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Running with a group provides mental and physical benefits, as well as a network of people sharing best practices and resources. The group dynamic can compel members to challenge themselves on days when they might otherwise check out. Those who run in groups are likely to run for 10% longer and go 21% faster than they would on their own.
Train for your first marathon, or improve on your personal best. This group is for you. Tuesday training sessions vary, covering hill training, race-pace runs, tempo runs, repeats and fartlek workouts. Plus, opportunities to join or arrange with other participants for weekend, easy-paced, long run workouts. Training groups are free to Club Members. Test drive the workout for 2 or 3 times before joining.
Winter - Meet at the Olympic Oval at 7 pm Tuesdays to join the group running intervals on the 450 meter indoor track. Optionally, and when the Oval is closed for High Performance Running, we'll do hill repeats on the 29th Street Hill sidewalk below the Tom Baker Cancer Centre. Email the Marathon Group Coach to get your address on the Monday Night Mailing List for the Tuesday workouts.
Spring, Summer and Fall - Meet at North Edworthy Park washroom near the large, free parking lot on Montgomery View NW. Access this area just off the intersection of Bowness Road and Shaganappi Trail NW.
- Time: Tuesdays at 6:30pm (Winter at 7:00pm)
- Pace: Your own pace
- Duration: 1 to 1.5 hours
- Difficulty: 7-8/10
NOTE: The Marathon group is currently running with the 10K/Half training group. Please see the 10k/Half training group page for details.
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Winter – Meet at the Olympic Oval at 7 pm Tuesday evenings for High performance Running indoors on the 450 meter track or convene at the bottom of the 29th Street NW Hill to run hill repeats on the sidewalk below the Tom Baker Cancer Centre.
Spring, Summer and Fall – Tuesday Evening Intervals, Tempo Run or Hills Repeats in Spring, Summer and Fall
Arrive at North Edworthy Park washrooms at 6:25 pm and head off at 6:30 pm. Once we arrive at a small open field, we’ll do either the ABC’s of Running or a brief core workout before beginning the running workout for the evening.
The running workout will typically be either of:
Intervals – repeats of 800’s, 1200’s, 1600’s or even 3200’s, sometimes in a ladder up or down;
Tempo run – either a 5 km or a 6 km tempo run, usually faster than half marathon pace, but slower than 10 km race pace; or
Hill Repeats – either 3 to 4 repeats of the South Edworthy Park driveway hill which is 1100 meters or 5 to 7 repeats of the 29th Street Sidewalk hill below the Tom Baker Cancer Centre or the pathway hill adjacent to 16th Ave NW running up to Hospital Road NW.
When the workout is complete, we’ll jog back to the picnic tables near the North Edworthy Park washroom where we’ll cool down with some gentle stretching.
