What a difference a month makes...

In the past few weeks the runners I hit the road with continue rack up the miles towards their half and full marathons.  The spirit to continue burns bright in each one of them - I take great pride in helping them prepare and have become a better runner by running along side them.
And, on a similar note we have 35 new runners who have made a commitment to learn to run and prepare to conquer the 5K distance.  This is monumental as we all know marathon runners one and all started out in similar fashion.
Again, it is inspiring to run and train with people who have committed to make a change in their lives by working towards a specific goal.  My hat goes off to each and everyone one of the FITNESSfive42 runners who have become their own agents of change.
Run Strong and dare to dream big!
Keep up the good work...
David (F542)

And the beat goes on...

Tonight is another training run for my marathon runners...we continue to ramp up our mileage and will soon be running 80kms per week; more if we actually counted cross-training and specificity training.  We have been focusing on race profiles, distance &endurance and will revisit fartleks tonight. But, tonight the fate of my runners will be in their hands; each runner will call out a pace and identify an objective point to be reached at the selected pace as we run our speed drills.  It should be fun and will undoubtedly include a little payback for yours truly.  Oh my aching bones!
Run Strong and wish me luck!
David (F542)