Can you believe this crazy March snowy weather? As a gardener its heart-breaking! As a runner its invigorating - - don your hats and gloves and enjoy every snowflake. The cushion of the snow makes it easier on your joints! And it doesn't happen very often so lets make the BEST of it! Thursday it should be a blazing 57 degrees with sun breaks, and knowing our good team luck it will probably be dry. Soup bar opens at 6pm!
As you all know I'm a big advocate of cross training. Running and jogging are not the easiest thing on most of our bodies and mixing different forms of training can give you longevity for the "long run" allowing you to be active for years to come! It also helps you avoid injuries caused by repetitive motion. And it keeps us interested. Donna Vande Kieft is cross training by adding yoga to her practice. Yoga is great for strength and flexibility! Great job Donna! :-)
Attached is a great article on cross training for distance events, its published by Runners World. As many of you know the last half marathon I did in October, ALL my training was on the bike, adaptive motion machine, swimming, and weight training. It works!
We have Saturday practice this week. It will be held at fabulous Greenlake. Plan on meeting at 9:30a.m. at the the tennis courts at the south end of the lake. The tennis courts are at the same end as the soccer fields and the defunct stadium. We will have a 120 minute practice that will include strength training and some bursts of hills. Please let me know you will be coming so we can watch for you! Thanks!!! Bring your water bottles we will be out longer than usual! Afterwards, whoever would like to have lunch please join us!
Have a spectacular week!
GO BEADS!!!
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