Fw: BRC - Rock 'n' Roll Half/Full Marathon training - Week 9 Long Run

Good morning everyone!

 

Tomorrow is our week nine long run and this will be the longest that we'll run in preparation for the race. We will get started at the prescribed time below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 10 miles (see complete schedule on our website). We will run 2 loops on our 5 mile route.

 

Marathoners – We will start at 6:20am and will be running 20 miles (see the complete schedule on our website). We will run 4 loops on our 5 mile route.

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

BRC - Rock 'n' Roll Half/Full Marathon training - Week 8 Long Run

Good afternoon everyone!

 

Tomorrow is our week eight long run. We will get started at the prescribed time below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 8 miles (the schedule says 7, but we'll make it 8 for simplicity). We will run 1 loop on our 5 mile route and then one loop on our 3 mile route. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:10am and will be running 15 miles (the schedule says 14, but we'll make it 15 for simplicity). We will run 3 loops on our 5 mile route. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

BRC - Rock 'n' Roll Half/Full Marathon training - Week 7 Long Run

Good afternoon everyone!

 

Tomorrow is our seventh long run. We will get started at the prescribed time below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 9 miles (see the complete schedule on our website). We will run 1 loop on our 5 mile route and then one loop on our  4 mile route. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:10am and are scheduled to run 18 miles (see the complete schedule on our website). We will run 3 loops on our 5 mile route and then 1 loop on our 3 mile route. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan 

BRC - Rock 'n' Roll Half/Full Marathon training - Week 6 Long Run

Good morning everyone!

 

Tomorrow is our sixth long run, which puts us officially at the halfway point of our training. We will get started at the prescribed time below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 6 miles (see the complete schedule on our website). We will run 1 loop on our 5 mile route, but will add an extra mile (out and back) on the new bike trail. We will place signs on the course to indicate the turn for this extra section.  If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:15am and are scheduled to run 12 miles (see the complete schedule on our website). We will run 2 loops on our 5 mile route, but will add an extra mile (out and back) for each loop on the new bike trail. We will place signs on the course to indicate the turn for this extra section.  If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains and restrooms on the course. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Thanks,

Dan 

 

P.S. McKendree's Harvest Challenge 5K and Half Marathon are tomorrow. The half marathon would be a good tune-up for those of you training for the marathon.

Fw: BRC - Rock 'n' Roll Half/Full Marathon training - Week 5 Long Run

Good morning everyone! Tomorrow will be our week 5 long run for the Rock 'n Roll St Louis Marathon.

 

Toby and Dan and some other BRC Saturday morning regulars will be off in Mattoon for a Half Ironman Triathlon on Saturday. Coupled with Dewey's Wingfest 5k and the Labor Day weekend, we're not sure how many people will be there tomorrow.

 

That said, those of you that can make it, please meet at the prescribed times below in the parking lot behind the Belleville St Louis Bread Company.

 

Half Marathoners – We will start at 8:00am and will be running 8 miles (see schedule). We will run 1 loop on our 5 mile route and 1 loop on our 3 mile route. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains at approx. 1 mi, 2.5 mi, and restrooms at 3.5 mi. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Marathoners – We will start at 7:10am and are scheduled to run 16 miles (see schedule). We will run 3 loops on our 5 mile route and pick up another mile in there somewhere. If you aren't familiar with the route, there are water fountains at approx. 1 mi, 2.5 mi, and restrooms at 3.5 mi. We usually break for a couple of minutes at the end of the loop to get drinks of Gatorade, take a GU, etc.

 

Thanks,

Toby and Dan