Sunday, October 11, 2009
Congrats to all!!!
Great job to everyone of you! You did it! I hope you all had a wonderful day and are proud of your accomplishment. Jacki and I are very proud to have helped you along your way. We hope that everyone had a great experience running with the group and you were able to reach your goal whether it was to complete your first half marathon or improve your overall time. Yesterday was a tough course and we had an unusually warm day but we made it! Hope to see you all in the gym to speak with each of you in person and hope to see you all continuing to run in the future...after a few days off for recovery, of course : )
Friday, October 9, 2009
24 hours until the big day!
Good luck to everyone tomorrow!
You have all logged enough miles come a long way since our first run together. You will all do great!
Make sure you look for the Canton Club cheering section around Linwood and Eastern and then I will see you at the finish!
You have all logged enough miles come a long way since our first run together. You will all do great!
Make sure you look for the Canton Club cheering section around Linwood and Eastern and then I will see you at the finish!
Friday, October 2, 2009
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2843943
Hello runners!
Tomorrow is our last run before the big day! We will be running 11 miles which most of you have already done in the past few weeks. Tomorrow will be a breeze. There is no doubt that each one of you is prepared for it. We will be running from the club to Fort McHenry. The link is posted above. You may have to copy and paste it. I will have typed out directions for you in the morning.
I have three final pieces of advice for you:
1) Stay in the moment. Don't get ahead of yourself. Focus on where you are and don't worry about what you have ahead of you.
2) Stay positive. You have all trained hard and logged enough miles. You are ready for this!
3) Most importantly...HAVE FUN! Turn on your ipod, play your favorite songs and RUN! Don't worry about anyone or anything. Enjoy yourself and keep putting one foot in front of the other. You will make it!
Tomorrow is our last run before the big day! We will be running 11 miles which most of you have already done in the past few weeks. Tomorrow will be a breeze. There is no doubt that each one of you is prepared for it. We will be running from the club to Fort McHenry. The link is posted above. You may have to copy and paste it. I will have typed out directions for you in the morning.
I have three final pieces of advice for you:
1) Stay in the moment. Don't get ahead of yourself. Focus on where you are and don't worry about what you have ahead of you.
2) Stay positive. You have all trained hard and logged enough miles. You are ready for this!
3) Most importantly...HAVE FUN! Turn on your ipod, play your favorite songs and RUN! Don't worry about anyone or anything. Enjoy yourself and keep putting one foot in front of the other. You will make it!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Half Marathon Course Run
Today we ran 10 miles of the half marathon course. We met at 7am at Patterson Park and followed the course below:
Linwood Ave to LEFT on Madison
Madison to RIGHT on Washington
Washington to RIGHT on St Lo Dr
St Lor Dr to RIGHT on Harford Rd
Harford Rd to LEFT on Hillen Rd
Hillen Rd to LEFT on 33rd St
33rd St to LEFT on Guilford Ave
Guilford Ave to RIGHT on 29th St
29th St to RIGHT onto St Paul St
St Paul St turnes into Light St
Light St LEFT onto Pratt St
Pratt St RIGHT onto President
President St LEFT onto Eastern Ave
Eastern Ave to Patterson Park
Great job everyone! Two more long runs to go and we will be at race day! Make sure you have an outfit ready and make sure to trim those toenails!
Linwood Ave to LEFT on Madison
Madison to RIGHT on Washington
Washington to RIGHT on St Lo Dr
St Lor Dr to RIGHT on Harford Rd
Harford Rd to LEFT on Hillen Rd
Hillen Rd to LEFT on 33rd St
33rd St to LEFT on Guilford Ave
Guilford Ave to RIGHT on 29th St
29th St to RIGHT onto St Paul St
St Paul St turnes into Light St
Light St LEFT onto Pratt St
Pratt St RIGHT onto President
President St LEFT onto Eastern Ave
Eastern Ave to Patterson Park
Great job everyone! Two more long runs to go and we will be at race day! Make sure you have an outfit ready and make sure to trim those toenails!
Friday, September 11, 2009
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Hello Runners!
Let's cross our fingers that this rain ends soon and we have a beautiful, cool morning for our run. We will be running 9.5 miles tomorrow. It will be an out and back route with a mix of hills and flats.
Here is a link to the route:
http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/us/md/baltimore/817125271074997804
Starting at the club along the water to Ellwood.
Left onto Ellwood
Left onto Pratt
Left onto Linwood
Left onto Baltimore
Left onto Wolfe
Right onto Aliceanna
Aliceanna to the water
Follow along the water to the Rusty Scupper
Turn around and take the same route back to the club.
This route may be a little longer than 9.5 since we are running along the water. We may turn around sooner than the Rusty Scupper.
See you all in the morning rain or shine!
Let's cross our fingers that this rain ends soon and we have a beautiful, cool morning for our run. We will be running 9.5 miles tomorrow. It will be an out and back route with a mix of hills and flats.
Here is a link to the route:
http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/us/md/baltimore/817125271074997804
Starting at the club along the water to Ellwood.
Left onto Ellwood
Left onto Pratt
Left onto Linwood
Left onto Baltimore
Left onto Wolfe
Right onto Aliceanna
Aliceanna to the water
Follow along the water to the Rusty Scupper
Turn around and take the same route back to the club.
This route may be a little longer than 9.5 since we are running along the water. We may turn around sooner than the Rusty Scupper.
See you all in the morning rain or shine!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Rain or shine, we are running 8 and feeling great!
UPDATE!!!
Running along the water added more distance than I had thought it would. Our turnaround point was just past the Rusty Scupper at the third set of black benches.
Hello Runners!
A rainy day is forecasted for tomorrow but that won't stop us. Rain or shine, we will meet at the front desk at 7am for our 8-mile run.
We will run the 7-mile run that we did 2 weeks ago with a few minor changes to add an additional mile.
Starting at the club, run along the water as far as you can and then make your way onto Key Highway. Take Key Highway to Lawrence and make a right. Left onto E Fort and follow about 1/4 mile to Stevenson St. One you see Stevenson St. (I believe it is a one-way street) turn around and make your way back to the club the same way that you came.
We will have a small group tomorrow so hopefully we can all stick together. Feel free to bring ipods if that helps keep you focused.
Happy Running!
Running along the water added more distance than I had thought it would. Our turnaround point was just past the Rusty Scupper at the third set of black benches.
Hello Runners!
A rainy day is forecasted for tomorrow but that won't stop us. Rain or shine, we will meet at the front desk at 7am for our 8-mile run.
We will run the 7-mile run that we did 2 weeks ago with a few minor changes to add an additional mile.
Starting at the club, run along the water as far as you can and then make your way onto Key Highway. Take Key Highway to Lawrence and make a right. Left onto E Fort and follow about 1/4 mile to Stevenson St. One you see Stevenson St. (I believe it is a one-way street) turn around and make your way back to the club the same way that you came.
We will have a small group tomorrow so hopefully we can all stick together. Feel free to bring ipods if that helps keep you focused.
Happy Running!
Friday, August 21, 2009
7 at 7
Hello Runners!
Can you believe that we are almost half way through our training program? Time flies when you're having fun!
You are all doing a great job! Everyone has been so positive and really pushing themselves to get through the tough parts of the run and the training program.
Tomorrow we will be running our longest run of 7 miles and everyone's favorite hill is included. We will get it out of the way early though so from then on it will be down hill and flat. Good luck and see you all bright and early.
Here is our route:
From the club along the water to Ellwood.
Left onto Ellwood
Left onto Pratt
Right onto Linwood
Left onto Baltimore up the hill
Left onto Wolfe
Right onto Aliceanna to the harbor
Run to the Science Center and turn around
Back to Aliceanna to Boston to the club
Can you believe that we are almost half way through our training program? Time flies when you're having fun!
You are all doing a great job! Everyone has been so positive and really pushing themselves to get through the tough parts of the run and the training program.
Tomorrow we will be running our longest run of 7 miles and everyone's favorite hill is included. We will get it out of the way early though so from then on it will be down hill and flat. Good luck and see you all bright and early.
Here is our route:
From the club along the water to Ellwood.
Left onto Ellwood
Left onto Pratt
Right onto Linwood
Left onto Baltimore up the hill
Left onto Wolfe
Right onto Aliceanna to the harbor
Run to the Science Center and turn around
Back to Aliceanna to Boston to the club
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