunday: Meet at 7 a.m. at the Leon County Animal Shelter to run 7 flat miles on the asphalt bike trail if you're doing Goofy training. If you're sane and only doing a 1/2 or a full, then you get to sleep in :) Eight weeks to go to Disney!

Static Stretching vs. Dynamic Stretching

Great video on the benefits of stretching from the New York Times. Check it out!

http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/magazine/1194811622351/index.html#1194830066044

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Running the week of November 3rd

Hi everybody!

This is what this week looks like:

Tuesday: Speed work at 6 p.m. at Leon High School's Track

Wednesday: Meet at 6 p.m. at the Community Center in Southwood for 6 miles around the lake. If you're nervous about the dark, bring a flashlight. . . . the street lights are probably enough, but it might be a good idea to have back- up.

Thursday: Meet at 6 p.m. at Winthrop Park for 6 miles through the Betton Hills neighborhood.

Saturday: Meet at 8 a.m. at the St. Mark Trail Head for 14 miles. We all could use a little flat running after Boston and C'ville Road, dontcha think? We need two coolers - please let me know if you can put one out. Holler if you're coming so we have enough.

Sunday: Meet at 7:30 a.m. at Forest Meadows for five miles around the big loop. Guess trails are for weekends now!

The Morning Maniacs are running at these times and places:

Tuesday: 5:30am at Premier for about 4-5 miles
Wednesday: Circle K at 5:00 am to run the limerick route- 4 miles
Thursday: Circle K at 5:00 am to run Forsythe loop- 5 miles (Becky won't be there so can someone put out water?)
Saturday: 14 miles - still undecided. Becky is taking requests, please e-mail her if you're into running at 4:30 in the morning bjajhar@embarqmail.com.

10 weeks to Disney!