Coaches’ Email – Week Six

Hello TEAM,

What a fantastic job your Mentors, your Captains, your Honored Teammates, and Yourselves did honoring our special team members battling cancer at the pot-luck on Saturday! Thank you, AGAIN.

  1. Training, Endurance, Achieve & Matter. You are doing it. “I’m starting with the man in the mirror…”
  2. a. It certainly seems like everyone is settling into a nice little groove. Well done. OK, enough about our after-practice eating patterns……
    b. Except to say of course we are doing 10 miles (full folks) on Saturday and of course we celebrate that with a Double-Digit BAR-B-QUE!!! Seriously!
    c. Next week we are on a field-trip to Agoura for a recovery week and a little race experience. It will be followed by brunch of course. Quiz: what is Agoura-phobia?
  3. The following week we are training just down the road from Rose Bowl at Griffith Park. In fact every single other TNT team from LA will be there too (Triathlon, Hike, Century Cycle, 5 other marathons teams). After our workout there is going to be a …… PICNIC and BBQ — SURPRISE :-) . Lots more details to come but this is one of those invite-your-friends-and-family-for-afterward things. We are also trying to arrange LA Zoo tickets so stay tuned.
  4. House Keeping:
    • LAST MINUTE NOTE: Parking will be tight again this weekend because of a race at the RB so leave time to park and walk a little before practice.
    • Share the road - you wild pack of TNT marauding marathon animals! I saw a lot of 10-across posies out there forcing small women, children, tractors, and other non-TNT’ers out of their way so as not to get run over! Remember you Represent when you are out there with the TNT gear so keep our image tip-top.
    • Always say good morning to other runners. ESPECIALLY if you just ran them off the road (see above) or just to prove we ARE nice people (as well as marauding marathon animals).
    • Bring your water bottles. One of these weeks we are going to have a no-aid-station-surprise-party and if you don’t bring your bottle you will get dehydrated and REALLY thirsty and die. OK, maybe no dying is allowed so bring those water bottles and hydration systems. Start NOW.
    • SAFETY FIRST. Be careful out there on the trails and roads. IF there is a particularly uneven patch (or some such) that requires it, go ahead and gear-down and be careful and safe and slow or walk it if needed.
  5. Got Practice?
    • If you miss 2 Long Runs (Saturdays) in a row, see a coach. We want to make sure you are not skipping up the mileage ladder too abruptly and risking over-doing it.
    • COME TO PRACTICE. Practice coming to practice. Come to every Saturday that you can.
  6. 6. There is no #6 this time.
  7. 7. Thanks for the big smiles out on the course as so many of you are setting new Personal Records (PR) having never gone this far in your LIFE -wow. Of course this will become a habit. CONGRATULATIONS T-E-A-M.
  8. 8. We are starting to get folks together for Aqua-jogging (running in a pool). It is a big aerobic workout with minimal impact so it is great for healing. If you need to be in the pool (you know who you are) let’s get there. Contact us and bring your swim suit and goggles.
  9. 9. Make sure you are eating a well-balanced diet and getting plenty of sleep.
  10. 10. Please practice your best TNT marauding marathon animal sounds and bring them to practice on Saturday.

Your ever in-awe Coaches,
Karla, E-Liz, Chris, Kevin

“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