Archive for July, 2008

Week 1 – Farm St Roll Call

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Ok, I guess Walt, Ginny, and I are the only ones willing to commit to a specific race for the fall.

This week we’re heading out to Farm St with a water stop for the long runners at Wakefield HS. I’ll provide the water stop but will need a ride to get me back in to Brueggers. From there we’ll loop back along Main St for 8.8 miles. For half marathon trainers the route takes you out the LynnFells and back Howard St  for 4.2 miles with no planned water stop. If you want we can work something out for you waterwise though, just let me know.

OK, so far we have Walt, Mike, Ginny, and myself running Sunday. Here’s where I ask you to reply so I know roughly how many people are going to be there to ensure plenty of Gatorade, water, and Snickers bars… also when people see all the fun and exciting long runners listed they won’t be able to resist joining us. So who’s in?!

Fall Marathon/Half Marathon Training

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

The focus of the Sunday Long Run program is to prepare MRC runners (and anyone else that wants to join us) for upcoming marathons and half marathons. You can learn more about how our program works by clicking the “about” link on the sidebar to the right. Beneath that you’ll see the training plan for the upcoming session. This plan is geared toward preparing for the Baystate Marathon/The Sun 1/2 Marathon in mid October. If you aren’t running either of those, or you have your own plan you wish to follow, feel free to join us and tailor the distances as needed.

I’ve added links to fall races in the sidebar. If you haven’t picked something to train for yet this’ll give you some ideas of marathons and half marathons in the Northeast this fall. If you have picked something already please post here who you are and what you’re training for, it helps to train as a group if we know what everyone is training for.

If you have any questions/comments/suggestions about the Sunday Long Run and the training schedule you can either post them here or e-mail me at JimCarson@MelroseRunningClub.com.

See you Sunday at 8AM at Brueggers!
Jim