Get Up & Go - 2009 Fitness Challenge

St Clair County's Get Up & Go Fitness Challenge formally begins on March 27^th and lasts for 30 days.  The Belleville Running Club will have two goals this year for the challenge:

 

Goal #1 is to help motivate people to take up running by helping them train for their first race (or their first race in a long time).  We hope that each of our members can help someone new make their running debut at either the Law Day Run on May 2^nd or the Belleville West Race for Character on May 9^th.

 

Goal #2 is to accumulate up 1,000 total miles during our group runs. Since there are quite a few races during that time period, we will not only count the formal group runs, but also the miles from any run in which 3 or more BRC members participate.  We will have a sign-in sheet at the normal Thursday and Saturday runs, but we ask that you e-mail the details of any other miles to brc@bellevillerunningclub.com. 

 

We will begin meeting next Monday for the 1st of our training runs at the track at Belleville East (we will gather at Commerce Bank's parking lot).

 

To everyone out there who is an experienced runner: Start encouraging your friends who have been talking about taking up running to train with us and make the Law Day Run or Race for Character their 1st 5k.

 

To everyone out there who has been waiting for that perfect time to really get into running, here is your chance.

 

This is what we have put together for a training schedule:

 

Beginner's 5K Training Schedule
	Weeks	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Sunday, March 29, 2009	6	Walk/XT 20 min or off	Run 10 Min	Walk/XT 20 min or off	Run 15 Min	Walk/XT 20 min or off	off	Run 2 Miles
Sunday, April 05, 2009	5	Walk/XT 20 min or off	Run 15 Min	Walk/XT 20 min or off	Run 20 Min	Walk/XT 25 min or off	off	Run 2.5 Miles
Sunday, April 12, 2009	4	Walk/XT 25 min or off	Run 20 Min	Walk/XT 25 min or off	Run 25 Min	Walk/XT 25 min or off	off	Run 3 miles
Sunday, April 19, 2009	3	Walk/XT 30 min or off	Run 25 Min	Walk/XT 30 min or off	Run 30 Min	Walk/XT 30 min or off	off	Run 3.5 Miles
Sunday, April 26, 2009	2	Walk/XT 30 min or off	Run 30 Min	Walk/XT 30 min or off	Run 30 Min	Walk/XT 30 min or off	off	Law Day Run (5/2/09)
Sunday, May 03, 2009	1	Walk/XT 30 min or off	Run 30 Min	Walk/XT 30 min or off	Run 30 Min or off	Run 3 miles	off	Race for Character (5/9/09)
XT: Cross Train
1. Group runs will occur on Monday nights at the Belleville East High School track at 6:00pm. 2. Feel free to join us on Thursday nights at 6:00pm for a 3 mile run or Saturday mornings at 8:00am for a 5 mile run.  Thursday and Saturday runs begin in the parking lot behind the St Louis Bread Company in downtown Belleville. 3. The Belleville Running Club is not, nor do we claim to be, fitness experts.  Please consult your doctore before embarking on this training adventure.
Training schedule based on http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-380-381--11942-0,00.html