Coaches’ Email – Week Seven
Amazing SGV Summer Team!
We are sure many, if not most of you, are now officially running and walking further than you ever have before in your lives. How awesome is that!!! By the looks of things, you’re having a great time doing it too!
As difficult as it may be to contemplate running and walking these long distances each week, it can be so much more difficult to hold yourself back, cutting a work-out short or cross-training, when some unusual ache, pain or illness rears its ugly head! You have all set big goals for yourselves, and having to miss workouts can test your faith in your ability to accomplish your mission. That’s where your Coaches come in…. Remember, we have helped coach 100’s of runners and walkers to successfully complete their races, as well as had our own share of marathon-training set-backs. We mean it literally when we tell you that we FEEL your pain! So call us, email us, when things come up and never be afraid to cut a workout short (or skip it altogether) if things don’t feel quite right!! I have not heard from a few of you recently, so I am wondering if you are not telling me something important – hmmm. This week is a big one, and we want you to listen to your body and talk to your coaches!!
This week’s quote is:
“The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. It
has camaraderie. It has heroism. Every jogger (or walker) can’t dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon.” – Fred Lebow
LA MARATHON- Many of the staff did the LA Marathon this last weekend, so look for some amazing smiles and medals. They might even tell you how awesome the experience was with a story or two!! GO TEAM to all you amazing marathoners!!!
PRACTICE IF NOT GOING TO AGOURA HILLS RACE
If you are not going to be at Agoura Hills- please do the miles on your own. Those doing a full marathon should do 6 miles (a 10k is 6.2 miles – NOT 10 miles) or 2 laps around the Rosebowl, and the half marathoners should go 3 miles or once around the Rosebowl.
AGOURA HILLS RACE INFO
Please allow extra time for parking! Have your mentor’s phone number in your cell phone in case you have any problems. You can put a coaches phone number in your phone also. My number is 206-456-2676 and Kevin’s number is 310-283-0776.
10k racers: We will be meeting at the race start area at Chumash Park at 6:30 with your race bibs already picked up and in hand. Pick up are opens at 6 am.
5k racers: Meet at 8 am at the TNT tent at the race start area of Chumash Park.
Make sure to eat breakfast!! We will be going for brunch together after the races!
HILL TRAINING
Meet in front of Brookside Country Club at the Rosebowl on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. Don’t worry if you have to come late, please still come out. Call my cell phone to find out where we are, since we will be going to the hill after a warm up time.
TEAM stands for Train, Endure, Achieve, and Matter. What you are doing in training and enduring through this program will help you achieve something that really matters in this life. Keep up the great work!!
Go Team!
With love and admiration,
Coaches Karla, Kevin, Elizabeth, Kim, and Chris
SGV Summer ‘10 Marathon Team
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”
- Margaret Mead
