Tonights run:

Hey its good outdoor running weather...if interested come run with Kevin tonight at the Orland Park New Balance. He will be running @ 6:30 pm.

The run will be 4-6 miles thru the Orland Hills neighborhood.

I will not see any of you before Christmas...so have a Merry Christmas to all you speedsters and your families!!

Saturday & A Question

Fun Sombrero Run yesterday. Nothing gets you in the Christmas spirit like running through Orland Park Mall.

Saturday Meet at Waterfall Glen at 8:15. Park on Cass Ave. 2 blocks south of I-55.

Regarding next Wednesday - there has been some clamoring for a Christmas Eve morning run.
What do you think about doing that instead of Wednesday night?

Day of the Sombrero

Wednesday night is our famous Sombrero run. Meet at the Human Race at 6:30.
If you have never done the Sombrero run do not be afraid. The Sombrero is very patient.
Join us afterwards for some Chipoltes.

Remember the Sombrero waits for no one.

Monday night:

Kevin will be meeting at the Orland Park New Balance...so if any of you guys want to go for a run...he will be running 4-6 miles in the Orland Hills neighborhood. The run starts @ 6:30 pm.

Good Article

It's a little long but this article has some good nuggets about putting together solid back-to back seasons. A few nuggets:
1) Distance trumps intensity
2) You can't run hard every workout.
3) Periodization is important - pick your spots to run well

http://www.letsrun.com/2009/training1209.php

The TT&T season will wrap up on 12/23. We will start up again on 1/13. Use this time to either recover, get some base miles in or cross train.

Runners Choice

Any ideas for Saturday - 8:30 start.................

It's 40 Acres at 8:30 - for a 6 mile loop.

PRACTICE UPDATE

SOME GUYS ARE GOING TO RUN AT LW EAST INDOOR TRACK AT 6:30 TONIGHT

NOT SURE WHO WILL BE AT THE HUMAN RACE - USE THE BLOG TO COMMUNICATE.

Wednesday Night Run

Meet at the Human Race at 6:30 for a run through the snow covered streets of Orland Park.

Next Wed. 12/16 is the famous Sombrero run. Remember the Sombrero waits for no one.

Monday night:

If anyone reading this before 6:30...Kevin will be running tonight from the New Balance store on 161st and LaGrange. Come out and run with him through Orland Hills for a 4-6 mile run.

Hope you all are doing well...see you all on Wednesday night:)

Saturday Practice

8:15 40 Acre Woods - 119th 1 block east of LaGrange.

Everyone who's running Saturday do an extra mile for Steve & Kirk who are doing the Tecumesh Trail Marathon. Send them down some aerobic vibes......


Another item for your Christmas lists:

Runner Headlamp - we're going too be doing a few night time runs this winter and the headlamps will help lead the way.

Wednesday Run

Meet at Human race Sports - We'll start promptly at 6:30. 50-60 minutes through the neighborhood.

Add this to your Christmas List -

Running Times Magazine- I know many of you get Runners World but RT is a much better magazine for runners who want to get faster not just drop 5 pounds or finish a marathon in 5 hours.

Monday night run:

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families.

We will start our Monday night runs this week...the run will be @ 6:30 pm at the Orland Park New Balance store. Kevin will be leading the run throught the Orland Hills neighborhood. The run will be 4-6 miles...everyone is welcomed:)

I on the otherhand, will see you guys Wednesday where ever Rich has us running...see you then.

Turkey Trot Results

Post your Turkey Trot results:

Saturday Practice 8:15 - Little Red Schoolhouse 10-12 miles

Updates

Hey everyone...just some updates. We will be having Monday night runs @ 6:30 from the Orland Park store. The runs will be run by Kevin..so if interested come out and run with him.

Also, we will be having runs on Saturday mornings from the Lincoln Park store. The runs will be @ 8:00 am and will be run on the lakefront. The Sat runs will start start on Dec 12th. Hope to see some of you out:)

Wed runs will stay the same @ 6:30.

No Practice Wednesday

We'll skip this one - due to turkey trots and family committments. But we'll be back at it on Saturday Nov 28th. Happy Thanksgiving.

Tinley Track & Trail Won the Team Challenge at the Pilgrim Pacer today for our 3rd team win of the year. Sarah set a PR.


Lost in the shuffle:
Two weeks ago at the Tinley Turkey Trot we had some notable results:

• Ashley was the first woman finisher.
• Jerry and Francisco set PRs
• Chris and Carol were the first Master finishers
• Also in Westchester at the Veterun - Sarah was the first female finisher and winner of $250.

I encourage everyone to back off from their training for 2-4 weeks to let your body recover. Doesn't mean you have to lay on the couch. But the key to aerobic success is progression and without taking a step back every once in a while you cannot continue to progress your fitness. The college kids do it, the Kenyans do it and so should we.

Saturday Practice

Meet at 40 Acre Woods at 8:00

In addition, Steve is doing a long run later in the day - if you're interested in a later start - contact him via the blog.

If anyone is interested the NCAA Cross Country Championships will be on Versus on Monday afternoon. Might be worth DVRing. The race is in Terre Haute and one of the favorites is Naperville's own Chris Derrick.

Wednesday Practice

Meet at the Human Race for a causal run through the neignborhoods of Orland Park. We'll depart at 6:29.

Sombrero Run 12/16

A question to ponder - should we have practice next Wednesday?

Tuesday Practice:

Saturday night was a great turn out...like Rich stated we have a very unique team. I am very happy to part of a team like ours:) BTW love my skull blanket...how did you guys know i love pink!!

We will be having our last Tuesday night practice...as most of you know I will be transfering to the New Balance in Lincoln Park...therefore will be working. However, I may have someone willing to take on a Monday night practice. I will keep you all posted.

In addition, I will be having a Sunday lakefront run on Sunday mornings from the Lincoln Park store...I will also keep you all posted as I already talked to rich and Carl about the Sunday run.

It is nice to have multiple running days available to choose from..Mon, Wed, Sat, Sun. Again will keep you all posted:)

Anyway, we will be meeting at the Orland Park New Balance store tomor night @ 6 pm...the run will be a 6 mile run thru the neighborhood.

I was thinking if we can meet at 5:45 please let me know if this all works for you guys???

Thanks

Thanks again to all my teammates for the Garmin. It is greatly appreciated. It is a lot of fun coaching runners that aspire to be the best that they can be.

Rich

Saturday - Run early & run late

Practice 8:15 Little Red School House. There will be a 19 mile - WTF and a 10 mile option.

Saturday Night Pub Crawl - It sounds like EVERYONE is going to be there so try to make it.
Details on the previous post.